# 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:** 5
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/81 "2011-09-06T20:12:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > 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? It’s OK, I appreciate the info…🙂 (When I saw how Two Many Cats was able to watch it last night I thought that maybe there was a quick, easy free way to check it out. If I recall, the father from Malcolm In The Middle is the lead actor on Breaking Bad) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/82 "2011-09-06T20:26:30Z")
Terra Nova has cancel written all over it. There have been shows like this every few years since I was a kid. Big budget sci-fi, if it doesn’t pull in big ratings it will die a quick death. Whitney actually looks ok to me, not sure what is bugging most everyone else. Looking forward to BBT and Community again. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/83 "2011-09-06T20:47:30Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Whitney actually looks ok to me, not sure what is bugging most everyone else. Whitney looks hilarious. I can’t understand all the hate. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/84 "2011-09-06T21:08:35Z")
I just got the fall TV issue of Entertainment Weekly and now I am psyched to see Up All Night, American Horror Story, and Terra Nova. (I’m also interested to see what happens with Grey’s Anatomy as half the cast is or was chomping at the bit to leave. When Sandra Oh goes, so do I.) ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/85 "2011-09-06T21:17:59Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Terra Nova has cancel written all over it. There have been shows like this every few years since I was a kid. Big budget sci-fi, if it doesn’t pull in big ratings it will die a quick death. I know they want to cash in on the _Jurassic Park_ thing and have dinosaurs and everything, but I’d be much more interested in seeing a show where they went back in time maybe 50,000 years ago. Or 500,000. Anytime when we’d be encountering our upright human ancestors. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/86 "2011-09-06T21:35:58Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > It’s OK, I appreciate the info…🙂 > > (When I saw how Two Many Cats was able to watch it last night I thought that maybe there was a quick, easy free way to check it out. If I recall, the father from Malcolm In The Middle is the lead actor on Breaking Bad) Yeh, I was surprised too, but there are plenty of ways (both legit if you’re willing to pay, and… no so legit). If you’re willing to cough up $3 (and I don’t think you’ll be disappointed) you can always [buy the pilot over iTunes,](http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pilot/id271383858?i=271866344) then rent the DVDs if it’s your thing. (or just pony up the $18 for the first season?) ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/87 "2011-09-06T21:41:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Listening to the first few notes… that could be _Lost._ Oh lord… I don’t ask for much, but I can only take one _Losts_ in my lifetime. But I think this has some legs to it; seems very emotional and enthralling. ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/88 "2011-09-06T22:00:29Z")
People, take the _Breaking Bad_ discussion elsewhere, it’s off-topic in this thread, as is snark about other people’s taste in TV. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/89 "2011-09-07T01:04:28Z")
Returning shows: Fringe, NCIS, Psych, Castle, Mentalist. The last if I can figure out how to watch it. I don’t have a tv; I get shows that interest me online; I haven’t found a way to get that one yet. I won’t see season three until the DVD comes out on the 20th. New shows: I’ll watch for what people here recommend, and check them out. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/90 "2011-09-07T01:40:32Z")
> [@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 Ahem. There’s no irony here. I don’t object to programs showing sitting and talking as long as it’s worth listening to. I apologize **twickster** , but I had to defend my honor here. I’ll go back to the other thread now. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/91 "2011-09-07T21:59:31Z")
**The Secret Circle** , but only because I was a huge L.J. Smith fan in high school. I watched half of the first season of **The Vampire Diaries** before giving up, and I owe this one the same shot. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/92 "2011-09-09T16:22:15Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I like American Pickers and the new Picker Sisters. I saw Picker Sisters and was greatly amused. Two attractive women in short-shorts gushing about how nice these 75 year old men are for letting them rummage through their scrapyard and give them great deals. That said, I legitimately found it more interesting than American Pickers if only for the conversion-to-household-decor aspects/segments. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/93 "2011-09-09T16:30:32Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I saw Picker Sisters and was greatly amused. Two attractive women in short-shorts gushing about how nice these 75 year old men are for letting them rummage through their scrapyard and give them great deals. > > That said, I legitimately found it more interesting than American Pickers if only for the conversion-to-household-decor aspects/segments. Holy crap, American Pickers was neat enough already but substituting 2 hot chicks in shorts, that’s genius! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/94 "2011-09-09T16:46:04Z")
Where the hell is _30 Rock_? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/95 "2011-09-09T17:01:48Z")
Terry O’Quinn landing on **Hawaii 5-0** sparks my interest. It gets Tivo’d as well. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/96 "2011-09-09T17:28:48Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Where the hell is _30 Rock_? I know!? And I can’t be the _ONLY_ person looking forward to see how **The Office** comes back. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/97 "2011-09-09T17:47:57Z")
Wikipedia says that 30 Rock won’t start until midseason because Tina Fey is pregnant. And I’m looking forward to The Good Wife and The Mentalist, because of the cliffhanger ending last season. I want to know where they’re going with this storyline. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/98 "2011-09-10T03:50:57Z")
The Onion AV Club has posted its two-part preview of new shows [here](http://www.avclub.com/articles/ah-screw-it-heres-a-bunch-of-shows-the-av-clubs-20,61296/) and [here](http://www.avclub.com/articles/ah-screw-it-heres-a-bunch-of-shows-the-av-clubs-20,61377/2/). Among things not yet discussed here, I think the most promising is **Free Agents**. Love me some Anthony Stewart Head. ---
**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 10, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/99 "2011-09-10T04:17:11Z")
blastr (part of the SyFy family) has a three-part [series](http://blastr.com/) on cancelled, new and renewed Sci-Fi and similar series. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/100 "2011-09-10T04:34:21Z")
Reading the Onion articles, there doesn’t seem to be much that screams “watch me”! All I could think of was the earlier thread here on the SD about what TV shows we, the readers, would like to see. There were really good ideas in that thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311.md?page=6)