2015-2016 TV Death Watch

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Perknose

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 9, 1999
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Season 4 of Longmire debuts on Netflix on Thursday, the 10th.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert starts tomorrow night.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Season 4 of Longmire debuts on Netflix on Thursday, the 10th.

:YAY: It's about time!

I'm very surprised that CBS is bringing Scorpion back. While it was sometimes fun to watch...overall, it was a terrible show.
 

MongGrel

Lifer
Dec 3, 2013
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Downton Abbey :(

Actually watched and caught them all up and like the show, at least one more season I guess.
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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Local channel is really plugging Quantico -- they did the same with Forever last year, but that got cancelled.

Is it me, or is Quantico really pretentious looking? Something about the ads I've seen for the show rubs me the wrong way.
 

Charmonium

Lifer
May 15, 2015
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Local channel is really plugging Quantico -- they did the same with Forever last year, but that got cancelled.

Is it me, or is Quantico really pretentious looking? Something about the ads I've seen for the show rubs me the wrong way.
Yeah, that was my impression too. It looks like it's going to be one of those shows like NCIS or one of it's clones that takes itself way too seriously.

It's weird how some shows like Homeland can pull that off while others just end up looking really stupid.
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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Halt and Catch Fire? Seriously?

Haven't seen any instant duds yet on other networks.

Hoping Scream Queens gets a renewal. It's so bad it's good...
 

AznAnarchy99

Lifer
Dec 6, 2004
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Halt and Catch Fire? Seriously?

Haven't seen any instant duds yet on other networks.

Hoping Scream Queens gets a renewal. It's so bad it's good...

Scream queens is awesome. Almost like Scary Movie 1 as a TV show,.
 

brianmanahan

Lifer
Sep 2, 2006
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it sounds like this will be the last season for Person of Interest too

which is a shame because i love that show
 

Charmonium

Lifer
May 15, 2015
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BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Last season was a little weak I thought and the 18-49 demo ratings are pretty low for a broadcast show. But overall ratings were still solid - averaging almost 10M for season 4.

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/person-of-interest-season-four-ratings-34024/

This season could be good with the presumed takedown of Samaritan.

PoI lost its spark a couple of seasons ago.


Local channel is really plugging Quantico -- they did the same with Forever last year, but that got cancelled.

Is it me, or is Quantico really pretentious looking? Something about the ads I've seen for the show rubs me the wrong way.

Seems to me like someone is boffing the Bollywood starlet...and had to find her a US show as payment for "services rendered."
I only watched the pilot episode...wasn't impressed with the writing or the acting. (she's not too hard on the eyes...but her acting skills are terrible)
 

Iron Woode

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Super Moderator
Oct 10, 1999
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Last season was a little weak I thought and the 18-49 demo ratings are pretty low for a broadcast show. But overall ratings were still solid - averaging almost 10M for season 4.

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/person-of-interest-season-four-ratings-34024/

This season could be good with the presumed takedown of Samaritan.
The series completed airing its fourth season on May 5, 2015, and has been renewed for a fifth season to debut mid-season during the 2015–16 television season.[3][4] The fifth season will consist of 13 episodes. Nolan commented at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con that, although CBS has yet to make a final decision, they are approaching the season as if it might be the final one.[5]

and the list of 4 new episode titles for season 5:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Person_of_Interest_episodes#Season_5
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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wow shit this is really the final season of the league? had no clue ... probably the best written comedy out there.

I love The League, but that's inaccurate for a couple of reasons:

-There are better written comedies out there. Veep, for one. Silicon Valley is impressive after 2 seasons.
-The League isn't really scripted...it's mostly improv. So...not much of it is actually written. ;)
 

Charmonium

Lifer
May 15, 2015
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Good. It was a one season show.
Well, 2 if you count 13 episode seasons. But yeah, it was getting pretty funky. I was actually surprised they got a second season out of it.
Both of them are actually pretty decent. Scream is pretty graphic/gory for an MTV show.
You've got to love the one with Jaime Lee Curtis and the black chick from Reno 911 (Niecy Nash)
 

uclaLabrat

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Aug 2, 2007
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PoI lost its spark a couple of seasons ago.




Seems to me like someone is boffing the Bollywood starlet...and had to find her a US show as payment for "services rendered."
I only watched the pilot episode...wasn't impressed with the writing or the acting. (she's not too hard on the eyes...but her acting skills are terrible)
Just watched the pilot, and while the lead is stunningly gorgeous, and I thought her acting was fine, holy balls does the plot writing suck. Unbelievably terrible events...the associate director of training steals the FBI van and tazes some dude who doesn't realize who she is,
Then she crashes the van in the middle of downtown NYC (while magically being 50 yards from any other vehicles and/or person) and the main chick just jumps out and disappears into the crowd? What terrible plot abortion is this?