Recommendations for Television Shows

@sunnylea57 posted:

Staged

With Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Six 22 minute episodes. Tennant and Sheen play themselves. The premise: they were cast in a play prior to COVID, and the director wants to start rehearsing it over Zoom so they have a head start when things start to open up again.

Sheen and Tennant have great chemistry. A few fantastic cameos, too. Here's a short clip:

https://youtu.be/EpdCVAmt5C8

Looks very good.  These guys obviously get along well as they were in Bad Omens together a short time ago.

And Sheen is apparently in the running to be the next Doctor Who.  I think he'd be wonderful in that role.  But he's terrible in Prodigal Son, as is the whole show.  Gave it up because it just got too silly, if not downright stupid.

Uh oh, Bill found his anti-vaxxer, pro-vaccine guest scientists he's always looked for. (This may make no sense but will when you watch the show.) They probably had the longest opening segment of any guest ever on the show, 20-plus minutes. I could only take about three minutes of the nonsense. As I always say, I like Bill but...

Started watching Outlander

Dead to Me

Watching "Wanda Vision" on Disney +.

Big Sky. Best network show in ages. Breaks some rules too!

Yellowstone - Really makes me want to drink bourbon and not shower... kinda like living in a pandemic.

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@chard posted:

Yellowstone - Really makes me want to drink bourbon and not shower... kinda like living in a pandemic.

PURPLE and I are steadily watching it in an attempt to catch up.  Started in January.  Almost to season 4.  We really like it so far.

@wineismylife posted:

PURPLE and I are steadily watching it in an attempt to catch up.  Started in January.  Almost to season 4.  We really like it so far.

I just finished season 3. Perfect role for Kevin Costner. Looking forward to season 4.

@chard posted:

I just finished season 3. Perfect role for Kevin Costner. Looking forward to season 4.

Gotta feeling a lot of people are gonna die. And I don't mean the Duttons.

@mneeley490 posted:

Gotta feeling a lot of people are gonna die. And I don't mean the Duttons.

Yes I think so; they will need a bus for the next Wyoming border trip!

@bman posted:

Big Sky. Best network show in ages. Breaks some rules too!

I'd never heard of it until you posted that and then I read this review today. However Mangan thinks Killing Eve was/is excellent so there's that.

@steve8 posted:

I'd never heard of it until you posted that and then I read this review today. However Mangan thinks Killing Eve was/is excellent so there's that.

Give it at least the first couple of episodes before you decide.  And while the first season is good, the second season is even better.  What I liked as much as anything was the TV taboos it broke.  David Kelley usually does a pretty good job with his shows.

News of Tiger Woods car accident.

30 Coins

Deadwood

Justified

Schitts Creek

Finished the first 5 episodes of Lupin. Far fetched, but fun. The last half of the season is supposed to be released this summer.

@sunnylea57 posted:

Finished the first 5 episodes of Lupin. Far fetched, but fun. The last half of the season is supposed to be released this summer.

Had suggested it to Stef - may start it soon

@jcocktosten posted:

Had suggested it to Stef - may start it soon

We liked it a lot but it's pretty light  entertainment.

@Rothko posted:

Schitts Creek

My wife loved it from the jump, took me a while to get into it but once I did we were completely hooked.  Truly evolved into one of our favorite comedies in recent memory.

We just started the first season of the French spy drama, The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes).

Hoping it lives up to the uniformly glowing reviews. The first episode was promising.

@sunnylea57 posted:

Finished the first 5 episodes of Lupin. Far fetched, but fun. The last half of the season is supposed to be released this summer.

We watched this recently too. Not bad.

This Thursday night on The Con on ABC our old pal Rudy Kurniawan's con is featured.  We've watched a few episodes of this show and it's pretty good.

So glad to see the reaction to having this quack guest host Jeopardy.

Why 'Jeopardy!' Fans and Over 500 Former Contestants Want Dr. Oz Removed as Guest Host

@The Old Man posted:

So glad to see the reaction to having this quack guest host Jeopardy.

