The TV Lounge

[hurluberlu]

a bit of Sunday nostalgia

[Torgo]

[GruesomeTwosome]

The Frasier revival series is coming out next month:



But no Niles & Daphne at all, and Roz is only making a guest appearance (not to mention, no Martin Crane of course due to John Mahoney’s passing years ago). I’ll give it a watch probably but Niles, Martin and Roz were my favorite characters on the show.

[OldAle1]

As much as I love the original show - and I just finished what is probably my 5th complete viewing a couple of months ago - I will give this a pass; or at the least, I won't pay for Paramount+ to see it, I'll maybe find some "other way" to catch the first episode. My gut feeling is that this is all just a stroke for Kelsey Grammer's ego and pocketbook (which is probably important given all of his ex-wives and children, and that he hasn't done anything that anybody's cared about or paid money to see in years). And while I loved all of the main characters, Frasier himself was overall probablly my least-favorite.

[AdamH]

I'm not sure what to expect. I don't have high expectations but still hoping it will be ok. The trailer doesn't give me a lot of hope about the type of humour.

As much as I loved Frasier, I tried to watch Cheers a couple of years ago for the first time. Struggled through about three seasons before finally giving up. Either it has aged badly or it just wasn't my type of programme at all (it didn't seem anything like Frasier anyway).

Also, Frasier was great but certainly had a bad spell later on (to the point that I literally fastforward through most scenes with Daphne's family...particularly anything with the brothers...some of the worst scenes I've ever had the misfortune to watch). Agree with the point above about Frasier being the one of the least likeable of the cast of 'Frasier'. I'll definitely give the reboot a chance at least.

[gunnar]

I used to watch Family Ties, Cheers, and Night Court back in the 1980s as part of NBC's popular Thursday night lineup. I never got into the Cosby Show, though. Of the three shows, Family Ties was my favorite followed by Night Court with Cheers coming in last. I did like Cheers and I watched it for a little more than half of its run off and on, but have no real desire to rewatch it. I never did watch Frasier other than a random episode or two that didn't inspire me to watch it regularly.

[OldAle1]

I did like Cheers, when I finally got down to going through it, as I mentioned some time ago; I started going through it a second time late last year but stopped after the 4th season - at some point I'll watch the 5th again but probably skip the rest - not a fan of Rebecca overall. So I do like the show but it's nowhere close to Frasier for me. I'd like to find another sitcom to fall in love with but I guess I'm fairly picky with the genre, and even many of the shows that I liked initially have failed to stick with me or merit a second viewing. My one old show that I watched a bit of this year for the first time was Friends - oh I probably saw an episode or two when it was new but it made no impression on me then; this year I saw maybe a dozen or so episodes from various years and... it basically sucks IMO. I don't get the appeal at all, at least not from a humor standpoint, it's almost terminally unfunny to me and seems very dated and conservative in it's approach to relationships, even compared to some other shows from the same period. I do somewhat appreciate all three of the female leads, but I can't stand any of the dudes and keep fantasizing about seeing them fall out of windows or fight each other to the death. Not a show for me. Next sitcom I give a go will probably be The Honeymooners because I have the set on DVD - and I've seen a few of them in the past and liked them.

Oh and I've been watching Star Trek (original) - I'm sure I saw every episode at least once in after-school reruns back when I was in primary school, and some later, but this is the first time I've gone straight through the series. So much cheesiness - like the female costumes - mixed with, thankfully, more good stuff, like most of the ethical quandaries they get into, the genuinely progressive attitudes the show expresses (by mid-60s standards, of course), and the camaraderie between Kirk, Spock and McCoy. And Leonard Nimoy's performance, one of the greatest in all of American TV. I was surprised that two of the very top most-remembered and beloved episodes - "Space Seed" and "City on the Edge of Forever" - both came in that first season, that's something I didn't remember. The show got off to a good start.

[AdamH]

Boiling Point TV series now available on iPlayer. Anyone watched it? I liked the film so might give it a go.

[blocho]

So those of you who are big It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans like me know that Mac (Rob McElhenny), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), and Charlie (Charlie Day) have had a podcast for the past few years where they discuss their own TV show. I gather that this has become a fairly standard method of brand extension for TV shows. To the credit of the Always Sunny podcast, they usually only discuss the show a bit in each episode and dedicate the rest to random discussion and general hilarity.

Lately, they've taken the podcast on the road for some live tapings, and I went to one in New York yesterday. Honestly, it was only OK. Don't get me wrong. I had fun. I love that show so much that it was impossible not to have fun, and there's a certain amount of energy that just comes from being in a huge theater with several thousand other Always Sunny maniacs. But most of the "live taping" was just watching clips from the TV show, along with plenty of applauding each other and lobbing compliments. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston randomly showed up at one point. And I enjoyed the surprising number of audience members who came in costume. There were a few dressed as Green Man. A pair dressed as Hugh Honey and Vic Vinegar. One person as Ongo Gablogian and another as Dr. Mantis Toboggan.

On a related note, I finished season 16 last week. I thought it was a strong season overall and a big step up from the disappointment of season 15. The last two episodes -- the bowling episode and the Dennis mental health episode -- were particulary strong.

[maxwelldeux]

Very cool! I've wondered what a live taping was like, at least from a moderately sane person. My only insights into the tapings come from the IASIP subreddit, which you can only glean so much from.

Related note, I should probably post a picture of my dogs again... we're up to three, all named after IASIP.

[Good_Will_Harding]

The first episode of Paramount Plus' new Frasier reboot has been uploaded free on Youtube via Paramount's channel. Haven't watched it yet myself, but I am rather curious, although practically none of the regular original cast - apart of course from Grammer - returning does not bode well.

