Wow. You’re probably the only person who watched the second episode. The pilot was terrible.
“Dominion” for me does the “so bad it is good” thing. Everythign about it is utterly terrible yet somehow I can’t help watching it. I can’t be the only one thinking that way as it has been renewed for a thirteen episode second season.
NBC dumps Krysten Ritter sitcom before it premieres.
Didn’t air, doesn’t count. 
(wow, the emoticons really suck ever since they changed)
Yep.
seems to indicate a snarky, sarcastic smile.
:rolleyes: seems to indicate there’s something very tasty up above.
:o means constipated or I wet my pants- so sorta.
Doesn’t take much to snag that honor on a Friday night.
Yeah, looking at the schedule for that timeslot this coming Friday, NBC just shows reruns from other nights (looks like CW is doing that too), Fox has Utopia, and CBS has Amazing Race. So if you’ve already seen NBC’s stuff and don’t like reality shows, it’s either cable or whatever ABC is showing to choose from. I’m not even sure if anything new is on cable at that time other than Smackdown on Syfy. Rasslin’s not for everyone, so a lot of people it’s Craptela or read a book or something.
This season is getting to be like one of those slow moving horror movies that don’t seem to get anywhere and leave you thinking “shouldn’t someone have died by now?”
Forever is mildly entertaining. I’ll keep watching it till it’s gone.
Bad Judge is bad. They don’t know what they want the show to be, or how they want her to be. She’s a bad judge because she’s too busy leaving her court to go take care of the people she’s dealing with, or something. She’s a drunk party girl with a heart of gold. Meh. Watched 1 episode. Over.
Mysteries of Laura I want to enjoy. The family stuff is dreadful, the kids are annoying, disgusting, terrible nuisances. The ex/boss is a loser womanizer who decided he really loves her, so he’ll change his ways to get her back. :rolleyes: And he’s her boss? :rolleyes::rolleyes: Debra Messing tries to be funny as the overstressed MILF detective who’s tougher than she looks. The mysteries have been okay.
However, something else bugged me about the show, and that’s the damn marketers. They showed a clip of Messing confronting a “bad guy”, walking up to him saying he won’t shoot her, then he tries but the gun is empty and she slugs him. Then I’m watching the premiere, and that’s the reveal for the bad guy, who happens to be her boss. That’s right, promotional material for the premiere of a Mystery shows us the surprise twist villain. Fortunately, I managed to block it from my mind until that moment, so it didn’t ruin the surprise for me, but it almost did.
Stalker … it has Maggie Q as a tough, smart detective with a secret (she’s been stalked - shhh, don’t tell anyone). Stalking is certainly a big enough cultural event to warrant a show about it. But then there’s Dyan McDermott’s character. He’s a detective savant who happens to also be a giant flaming asshole trying to get everyone to like him, while also – stalking his ex! sigh
Ex caught him following her around, and happens to work in the DA’s office. He followed her from New York. He’s sneaking around in the dark. She’s pretended not to know him in front of his boss (Maggie Q) and given him an ultimatum to clear out or she will turn him in. She should have said something right up front - “He’s my ex, I don’t want to work with him, and by the way, keep him away from me.” Instead, she’s giving him a chance or whatever.
And apparently Maggie Q is of the “do whatever it takes” camp of detective, so she assaulted some college boy because he was stalking his ex roommate guy, now he’s taken up stalking her. Joy.
Hmm, maybe I just convinced myself to give it up.
I tried How to Get Away With Murder, I don’t know why, it’s pretty much exactly what the promos made it out to be. It’s of the Scandal/Revenge mode of drama - yuck. Everyone is dreadful, there’s not a likeable person, and by the way, the 5 top students are involved in a murder. Yuck yuck yuck.
Madame Secretary (the Tea Leoni show about the Secretary of State) is actually pretty good. I’ve been watching it off OnDemand, and it’s going into my list to follow.
I almost want to see Selfie for Karen Gillan, but I’m not.
Just today I saw an article to the effect that this year’s cancellation frenzy has yet to get underway. I haven’t been able to find that article again, so if you’ve seen it and can post a link to it, that would help to fuel further discussion here.
The gist of what I read was that for some mysterious reason the networks are taking their time pulling plugs, even though such plug-pulling is a big part of the game – or has been in years past.
Do you have a theory on why this year is so different?
It can’t be that the shows are all that good, can it? 
Here’s a take on why no cancellations yet: Why Nothing Is Getting Canceled (Yet) | Time
If that’s not the exact thing I read, it’s real close. Thanks for the link.
So, they can’t even figure out what has hit and what has tanked because of all the different accountability systems? Too funny.
I think you nailed it.
We’re mostly enjoying it. I think if it can find its groove, it will be quite good. I hate to say it, but I think Ioan Gryffud is the weak link.
We have watched two episodes now, and I agree with you - I hate everyone on that show. I don’t know what the hell is going on with the lead (Annalise?) - is she supposed to be setting herself up for an insanity plea for killing her husband? Because if not, she is one big bag of WTF is wrong with this person.
And Waitlist - the guy who got into the class late - I hate that guy’s face. He looks like some kind of puppet mannequin who’s always hanging around looking weird. Now that I’ve started typing, I really hate all the people on this show.
How to Get Away With Murder is the runaway hit? Oy vey.
I’m feeling strongly two ways about what’s going on with shows staying past their welcome dates.
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TV people who make decisions on such things are just now (after years of signals) catching on to the fact that audiences are not actually glued to their show times, but most likely watch the shows after “taping” them to avoid the every-other-minute interruptions they demand. So “popular” shows don’t always respond to the ratings that monitor actual show times.
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Maybe the TV execs do actually monitor things like this website for real reactions to their offerings. If so, they see that jumping the gun on a potential hit by zapping it early is giving them bad publicity for their stupidity. Nobody wants to be played by having their choices yanked out from under them. So rather than commit, many viewers (like me) will wait a while before deciding to be there at show time.
I know one thing: I would not make it as a TV network exec making these decisions!
Actually, not quite.
*The latest spinoff of the hit franchise, NCIS: New Orleans, is the highest-rated new show yet with 17.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen’s overnight ratings.
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So both of the top two new shows are reworkings of current hits?
Sigh. Thank god they invented streaming, I haven’t picked up a single new show this year.
I don’t watch any NCISs - maybe I should start.
We are watching and liking “Scorpion.”
It’s actually not bad, not much like the promos make it out to be. Her and John Cho work well together. I just wish they’d give her more physical comedy to do, she’s quite good at it from what I can tell. Her trying to dance with an advanced dance class she has no place being in was very funny.
If nothing else Karen Gillan wears very interesting outfits (skirts not always as short as on Dr Who, but close - usually with patterned stockings).
The show is actually pretty decent - Eliza is getting more responsible while Henry is getting less stogy (mostly believably)
Brian