The TV thread

I binged Zoey over the weekend and really enjoyed it. The musical numbers blend in well.

Just a warning, have some tissue nearby because some of the episodes will make your allergies flair and your eyes will water.

 

We haven’t watched last night’s episode yet, but the way that they have dealt with the emotions surrounding the diagnosis of the Peter Gallagher character has been very good.

 

Uh...wow. This looks great. I love Terry O'Quinn and have wanted to see more of him besides just LOST.

 

It definitely has an acerbic kick to it. The folk songs had me rolling.

 

The Rick and Morty season premiere ... that was something.

 

Loved the giant crotch kick for all the fanbois who were pumped at Evil Morty actually mattering.

 

I really loved the first season and yes, I cried multiple times. I nearly lost my mother last year and a lot of it hit close to home.

I think a lot of shows that would be bubble or outright axed this year will be renewed because Pilot season was gutted by the virus. Hoping Zoey makes it to a new season but I question where the storyline will go from here.

 

The AV Club had an article on CBS the other day - they picked up 80 percent of the shows on their slate. Its CBS, but still. Like the only ones that got the axe basically were the Patricia Heaton and Pauley P. shows. (In a further "great day for women!" at the network, "Bull" got another year, even though CBS also recently revealed it paid out $8M to Eliza Dushku for a sexual harassment complaint against the show's lead.)

 

CBS tends to dump their lowest performing drama and comedy - regardless of the rating. The Pauley Perette show made me think she got it instead suing CBS. A lot of shows make it to air simply because the network is "doing business" with a performer or production company.

 

Not really binging so much as catching two or three episodes here and there...

Fargo - I never got the appeal of Billy Bob Thornton until I saw him as Malvo. The praise Alison Tolman has received as the show's breakout star is deserved and then some. Martin Freeman and Oliver Platt put in performances that are, well, craftsmanlike. But it still comes down to witnessing Billy Bob. Thornton commands every scene. You can see the cogs turn as he plans his next move. I am five? six? episodes in and I'm watching to see what he'll do next.

Motherland: Fort Salem - I'm not sure if this is very good or very, very bad. As world-building goes, it's pretty interesting. At the outset, the characters were a bit too anime-precious, but they're starting to grow on me. If you don't watch anything else, the opening credits are some of the prettiest I've seen since The Game of Thrones.

 

Motherland's opening credits also reminiscent of "Frontier."