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Arts and Entertainment => Television Talk => Topic started by: c-lando on January 22, 2009, 03:45:41 PM
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So, there seem to be a lot of new shows rolling out now. Did anyone record LIE TO ME last night (I know we were all too busy watching LOST to watch it in real time)? I recorded it and can't wait to see Tim Roth on freakin' network TV.
I know that a few ladies here are DYING to see the new Nathan Fillion show, though it does look dumb.
Anything else out there?
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I have my EW sitting out to start this thread. My thoughts (not that I need more TV)
Dollhouse - While not a big Eliza Dushku fan, I have enjoyed the other shows by Joss Whedon. So I'll be checking it out. (Fox, debuts 2/13)
Cupid - I loved the original, so I'm cautious about it being remade - especially without Jeremy Piven. (ABC, debuts 3/24)
Sit Down, Shut Up - Bringing back together Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Henry Winkler, even in carton form, is intriguing. (Fox, debuts 4/19)
Castle - The previously mentioned Nathan Fillion show. (ABC, debuts 3/9)
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Lie to Me was "House" meets "Monk" meets "CSi"
Without Roth it would be nothing. With Roth it nudges above average. The first episode of any new show is always 'dodgy' - the premise being set up, the characters etc., so I'll reserve full judgement until Epi 2
Lando still watches TV shows in real time?
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Don't forget "Trust Me" (TNT, debuts 1/26) with Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack
Has anyone checked out "The Beast"?
I hope "Lie to Me" gets better, but it is SO refreshing to see Tim Roth. Period. One thing though...in the previews the way they kept cutting back and forth to him reminded me of some character actor that always plays a Russian or Czech mobster. It took me a few times before it dawned on me that was Roth! Do they not realize he alone sells the show (or did I miss spots that mentioned him by name)?
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Lando still watches TV shows in real time?
I do. Mostly because there is so much crap waiting for me on the TIVO that I'm better off watching some stuff live and not recording it. Well, it does START to record, but if I'm there to watch it, I'll cancel the recording or delete it immediately.
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I'm starting to worry about my big screen heartthrobs taking on TV roles.
I mean really - Timothy Hutton ought to be pure gold in Leverage, but the show just isn't clever enough. Hutton's good, but I think the show is lame.
Then I hear that Tim Roth is a scientist tackling criminal and private investigations in Lie To Me. I <3 Tim Roth, but the fact that the show is on Fox scares me. After seeing the first episode I really don't think this show is going to last. Honestly I felt as though he was just going through the motions and the premise just doesn't seem like something that can carry a series. Still, it's nice to be able to figure out the ending before the show is half over. I'll give it another couple of episodes before it is resigned to the rubbish heap.
Oh Tim Roth, you were so wonderful in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. What the hell has happened to you?!
Who's next, Edward Norton!? (I'm going to forgive The Incredible Hulk)
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One thing though...in the previews the way they kept cutting back and forth to him reminded me of some character actor that always plays a Russian or Czech mobster. It took me a few times before it dawned on me that was Roth!
I bet you're thinking of Peter Stormare, he's Swedish...Fargo?...wood chipper?
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS IS BACK PEOPLE!!!
Sorry about all the caps, folks. I love, love, love this show. It's the second ep, and we're dealing with Grandma Saracen further declining, Tami's got lots of stuff going on (New job), and Riggins is going to hell in a handbasket. And Smash has a storyline.
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Loving the new LOST so far, I think, til they fuck themselves over again, kinda like Heroes in that regard. Course I am stuck watching it not in real-time as that is pub trivia night so I spend all day Thursday threatening to stab people if they spoil anything. It's a trade-off I can live with.
Super-psyched for Dollhouse.
Semi-psyched for Castle, though it does sound hella tarded.
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The replacement for Life on Mars - The Unusuals - has quite the intriguing cast: Adam Goldberg, Harold Perrineau, Amber Tamblyn, and Jeremy Renner.
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The replacement for Life on Mars - The Unusuals - has quite the intriguing cast: Adam Goldberg, Harold Perrineau, Amber Tamblyn, and Jeremy Renner.
I cannot WAIT to see Adam on TV again. It has been faaaaar toooooo looooooong!!!! He makes me all giddy in the nethers! Plus, he started a band called "LandY". Seriously. He's trying to call out to me but I'm making him work for it.
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We - unfortunately - watched the debut episode of MTV's "Taking the Stage" this past weekend. This is Nick Lachey's project centred around a bunch of wannabe 'stars' from Cincinnati's School of Performing Arts.
