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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1230 on: May 02, 2014, 10:20:10 PM »
Do yourself a favor and watch Review because Andy Daly is a goddamn national treasure.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1232 on: May 05, 2014, 09:27:44 PM »
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1233 on: May 05, 2014, 10:11:23 PM »
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh.

John Doman opens his mouth and makes everyone else look silly in comparison.

Also pretty sure according to Year One, Gordon transfers into Gotham much later in life. Not that DC cares about continuity at this point.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1234 on: May 06, 2014, 07:45:44 PM »
Empire, Fox's hip-hop drama, and that Casey Wilson-David Caspe Happy Endings follow-up over at NBC were both picked up today.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1235 on: May 06, 2014, 07:52:09 PM »
Empire, Fox's hip-hop drama, and that Casey Wilson-David Caspe Happy Endings follow-up over at NBC were both picked up today.

I read that as Happy Endings has been picked up for a new season.


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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1236 on: May 06, 2014, 08:11:53 PM »
I'm interested in what Terence Howard/Lee Daniels/Danny Strong can showcase in Empire. I'll try out the pilot.

NBC also okayed a show that is basically The Americans for network TV. Not that complaining about this is anything new but so much for originality.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1237 on: May 06, 2014, 11:15:42 PM »
Gotham looks kinda awful.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1238 on: May 06, 2014, 11:53:47 PM »
I'm interested in what Terence Howard/Lee Daniels/Danny Strong can showcase in Empire. I'll try out the pilot.

As am I. I'm glad Fox decided to try something different (even though the names involved make it not so much of a risk).

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #1239 on: May 08, 2014, 11:12:01 PM »
Network shows mostly disappoint me, but I'm half-cautious, half-optimistic about some of them (mostly because of the talent)...

CBS has Battle Creek. Directed by Bryan Singer, written by Vince Gilligan and David Shore. Problem is it could wind up just being a regular cop show.

FOX has Empire. Directed by Lee Daniels, written by Danny Strong, and starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Problem is it could end up feeling simplified and watered down like many serialized network dramas.

ABC has The Whispers (an alien-invasion story with a pilot by Mark Romanek), American Crime (racially charged drama written/directed by John Ridley), and The Club (upstairs/downstairs country club drama which had David O. Russell involved, but he left after the pilot). Same potential problem I mentioned with Empire.

Then, there were a bunch of shows okayed that are based on comics. That means next year for comic book fans...
ABC- Agents of SHIELD S2, Agent Carter
CW- Arrow S3, Flash, iZombie
FOX- Gotham
NBC- Constantine
AMC- The Walking Dead S5
Netflix- Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist

That's 12 series based on comics given the greenlight over the course of the 2014-2015 season with some probably coming in Fall 2015. Quality-wise, it didn't work in film when it felt like every comic property started getting a feature in the early-mid '00s. I'm curious to see if this explodes or implodes on the TV companies.
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