tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post114829821206814414..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-43561588359185418902014-08-28T12:56:57.138-04:002014-08-28T12:56:57.138-04:00I saw FLS live a few weeks ago at Joe's Pub. ...I saw FLS live a few weeks ago at Joe's Pub. Spectacular. Best improv (not just hip-hop improv, but ALL improv) show I have ever seen.Saraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-43446943157197311052014-08-25T22:10:29.529-04:002014-08-25T22:10:29.529-04:00I don't have Pivot - I'm very annoyed abou...I don't have Pivot - I'm very annoyed about that because about 5 dozen critics have written reviews that indicate that I would love Please Like Me, and I can't watch it.Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-50138683212362161172014-08-21T10:01:03.751-04:002014-08-21T10:01:03.751-04:00I just watched A to Z and I will definitely give i...I just watched A to Z and I will definitely give it a long leash. Enjoyable, good leads with good chemistry, and I could see it doing very well (as good comedies tend to improve after the pilot, once they're done doing the set-up). Andrew's annoying friend was the worst part of the show for me, but since that's such a sitcom trope, he probably isn't going anywhere (but maybe will get better). And when Andrew started talking about believing in "the one," that was too Ted Mosbyish (my husband called it How I Met Your Lawyer), but it set up the immediate joke well.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-82362343370074982242014-08-20T21:41:53.205-04:002014-08-20T21:41:53.205-04:00Casey Wilson's presence and all the Happy Endi...Casey Wilson's presence and all the Happy Endings connections assure I'll be sticking with Marry Me.StvMgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-69489034243096868832014-08-20T17:39:57.026-04:002014-08-20T17:39:57.026-04:00I will give a long leash to Lin-Manuel Miranda'...I will give a long leash to Lin-Manuel Miranda's new show on Pivot, Freestyle Love Supreme (starts in October). "An improvised musical comedy mixing improvised stage shows with real world sketches." Yes please. <br />When does Galavant start? That probably gets a long leash too.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60757565977714381012014-08-20T15:10:39.934-04:002014-08-20T15:10:39.934-04:00Will do. And having now seen the pilots of A to Z...Will do. And having now seen the pilots of A to Z and Selfie on Hulu, I'm inclined to give both a good-sized leash - A to Z because it's pretty charming as is, and Selfie more for the last 5 or so minutes of the pilot (and what it might become from episode 2 forward) than for anything that came before.Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-28437590751781401242014-08-20T12:21:01.056-04:002014-08-20T12:21:01.056-04:00Watch Broadchurch regardless (and, I'd say, fi...Watch Broadchurch regardless (and, I'd say, first) - it's fantastic. Just top-notch in all areas.bellawilfernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-32062331751197205422014-08-20T12:20:07.774-04:002014-08-20T12:20:07.774-04:00Hate that I can't comment here more than to sa...Hate that I can't comment here more than to say that I personally think Joseph is wrong re: the quality of our shows :), but very excited to see what you guys think when everything premieres. (I've seen all the pilots and certainly have thoughts.)bellawilfernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60746313196743913592014-08-19T16:50:35.750-04:002014-08-19T16:50:35.750-04:00To be fair, more people in the US have probably se...To be fair, more people in the US have probably seen him as the Master than as Sam Tyler.Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-28726531375554204092014-08-19T16:48:56.838-04:002014-08-19T16:48:56.838-04:00TVGuide.com calls him "Doctor Who's John ...TVGuide.com calls him "Doctor Who's John Simm," as if the US version of "Life on Mars" Back-to-the-Futured the far superior BBC version out of existence.Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-62489509244733244492014-08-19T16:47:28.700-04:002014-08-19T16:47:28.700-04:00I'm still behind on my summer backlog despite ...I'm still behind on my summer backlog despite my best intentions, so many of these new fall shows will sit on the TiVo while I await the hive mind consensus. Hoping to sample Mulaney, A to Z, Marry Me, Selfie, Gotham, Flash (though I don't watch Arrow), Gracepoint (with Broadchurch to be streamed at some point, preferably beforehand), HTGAWM, and Black-ish. Also intrigued by the upcoming Houdini miniseries with Adrien Brody on History.Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-11239286544788675942014-08-19T16:05:15.815-04:002014-08-19T16:05:15.815-04:00Medium leash to:
How To Get Away With Murder
Fresh...Medium leash to:<br />How To Get Away With Murder<br />Fresh Off the Boat<br />Black-ish<br />Marry Me (which is reminding me that I never watched Happy Endings and I should - looks like it's on Hulu)<br />Short leash to Selfie - the description has not sounded appealing to me, but I have similar goodwill to all the folks Matt mentioned. I may wait a few episodes and then watch several, since it may get better with time. Definitely agree that Gillan's not using her own accent is a negative. <br />Since Laura Benanti will be on Nashville, I'll start watching it again (love Connie Britton but plots last season got too annoying for me).<br />My son will be watching Gotham, and I'll watch with him some of the time, don't know if he's give it a long leash, though (maybe more of an issue with comedies than dramas, since comedy pilots don't tend to be great and then the good ones improve).Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-12115114025949575552014-08-19T14:34:59.061-04:002014-08-19T14:34:59.061-04:00At least based on what MaskedScheduler is saying o...At least based on what MaskedScheduler is saying on Twitter, Fox isn't dumping Mulaney--they really believe in it/him as having potential of being the next Seinfeld. And Fox Sunday has historically been quite strong among young men, though will be interesting to see if non-Seth MacFarlane programming can hold it.<br /><br /><br />Marry Me just has a MURDEROUS timeslot--against SHIELD/Agent Carter, NCIS: Bakula, New Girl, and Supernatural.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-77620047909256599122014-08-19T13:54:04.797-04:002014-08-19T13:54:04.797-04:00I think my longest leash is for Flash, for obvious...I think my longest leash is for Flash, for obvious reasons. Next would be Gotham, for Donal Logue reasons. Intruders starts Saturday and a John Simms crazy-town show goes a long way with me.<br /><br /><br />Then, my short leash list:<br /><br /><br />Blackish<br />Constantine<br />Cristela<br /><br /><br />On my "How Bad Can It Be?!? That Bad?!?" list:<br /><br /><br />Stalker<br />Scorpion (finally, the waitress role Katherine McPhee has shown she's under-qualified for!)Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-54311334463715713592014-08-19T13:16:52.480-04:002014-08-19T13:16:52.480-04:00I'm looking forward to Mulaney, despite the fa...I'm looking forward to Mulaney, despite the fact that A.) the pilot is apparently lackluster, and B.) it's been dumped on Sunday night by FOX. Maverick scheduling experiment or mistreatment of a previous executive's development slate, who knows.<br /><br /><br />By all accounts, Gotham really shouldn't work, but I've loved Ben McKenzie's previous work as a cop (Southland), and Jim Gordon has always been one of the richer characters in Batman's mythos, so I'm intrigued.<br /><br /><br />Marry Me has some appealing actors (Casey Wilson, Ken Marino) and David Caspe (creator of Happy Endings) at the helm. Semi-high concept romantic comedies seem to be a thing the past few development slates, but I'm pretty confident they can make it work. If they can't, Caspe already steered one sem-high concept rom-com into one of the funniest hangout sitcoms of the past decade.Dan Suitornoreply@blogger.com