# The new TV season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311 "2011-09-05T22:14:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/61 "2011-09-06T04:35:23Z")
I’m super psyched for in no particular order: Raising Hope Modern Family Cougar Town Parks and Recreation 2 Broke Girls New Girl (or whatever that one with Zoey Deschanel is. I’m enamored of the concept of a douche jar.) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/62 "2011-09-06T05:23:09Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Okay. You’re on. I’ll report in a new thread since I seem to be spoiling this one here. Everyone else, please continue your ruminations while I watch _Breaking Bad_. One episode might not be enough. This is the most intense thing I have ever seen on TV - which may not be your cup of tea. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > In a brief glance at shows, I’m interested more or less in: > > Terra Nova > Grimm > Ringer > Homeland > Once Upon a Time > Pan Am > Person of Interest > The Playboy Club > Unforgettable > American Horror Story > Awake > > We don’t get Showtime, so Homeland is out. The trailer for Awake is great. Ringer’s TV spots are annoying, but the IMDB trailer was interesting. (In the commercials, I was afraid one of the women was named Chiffon. I cringed. Siobhan I can handle. Chiffon, no!) Terra Nova seems kinda lame. I would be shocked if it makes it to Xmas. Ringer, likewise. The others, I don’t know much about. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/63 "2011-09-06T05:28:06Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I can’t remember the name but I’m excited for the show where the guy lives two lives: one where his son lived and another where his wife lived. \ Yep, that’s **Awake** (NBC). The trailer is linked to upthread. Lets hope it’s as outstanding as the trailer makes it look. Also, doesn’t look like they’ve settled on an air date for it yet, but it says it’s slated for the '11-'12 season. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/64 "2011-09-06T05:43:43Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Yep, that’s **Awake** (NBC). The trailer is linked to upthread. Lets hope it’s as outstanding as the trailer makes it look. > > Also, doesn’t look like they’ve settled on an air date for it yet, but it says it’s slated for the '11-'12 season. Smells like a midseason replacement. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/65 "2011-09-06T05:49:59Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > Telling everyone you don’t like television is sooo 5 years ago. Now you have to lament how it’s just not as good as it used to be… > > There is. As my grandma would put it, “Small things amuse small minds.” Maybe _Matlock_ is more his/her speed? The thing is, I adore _All in the Family_ and _Barney Miller._ Great sitcoms for their time. Gunsmoke wasn’t my thing, but having been born in '73, I was an avid TV watcher before I was out of diapers. My formative years was television from the 80s, but just because I thought _Cheers_ was the best sitcom for the time (and maybe _M_A_S_H\*), it’s not like I couldn’t get into _Friends, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm_ or _Community._ And to speak of westerns, there was the all-too-shortlived _Deadwood_ on HBO, and now yet another AMC series [Hell on Wheels](http://www.amctv.com/shows/hell-on-wheels) coming in November. If you don’t like the argument that TV’s better than it ever has been, it’s at least far more cinematic, and the cream of the crop is better than most feature films, IMHO. \*Breaking Bad \*is intense, but the characterization, tension and plot practically condensates on the TV as you watch it. I’ve watched the first season (all 7 episodes), 3 times now. The first 3 episodes are tight and some of the best crime drama ever written, they honestly feel like 6 hours of TV, that’s how much story is packed just into those first 3 hours. The next two episodes are so focused on the human side in characterization, it’s like they used a laser-guided surgical scalpel to write those episodes rather than a pencil. The acting and plot is so thick and tight, it’s clear why they got the Emmy just from those two eps alone. As for the last two of season one, it rivals some of the best stuff I’ve seen on film. Good films, at that. Explosive and nerve-wracking. Episode six had me practically jumping off the couch with excitement (fulminated mercury). I can’t remember when _Little House on the Prairie_ or the _Mary Tyler Moore Show_ ever did that, or _the Sopranos_ for that matter (and I _love_ the Sopranos). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/66 "2011-09-06T06:03:51Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Smells like a midseason replacement. As in NBC doesn’t have much faith in it, or they’re saving it for something that will inevitably be cancelled? Either way, it really looks like one of their strongest contenders this year; across all three networks. I’m surprised they’re not leading with that one. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/67 "2011-09-06T13:18:11Z")
**Two Many Cats** – your answer to the thread topic was “I’m not planning to watch any of the new shows.” Please take your “all current TV blows” opinions to a new thread where that is the topic. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator (and OP of this thread) ETA: Oops, didn’t realize this had gone to a second page, you have already done so. Let me change that to a general “everyone who wants to talk about the overall quality of TV today, please take it to a new thread,” and ask that people stay on the specific topic of what they’re looking forward to of the new and returning shows for the TV season that is about to start. Thanks, twicks ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/68 "2011-09-06T13:54:19Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Anyone not highly anticipating NBC’s new concept/drama **Awake,** is outta their goddamn minds! 😉 > > Watch this [trailer](http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=CfPVoiQKFvk) for it and tell me I’m wrong. … that _does_ look very interesting. plus there are no cancellation worries; you just go along for the ride and hope the dreams never end. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/69 "2011-09-06T14:00:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Seriously? You’re judging a show based on a four-minute clip of it? And not just any show, but one of the most critically acclaimed shows of recent years. The real irony, of course, being his “It was so bad I couldn’t sit through four minutes of the dialogue!” right after complaining that nobody bothers making anything with scenes of people doing non-action things sitting and talking". -Joe ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/70 "2011-09-06T14:55:51Z")
I’ll be using my new DVR (finally) to record all the Top Chef shows. Love those! I’ll watch DWTS, Bones, and her sisters new show will get a try out. I also like chopped, especially the all stars and champs. New ICA episodes. I really like cooking competition shows, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/71 "2011-09-06T16:24:31Z")
