All I'll say on that is that there are plenty of sitcoms whose greateness
is received Truth, despite the lack of any actual humorous content ("I Love
Lucy" springs immediately to mind here). "Parks and Rec" is fine if one
doesn't mind characters all but screaming at the viewer "Look how lovably
wacky I am!!!!"
De gustibus.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 12:47:08 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote:
>
> Working hard to remain civil with this reply, since I take it as received
> Truth that P&R is one of the all time great sit coms (anD B999 has really
> grown on me, no doubt because my young adult children love it so much).
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 12:18 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hard to believe I'm on the same page as Kevin. Most of these just look
>> vile to me, let alone watchable.
>>
>> In spite of my love for "The Good Place," I have yet to even snicker at
>> the rest of Mr. Schur's oeuvre, especially the odious "Parks and Rec."
>>
>> --Dave Sikula
>>
>> On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 2:55:54 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
>>>
>>> I think once the final season of The Good Place ends, I’m done with
>>> broadcast TV. I’ll see what free pilots are offered up on iTunes in the
>>> next few weeks, but nothing on the roster of new shows sounds interesting.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 2:50 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's a funnier trailer on Instagram I can't link to but this looks
>>>> promising.
>>>> https://youtu.be/vOYqdWp2bqM
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019, 5:53 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I too am a Groggins fan, but from what I have read about the show I
>>>>> can’t rate it worthy...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 5:17 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a Walton Goggins fan, so I will be pulling for "The Unicorn." He
>>>>>> didn't mention it during his WTF interview with Marc Maron. I'm not sure
>>>>>> what to make of it. CBS has been teasing it most of the summer. I can't
>>>>>> believe he did the interview before CBS picked it up.
>>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 8, 2019, at 4:18 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is getting harder and harder to figure out which TV shows to
>>>>>>> watch. And by “TV” here I exclude programs that stream, since I can
>>>>>>> always
>>>>>>> go find them on the service. And by “watch” mean shows that are worth
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> DVR bandwidth, even if I wind up actually watching only some (or none)
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am long past the point of actively scanning nightly tv show
>>>>>>> offerings to see what is on that night. When I am ready to watch
>>>>>>> television
>>>>>>> I check out my DVR cue, or review offerings on my streaming services.
>>>>>>> So I
>>>>>>> have an interest in setting up program recordings up front so I have
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> option of watching them later. Of course part of the problem is a
>>>>>>> number of
>>>>>>> good shows start at times other than the Fall. But also I don’t see
>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>> commercials, so often have little awareness of new upcoming shows, and
>>>>>>> media articles on best new Fall shows are mostly about streaming shows.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Below I list 19 shows, gleaned from recommendations from Forbes and
>>>>>>> something called “Refinery29” (see links below).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabenyehudarahmanan/2019/09/06/32-new-tv-shows-premiering-this-fall-worth-catching/3/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>> https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240186/best-new-fall-tv-shows-2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have grouped them according to my initial estimate of my
>>>>>>> likelihood of recording them (so far only 4 definite “Yes”). I am
>>>>>>> interested in any suggestions for moving shows to different categories,
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> adding shows not included here at all. I am particularly interested in
>>>>>>> PBS
>>>>>>> programs, since none of the articles I read included anything from them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> YES (4)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Murder in the Bayou
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date:September 13, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: Showtime
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Showtime's new true crime docuseries is based on the eponymous book
>>>>>>> by Ethan Brown, exploring the unsolved murders of the Jennings 8, eight
>>>>>>> women killed in Jennings, Louisiana in the 2000s.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perfect Harmony
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: NBC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The musical sitcom stars Bradley Whitford as a former Ivy League
>>>>>>> music professor who becomes a church choir director in a small town.