"Gimme time, I'll forget the rest"
It was something that rhymed with "fame"
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We - unfortunately - watched the debut episode of MTV's "Taking the Stage" this past weekend. This is Nick Lachey's project centred around a bunch of wannabe 'stars' from Cincinnati's School of Performing Arts.
"Gimme time, I'll forget the rest"
It was something that rhymed with "fame"
Yeah, I watched this on MTV.com and it's terribly lame.
I'd give the show it's due if it didn't seem like it A) was heavily scripted and edited and B) had people on it that you could actually care about / get involved in.
If the show were more like, say, The Real World (edited "reality") vs. The Hills (scripted situation "reality"), then I might give it more than one look-see. As it stands, it is pretty much uninteresting tripe.
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I watched it, too, and couldn't get past the very scripted feel. I wanted this show to be more real, but it just isn't. I do like Mia, though. Not sure why.
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I talked to someone today who went to SCPA and they said that the most of the show is apparently being filmed on Saturdays (I assume so it doesn't disrupt the other students too much). So from that, you can probably take a stab at exactly how scripted it is...
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I talked to someone today who went to SCPA and they said that the most of the show is apparently being filmed on Saturdays (I assume so it doesn't disrupt the other students too much). So from that, you can probably take a stab at exactly how scripted it is...
That would also explain why the school looks so empty.
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In defense, a lot of activity happens there on Saturdays. Rehearsals and the like. Still doesn't change how manufactured it feels. The dance-off during lunch was way too "Fame" for me.
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Haven't seen the show, but I do really like/appreciate how Nick Lachey is supportive of his hometown. So many other famous people try to make themselves appear like they sprang fully-formed in hollywood.
And in other news, anyone watching Castle? It's got Nathan Fillion goodness all over it! It's fun and lightweight, and I'm enjoying it so far.
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I've recorded Castle but haven't watched it yet.
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I've been watching Castle (haven't watched last nights yet) and it is okay. I really like Nathan Fillion and think he does a great job with the character, but the show itself seems mediocre at best.
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Since they've run through all the previously made episodes of The IT Crowd, IFC is now airing another UK import, Modern Toss, on Tuesday nights (or Wednesday? Can't remember offhand).
This is one of the most bizarre shows I have ever seen. I almost turned it off after 2 minutes last week, but I stuck with it. Look it up on wikipedia if you have time and just read the description on some of the recurring characters... it's vulgar for the sake of it a bit too often for my tastes... but I think I'm going to give it at least another week.
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SNARF!
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I didn't mean to post SNARF! It was a test. I haven't been able to post all afternoon so I typed "SNARF" as a test and then when it posted, I tried to modify it and got denied again. GRRRRRRRR.
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Been a fan of the Modern Toss books and cartoons for quite a while. When I saw the TV show a year or so back it didn't really do it for me at all. Sadly.
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Don't forget "Trust Me" (TNT, debuts 1/26) with Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack
Or as I like to call it, "Will & Ed".
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Better Off Ted is pretty funny.
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Better Off Ted is pretty funny.
LOVED the pilot, but I can't remember if I set up a Season Pass or not. OOPS. What day does it air?
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Wednesdays after Scrubs. Which I also forget comes on.
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LOVED the pilot, but I can't remember if I set up a Season Pass or not. OOPS. What day does it air?
Right now.
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Dear ABC - Thank you for pulling something as worthy as "Pushing Daisies" from your schedules and placing something as utterly forced, bland and shit as "The Unusuals" in its place. Because, yes, whilst you can do quirky the RIGHT way, you obviously prefer to do it the fucking obvious - and subsequently uninteresting - way instead.
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Better Off Ted is pretty funny.
8 thumbs up. It's almost worth it for the Veridian Dynamics ad in each episode alone.
Sadly, it probably won't make it to next season.
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I really hope it makes it, other than afv it's really the only thing we watch on abc anymore.
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Very few shows in the last 10 years have made me laugh out loud as hard as Better Off Ted does.
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"Warehouse 13" on Sci-Fi - or Syfy as its now stupidly named - shows considerable promise
Which probably means it will get cancelled
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Premise is vaguely reminiscent of an 80s show called Friday the 13th where cousins have to track down occult items from their uncle's antique shop. Loved that show. Anyway, the presence of CCH Pounder ensures I'll at least take a look.
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That was my thought exactly when I heard about the show. I watched it last night, and it wasn't bad. Not good enough to add it to my DVR record list, but I'll give it a few more episodes before I make a final decision. I think they really need to decide about the objects having magic power or not though. In the first ep, they are trying to explain that the combs somehow works through a reaction with the metals and the skin, and then it suddenly has magic power to entrance a crowd. I'm okay with magic, but they need to decide that is what is going on and stick with it.
