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Which TV shows did you start watching in 2019?

Quite a few this year!

You, Sex Education, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Academy, When They See Us, Unbelievable, The Act, Chernobyl, Euphoria, Looking For Alaska, The Boys, and Derry Girls. Also watched the first season of American Horror Story (only nine years after everyone else has lol) and really enjoyed it, but I can’t decide how quickly I want to catch up with the rest as it is an anthology show and each season will be so different. Also watched the first season of True Detective which I absolutely loved, but couldn’t get into season 3 at all when I gave that one a go, so I think it’s best if the first remain a perfect standalone series for me

And I started watching Elementary and The Good Doctor, both of which were very good, but I did find it harder to get back into that style of procedural television. I actually really loved the first season of Elementary and fell in love with the characters and their growing relationship completely, but then found that the episodes started to drag after that for me. Didn’t help that I was not at all a fan of the casting of Sherlock’s brother in season 2! I’m now halfway through season 3 and still loving all of the character moments, but the episodes themselves are just so hit and miss for me. It’s not that they’re bad exactly, but more that they all kind of blend into one another after a bit. Maybe some shows are better designed if you try and watch them weekly, rather than an entire season all one after another, or maybe I’m just not used to 24 episode seasons any more 🤷‍♀️


Which TV shows did you let go of in 2019?

The Handmaid’s Tale. I wish that the show would have switched to following Emily and the other characters in Canada, all of the close-ups and heroic cameras shots of June got old fast, and this just doesn’t feel like a show that needed to be stretched into so many seasons. I think that the show died for me after June decided to stay in Gilead at the end of season 2, the writing tied itself into knots after that to justify her safety as the protagonist, even as everyone died around her because of the risks that June was taking.


Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2019? Why?

Couldn’t get on with Fleabag at all personally which was a bit disappointing after all the hype that it’s been getting. It had some very funny jokes, but it was waaaay too self aware and smug for me, and tbh I didn’t really like the main character enough to keep watching past the first two episodes.

The Crown was another show that I really expected to get into as I find a lot of the online discussions of the characters and the history very interesting, but I ended up dropping it after the sixth episode as it was just really dragging and feeling like such a chore to get through. A real shame as it’s a show that I did want to love, and it all looked gorgeous, but the pacing of it was sending me to sleep unfortunately!


Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2019?

As ever the answer to that is too many! But just a few I’m considering at the moment are Schitt’s Creek, Stumptown, Nancy Drew, Roswell New Mexico, Broadchurch, V Wars, Servant, Truth Be Told, and Dickinson (actually just starting that one now!) Of course a few of those shows depend on if they ever get an air date here in the U.K. , but I’m definitely hoping to catch up on most of the shows that are easily available to watch on streaming services like Netflix and Apple


Your favorite film you watched this year?

I thought that Get Out was excellent


Your favorite book read this year?

Naomi’s Year In Books

Probably A Silent Patient was my overall favourite. I didn’t understand the hype that My Lovely Wife got at all, much like Girl On A Train in fact it was a thriller that I couldn’t get into at all, but then A Silent Patient was a case of the hype being well deserved! I did start to guess the twist towards the end admittedly, but it was still very well done imo and gripping to follow. I also thought that Verity by Colleen Hoover was very good and extremely creepy, although I was quite perplexed to see it listed under romances in the Goodread reader awards! Not that it wasn’t sort of a romance I suppose, but that’s not exactly what stands out to me with it?


Your favorite TV show(s) of the year?

Sex Education, Derry Girls, The Marvellous Mrs.Maisel, The Boys, The Act, Looking For Alaska, Veronica Mars, and True Detective


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Which TV shows did you start watching in 2018?

Feud, Sharp Objects, Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve, and The Haunting Of Hill House. All brilliant shows that had me totally enthralled <3 I don’t think I said anything about Killing Eve or Peaky Blinders at the time though actually, but I really want to start using my LJ more next year and keep it up to date with what I’m currently watching. I may rewatch some of them next year anyway and talk about them then, these shorter seasons of 8 or so episodes make binge-watching so much easier!


Which TV shows did you let go of in 2018?