>>>>>>> Anna
>>>>>>> Camp (Pitch Perfect) also joins the cast.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sunnyside(NBC)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere: Thursday, September 26 at 9:30 p.m. ET
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What’s it about?: Furthering the Michael Schur universe. Sunnyside,
>>>>>>> like The Good Place
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/06/234895/the-good-place-ending-season-4>
>>>>>>> , Brooklyn Nine-Nine
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/01/220869/brooklyn-nine-nine-nbc-premiere-jake-amy-honeymoon>
>>>>>>> , and Parks and Recreation before it, is produced by Schur. The
>>>>>>> superproducer’s latest comedy is about a disgraced New York City
>>>>>>> councilman
>>>>>>> (Kal Penn) who finds redemption in helping immigrants.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who else is in it?: Stand-up comedian Joel Kim Booster and Dead to
>>>>>>> Me
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/05/231807/linda-cardellini-dead-to-me-internet-obsessed>detective
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Diana Maria Riva
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> His Dark Materials
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: Fall 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: HBO
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marketed as the newGame of Thrones,His Dark Materialsstars James
>>>>>>> McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda alongside 14-year-old Dafne
>>>>>>> Keen, who plays Lyra, a girl with special gifts trying to unearth a
>>>>>>> secret
>>>>>>> plot to abduct children.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe (4)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Prodigal Son
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 23, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: FOX
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tom Payne takes on the part of a criminal psychologist working with
>>>>>>> the FBI whose father, played by Michael Sheen, was a serial killer
>>>>>>> known as
>>>>>>> "The Surgeon." Scandal's Bellamy Young is part of the cast.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emergence(ABC)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere: Tuesday, September 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What’s it about?: Something Bachelorette
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/the-bachelorette>fans must have
>>>>>>> many questions about. Emergence trailers repeatedly appeared the
>>>>>>> moment the ABC reality show went to commercial over the summer. The
>>>>>>> sci-fi-flavored drama follows a police chief (Allison Tolman), who
>>>>>>> finds a
>>>>>>> young child near a mysterious accident.The little girl (Alexa Swinton),
>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>> may or may not have super powers‚ has no idea how she ended up there or
>>>>>>> what happened in her past. The answers to those questions are the key
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> Emergence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who else is in it?: The series brings Scrubs’ Donald Faison back to
>>>>>>> live action primetime network TV.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stumptown
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 25, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: ABC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Following the cancellation of the great Friends From Collegeand her
>>>>>>> nearly decade-long role on How I Met Your Mother, Canadian actress
>>>>>>> Cobie Smulders returns to TV in this adaptation of the eponymous
>>>>>>> graphic
>>>>>>> novels about a private investigator in Portland, Oregon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nancy Drew
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: October 9, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: The CW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) and her friends are the witnesses,
>>>>>>> suspects and self-appointed investigators in the murder of a socialite.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No (11)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> American Horror Story: 1984(FX)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere: Wednesday, September 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What’s it about?: Leotards
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237645/american-horror-story-1984-spoilers-cody-fern-matthew-morrison>
>>>>>>> . Gus Kenworthy in short-shorts
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/223731/american-horror-story-season-9-cast>
>>>>>>> . A Friday the 13th-style killer
>>>>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/239136/american-horror-story-season-9-promo-new-killer-1984>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What else do you need to know?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob Hearts Abishola
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 23, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: CBS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Executive producer Chuck Lorre brings us this comedy about the title
>>>>>>> character, who falls for his nurse Abishola after waking up from a
>>>>>>> heart
>>>>>>> attack in the hospital.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mixed-ish
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 24, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: ABC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mixed-ishis the second series to be spinned off Black-ish(the first
>>>>>>> one, on Freeform, is Grown-ish). This one’s a prequel that explores
>>>>>>> the 1980s upbringing of Rainbow Johnson in a mixed-race family that
>>>>>>> moves
>>>>>>> from a hippie commune to the suburbs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carol’s Second Act
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: CBS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patricia Heaton is Carol Keney, a retired teacher who decides to
>>>>>>> take a plunge and pursue a career in medicine after raising her
>>>>>>> children.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Unicorn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: CBS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Walto Goggins is Wade, a single father who gets back into the dating
>>>>>>> game a year after his wife's passing with the help of his hilarious
>>>>>>> friends.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bless the Harts
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 29, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: Fox
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz voicing
>>>>>>> the characters of a new animated series about broke Southerners? Yes,
>>>>>>> please.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Almost Family
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: October 2, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: FOX
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From the executive producers of Parenthoodand Friday Night
>>>>>>> Lights,Almost
>>>>>>> Familystars Brittany Snow as the daughter of a fertility doctor
>>>>>>> (Timothy Hutton) who donated his own sperm to conceive almost one
>>>>>>> hundred
>>>>>>> other children. The show is based on the Australian TV series
>>>>>>> Sisters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Back to Life
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: October 6, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: Showtime
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After 18 years in jail, Miri Matteson returns to her home in Hythe,
>>>>>>> Kent and tries to adapt to normal life.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Batwoman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: October 6, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: The CW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ruby Rose is Batwoman. Do you really need to know anything else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The L Word: Generation Q
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: December 8, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: Showtime
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The sequel to the famous The L Wordis set 10 years after the
>>>>>>> original series and relocates from West Hollywood to Silver Lake.
>>>>>>> Expect
>>>>>>> original cast members and new characters to make appearances.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Couples Therapy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Premiere date: September 6, 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Network: Showtime
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This new documentary series gets inside four couples’ therapy
>>>>>>> sessions over several months with Dr. Orna Guralnik.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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