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2017 is the worst fall TV season in recent memory
Vox ^ | September 11, 2017 | Todd VanDerWerff

Posted on 09/11/2017 10:58:40 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: Yaelle

Gilligan was pretty enticing. But Maryanne was the hottest.


61 posted on 09/11/2017 11:29:52 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: wbill

I recommend Black Mirror on Amazon. Twiglightzonish and british. Mostly futuristic.


62 posted on 09/11/2017 11:30:26 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: morphing libertarian

The wife and I have enjoyed “Endeavour”.


63 posted on 09/11/2017 11:30:41 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: OttawaFreeper

64 posted on 09/11/2017 11:30:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EdnaMode

I’ve been keeping tabs on all the new programs coming this fall, and mid-season, and the majority of them won’t be worth the time to record, at least in my house. I’ve also scratched several existing programs off my watch list because the writers have taken them to places I care not to go, and because they’ve become redundant.


65 posted on 09/11/2017 11:31:51 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: OttawaFreeper

I didn’t see Blansky’s Beauties, but I remember Penny Marshall as Laverne promoting the pilot, much as Henry Winkler helped kickstart Laverne and Shirley.


66 posted on 09/11/2017 11:31:52 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: robroys woman
Gilligan was pretty enticing. But Maryanne was the hottest.

Hey, what was Mrs. Howell, chopped liver? Hubba Hubba!

67 posted on 09/11/2017 11:31:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Artemis Webb
I grew up during the mid to late 1970s and many of those sitcoms were awful. Even for the standards of those times. "What's Happening", "Welcome Back Kotter", "Mork & Mindy", "Laverne & Shirley" - just to add a few more. Then you had the "Love Boat", "Fantasy Island" and "Supertrain."

Even if you set out to make bad shows on purpose, I don't think you could have done any worse.

68 posted on 09/11/2017 11:31:58 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Grampa Dave

Are you within range of over the air channels? You can get a good digital antenna for $20 nowadays, and have all the networks without paying anyone anything, and have baseball and your local news or whatever you like on the regular channels.


69 posted on 09/11/2017 11:32:38 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: morphing libertarian

I wonder what the average age of people on this thread is?

Plenty of good shows just various sources. The networks have been dying for two decades. They new trend is updates. Will and Brace, and there’s talk of Frazier and a few others.

HBO is bringing back Curb after he insisted he was done. Can Seinfeld be far behind?


70 posted on 09/11/2017 11:32:46 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Edgar3

Mr. Mercedes is awesome...and very creepy. Never read the books as I stopped reading Stephen King when he decided to go politically stupid.


71 posted on 09/11/2017 11:33:21 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Defiant

Glad I never watched Two Broke Girls. The previous for it looked awful.


72 posted on 09/11/2017 11:33:45 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Artemis Webb

I’m surprised they haven’t decided to do a remake of that...yet.


73 posted on 09/11/2017 11:34:03 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: EdnaMode

***This is the worst fall for new TV shows in the decade***

I remember another real bad fall schedule back in 1968. It was so bad LAUGH IN did a joke about looking at the future of America and foresaw....”President of the USA, Goldie Hawn asked NBC to STOP THE BOMBING!” (huge amount of hysterical laughter followed.)

The joke was the Dem party at that time wanted Lyndon Johnson to STOP THE BOMBING of North Vietnam to help them win the 1968 election.


74 posted on 09/11/2017 11:34:31 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: robroys woman

Ginger. Definitely Ginger.

75 posted on 09/11/2017 11:34:52 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: dfwgator
That is a good show.

Too Cute on Animal Planet is a guilty pleasure.

Puppies, kittens and the occasional weasel.

76 posted on 09/11/2017 11:35:22 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: OttawaFreeper

No mention of Joanie (RIP) Loves Chachie?


77 posted on 09/11/2017 11:35:39 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: kosciusko51

yes and now I have to find Inspector Morse


78 posted on 09/11/2017 11:36:02 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Snickering Hound

Ginger was glamorous. Maryanne was hot. :)


79 posted on 09/11/2017 11:36:33 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: wbill

Liking the Unabomber mini-series. Great descriptions of the development of linguistic forensics.


80 posted on 09/11/2017 11:36:50 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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