I’m not sure if I’ve quit all of them for good or not, but at the moment I don’t have any plans to keep up with iZombie, Empire, Wentworth, Suits, or Doctor Who. It used to be a struggle for me to quit shows that I had been invested in, but there’s so many promising shows being brought out by streaming services now that it makes it really hard to stay motivated for a season of tv that you’re not that excited for, and have to force yourself to keep pushing through episodes. I probably will pick up Suits and Doctor Who again at some point though...

And The Americans and The X-Files both ended this year, as well as the premature cancellation of Daredevil :(


Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2018? Why?

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina was one that I was intrigued by, but then ended up dropping after the fourth episode because I found it all a bit slow. And I ended up dropping out halfway through The Handmaids Tale just because I had problems with my Internet connection, and by the time I was back online again they had already taken episode 205 down 🙄 I’m hopefully going to catch up on that sometime though if C4 ever get it back up!


Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2019?

Too many! I just renewed my Amazon Prime and they have quite a few interesting shows. At the moment Runaways, Homecoming, Castle Rock, The Good Fight, Lucifer, and Person Of Interest are all on my watch list. Ooh and seasons 1-12 of Supernatural are on there as well I recently discovered, so I want this to finally be the year for me to catch up with seasons 10-12. And I noticed they have Buffy in HD, so I’m really tempted to have a Buffy rewatch this year as well. I know that fans hate the changes and how the lighting has been messed up etc, but truthfully I can’t deny that I find that clear picture super tempting when I’m skimming through season 2 episodes to admire the difference. Willow running through the woods in Phases say, or Buffy and Spike’s confrontation in the darkened hallways in School Hard, WOW it all looks soooo much clearer than the grainy and fuzzy old video tape kind of quality that I have on my DVDs.

And with Netflix I’m interested in checking out the new Black Mirror episode, You, Maniac, The Alienist, The Crown, and the second season of The Sinner

And I’m thinking of checking out the first couple of episodes of The Perfectionists which is the follow-up to Pretty Little Lies, but I’m not sure if it’s going to be airing in the U.K. or not? Fingers crossed that Netflix pick it up!


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And Happy New Year, I hope that everyone who is celebrating has a good one :D

Which TV shows did you let go of in 2017?

The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, just because both shows were cancelled! I haven’t really had any year round shows to follow since then actually. Well there’s The Big Bang Theory I suppose, but otherwise all of the new dramatic shows I picked up this year have had shorter seasons


Which TV shows did you start watching in 2017?

Mindhunter, The Americans, The Defenders, Dont Trust The B—- In Apartment B, Big Little Lies, Alias Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Sinner, The End Of The F**king World. And I’m just in the middle of watching The Marvelous Mrs Maisel


Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2017? Why?

I’ve had my eye on The Crown from Netflix, as well as Lucifer on Amazon Prime, but I haven’t got round to watching either of them yet.

Also I want to try Riverdale again, I’ve watched the pilot and it didn’t really draw me in, but I keep thinking that it should be a show that really appeals to me if I give it another chance as I absolutely loved Veronica Mars and Pretty Little Liars


Which TV show impressed you least in 2017?

The Defenders I guess. I don’t have any particularly strong feelings about it, but it didn’t really hold my attention. I mostly liked it for the Matt/Jessica scenes, and then the Matt and Elektra ship, but idk I found it kind of boring to sit through on the whole.


Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2018?

For upcoming shows I’m really excited for Sharp Objects on HBO with Marti Noxon and Amy Adams, and I’m also planning to check out Life Sentence with Lucy Hale on the CW. I would like to check out Marvel’s Runaways too if Hulu ever actually makes it to the U.K. (The Handmaid’s Tale aired for us over here on C4). And this is going to be the year that I finally watch True Blood, it’s been on my to-watch list for so long

Also the latest season of Black Mirror is still waiting for me when I next renew my Netflix subscription


Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2018 unless things significantly improve?

