#televsion

[melomancy]

Kate Bush on ‘Revolver’ (1978)

[superheroes-or-whatever]

My Adventures with Superman (2024) #2 art by Pablo M Collar

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering Twin Peaks star Catherine E. Coulson on the anniversary of her death.

R.I.P. (1943 - 2015)

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

I dunno if this is a controversial opinion or whatever, but why does that 911 show on ABC feel like those fake in universe TV shows you’d see in sitcoms?

Every time I stumble across a clip I think “No fucking way is this show real.”

But it is.

And the fact that it managed to last for eight seasons is kind of amazing, not going to lie.

[mellowchouchou]

Best of Kenneth: Season 3 (episodes 12-22)

Part 1

[leighlew3]

Reservation Dogs!!!!!!

Lily Gladstone for Under the Bridge!!!!!!

HACKS!!!!!! ABBOTT!!!!!!

YES YES YES.

I’m so happy about so many of these Emmy nominations.

[foxingpeculiar]

Okay, if you need a show to watch, let me recommend one: Strangers With Candy (1999-2000, Comedy Central).

It’s kind of a parody of 1970s-1980s “afterschool special” type programming. The premise is that Amy Sedaris plays a 46-year-old woman named Jerri Blank, who led a life of drugs and jail and is now picking up where she left off and going back to be a highschool freshman.

A very young Stephen Colbert plays a teacher named Chuck Noblett.

Every episode ends with the cast dancing under the credits.

This shit was a decade ahead of its time. It’s brilliantly absurd. You should check it out.

[derekeads]

"Pongo" illustrated by Derek Eads, based on the SNL sketch.

[mattdeeryradio-blog]

Ran Sound for TUTV for Election 2024 in Annenberg Studio 3 for Klein College of Media and Communication

[supeskenobi]

It’s amazing how in the last few months, two of the biggest TV shows: ‘House of the Dragon’ (HBO) and ‘The Last of Us’ (HBO); have had three non-binary actors in lead roles. In ‘House of the Dragon’ there’s: Emma D’Arcy who plays the Older Rhaenerya uses they/them pronouns and Emily Carey who played Young Alicent uses she/they pronouns. In ‘The Last of Us’ Bella Ramsey who plays Ellie uses they/them pronouns.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

[superheroes-or-whatever]

My Adventures with Superman (2024) #2 art by Pablo M Collar

[that-bird]

The Kids in the Hall - Bobby vs Satan - S02E01

[st-just]

Okay finished the first season of Party Down and - okay, 'himbo' is taken and means something distinct now, but Kyle in this really is specifically a male bimbo (blonde sex appeal and social graces with not much going on between the ears, I mean). Don't see that much.

[anderperrylover]

RECOMMENDING PERIOD DRAMAS - PART 1 - TELEVISION

For reference - A period piece should be set against a clear backdrop in the past. It should also embrace that era and take inspiration from its fashion, aesthetics and culture. It could be something set in the 1754 or 1979. This is just a rough guideline to period pieces and some of them do boast realistic elements. There's hopefully something here for everyone.

Note - Not all of these are going to be family shows.

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (2020 ONGOING) - Comforting slice of life - Underrated - Wholesome character interactions and arcs - Animals are everywhere but the humans are chaotic and imperfect - Music is quaint and peaceful - Stirs up emotions - Based on novels (about the author's own experiences) EDIT - PROBABLE - VERY LIKELY SLOWBURN - IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW - THEY ARE ENDGAME

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995) - Takes time with the story and its events - The aesthetic is admirable - The relationships between the sisters (heartwarming) - A necessary look into the era conflicts of marriage and finding a partner - A feel good classic that must be protected at all costs

EDIT T- THAT ONE SCENE - IN THE LAKE/POND

NORTH AND SOUTH (2004) - Unexplored aspects of history - Austinian influences - The romance takes time - Conflict both interpersonal and external - Idealism and reality (questioned and challenged) - You will cry

EDIT - THE TRAINSTATION - NO C0NTEXT THAT IS IT

DOWNTON ABBEY (2010) - Spans through the years - Interesting look at class, status and the upstairs downstairs relationships - The soundtrack and the sets and the locations (breathtaking) - Change and the need for it - Don't have attachments to characters

BRIDGERTON (2020 ONGOING) - The importance of bonds - Finding yourself - Falling in love and finding out the vulnerabilities within you - questions duty, affection, marriage - Brotherly relationships and sisterly relationships that are fulfilling and chaotic - The one is someone you never expected, but it is someone you grew to know along the way

STRANGER THINGS (2016 ONGOING) - The not so distant past - The full on embracing of the 80s aesthetic - Characters arcs that are still evolving - An indie style season one - The soundtrack of nostalgia - Don't have affection for characters - Supernatural elements based on folklore and Dungeons and Dragons

ANNE WITH AN E (2017) - Wholesome - Inspiring - Innovative but honors core themes and values expressed in the original text - Uplifting - A ray of sunshine - Slow burn to beat all slow burns - Established found family - Uplifting and thought provoking - Addresses issues pertaining to youth, class, race, sexuality and gender

OUTLANDER (2014 ONGOING) - Time travel - Return to a home that is unfamiliar - Back and forth - Twists and turns - Healing and acceptance - Moving on and adapting - Heavenly soundtrack - Love and its turbulence and aftermath - Extensive list of characters and motives - Spans through the decades

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT (2020) - Themes of decline and fame - Stardom and achievements - Symbolically relevant fashion - The ups and downs of a life under the spotlight - following the years of a child prodigy (from the rise to the limbo to everything in between) - Highlights character evolution through artistic choices

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1984)

Mostly episodic - One of the best incarnations of the titular character - Comedy, suspense and chaos ensues but there is something for everyone - captures the period of television pretty well - There is the mystery and then there is their own history (the misadventures and banter) - Jeremy Brett truly captured the essence of the man and the mind

GENTLEMAN JACK (2019) - Based on true accounts - An LGBT period piece - Costumes that enhance characters and their ambitions - Romance complements the characters but there is urgency beyond that - The absurd styles and aesthetics of the era are embraced

THE GREAT AND DICKINSON (2020 ONGOING) (2019) - Similar sense of humor - Modernism meets the past - Based on lives of two extraordinary women - The costumes and the set designs are phenomenal and they capture the essence and feel of the shows - Wit and humor - Truth meets fictions

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022 ONGOING) - One of the best depictions of found family - Truth meets fiction - A comedy that will move you to tears - Canon Queer relationships - Pirates - Using the comedy to direct attention to societal issues and internal conflicts and trauma - Tears will come

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

POLDARK - About change - Embracing thing and finding new things in life - Return to home that isn't a home - Growing past animosities and finding a piece of youself

MAD MEN - The antihero characters - Moral complexities - the 60s and the world of business and the people who climbed the ranks and the people who lost their ranks - Incredible use of costumes (to express the change of era - and growth of characters)

[tiefighters]

Ahsoka - "Now or Never"

Experience the two-episode series premiere of Ahsoka, a Star Wars Original series, streaming August 23, 2023 on Disney+.