Corgi-ears December 17, 2016 Share December 17, 2016 On the bright side, Tara can at least in the aftermath say "I fucked Ted." 1 Link to comment
Primetimer December 19, 2016 Share December 19, 2016 Programming the best imaginable slate of HBO original series! View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer December 20, 2016 Share December 20, 2016 Our esteemed colleague and historian Chris Huff weighs in on Amazon's alt-history dystopia, a classic '80s Very Special Episode, and more! View the full article Link to comment
Monty December 20, 2016 Share December 20, 2016 (edited) Archive.org never forgets. Here's the Fametracker article that's mentioned during Game Time. Edited December 20, 2016 by Monty 4 Link to comment
helent December 21, 2016 Share December 21, 2016 (edited) Tara made the right choice about The OA - I kept going because I was caught up in wanting plot-answers, but the ending was absolutely infuriating. See Alan Sepinwall's spoilery review for some cringe-making gifs: http://uproxx.com/sepinwall/the-oa-netflix-spoiler-recap-review/ For a time-travel-done-right show, check out Continuum - it's all about working out the rules, and the writers have clearly planned and thought about it intensely. And you guys clearly don't live in areas with lots of Greek people, or you would know plenty of Effies. Edited December 21, 2016 by helent bad writing 1 Link to comment
Primetimer December 21, 2016 Share December 21, 2016 Matching the panel to their corresponding Degrassi characters. View the full article Link to comment
David T. Cole December 21, 2016 Author Share December 21, 2016 Well in that case we all do. Link to comment
MuuMuuChainsmoker December 21, 2016 Share December 21, 2016 My mental picture when Dave was enthusiastically extolling the virtues of the fridge. 3 Link to comment
SnideAsides December 22, 2016 Share December 22, 2016 Top Chef: I mean, I get it, but... like, the second episode of season one had a "cater the party" challenge in a fetish store. Also, even without the myriad of shitty spinoffs, it's season fourteen. I feel like if they haven't learned how to appropriately use local culture to make challenges by now, they're not going to. Crackpot: See also: not airing Bachelor seasons in which there is no marriage proposal, Survivor seasons in which the losing contestants are not fed to pirates/cannibals/zombies/etc (delete as appropriate based on season theme), Big Brother seasons in which the hate exceeds two minutes, and so forth. Link to comment
John Potts December 22, 2016 Share December 22, 2016 10 hours ago, SnideAsides said: Survivor seasons in which the losing contestants are not fed to pirates/cannibals/zombies/etc (delete as appropriate based on season theme), That reminds me of a British show called (IIRC) "Really Alive" that was inspired by the Andean Plane crash of 1972, where the 16 survivors (out of a total initial compliment of 72) made it out alive by eating the dead. It was false advertising however: despite the title, they didn't kill & eat whichever Z-list celebrity was voted off - that I might have watched! Link to comment
Primetimer December 22, 2016 Share December 22, 2016 And the Emmy for Best Performance By A Body Part In A TV Series goes to... View the full article Link to comment
Misanthrope December 22, 2016 Share December 22, 2016 Khloe's award sounds more like a booty prize to me... Link to comment
Portia December 23, 2016 Share December 23, 2016 (edited) On 12/20/2016 at 1:29 PM, Monty said: Archive.org never forgets. Here's the Fametracker article that's mentioned during Game Time. I immediately thought of that 2 Stars 1 Slot at that point in the podcast. I even remembered the title! Edited December 23, 2016 by Portia 1 Link to comment
Primetimer December 23, 2016 Share December 23, 2016 Forcing TV characters to become mall Santae for an episode. View the full article Link to comment
Monty December 23, 2016 Share December 23, 2016 Tony Soprano, because: 1) James Gandolfini was great at playing a character who was outwardly friendly but inwardly planning on killing someone, which is how I imagine most mall Santas feel all the time 2) Geographically appropriate 3) Silvio and Paulie as helper elves 2 Link to comment
profreader December 24, 2016 Share December 24, 2016 I miss 2 Stars 1 Slot. It's fascinating to me how this happens so often. Also: Tara was of course right that RuPaul and Rue McLanahan was technically a cheat... but don't you want to see that mashup? ;) Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce December 24, 2016 Share December 24, 2016 Helena from Orphan Black, because she's surprisingly great with kids, it'll keep her out of Alison's hair while she prepares her no-doubt spectacularly elaborate holiday decor, and if anything goes down at the mall, she can take 'em down easily, no doubt spouting some action-movie one-liner about her "naughty list". 5 Link to comment
Primetimer December 26, 2016 Share December 26, 2016 Which shows need to split episodes into different perspectives, a la The Affair? View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer December 27, 2016 Share December 27, 2016 Picking special performers for hypothetical holiday specials. View the full article Link to comment
Tara Ariano December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 On 12/23/2016 at 3:30 PM, profreader said: Tara was of course right that RuPaul and Rue McLanahan was technically a cheat... but don't you want to see that mashup? ;) DUH 1 Link to comment
Primetimer December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 Or Spiteful Santa, as the case may be (and is, this time). View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer December 29, 2016 Share December 29, 2016 Pairing naval shoes and numbing cocktails for forced holiday marathons. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer December 30, 2016 Share December 30, 2016 Staffing up an imaginary U.S. presidential administration with appropriate TV characters. View the full article Link to comment
swimmyfish December 30, 2016 Share December 30, 2016 I was just watching Enchanted on cable last week, and I must agree that we, as a society, are not doing enough to appreciate the many talents of James Marsden. 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 2, 2017 Share January 2, 2017 Getting Alan Alda off his lazy ass and into some shows he's never done before. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer January 3, 2017 Share January 3, 2017 Considering some of 2016's most memorable faux hair. View the full article Link to comment