Maybe Suits, I feel like it’s lost direction ever since Mike was exposed as being a fraud, seasons 6 and 7 just feel like the show stretching things out too much. I don’t know what to make of recent speculation that the show may continue without Rachel AND Mike, who wants to watch Suits without the Harvey and Mike partnership that is the whole premise of the show?! I feel like I’ve been hanging in there ever since Jessica left, but I wish they would think about wrapping things up soon, 7 seasons is a good run and I don’t see what more the show needs to cover really. We already have Mike working alongside Harvey as a real lawyer now, surely that should have been the end of the story?


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Tribune Media Company Resurrects Television Without Pity, Networks Prepare For New Wave Of Snark!

The devilish little mascot of Television Without Pity, the TV recap site that was the progenitor of so many other recap and review sites, has lain dormant for two years, since owner NBC Universal shuttered it in April 2014. But Tuesday, visitors to televisionwithoutpity.com were greeted with a message from the site’s new owners, Tribune Media Company: "Welcome Back, You Devil."

Given the preponderance of pop-culture publications currently offering recaps and reviews, and given that most of the original writers had long departed, it seemed likely that TWoP would stay dead.

We reached out to Tribune and received the following statement from Josh Cogswell, Tribune Media’s chief product officer:

“Television Without Pity was once one of the best destinations for TV commentary. An overwhelming number of fans — including us — were saddened that it shut down. So we bought it and are now working with some of the industry's favorite talent, influencers and strategic partners on a relaunch. We can’t share anything more at this time, but to all fans past and present: Stay tuned.”



I know that a lot of people had issues with that site and the moderators, but any new discussion forum is a plus for me :D

Well evidently it's not just us anyway, even tumblr fandom are missing what they once had with LJ! http://thetacriterion.tumblr.com/post/124601213146/reblog-if-you-had-a-live-journal

01. Earliest show you remember getting into.

Fandom-wise it was Buffy, that's when I first discovered message boards and was blown away at how many people you could connect with to talk about the characters. That was around the time of early season 5

02. First anime watched.

I've never been into anime

03. A show you've been meaning to finish.

The Good Wife! I do really love that show and should have binge-watched it already, but I seem to take long breaks in between catching up with each season,then I start on the next season and wonder why it took me so long to get around to it. I've just started on season 5 and it's been really awesome so far

Oh and I watched season 1 of How I Met Your Mother a while ago and it seemed like a fun show, I'd like to catch up with the rest of that at some point

04. 2 shows you abandoned.

The Flash. I really wanted to like the show because it had a lot of fun twists and plots, but I found after a while that I was only watching it casually and I just wasn't emotionally engaging with the characters, so I ended up dropping it around the midway point of the first season.

Gotham I dropped even sooner, I was really excited for the premise of that show, but I guess that I'd been hoping for more dark and gritty and it wasn't what I'd been hoping for. It seemed really campy, so I dropped it three episodes in. That was a shame because the pre-publicity had made it sound like a show that was really appealing to me

05. A series you're currently watching.

Currently Hannibal, Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, From Dusk Till Dawn, Daredevil, Wentworth, and Doctor Who are all my favs. I'm looking forward to the return of The X Files as well in January, and I watch The Big Bang Theory casually. I'm also enjoying iZombie for the characters and it being a fun show, although I'm not super invested with it so far, and then there's Community which I probably won't bother if there is another season tbh. I'm starting to lose interest with season 6 and all of the changes, it isn't the same for me without the original study group and their bond.

I don't seem to watch as many current shows as my flist does, I guess that I tend to spend my tv time more on binge-watching past favourite shows, or on checking out older shows for the first time, which is probably not so great for keeping up with current discussion when half of the shows that are popular on my flist I'm not watching. Or idk, maybe my judgement is skewed and that really is a lot of tv lol, I just don't seem to have several new episodes of shows to watch every night of the week the way that a lot of people on my flist do? Hannibal, Daredevil, From Dusk Till Dawn, Wentworth, and Doctor Who are all shortened seasons as well, so it's really only TVD, PLL, and TBBT that I watch year-round

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The CW have renewed Arrow, The Flash, TvD, and The Originals. Also Reign, The 100, and Jane The Virgin (honestly I'm surprised that they're renewing all three of those shows, haven't they been getting pretty terrible ratings?) And Supernatural is getting an eleventh season

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