The TV thread

On Demand. Never an issue.

 

We don't all get On Demand.

I made it a habit to go 90 minutes over on The Good Wife throughout football season to assure it would be there.

 

Yeah, we watched it, but can't fast forward through commercials on CBS On Demand. I'll remember to add time the rest of the football season.

 

I recorded Madame Secretary and The Good Wife and then the repeat of Madame Secretary just to make sure I had all of Madame Secretary. Ended up with half in the first Madame Secretary recording and the second half in the first half of what was supposed to be The Good Wife.

 

Gotham
Pretty good, we'll see how it goes. As usual with any kind of prequel-type thing, it's loaded with stuff you're already expected to know, like which five-second cameo is supposed to be a tease to a future Bat-villain. We know the destination, so the challenge is to keep us interested in the journey. Unless they completely swerve stuff in a false attempt to be clever. Remember the Jimmy Olsen BS from Smallville? He wasn't really THE Jimmy Olsen, we learned at the very end of his character's story, despite the fact that we were fed "He's Jimmy Olsen" for three seasons.

 

It is truly amazing how long Smallville lasted given all of the huge mistakes they made and the flaws in that show. I think part of the success was due to the lack of similar competing shows. Where else was a comic book fan going to go on television? Cartoons were the only other option.

That is no longer the case with Arrow and Agents of SHIELD on the air, the Flash and Agent Carter coming soon and Marvel's straight-to-Netflix shows in production. Of course, Gotham is no Smallville. No teen drama. Much darker tone, and it was the right tone. People had doubts about the GCPD comic series, but I heard great things about it (I never read it).

 

Which cable companies don't have OnDemand these days? The last four I've used (Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, FIOS) have all had it.

Sunday nights are usually packed full of stuff I enjoy watching. Makes it difficult to DVR everything, so OnDemand is a savior in my house. Only issue is remembering to go back and watch everything.

 

When I first saw her in Flying Blind, I thought she was just gorgeous.

 

They all have it, but you have to have the most current setup to get it. If you haven't upgraded in a couple years, you might not have it.

 

I think Bad Boys was the first time I saw her.

 

Big Bang has jumped the shark:the Cheesecake Factory Waitress/ Failed Actress becomes a Drug Co rep.