[GruesomeTwosome]

So those of you who are big It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans like me know that Mac (Rob McElhenny), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), and Charlie (Charlie Day) have had a podcast for the past few years where they discuss their own TV show. I gather that this has become a fairly standard method of brand extension for TV shows. To the credit of the Always Sunny podcast, they usually only discuss the show a bit in each episode and dedicate the rest to random discussion and general hilarity.

Lately, they've taken the podcast on the road for some live tapings, and I went to one in New York yesterday. Honestly, it was only OK. Don't get me wrong. I had fun. I love that show so much that it was impossible not to have fun, and there's a certain amount of energy that just comes from being in a huge theater with several thousand other Always Sunny maniacs. But most of the "live taping" was just watching clips from the TV show, along with plenty of applauding each other and lobbing compliments. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston randomly showed up at one point. And I enjoyed the surprising number of audience members who came in costume. There were a few dressed as Green Man. A pair dressed as Hugh Honey and Vic Vinegar. One person as Ongo Gablogian and another as Dr. Mantis Toboggan.

On a related note, I finished season 16 last week. I thought it was a strong season overall and a big step up from the disappointment of season 15. The last two episodes -- the bowling episode and the Dennis mental health episode -- were particulary strong.

That’s awesome, blocho! Wish I had gone to one of their live shows in Philly. I love the Always Sunny podcast - I know some Sunny fans wish that they talked more about the actual episodes, but I enjoy their random tangents too. Especially from Glenn and Charlie.

[Torgo]

The first episode of Paramount Plus' new Frasier reboot has been uploaded free on Youtube via Paramount's channel

*for Americans

[blocho]

That’s awesome, blocho! Wish I had gone to one of their live shows in Philly. I love the Always Sunny podcast - I know some Sunny fans wish that they talked more about the actual episodes, but I enjoy their random tangents too. Especially from Glenn and Charlie.

I prefer their random tangents. It's not that I'm not interested about their insights into each episode, but I think what they usually offer is a random assortment of factoids, some of which are interesting and some which are not. The problem is that they're talking among themselves about a topic they all already know so much about. It would be better to have an interlocutor. On the other hand, when they're talking about random tangents, the conversation is more fresh and goes in weird directions.

On a related note, there's a live taping next month of the Conan podcast here in Brooklyn, and I'm debating whether to go. Tickets are definitely more expensive than the Always Sunny podcast.

[blocho]

Related note, I should probably post a picture of my dogs again... we're up to three, all named after IASIP.

We must have the names!

[maxwelldeux]

Related note, I should probably post a picture of my dogs again... we're up to three, all named after IASIP.

We must have the names!

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[Cippenham]

In the Uk the BBC has just released 800 plus episodes of Doctor Who to the BBC iPlayer going back to the days of William Hartnell

[blocho]

The trailer has dropped for Masters of the Air, the much-delayed follow-up to The Pacific and Band of Brothers.



This is apparently the most expensive or one of the most expensive miniseries ever. I'm hoping it will tend more to the merciless brutality of The Pacific than the gauzy sentimentality of Band of Brothers.

[GruesomeTwosome]

The trailer has dropped for Masters of the Air, the much-delayed follow-up to The Pacific and Band of Brothers.



This is apparently the most expensive or one of the most expensive miniseries ever. I'm hoping it will tend more to the merciless brutality of The Pacific than the gauzy sentimentality of Band of Brothers.

Wish they had stuck with HBO (or Max now) like the prior two series, I don’t wanna subscribe to AppleTV+ just for this. I’m definitely intrigued by this miniseries but I don’t care for that Elvis guy as the lead.

[Torgo]

Who's hyped for Monk's last case?
(Not me.)

[outdoorcats]

The trailer has dropped for Masters of the Air, the much-delayed follow-up to The Pacific and Band of Brothers.



This is apparently the most expensive or one of the most expensive miniseries ever. I'm hoping it will tend more to the merciless brutality of The Pacific than the gauzy sentimentality of Band of Brothers.

I've been waiting on this one since 2010. Don't even need to watch the trailer.

Personally, I don't mind if it leans either toward BoB or The Pacific - both are masterpieces.

edit - Well, that was not a good trailer, but I suspect that has more to do with how the trailer is edited than the quality of the show itself.

[brokenface]

The trailer has dropped for Masters of the Air, the much-delayed follow-up to The Pacific and Band of Brothers.



This is apparently the most expensive or one of the most expensive miniseries ever. I'm hoping it will tend more to the merciless brutality of The Pacific than the gauzy sentimentality of Band of Brothers.

somewhat interested in this as they were doing a lot of filming for it just down the road from me at Dalton Barracks (and think some in Oxford too). Taken a while to come out because that was mostly ~2021

[Pretentious Hipster]

Anyone catch the first episode of The Curse yet? It's actually a mix of Nathan's cringe with the stress of the Safdies. It's fantastic but it's almost too much.

[GruesomeTwosome]

The best new TV series I’ve seen in some time is Scavengers Reign, which started streaming on Max a couple weeks ago. Adult animated sci-fi that seems sort of like a combo of Moebius comics art style, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and a dash of Annihilation (the 2018 film), but ultimately is something that is quite its own thing. The clear highlight is the exploration of the planet that it’s set on, some really inventive creature design with all of the strange fauna and flora on the planet.

[AdamH]

Anyone been watching the Frasier revival? I watched 5-10 minutes of the first episode when it was first released but couldn't get over the non-stop audience laughter every line. My Facebook newsfeed often has Frasier clips too but none of them so far have made me want to watch it (remember when the newsfeed was actually posts from your friends rather than 90% rubbish from sponsored pages?). I keep meaning to get back to it and give it a go but can't find the motivation.