TV Shows

[ice grillin you]

I honestly would have said that show went off the air five years ago

[smeags]

anything funny about that show left with sheen.

[MDS]

They ended it on a nothing Thursday in February.   I never watched it and I barely knew it was ending but considering it was a top rated show at one point, wow what a fall.

its february sweeps.....one of the 4 most important months on the tv calendar.....and thursday night at 9pm is the most important time slot of the week. the ratings arent what they once were, as is the case for any show, but yeah. no.

I honestly would have said that show went off the air five years ago

that's what they joked about. it wasnt funny. but then again, it never was.

anything funny about that show left with sheen.

it was never funny

[smeags]

thanks for the clarification.

[Don Ho]

farging eh.  I have always enjoyed SNL.  Watched it fairly regularly over the years.  For christ's sake NBC stop shoving the show down our farging throats.  Everytime I turn on NBC it's an SNL special this or that.  Enough.

[Rome]

I thought sweeps were a period to set future advertising rates.  Why would a finale be important in a sweeps period if there's no future shows coming?

Seriously, I'm asking.

[MDS]

because the overall rating the network gets in sweeps factors into the advertising rate it can charge

it obviously is irrelevant for a show that is ending, but the network cares. that's why the super bowl, grammys, oscars, snl40 and tons of other one-off specials are during sweeps. now it doesnt matter as much as it used to, but its still a thing for the broadcast nets.

[SD]

Finished with Friday Night Lights. I hate Texas and high school drama, but the series was remarkable. I was going to praise Tami Taylor but she put her own needs above her husbands at the end of the series so she'll get no such praise. Season 3 was the best season in my opinion. I hated the series finale up until the final 10 minutes which was great.

[Zanshin]

Everyone loves that show. I guess I should check it out to see what the fuss is about.

[SD]

Top 5 series for me

The Wire
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Game of Thrones
Friday Night Lights

[ice grillin you]

season 1 of fnl is as perfect a season as there has ever been on tv
season 2 = skippable POS
season 3 - excellent comeback year
season 4-5 start to become cliche and sorta 90210 feeling but they are still very good for a teen soap opera

[phattymatty]

yeah it's definitely a bit of a redneck 90210 at times, but i also loved it. top 5 show for me as well. but yes that writers strike and horrible landry story in season 2 almost made me stop watching. i wouldn't skip it though, still a good episode or two that year.

[SD]

yeah it's definitely a bit of a redneck 90210 at times, but i also loved it. top 5 show for me as well. but yes that writers strike and horrible landry story in season 2 almost made me stop watching. i wouldn't skip it though, still a good episode or two that year.

Season 2 was definitely the worst but it was bearable.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/11/07/lessons-in-manliness-from-friday-night-lights/

Clear eyes, full hearts.

[SD]

Need a new series to watch, it's between:

Fargo
Shameless
The Shield


Orange is the new black

Recommendations?

[ice grillin you]

faro was awesome but its ten episodes or whatever....thus id say the shield as it will take up much more of your time and its unbelievably entertaining

never heard of shameless and orange is the new black blows hard...like cleaning a nintendo game hard