Tv Shows & Mini Series (Part 1)

[briantinnion]

@Mr. Totti

Brian have you got around to watchng the two latest episodes? The third was an improvement on the second episode but the fourth reached a new low. Very disappointing.

I’ve given up on it. Just too forced and slapstick at this stage. I was flicking through the channels on Sunday night and watched 10 mins of it, seemed to have improved slightly but was still poor.

Just surprised they got the funding to make it to be honest. Seeing how weak the scripts are you would have thought they’d have been better off making a movie after season 2 to wrap things up.

How bad must the pitch for season 3 of How to make it in America been if they got turned down and Eastbound and Down got made?

[briantinnion]

@myboyblue

Has anyone (Tinnion would strike me as someone who may have caught it?) seen I Just Want My Pants Back? An incredibly shite name, but a decent show that doesnt seem too far removed from How to Make it in America. Only caught two episodes of it so far, but seems to have some potential.

Haven’t had a chance to watch much TV of late but will give it a shot. What network is it on?

[myboyblue]

@briantinnion

Haven’t had a chance to watch much TV of late but will give it a shot. What network is it on?

Thats the thing, its MTV which had me very dubious about it. Its very lightweight really, but there is a definite HTMIIA feel about it.

[Rudi]

Did anyone watch ‘Luck’? Was it any good? Don’t think I’ll bother now it has been axed.

[myboyblue]

Never did watch Luck in the end, deleted the 5 or so episodes I had the other day when I heard it had been cancelled.

Have started into Deadwood, no idea how I missed this first time out, but a couple of episodes in and I’m pretty much hooked.

[Special_Olympiakos]

@myboyblue

Never did watch Luck in the end, deleted the 5 or so episodes I had the other day when I heard it had been cancelled.

Have started into Deadwood, no idea how I missed this first time out, but a couple of episodes in and I’m pretty much hooked.

Enjoy MBB, you’ll never look at Lovejoy the same again. Season 1 of DW is best tv series I’ve seen I reckon.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

@Special Olympiakos

Enjoy MBB, you’ll never look at Lovejoy the same again. Season 1 of DW is best tv series I’ve seen I reckon.

A big fan of E.B Farnum I see

[theLockes]

Watched the first episode of Alcatraz - from the makers of Lost. And boy you’d know it. Same background music, same craic pot plot line, Hurley is back big as ever.

How to make it in America for me is one of the best things on telly at the minute, better than Entourage!

Homeland also, I’m sure it’s be spoke about on here, but class tv, on again tonight, bring it.

[Special_Olympiakos]

@chewy louie

A big fan of E.B Farnum I see

One of the best in it all right.

[theLockes]

Ah well, at least there is one more season. Shame, good show…

On Tuesday, HBO officially canceled[/url] [url=“http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/how-to-make-it-in-america/EP01223785”]"[b]How To Make It In America[/b]," their series about a group of friends… well, trying to make it in the New York City fashion world. Starring Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk, Lake Bell, and even Kid Cudi, the series read a bit like “Entourage” (with Mark Wahlberg behind the scenes) minus the money, with added New York grit.

In its second season, “How to Make It In America” averaged about 2.3 million viewers on Sunday nights – down 25% from its first season – and suffered from a serious lack of buzz. (In comparison, HBO didn’t cancel the newbie “Enlightened,” which only premiered to 1.5 million viewers, but which did get some Golden Globe love this week.)

“Thanks to @HBO for the 2 seasons of #HowToMakeIt It was a unbelievable experience playing Ben Epstein,” Greenberg tweeted on Tuesday after the announcement was made. “Thank you to all of the fans of How To Make It. We aimed to capture the spirit of a generation. Never stop going for your dreams.”

[myboyblue]

@Locke

Watched the first episode of Alcatraz - from the makers of Lost. And boy you’d know it. Same background music, same craic pot plot line, Hurley is back big as ever.

How to make it in America for me is one of the best things on telly at the minute, better than Entourage!

