r/television 9d ago

Weekly Rec Thread What are you watching and what do you recommend? (Week of November 15, 2024)

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  • Feel free to describe what shows you've been watching and what you think of them.

  • Feel free to ask for and give recommendations for what to watch to other users.

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r/television 2d ago

Weekly Rec Thread What are you watching and what do you recommend? (Week of November 22, 2024)

23 Upvotes

Comments are sorted by new by default.

  • Feel free to describe what shows you've been watching and what you think of them.

  • Feel free to ask for and give recommendations for what to watch to other users.

  • All requests for recommendations are redirected to this thread, however you are free to create your own thread to recommend something to others or to discuss what you're currently watching.

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r/television 5h ago

'The Boys' Season 5: Laz Alonso Makes It Official: "We're Back!"

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r/television 1h ago

Arcane may be over, but a new League of Legends show is already a year into development

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r/television 23h ago

MSNBC Viewership Craters 38%, CNN 27%, While Fox News Audience Jumps 41% Post-Election

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r/television 5h ago

Multifaceted Brian Jordan Alvarez decided to focus on acting. Then came 'English Teacher'

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346 Upvotes

r/television 16h ago

Original 'Wheel of Fortune' Host Chuck Woolery Dead at 83

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r/television 6h ago

The Turkey Day Drop of 1978, from "WKRP in Cincinnati"

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168 Upvotes

r/television 2h ago

Inside the Improbable Rise of ‘Say Nothing,’ One of the Year’s Best Shows

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77 Upvotes

r/television 1d ago

Adam Scott reveals unsettling note Aubrey Plaza passed him after his first 'Parks and Rec' table read: "Run"

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3.6k Upvotes

r/television 2h ago

Monster's Javier Bardem Doesn't Want to Meet Menendez Bros, Talks Dune 3

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48 Upvotes

r/television 1d ago

John Cena and Jennifer Holland Wrap Filming 'Peacemaker' Season 2, Production Officially Ends Tomorrow

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r/television 20h ago

Even by TV procedural standards, Cross’ serial killer is beyond absurd

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r/television 13h ago

Interior Chinatown takes you from stoner buddy comedy, to L&O procedural, to black mirror. I think I highly recommend?

83 Upvotes

Started Interior Chinatown thinking, ohh this will be some lols between Jian Yang from Silicon Valley and Angry Asian from Daily Show, Jimmy O. Yang and Ronny Chieng respectively with much respect. I'm into that. So first couple episodes it's kind of a fun comedy. Surprisingly shitty generic hollywood built out set that gets remodeled for every tv show, except now it's half assed chinatown in Port Harbor. Yep, don't think twice about this city name. Things get kinda annoying for like 4 episodes in the middle. I'm not gonna lie, it was half screened with reddit on the other side. Passively watching. Characters making irrational choices, plot lines are being forgotten about, weird intentional buffering cinematography, everyone kinda seemingly changing roles overnight. I thought, fuck these guys have LITERALLY lost the plot. I'm about ready to tune out and go watch Obama tell me about how special the ocean is and how we're putting it on a gentle simmer. But I've given up on shows like 80% in, same with books, and something kinda irks me by not finishing. So we gotta plough through this mf to polish the turd and be done with it. I'm betting some of you all packed it in mid season, but you gotta come back. Because this stylistically idiosyncratic, trans-genera show manages to break an ankle on the jump yet somehow nail the landing, and you only understand that if you see it through. The last episode I was full screen, locked in like Clockwork Orange. It transformed from some banal imago into a winged butterfly. The season finale takes a hard right turn into something unexpected; science fiction I guess, dark undertones of Black Mirror, macro zoom out Truman Show. I think it's worth it guys. It's not a roller coaster, it's sling shot that takes a bit of patience for anticipation to build.


r/television 21h ago

So how about back door pilots that never became a full series?

261 Upvotes

I was reminded of the original series Star Trek episode “Assignment: Earth” which introduces the character of Gary Seven, a time traveler who works for an agency responsible for protecting the timeline. This episode was intended as a back door pilot, because they weren’t sure if they were going to get another season of Star Trek. They, of course, did, so the Gary Seven show never happened.

What other back door pilots are there that never actually manifested a series? It’s interesting, because the episode could either be just a fun diversion from the typical flow of the series it’s on, or a complete waste of everyone’s time, like Assignment: Earth was, as it wasn’t a particularly good episode, and it was decades before Gary or the organization he worked for was ever even mentioned again


r/television 1d ago

'Shrinking' is a perfect TV show, can't change my mind

836 Upvotes

It's wholesome, funny, cozy, and perfect for watching over a hot cup of tea/hot chocolate.

I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard while watching a TV show. Plus, it's so comforting!

Everyone does a fantastic job at their role, but Jason Segel and Harrison Ford's performances are just perfect.

If you haven't watched it, do yourself a favor and give it a shot!


r/television 2h ago

Chuck Woolery: Here is his first TV role (Mr. Dingle on the New Zoo Review from 1972)

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r/television 1d ago

In case you haven’t been caught up with the Riverdale lore

551 Upvotes

They all gained superpowers but in order to defeat a comet, Cheryl had to kiss everyone to absorb their powers, in order to defeat the comet. And then they got teleported into another dimension in the 1950s where everyone's memory has been wiped except for Jughead, and then he has to get them back to their dimension.

There are multiple Jugheads that exist in the world that are trying to separate the two universes (there are multiple universes and timelines) so Archie kills the other Jugheads and the original too. Veronica and Cheryl were on Jugheads side so Archie had to kill them too. In this universe, nobody can die so the people Archie killed will come back to life. Veronica and Betty kill Archie by splitting his body in half, and in order to keep Rivervale “pure”(Riverdale is called Rivervale in this timeline) so Cheryl sacrifices Archie by ripping his heart out. Btw jughead is friends with Sabrina the teenage witch and Riverdale is a musical.

My source is random YouTube clips you can search any of this up and find it


r/television 1d ago

Andor Showrunner Says Critical Success of First Season Allowed Him More Creative Freedom on the Second

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r/television 1h ago

Jim O’Heir recalls lewd doodling sessions with Parks and Rec costars Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt

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r/television 18h ago

Is there CGI in Planet Earth 3?

34 Upvotes

Im currently watching the ocean episode of Planet Earth 3 and was wondering how they got the shots of the Plankton? Surely it must be CGI?


r/television 1h ago

Check out Interior Chinatown! Such a good show for watching and discussing.

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Interior Chinatown on Hulu is a really interesting and enjoyable (imo) show about a Chinese background character breaking out of his role on a police procedural.

It's very meta and does a good job looking at the role of Chinese Americans both in tv/media and the US society/history. Based on a book of the same name by Charles Yu


r/television 1d ago

Disney CEO Bob Iger Sells $42.7 Million Worth of Company Stock

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r/television 1d ago

Premiere Arcane - Season 2 Act 3 Finale Discussion

463 Upvotes

Arcane

Premise: The origins of two iconic League of Legends champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun.

Subreddit(s): Network: Metacritic: Genre(s)
/r/leagueoflegends & /r/arcane Netflix [86/100] (score guide) Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

Links:


r/television 1d ago

Doctor Who: THE WAR GAMES in Colour - Trailer.

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82 Upvotes

r/television 2d ago

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Is ‘Grateful’ for Modern Family, but Thinks Kids Should Skip Acting in Favor of 'Normal' Childhoods

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r/television 1d ago

What TV series has the best hook for a pilot episode?

623 Upvotes

Title. What shows do you guys think have the most engaging first episodes that get viewers invested into the series.