# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/161 "2021-08-11T09:45:56Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [The Good Place](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/good_place), with Ted Danson - Just could not watch any more than three episodes of the technicolor bullshit, let alone 4 seasons. I don’t understand the high ratings. I suppose someone will come along to tell me to stick with it because it gets better… ? > [@Smid](#): > > This series may not suit you, because it does not immediately deliver it’s payload and you appear to be too impatient for that. > > Other people might say it as “stick with it because it gets better”, I wouldn’t. I won’t. A certain amount is the characters too, and if you hate those, well, the improved bits are probably going to be wasted on you. Indeed. There’s a lot of story yet to unfold that makes considerable sense of the “technicolor bullshit” but if you don’t like the style of comedy so far you’re not going to suddenly start just because the plot has developed. Case in point: I really tried to like _Modern Family_. I could even see the merit in it. But it mostly just made me cringe rather than laugh so I stopped watching 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:** [August 11, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/162 "2021-08-11T14:20:42Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > It _almost_ does. I get a 30 second promo commercial for one of their shows each time I use the channel. After that, everything is ad free. Is that what you get? Nope. I get commercials during the programming. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/163 "2021-08-13T13:50:11Z")
I’m watching “[Startup](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5028002/)” and I’m not hating it. Martin Freeman is a great sociopath. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/164 "2021-08-13T22:34:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Tried **Tell Me a Story** , but I don’t know if I’ll stick with it. I really hate angsty, dead-eyed teens in everything. Maybe a few more eps. Yeah, I’m giving up on it. I find myself caring about almost anything else when watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/165 "2021-08-14T04:12:49Z")
Well, _Schmigadoon_ is schmiggadone. I have to say overall that it was too sincere. Played too straight with not enough parody. On an unrelated note, I’m probably going to try _Brand New Cherry Flavor_. > **[Brand New Cherry Flavor might be Netflix’s grossest show ever](https://www.polygon.com/22621937/brand-new-cherry-flavor-review-netflix)** > > That’s kind of a recommendation, if you can handle people barfing up live sacrificial kittens ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/166 "2021-08-14T19:36:57Z")
(Re: _The Americans_.) This was pretty much my feeling after watching the first season. (My wife and I figured that it must be pretty good, due to all the ultra-positive comments and reviews.) We scratched our heads over the fact that these spies/agents were placed in the USA at huge effort and expense, but their handlers expose them continuously in carrying out mundane little tasks that could easily have been done by someone less valuable. It was so off-putting that we stopped watching. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/167 "2021-08-14T20:27:02Z")
“Rocky Jones, Space Ranger”, 39 episodes, all from 1954. I saw a handful of reruns _ca._ 1961, but none more until now. In some ways (like astronomy), it’s perfectly idiotic, but I’ve seen worse science-fiction in my life, and, because it was shot on film, it’s more or less completely preserved. Largely old-fashioned, but also often forward-looking. (They especially have trouble with women; the leading lady often does silly things that make it necessary for her to be rescued, but she also speaks 37 languages, has her astrogator’s ticket, and gets really annoyed when men tell her that outer space is no place for a “girl”.) ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/168 "2021-08-16T23:06:16Z")
Finished it (Brand New Cherry Flavor) last night. I enjoyed it, I don’t think it was horror really, more black magic and general weird stuff. It was set in the 90’s, I have no clue why. I’d like to see a sequel but I can’t see how it would be possible. I was a bit distracted too, because Rose Salazar seemed to gain and lose weight during some of the episodes. I don’t know why, but I would assume that the production was interrupted (by COVID?) or they decided to reshoot scenes at some point. I was wondering if she was pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/169 "2021-08-17T04:30:36Z")
I binge watched Seasons 1-4 of _Kim’s Convenience_ earlier this year and was looking forward to Season 5. But I read that it was canceled after the end of Season 5 and can’t get into watching it knowing that there are plots that won’t be resolved. I tried watching the first show of the season and found that I just didn’t care about any of the characters like I thought I did. These probably don’t qualify as a series, sense they’re really variety shows, but there are continuing plot lines and characters. I’ve been watching the Korean (and IMO only real version) series _Running Man_ since 2017 and my Sundays (it airs on Monday evening in Korea) feel bare if I don’t get to see a new episode. This is the only show I watch religiously and have seen nearly all the 560+ episodes. It just because Korean variety show with the most episodes, 564, over eleven years a few weeks ago. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/170 "2021-08-18T02:11:23Z")
We watched season one of **Professor T**. I’d be very surprised if there is a season two. It just doesn’t click and none of the characters are remotely interesting. The professor’s OCD was done much better by Tony Shaloub, and the stories are only one episode long, which means they generate almost zero interest or viewer commitment. We’re going to try **Hit & Run** on Netflix next. We’ve seen three eps of Reservation Dogs now. It’s not all that funny to this white boy, but the idea of it taking place on a Native American reservation is unique, so we’ll probably stick with it. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/171 "2021-08-18T02:16:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Well, _Schmigadoon_ is schmiggadone. I managed an episode and a half. I love musicals, farce, Keegan-Michael Key and Kristin Chenowith, but I just couldn’t watch any more. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/172 "2021-08-18T02:16:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We watched season one of **Professor T**. Did you watch the Belgian version or the English version? Of the two, I much prefer the Belgian one, although the camera gimmick of ceaseless motion gets old. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/173 "2021-08-18T02:20:31Z")
Not @Chefguy, obviously, but I just watched the first season of the English version, as it just concluded on PBS Sunday nights. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/174 "2021-08-18T02:22:57Z")
Yes, it’s been fun to watch them side by side. They’ve been running the new season of the Belgian version on Friday nights and the first season of the English version on Sunday nights. The Belgian Professor T is much more nuanced than the English one – although I always love a chance to remember Cambridge, so scenery-wise, I enjoy the English version. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/175 "2021-08-18T02:23:06Z")
Yeah, the English version. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/176 "2021-08-18T10:21:27Z")
Ben Miller as a tightly-wound OCD-afflicted crimesolving genius? Who could possibly have imagined that…except anyone who’d seen the first few series of _Death in Paradise_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/177 "2021-08-18T10:41:43Z")
What surprised me about the _Professor T_ show was how little Ben Miller appears in it. In half the episodes he’s effectively a secondary character. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/178 "2021-08-18T17:37:31Z")
Never saw it and am not really familiar with Ben Miller. According to the web, he used to be a comedian. Also, I’m not faulting him so much as I am the writers. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/179 "2021-08-18T18:38:11Z")
Been really digging **Black Monday** on Showtime. Don Cheedle, 80s Wall Street, and piles of coke! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/180 "2021-08-18T19:04:55Z")
I’ve been watching _In the Dark_ and love the show. I was a big fan of the first season, but missed the second (I hadn’t heard it was on until halfway thought, and watching online was a mess because the ads wouldn’t load\*). But I took a chance and watched this season. Great show. Murphy is one of the most fascinating characters on TV: smart, clever, charming, sarcastic, and incredibly manipulative. The other characters are nicely drawn and full of surprises. Favorite line: “I don’t know what’s more shocking: that you murdered someone or that you have friends.” \*I know now it’s on Netflix, so I’ll catch up later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=10)