And CCH Pounder was a mystery to me. I watched it and she seemed familiar, but I didn't know where. I kept thinking she would be the perfect Amanda Waller if DC every did a live action with her, and when I looked her up, she was the voice of Amanda Waller in the Justice League cartoons.
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"Warehouse 13" on Sci-Fi - or Syfy as its now stupidly named - shows considerable promise
Which probably means it will get cancelled
Wow. My wife has been sick with a sinus infection, so she's been hanging out watching TV in bed.
Her synopsis of the weekend went as follows:
She hates laying in bed with nothing to do but be sick.
Random complaints and one specific one about not being able to vacuum out her sinuses with some home sinus tool.
There was some pilot for a show called Warehouse 13 on and she thought it was done very well.
Sci-Fi is now MDTV (mentally deficient television) in her eyes for succumbing to the dumbing down of America by going to SyFy
Sadly, since it showed so much promise it will either peter out after 4 episodes or be almost immediately canceled.
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Luv the words of wisdom from the ailing Mrs. Poncho (hope she's feeling better.) I thought the show stood out, too. The female/male leads' interaction isn't fully by the book and I think the guy that plays Artie is a good character actor - this role is perfect for him.
Can't remember the "Friday the 13th" show you mentioned, Wherle.
This week I'm happily looking forward to the premiere of "Dark Blue" with Dylan McDermott.
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Dirk, CCH Pounder was Claudette Wims on The Shield, which I loved her on.
KC, here's the cast of Friday the 13th The Series:
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I saw the ad for Dark blue and wasn't all that impressed beyond casting, it looks like just another darker themed cop show. I could totally be wrong, but that was my first impression.
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This week I'm happily looking forward to the premiere of "Dark Blue" with Dylan McDermott.
I was about to make a snarky comment about all Dylan McDermott vehicles being lousy, but then I realized I was getting Dylan McDermott confused with Matt Dillon. Whoops.
Carry on.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how Dark Blue will turn out either, but worth giving a shot. We'll know more in a couple episodes!
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Yep,
WhoreWarehouse 13 has really grown on me. I like it a lot.
Cue: cancellation
I like having "Leverage" back too
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I agree, CR, Warehouse 13 is a winner. I read that it is breaking viewership records for the network so I can't imagine they'd cancel. Dark Blue, on the otherhand, isn't bad but not all that interesting either. In all honesty I don't see that Dylan M has all that great of a role.
Psyched about the new season of Psych tonight!
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I'll definitely be watching Community again. Joel McHale CAN carry a TV show. I was unsure since I really almost despise him whenever he's a guest on any talk show but adore him on The Soup. So, I wasn't sure which McHale I would get in this new comedy. Luckily, it's the one I adore. Fun cast. I can see this being a favorite this year. HOLY CRAP that chick from MAD MEN looks different when she's not in her 60s garb.
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Yeah, that was pretty hillarious. I think the role works weel for Joel because it's so close to his Soup persona. He's a good guy though and I'm glad to see him getting a good show. Chevy Chase on the other hand...meh.
Was I the only one who didn't know The Office was starting a new season last night?
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Yes. Even I knew it, and we don't really get The Office here. It's on at 11:30 at night at random times, and I think we're two seasons behind. Thank goodness for the interwebs.
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HOLY CRAP that chick from MAD MEN looks different when she's not in her 60s garb.
Which one? I can only assume you don't mean the one who plays Peggy Olsen, who is wretchedly ugly in a way that will will ruin your life and haunt your dreams. I don't think it would matter if she were in stockings and a corset or the dowdy frocks she wears on the show, she's a fucking monster.
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HOLY CRAP that chick from MAD MEN looks different when she's not in her 60s garb.
It was the chick that played Roger Sterling's mistress/wife wasn't it? I didn't even put two and two together until just now.
Vizz, you really think Peggy's that bad? She doesn't give me palpitations or anything but I don't think she's hideous either. I'll give you that her look on the show is certainly doing nothing for her, she was far easier to look at when she played Bartlet's daughter on West Wing.
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The Mad Men chick is the princess who is married to Pete Campbell. Ha. Apparently I'm not the only one who found her ALMOST unrecognizable.
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I guess. Dang.
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Vizz, you really think Peggy's that bad? She doesn't give me palpitations or anything but I don't think she's hideous either. I'll give you that her look on the show is certainly doing nothing for her, she was far easier to look at when she played Bartlet's daughter on West Wing.
