More New TV!

So, this is gonna be super-brief because my life is chaos now. And because there's only been one episode.

Graceland: USA, Thursdays 10/9C
Anyways, the premise is that this brand-new FBI agent gets stuck in a beach house for undercover FBI, DEA, and CBP (or ICE? They weren't clear, they just said "customs") agents, code-named "Graceland." This beach house is in an undisclosed location in southern California Venice Beach and all kinds of hilarious run-ins with the locals ensue, and the show definitely has some local LA humor - my roommate and I were dying at the "movie" bit - but looks like it could go in some pretty intense and dark directions.

This is one I'm definitely going to start DVRing.

Primeval: New World: Syfy, Saturdays 10/9C
I'm DVRing this, too! You might already know, but I love the original Primeval series - I just want to catch up on it before starting the new one.

Orphan Black: BBC America, on hiatus
Yeah, I wrote a post about it recently. But I finished the season and I'm actually more amazed. Tatiana Maslany needs not just all the Best Actress awards, but like 3 of each Best Supporting Actress award. I've never seen a show go from starting off slow to having a holy-sh!t-what-the-F*CK finale like that one, and it's taken a turn into a much more sci-fi kind of territory. (Although if you've read Next by Micheal Crichton you might guess where it's going) and I completely can not wait for next season!

And one remarkable thing about the Emmy buzz is that this isn't a BBC show that's re-airing on BBC America or PBS, thus making it eligible; This is a BBC America original series, meaning it was their production house (which makes what, maybe one or two shows of its own) and their tiny budget and not the BBC and their slightly less tiny budget that made it - and on top of it being a cable channel, this is a cable channel based around the idea of broadcasting existing programming in a new market, not so much around having original programming or (much) syndication like USA or TNT might have. So it'd be really interesting to see how this might affect TV production by cable channels if it wins any awards.

ETA: Any more awards - as I was writing this, it turns out that Maslany won a Critics' Choice Award

My DVR: Not Deleted Yet

These are shows that were cancelled or ended. Sometimes, I was too sentimental to delete it from my DVR; in other cases, I had given up, or had finished watching, and simply ended up deleting any remaining episodes when I needed the space but not deleted the "series recording" thing on my DVR itself. Note the preponderance of sci-fi series that were either on Fox or BBC America here.

Torchwood (BBC America)
Oh, the Doctor Who spin-off that went from "dark, funny, and sexy" to "darker, sexy, and kind of tragic" to "really dark, kind of twisted, and tragic" to "really, really, dark and super f*cking messed up." Despite all of this, I'm still kind of attached. 

Fringe (Fox)
Let's just refer to this post, and I don't want to admit that it's over by deleting the series recording. Because it's IMO one of the best sci-fi TV shows ever, and certainly my absolute favorite. Plus, put "Fringe" into Google images and you'll see an endless stream of gorgeous photos. 

Primeval (BBC America)
Gorgeous British people chase around dinosaurs and futuristic monsters, and sometimes getting killed, but only to be replaced by even more gorgeous British people chasing around dinosaurs. This show is pure eye candy, no matter which gender(s) you prefer. And, it's an ITV series, not BBC, for those of you who care. 

Alcatraz (Fox)
So very promising! And yet, Fox wasn't about to give us a second season of Alcatraz and a fifth season of Fringe... so the sharply dropping ratings of this one meant it got axed less ceremoniously. And this was one of those shows that left the main character(s) in the limbo of a cliffhanger ending. This is where the line between "sentimental" and "too lazy to delete this" lies.

The River (ABC)
Oh, god, what a mess. This would've been the perfect show to be fodder for this blog. The synopsis of this was something like "A missing scientist's family looks for him in an obscure branch of the Amazon and strange things happen" but it could be better described as "A white guy tries to mess with magic on an obscure branch of the Amazon and then his family and a camera crew goes looking for him and doing the most stupid-white-people things that they could think of when confronted by probably magical things." It was an absolute train wreck of mediocre production, unremarkable acting, cultural appropriation, and the characters making the absolute worst decisions possible in order to provide plots for the episode... but like a train wreck, you just can't stop watching! Also, much like Alcatraz, it has a finale leaving the character(s) in limbo. 

Terra Nova (Fox)
In which the transportation of mid-22nd century people into a prehistoric, dinosaur-filled era is not as notable as the transportation of mid-20th century "family values" into the mid-22nd century. Also, all of the black or dark-skinned non-white people are bad guys. I didn't even finish this one. 

