# Any good new PBS shows for Fall 2015? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213 "2015-09-06T23:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/21 "2015-09-15T21:59:51Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Tonight’s season premiere of **American Experience** [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/) > is the first of a two part story about Walt Disney. > In tonight’s first part they cover his beginnings up to the making of **Snow White** > Tomorrow’s 2nd part covers the rest of his life. Part 1 was very interesting, I’ll be back for part 2. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/22 "2015-09-15T22:18:21Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Tonight’s season premiere of **American Experience** [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/) > is the first of a two part story about Walt Disney. > In tonight’s first part they cover his beginnings up to the making of **Snow White** > Tomorrow’s 2nd part covers the rest of his life. I agree with River Hippie and will be back tonight. Disney came across as a nice uncle but what happened last night showed a dark side. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/23 "2015-10-14T02:14:52Z")
> [@toast\_pakora](#): > > _Indian Summers_ is uneven but the clothes, sets and scenery (actually filmed in Malaysia) are amazing as you’d expect. Anybody else watching it? I enjoyed the first two eps. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/24 "2015-10-14T02:34:27Z")
PBS is promoting the living bejeezus out of its upcoming Civil War drama “Mercy Street” which looks more than a little soap-opera-ish but like **toast pakora** said about “Indian Summers” I expect the clothes, sets, and scenery to be first-rate. Plus I’m sure like “Downton Abbey” and “Mr. Selfridge” they’ll work a lot of real-life people and events into the story. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/25 "2015-10-14T15:08:47Z")
My local PBS station has started running “Detectorists” written by and starring MacKenzie Crook (Gareth on the original “The Office”, and I guess he was in those “Pirates” movies). A sweet little light comedy that runs six episodes or so. I watched it on AcornTV and enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/26 "2015-10-14T17:24:33Z")
_Arthur and George_ put me to sleep. We’re watching _Indian Summers_, and _Home Fires_, which is of more interest to my wife than to me, but the acting is decent. It’s about a women’s league during WWII, with all of the standard characters you would expect. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/27 "2015-10-15T00:22:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just the other night I caught a few minutes of a new (to me, anyway) britcom called _Vicious_ on a local PBS station. The main characters are an aging gay couple played by Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi. I’ll have to see a full episode before I know if it’s any good, but with that cast it could hardly miss. I saw an episode, and it was cute. Not hilarious, though. I will probably catch a couple more episodes to see if it “catches”. Have you seen it yet? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/28 "2015-10-15T02:48:40Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I saw an episode, and it was cute. Not hilarious, though. I will probably catch a couple more episodes to see if it “catches”. > > Have you seen it yet? It’s absolutely awful. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/29 "2015-10-15T14:09:18Z")
One program I forgot is [The Widower](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2861610/), a three part drama based on actual events and people. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/30 "2015-10-15T14:39:17Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > In the DC area we have a PBS sub-channel called WETA UK that has just started showing another season of the BBC’s Great British Baking Show. I’m a vicarious baker, so I love it. Oh man, it’s become a phenomenon. a quarter of the (UK) population watched the final and broke al kinds of records for this type of show. I saw a few but really enjoyed the Final itself, and I’ve only ever baked a potato 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/31 "2015-10-15T21:32:34Z")
While _Vicious_ is starting its second season and isn’t a new show, I want to double down on the hate. This is an incredibly poorly done show. Its like watching some crappy 60s Britcom warmed over with gay guys. Apologists have written essays explaining how you have to understand the show in the context of British humor. I’ve been watching British shows since the early 60s. Good and bad. Context actually hurts the enjoyment. You know that they could have done a much better show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213.md?page=1)