Sweet shitting Christ, YES. She looks like Gollum.
I saw her in an Advil ad (or something similar) over the summer, too. They had this horrendously unnecessary closeup on her and I almost stroked out.
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Having never seen Mad Men and having not seen Community yet (DVR'd) I was quite curious as to who these people were.
Vizz... you think this girl is "hideous" and "looks like Gollum"?
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I've never seen her in motion... but just from a quick set of imdb pictures... she's "meh" and "whatever" but she doesn't look vomit worthy. I see it a lot more like Kwyjibo.
Looks like this girl:
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is the one that is on both shows (or was... I don't know if she's still on Mad Men?) and she reminds me of a young Courtney Cox with better hair.
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Vizz... you think this girl is "hideous" and "looks like Gollum"?
Absolutely. This has obviously been addressed before that we all have different tastes in who's foxy - but daaaaaaaaaamn. Her face hurts my soul.
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Your soul is as delicate as Foolsgold is about changing diapers then.
You want ugly? Anne Ramsey was ugly. Elisabeth Moss... really not offensive enough to be soul mangling.
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I think this falls under the same heading as how I feel about Katy Perry.
That chicks just makes my skin crawl to look at her. Nothing to do with her songs or lack of talent... just looking at her makes we feel violent thoughts. It's 100% her face. Just hate it.
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I think this falls under the same heading as how I feel about Katy Perry.
That chicks just makes my skin crawl to look at her. Nothing to do with her songs or lack of talent... just looking at her makes we feel violent thoughts. It's 100% her face. Just hate it.
I think you hit the nail on the head here, because I feel just the opposite about Katy Perry. The only thing her face makes want to do is sit on it.
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Is anyone watching Glee?
edited to add:
Oh- I found the thread. I'll just be over there. :)
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White Collar
I think that's a typo. The "W" should be an "S"
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Anybody else watching The Middle? The Janitor from Scrubs is the dad, and Patrica Heaton is the mom. It reminds me a bit of Malcom in the Middle, but with the focus more on the parents. The oldest son is such the sullen teenager boy. Classic!
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I'm tempted to watch THE MIDDLE because of its MALCOLM comparisons. I'm also reluctant to watch it for the same reason.
CR, I'm beginning to think it's a fluke that we've ever enjoyed the same thing. EVER.
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I'm tempted to watch THE MIDDLE because of its MALCOLM comparisons. I'm also reluctant to watch it for the same reason.
Agreed. The youngest kid even looks like Dewy.
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Anybody else watching The Middle? The Janitor from Scrubs is the dad, and Patrica Heaton is the mom. It reminds me a bit of Malcom in the Middle, but with the focus more on the parents. The oldest son is such the sullen teenager boy. Classic!
And the forgotten middle child, her outburst at the end of the episode was damn near perfect. The postcards were awesome "4 days left, still mad.". I can't watch it every week but have enjoyed the ones I have seen.
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Cougar Town's funniest joke - apart from the fact that it was commissioned in the first place - must be Caught Any Cocks wandering her bony-assed zombie-looking self around town believing for one minute that men find her attractive. She's got more paint on her than the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
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We have now watched 3 weeks worth of Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham"
18 comedians.
In terms of laughs we are 0 for 18
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White Collar
I think that's a typo. The "W" should be an "S"
Really? I think it's a good show. Not earth-shattering but not a waste of DVR space when NCAAF isn't delivering a good Saturday game.
I agree that Elizabeth Moss from Mad Men is U-G-L-Y. Not attractive at all. Especially on a show that has Christina Hendricks, January Jones, and the cute, gullible gal from the Twix commercials (the one who likes to blog) as Don's mistress.
Anyone enjoying Bored to Death? It's a solid HBO comedy.
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V = crapfest.
They blew their load in the first episode. How about a little intrigue and plotting.
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Edward Norton on Modern Family as the bass player from Spandau Ballet. It's awesome.
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ABC has a new show on finding missing/"long lost" family members (Find My Family is the name). It's made me cry three times already- it's like Home Makeover, but even more schmaltzy and overdone, and I will totally be watching it all the time.
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Looking forward to MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE. I hope it delivers!
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"Steven Seagal - Lawman"?
More like "Steven Seagal - Zen Tosser"
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Well, this is technical an old new show, but I finally tried to watch the last episode of V that aired, and I didn't even make it half way through before I turned it off. It's not bad per say, but I just don't care. They shot their load in the first episode, and everything since then has just been dull. Well, that's one more I can remove from the DVR.