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Old 01-09-2011, 09:32 PM   #261
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Season 3 of Southland is airing on Superchannel on January 13.
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Old 01-09-2011, 09:51 PM   #262
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Anyone watch the premier of Bob's Burger's tonight? I thought it was really funny.

Surprised the poster above me doesn't have anything to say about since he is apparently a Dr. Katz fan...
So had no idea what Bob's Burger was... and dammit the western feed is just ending. Can't beleive I missed something with H Jon Benjamin in it. I'll torrent the first episode and pvr the rest, thanks!
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Old 01-09-2011, 10:11 PM   #263
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I thought Bob the Burger was horrible.
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Old 01-09-2011, 10:12 PM   #264
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I thought Bob the Burger was horrible.
But to be fair, you're old.
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Old 01-09-2011, 11:51 PM   #265
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If thats what dumb people find funny, I'll be glad when I depart this world.

And get the f$$$ offa my lawn you hippy.
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Old 01-10-2011, 12:11 AM   #266
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Cape=terrible

Bob=awesome
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Old 01-10-2011, 12:20 AM   #267
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I liked Bob's Burgers, but mostly because I like anything Jon Benjamin does. I can't wait for Archer to return.
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Old 01-10-2011, 12:30 AM   #268
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Its too bad that the Sunday night animation time slots that I used to really like have become so week.

Simpsons and Family guy just aren't good anymore
Cleveland has been terrible since day one and Bob was terrible.

Bring back American Dad.
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simpsons was great tonight. not simpsons great, but tv great.
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Old 01-10-2011, 08:13 AM   #270
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Cape = total cheese. One liners all over the place. Had high hopes for this one but execution was terrible.

Explosions and special effects were good though.
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Old 01-10-2011, 08:20 AM   #271
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The cape was average at best, but I only watched the first hour and recorded the second.

There were just to many "Thats not how you make a superhero show" moments for me. For example all of his training was summed up in a 45 second montage. His full training should be spread over at least a full season and he should screw up a lot to prove he is still a human under the cape. Also he cannot beat Scales but a midget takes him down in two hits.

I will give it a little more of a chance just because I like superhero shows but they better get better.

Bobs burgers looked so bad in the commercials I never even bothered to tune in. I figure if you cannot put effort into drawing a good looking cartoon then it is not worth looking at. It reminded me of the first season of the Simpsons.
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Old 01-10-2011, 10:23 AM   #272
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I actually really enjoyed Bob's. I thought the writing was really creative and funny as well. I was quite surprised actually.
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Old 01-10-2011, 10:35 AM   #273
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I thought Bobs Burgers was kind of lame. Nothing made me laugh at all, unlike Family Guy where I got a few laughs like usual.

Also props to last nights Simpsons with some housewives women on women action.
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Old 01-10-2011, 10:43 AM   #274
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The only new shows I am looking forward to are the next season of

Breaking bad and

Season 4 of Sons of Anarchy...
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Parks and Recreation returns on the 20th
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I am still waiting for news on the latest season of Burn Notice. The re-runs of it on Showcase just aren't doing it for me.
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For example all of his training was summed up in a 45 second montage. His full training should be spread over at least a full season...
NBC in 2011 simply cannot afford to do that. They've got 13 episodes to make an impression and if it flunks, they're done... so they gotta go balls to the wall in the pilot. We'll never see another Lost, i.e., a slow developing serial drama with longevity, on a broadcast network. Look what happened to FlashForward last year, and The Event is going down the same road this year.
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Old 01-12-2011, 09:20 PM   #278
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The Ricky Gervais Show and Bill Maher start on Friday...if anyone cares.
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Old 01-12-2011, 09:20 PM   #279
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We'll never see another Lost, i.e., a slow developing serial drama with longevity, on a broadcast network. .
That's bull crap. The TV landscape was no different in 2004 when lost came on the air then it is now. Lost was success because despite being slow moving it's initial episodes got you hooked. If shows like The Cape and The Event had good story telling, good acting, they would last, but... they don't. I watched the pilot of The Event and it was total garbage. Caught about 30 minutes of The Cape and it was embaressingly bad.

I'm not disagresing with your overal point, that Networks and viewers in general have short attention spans... but to suggest a show like Lost can't exist now is not true.
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That's bull crap. The TV landscape was no different in 2004 when lost came on the air then it is now.
Are you kidding me? In 2004 broadcast dramas were still thriving.

CSI was well over 26+ million viewers. Desperate Housewives was in the 23+ million viewer range if I remember correctly. Without a Trace, Everybody Loves Raymond, Grey's Anatomy... all huge. Hello internet, hello video games, hello DVR's and before you know it those days are history.

At the time, Lost was the most expensive pilot episode ever shot... to think we'll ever see this again (from NBC... lol) is a gross misunderstanding of TV ratings and their current state, and the fact that they are a direct reflection of a show's fate and the direction networks go as far as pickups.

On cable? Yeah... Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire... very expensive, serial shows. Broadcast is a whole different game.
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