Why 'Jeopardy!' Fans and Over 500 Former Contestants Want Dr. Oz Removed as Guest Host

Agree. Saw one episode with him, and besides knowing he's a quack, I was shocked how he seemed to revel in it when a contestant got an answer wrong.

The Stand

Valhalla Murders on Netflix. Well done eight episode murder mystery. First series in Iceland in Icelandic language. Dubbed and subtitled which don't match which is a bit distracting.

Just finished watching I Know This Much Is True. Not bad but I felt like putting on some Joy Division, drawing a hot bath and grabbing a razor blade.

@steve8 posted:

Just finished watching I Know This Much Is True. Not bad but I felt like putting on some Joy Division, drawing a hot bath and grabbing a razor blade.

Wally Lamb... Oprah put him on the map.

Despite mrs bman's general aversion to dubbing and subtitles, we've watched three foreign language police dramas on Netflix recently.  As it happens, each was apparently the first actually initially recorded in its native tongue: 

Valhalla Murders in Icelandic

Hinterland in Welsh

Capitani in Luxembourgeois

We've really enjoyed each of them though we have two episodes of the latter to go. The first and third are dubbed while the second was apparently done originally in both Welsh and English.

The dubbing and the subtitles in Valhalla Murders rarely match and are often quite different from each other, which we found a bit off-putting at first but not a big deal.  The scenery is fantastic.  And there's a cool twist towards the end though we both figured it out earlier.

Hinterland is a series of stand-alone 90 minutes episodes.  We've just watched the first one. 

Capitani is 8 half hour episodes so more manageable time-wise. It did the best job of keeping us guessing as we still don't know who is the murdered.  And who knew southern Luxemburgers considered northern Luxemburgers to be such hicks?

We're hoping they all get a second series.

There's a series on the History Channel that I've been enjoying, The Food That Built America. Standard documentary style of recreations and "experts" giving opinions, it tells of the American food rivalries from the late 1800's until now. Kraft, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Frito's, Coca-Cola, etc. I've learned a few things about the companies and founders that I thought was interesting. So many started out on a shoestring to later became the corporate behemoths that we know now.

@mneeley490 posted:

There's a series on the History Channel that I've been enjoying, The Food That Built America. Standard documentary style of recreations and "experts" giving opinions, it tells of the American food rivalries from the late 1800's until now. Kraft, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Frito's, Coca-Cola, etc. I've learned a few things about the companies and founders that I thought was interesting. So many started out on a shoestring to later became the corporate behemoths that we know now.

Agree - I’ve seen a few episodes and they were more interesting than I expected.

@bman posted:

Big Sky. Best network show in ages. Breaks some rules too!

Thanks for mentioning this. I never would have found this otherwise.

That truckdriver's mom rocks!

@spo posted:

Thanks for mentioning this. I never would have found this otherwise.

That truckdriver's mom rocks!

Next batch of shows starts next week!

I like pretty much anything David Attenborough has done but his most recent show, A Perfect Planet, is especially well done.  He's not on-screen just does the voice, but it really opened my eyes to some interesting stuff.  And of course the cinematography is spectacular.

Just watched an excellent four part police drama starring Carey Mulligan on Netflix:  Collateral.  Made a few years back.  Was like a great book one can't put down.  The Brits really know how to do these things.

@bman posted:

Just watched an excellent four part police drama starring Carey Mulligan on Netflix:  Collateral.  Made a few years back.  Was like a great book one can't put down.  The Brits really know how to do these things.

Loved it. Watched it when it first came out. Written by playwright David Hare.

@sunnylea57 posted:

Loved it. Watched it when it first came out. Written by playwright David Hare.

Reminded us of Marcella, which we also loved, and though not a police drama, Roadkill.  Each of them complex and really well written. 

Really enjoyed the first 3 seasons of Line of Duty. British series about corrupt police.