I’m really looking forward to Up All Night and New Girl. And can’t wait to check out 2 1/2 Men. A couple of my favorites are Raising Hope and The Middle and I LOVED the Voice. Will watch again: Sister Wives, Roseanne’s Nuts and Kendra. Watched DWTS for the first time last season and now I’m hooked. Could you believe it when Hines Ward landed on her BENT neck? Turned my knees to water. Might check out Survivor; I think a couple of the guys are cute. lol Keep meaning to watch Justified. Hope it hasn’t been cancelled. I like American Pickers and the new Picker Sisters. And the Colbert Report and the Daily Show. I usually rent a movie on Thursday nights. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/72 "2011-09-06T17:02:41Z")
I’ve seen very few ads for new shows, maybe because we don’t watch much of the Big Three (Four? Five?). I’m looking forward to (at least) the first episode of _Two and a Half Men_ to see how they’re going to kill off Charlie’s character and introduce Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher said on a talk show that it’s a “death scenario”. Also looking forward to _Raising Hope, Justified_ (this year? not sure), and _The Walking Dead_. My guilty pleasure _Real Housewives of Beverly Hills_ started last night, and the previews for the coming season look pretty good. That’s “good” as in “watch to feel superior to multi-millionaires” good. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/73 "2011-09-06T18:09:19Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Well, how would you even know? > > I’m not trying to be snarky, it just seems there might be some paralyzing cynicism at play here. > > I tell you what, watch _only_ the first episode of Breaking Bad. I dare you not to watch the second. > [@twickster](#): > > **Two Many Cats** – your answer to the thread topic was “I’m not planning to watch any of the new shows.” > > Please take your “all current TV blows” opinions to a new thread where that is the topic. > > Thanks, > > **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator (and OP of this thread) > > ETA: Oops, didn’t realize this had gone to a second page, you have already done so. Let me change that to a general “everyone who wants to talk about the overall quality of TV today, please take it to a new thread,” and ask that people stay on the specific topic of what they’re looking forward to of the new and returning shows for the TV season that is about to start. > > Thanks, > > twicks > [@Merijeek](#): > > The real irony, of course, being his “It was so bad I couldn’t sit through four minutes of the dialogue!” right after complaining that nobody bothers making anything with scenes of people doing non-action things sitting and talking". > > -Joe For posterity, here’s the link to **Two Many Cats’** [Breaking Bad review thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623212) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/74 "2011-09-06T18:13:36Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > For posterity, here’s the link to **Two Many Cats’** [Breaking Bad review thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623212) Yeah, I’ve read it. While I’m not a **Breaking Bad** watcher (hey, I’m just now finishing Dexter Season Two!), I’m sure I will some day. Not that it’ll ever be able to compete with things like Manimal and all the other great stuff from back in the day. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/75 "2011-09-06T18:14:55Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > For posterity, here’s the link to **Two Many Cats’** [Breaking Bad review thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623212) I have heard a lot of great things about Breaking Bad, (mostly here on SDMB) but since I don’t have cable and am totally clueless when it comes to stuff like this, I have never been able to check it out; Can anyone point me to a link so I can also watch the debut episode for myself? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/76 "2011-09-06T19:25:25Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I have heard a lot of great things about Breaking Bad, (mostly here on SDMB) but since I don’t have cable and am totally clueless when it comes to stuff like this, I have never been able to check it out; Can anyone point me to a link so I can also watch the debut episode for myself? I don’t see it available anywhere online, even AMC’s own site. Nor on Netflix streaming. Not sure how else to view the episode legitimately, unless you rent it from a store, or you have other streaming means? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/77 "2011-09-06T19:33:14Z")
> [@monkeylucifer](#): > > The Pan Am and Playboy shows look like desperate attempts to create a new Mad Men type of show. Is there any question at all? And rather than “create” a new _Mad Men_, I’d characterize it as trying to mooch off the success of that show. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/78 "2011-09-06T19:42:10Z")
The only new shows I’m interested in are “Up All Night” and “Pan Am”. I know my tastes are very different from that of the majority of this board. Even then, I may not get to see these shows. It’s getting awfully hard for me to carve out time in my day to watch TV nowadays. Not because I don’t like it – I do. But because most of my spare time at home is taken up by caring for my 21 month old son. By the time I put him to bed I’m too tired to watch anything most nights. “Up All Night” sounds exactly like my current life. That’s why I’m interested in it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/79 "2011-09-06T19:47:39Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Yep! That’s it. Thank you. Listening to the first few notes… that could be _Lost._ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/80 "2011-09-06T20:07:40Z")
Returning: Bones The Mentalist The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Cougar Town Castle The only new show that I can remember (there are probably more) that I will try is The New Girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311.md?page=5)