Prime Suspect (CBS?)
I loved this show, even though they were constantly filming outside my apartment, or setting up base camp in the nearby parking lot, either of which made it hard to get to my car. Jane Timmoney was just awesome! 

Outcasts (BBC America)
A one-season BBC series featuring Jamie Bamber and some other people. A bit slow at first, but things get exciting near the season one finale. Which also turns out to be the series finale. And sort of is in a little bit of limbo, but not as bad as it could've been. Sensing a trend here? 

Sanctuary (Syfy)
It could be bad, bordering on awful, sometimes even "you kind of hope the characters all die in a hole because it'll be more interesting than this" awful on occasions. But, it was a lot of fun, so I still watched it from time to time. 

The Finder (Fox)
So I never really did understand the premise of the show, but it was a lot of fun to watch. This is the one series I'm actually OK with having been cancelled so early, because I don't think they could've replaced Micheal Clarke Duncan. 

Last Resort (ABC)
Gave up on this after I discovered it wasn't very much like Lost.

Unforgettable (CBS)
Tried watching it when it said the detective was from Syracuse. I gave up quickly, and sometime after that it got cancelled. And, apparently, it's been un-cancelled for some reason.

My DVR: Cable & Foreign Shows

OK, so in this case, "DVR" may be a bit flexible, if the foreign shows aren't being imported sufficiently quickly. I'm also not quite up on what day these are on, so they'll just be listed by network:

Doctor Who (BBC America)
Oh, that classic BBC show. I've made many friends over it, and converted many more friends, and now you can go to Target and see people wearing Doctor Who t-shirts. And this year is the 50th anniversary! 

The Hour (BBC America)
It's like Mad Men meets The Newsroom, about a young woman who's made a producer of a new BBC news program in the 1950's. Plus, you get to laugh at Ben Wishaw's character (pre-Skyfall) constantly referring to the female lead as "Moneypenny." 

Mythbusters (Discovery)
If you need to know why I DVR this, you probably not only haven't seen it before, you probably don't even know what it's about.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hub)
Yep, I watch it. But, for the record, it's really cute, and has super awesome lessons that even I sometimes need to hear repeated. 

Project Runway (Lifetime)
I was introduced to this my first week after moving into the dorms freshman year of college, during its 3rd season. I've been sewing for ages, and I love pretty dresses, so I've kept watching! 

Teen Wolf (MTV)
It's my new addiction! And I blog extensively about this one, if you can't tell ;-)

Continuum (Syfy)
As an earlier post mentioned, I've only just started watching this, so I can't really say a lot one way or another. 

Warehouse 13 (Syfy)
I started watching it because I loved the premise - when I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark, I always spent so much time wondering what else was filling up that warehouse, and thought the idea was so cool - and stayed for the characters, hilarious references to history and literature, and the heartbreak and emotional drama that the writers put us all through. 

Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
My very favorite detective/forensics show ever, not the least because it features some really awesome female characters. Yay! Also, they're basically me and my roommate: I'm the blond socially awkward Irish girl, and she's the brunette part Italian Boston native.

My DVR: Network TV

So, if anyone's wondering what kind of TV I watch... I'm doing several posts on the contents of my DVR. So here's the regular-season network TV shows that are on my DVR:

Sunday: Once Upon a Time (ABC), Revenge (ABC). I don't actually watch either of these a lot - I don't have any way to catch up with the first half of season 2 of Once Upon a Time, and Revenge is my roommate's.

Monday: Bones (Fox), The Following (Fox). Long time Bones fan, but the show seems to be getting a bit boring, and The Following is just starting but looks promising.

Tuesday: Body of Proof (ABC). I like medical examiner shows, for some reason.

Wednesday: Arrow (CW), Law & Order: SVU (NBC), Criminal Minds (CBS), Supernatural (CW). Arrow is one of my new favorite shows, which I've blogged about before, and my DVR's priorities are set to record SVU and Criminal Minds if all three of the latter shows are on.

Thursday: The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Glee (Fox), Elementary (CBS). I don't keep up with Big Bang Theory very much, and I don't know why I still watch Glee but I kind of like watching it, and Elementary is another one of my favorites!

Friday: Grimm (NBC). This one is fun if still a bit monster-of-the-week, but the season 2 storyline is picking up quickly, and I still can't even get over the last screen before the (very long) midseason break, which read "To Be Continued... Sorry."