Homeland also, I’m sure it’s be spoke about on here, but class tv, on again tonight, bring it.

I found Alcatraz to be shite Locke, like you the first episode intrigued me, but watched 2 or 3 and just gave up, it seemed like it was going nowhere.

How to Make it is class, but has been cancelled by those cunts in the States.

Homelands first series was very enjoyable, but am worried where they’ll go from here to be honest.

[theLockes]

@myboyblue

I found Alcatraz to be shite Locke, like you the first episode intrigued me, but watched 2 or 3 and just gave up, it seemed like it was going nowhere.

How to Make it is class, but has been cancelled by those cunts in the States.

Homelands first series was very enjoyable, but am worried where they’ll go from here to be honest.

Agree with all that MBB, don’t think I want to invest the time in Alcatraz that I did in Lost and for what? A shite ending.

At least Don will be back with us soon…

[briantinnion]

Bizarre decision to bin Luck and blame it on the deaths of three horses. Surely they could have been honest and just said they weren’t happy with it. Are we really meant to believe that HBO would base a business decision on three horses? The deaths of the horses had barely been reported in the news so it’s not like it was a PR problem.

They’ve really had a rough few months in my opinion. Binning How to make it in America, the awful third season of Eastbound and Down and now this. The hype around Mad Men doesn’t help them either.

[myboyblue]

@briantinnion

Bizarre decision to bin Luck and blame it on the deaths of three horses. Surely they could have been honest and just said they weren’t happy with it. Are we really meant to believe that HBO would base a business decision on three horses? The deaths of the horses had barely been reported in the news so it’s not like it was a PR problem.

They’ve really had a rough few months in my opinion. Binning How to make it in America, the awful third season of Eastbound and Down and now this. The hype around Mad Men doesn’t help them either.

I’m a little wary about Mad Men at this point, just a gut feeling. Its been gone so long, can it possibly live up to the hype thats been generated in that period. I hope so, but it will have to be spectacular to do so and thats the worry.

[theLockes]

@myboyblue

I’m a little wary about Mad Men at this point, just a gut feeling. Its been gone so long, can it possibly live up to the hype thats been generated in that period. I hope so, but it will have to be spectacular to do so and thats the worry.

I’m not worried, the writing/acting is top notch. It would be like thinking that if they went back and did another series of The Soprano’s that it might not be as good when I’m sure it would be, if they kept all the key elements intact.

I’m still watching the old Sops on Sky Atlantic, watched Wednesday nights episode there last night. So good it ain’t funny.

[Turenne]

@briantinnion

Bizarre decision to bin Luck and blame it on the deaths of three horses. Surely they could have been honest and just said they weren’t happy with it. Are we really meant to believe that HBO would base a business decision on three horses? The deaths of the horses had barely been reported in the news so it’s not like it was a PR problem.

They’ve really had a rough few months in my opinion. Binning How to make it in America, the awful third season of Eastbound and Down and now this. The hype around Mad Men doesn’t help them either.

Eh they have Game Of Thrones and Mad Men on the way back, they’ll be grand.

[myboyblue]

@Turenne

Eh they have Game Of Thrones and Mad Men on the way back, they’ll be grand.

I fear where Game of Thrones goes. I presume the producers will lift lightly from the books when the time comes.

[briantinnion]

I have no fear for the quality of Mad Men, it’s an incredibly well written show. The attention to detail is phenomenal. It’s only after reading some of the better blogs on the show after each episode do I get a full appreciation for its quality.

[briantinnion]

@Turenne

Eh they have Game Of Thrones and Mad Men on the way back, they’ll be grand.

I’m looking forward to Game of Thrones too, expect it to be good.

Mad Men is an AMC show rather than HBO though. AMC has had a great few years with Breaking Bad also.

[count_of_monte_crist]

[quote=“myboyblue, post: 136835”]
I fear where Game of Thrones goes. I presume the producers will lift lightly from the books when the time comes.[/quote]

Ah hear, ‘presume’ and ‘gut feeling’…cop on

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