The TV thread

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Suits LA might have been one of the worst pilots that I've ever seen. Incomprehensible

Sounds like my wife's instincts were right on. She's one of the millions who binged Suits a couple summers ago when she ran out of things to watch but has expressed little interest in the reboot.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

In our ever-ongoing attempts to stay up with the zeitgeist, my wife and I finally just finished S5 of Cobra Kai. Can anyone explain why a S6 was needed after that? It would have provided a mostly happy ending and prevented stretching the boundaries of believability any further. When Cobra Kai debuted, I don't think anyone envisioned they'd be mining Karate Kid III, which was barely watchable dreck in 1989, for plot lines several seasons later.

 

[DanOregon]

I heard the creator of Suits was working on something else, that "this show" wasn't going to be Suits, but NBC became very enthusiastic when the show popped on Netflix and signed on - as long as it was "Suits"-ish. For the life of me, I've never seen so many lawyers, do lawyer stuff and never write anything down - not even their billable hours!! Not a briefcase, a shoulder bag, a file or even a legal pad. The secret of the original's success wasn't the writing or the plots - but six or seven people you enjoyed catching up with every week, particularly Harvey and Donna. And later Wendell Pierce.

 

[Della9250]

The secret of the original's success wasn't the writing or the plots - but six or seven people you enjoyed catching up with every week, particularly Harvey and Donna. And later Wendell Pierce.

The initial plot was a good hook.

 

[playthrough]

In our ever-ongoing attempts to stay up with the zeitgeist, my wife and I finally just finished S5 of Cobra Kai. Can anyone explain why a S6 was needed after that? It would have provided a mostly happy ending and prevented stretching the boundaries of believability any further. When Cobra Kai debuted, I don't think anyone envisioned they'd be mining Karate Kid III, which was barely watchable dreck in 1989, for plot lines several seasons later.

Had no idea that was still going. I watched most of the first season and felt like I had sufficiently scratched that itch enough.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Had no idea that was still going. I watched most of the first season and felt like I had sufficiently scratched that itch enough.

It's not quite Lost in terms of one season stretched until the rubber band snaps into a million pieces, but it's getting there. It started getting really silly in S2, sorta bounced back w/some Karate Kid II connections in S3 and then went all-in on making the bad guy from Karate Kid III the focal point in S4 and S5. It mostly worked but I have no idea how they're going to mine 15 episodes out of S6.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Aw, I'm so glad to see "Flow" get the Oscar for animated feature. That was a truly transcending film, beautifully done.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I worry Sesame Street's days are numbered.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5319076/sesame-workshop-layoffs

 

[Webster]

I decided to try jump back into Severance last night. Gave up after 25 minutes as I realized that I just don't care that much about the story and it wasn't worth the bandwidth to even try to work my way through everything that the show was about.

 

[Batman]

RIP George Lowe, the voice of Space Ghost and a number of other Adult Swim characters.
Might not have been as famous as other voice talents, but it's probably not a stretch to say the modern age of animated TV — certainly not Adult Swim and all it's done for the genre — might not exist without him.

https://apnews.com/article/space-ghost-adult-swim-george-lowe-25b3fffb45770eb6b92f76e015d8814a

 

[TigerVols]

I decided to try jump back into Severance last night. Gave up after 25 minutes as I realized that I just don't care that much about the story and it wasn't worth the bandwidth to even try to work my way through everything that the show was about.

I'm about 25 minutes in and it's a darn good thing my remote needs charging.
This is the most pretentious BS I've been forced to endure in memory.

 

[HanSenSE]

"Court of Gold" on Netflix. Not your typical sports documentary. Six-parter on the 2024 Olympic men's basketball tournament, focusing mostly on the U.S., Canada, France and Serbia. Plenty of game action here, and, yes, the French TV call on Curry's dagger shots are included.

Not to forget the executive producers, Barack and Michelle Obama.