PatternRec January 3, 2017 Share January 3, 2017 hahaha "get off your ass, alan alda!" Link to comment
Jenny K January 3, 2017 Share January 3, 2017 This got me thinking: How would we get Hawkeye Pierce back on TV today? If it's been 30-something years since M*A*S*H signed off, then it's been 30-something years since the end of the Korean War in Hawkeye Time. Which means it's somewhere in the 1980s. Which means.... he could be on This Is Us, in one of the Pearson family flashbacks! Maybe the family goes to Maine on a vacation, ends up in Crab Apple Cove (Hawkeye's hometown), and Jack takes ill in a bit of foreshadowing to his eventual demise that we know won't actually happen until at least the 90s. So they go to the doctor, the only doc in town, Dr. Ben "Hawkeye" Pierce, a kindly old man, the kind who should be retired but he's still going strong. He's delivered all the babies in town over the years. He tells corny jokes with a twinkle in his eye. He doesn't like to talk about the war... except that he always does, especially when he's teaching someone a lesson about life. Which is what he does, of course, for the visiting Pearson family. 2 Link to comment
purist January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 (edited) Has anyone ever told you guys that you are really, really silly? Naval 'shoes', indeed. Long may your silliness reign. Edited January 5, 2017 by purist 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 Raiding TV characters' closets. View the full article Link to comment
profreader January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 12:08 PM pajamas are best pajamas! 1 Link to comment
PatternRec January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 (edited) Birkenstock sandals for conscientious objectors. Birkenstock sandals with socks = get sent immediately to the brig. Edited January 4, 2017 by PatternRec 1 Link to comment
Kip January 5, 2017 Share January 5, 2017 DCI John Luther from Luther closet would be mine. Despite living in squalor for the series, he must have kept his cloths from prior to his breakdown. 2 Link to comment
Kip January 5, 2017 Share January 5, 2017 My Alan Alda project would be for him to be in the next season of Fargo. Granted this idea struck me because of confusing who's son Adam Arkin (from season 2 of Fargo) was, but I still think Alda would be great as a member of the criminal enterprise that was pretty much wiped out in the first season by Lorne Malvo, having to rebuild the Kansas City Mafia. He could be the older Hamish Broker (Arkin). 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 5, 2017 Share January 5, 2017 The TV offerings we shouldn't like, but do. View the full article Link to comment
April Bloodgate January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 Jess from New Girl (yes, I'm one of those) or the cast of The Bletchley Circle (thanks to Sarah's wonderful recaps). 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 Turning American shows Canadian. View the full article Link to comment
Narla January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 Just a point to Sarah for the Sopranos-in-Grimsby -- as she clearly has an affection for that city name, I feel the need to let her know that there's plenty of mob activity in neighbouring Hamilton, ON, which I have always thought had a lot in common with Jersey. I mean, it's a city, not a state, but it's unexpectedly pretty in places and everything thinks we're just a crazy industrial city on fire, because all they ever see is the steel plants as they go past on the Skyway Bridge, heading for Niagara. 1 Link to comment
John Potts January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 Move Beverly Hills 90210 a few thousand miles North East and make Halton Hills, 9-Ontario (OK, I have no idea how Canadian post/zip codes work, but you can probably fudge some sort of copy). Probably less hanging out at the beach and more hanging out at the mall, though they could visit Niagara Falls for change of scenery (and yes, I had to Google all that information about Halton, but it could work!). Link to comment
Cekrypton1 January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 I was SURE that Tara was going to select Claire "Julie Bowen" Dunphy. Link to comment
profreader January 6, 2017 Share January 6, 2017 Oh my gosh did I ever love this mini. I want all things to be Canadianised. It made me think of one of Tara's comments from the Family Ties Canon submission not that long ago -- along the lines of, "Believe me, you never have to tell a Canadian if a celebrity is Canadian. WE KNOW." Link to comment
David T. Cole January 6, 2017 Author Share January 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Narla said: Just a point to Sarah for the Sopranos-in-Grimsby -- as she clearly has an affection for that city name, I feel the need to let her know that there's plenty of mob activity in neighbouring Hamilton, ON... Grimsby is the mafia waypoint between Hamilton and Niagara Falls. 1 Link to comment
Fukui San January 7, 2017 Share January 7, 2017 In Montreal, a community is torn asunder when one man strikes another couple's child. Yes, ladies and gentleman, it's Le Slap. 4 Link to comment
Primetimer January 9, 2017 Share January 9, 2017 Matching our pets to the right TV foster families. View the full article Link to comment
helent January 9, 2017 Share January 9, 2017 Aw, this made me sad...If forced, I would house my shithead cat Theo with Sherlock on Elementary. Theo's mostly lovely but he woke me up several times last night, and Sherlock seems to barely sleep, so they seem like a good fit. Link to comment
Corgi-ears January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Whereupon the couple says "sorry" to the slapper, and everyone moves on. So, Le Slap: a one-episode half-hour show. 2 Link to comment
Primetimer January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Our esteemed colleague Jeff Drake on three-time loser Nick Viall, The Young Pope, and more! View the full article Link to comment
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