The Goggle Box Thread

[Langers]

Parks and Rec is EASILY my favourite US sitcom - I find most others to be embarrassingly cliched, OTT with hammy performances. I can't be in the same room when Friends is on for example - it's dreadful.

The Office is good too, although it's not in the same league as the UK version.

Oh - I did binge watch The Last Kingdom on Netflix earlier this year which is fantastic.

 

[Paul]

I don't know whether it's on the services you mentioned but the Newsroom was a particular favourite of mine, even had several repeat viewings

 

[Johnny75]

I've never watched West Wing, worth a watch?

It's excellent

 

[sycophantia]

Rings of Power is OK, thought the first 2 or 3 episodes were a bit dull and drawn out but it gets better as it goes on. The acting is mostly fine.

 

[Tony Towner]

I've never watched West Wing, worth a watch?

Very, probably my favourite TV programme

 

[Tom Hark]

Have you been keeping up with Snowfall? S5 was shown this summer.

 

[The Bear]

Matched only by Schitt's Creek which seemed to get better and better with each season.

Another one I loathe and can't even have on.

 

[Paul]

The wife got obsessed with Schitt's Creek and she used be rolling with laughter at it, a phenomenon only experienced when I am naked for some reason?

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Anyone watching House of the Dragon?
First season has almost wrapped up and it's up there with Game of Thrones, all the same lying, backstabbing, conniving politics, but easier to follow as it only follows the story of one family.

Excellent writing and acting. Very encouraging start to the GoT spin-offs.

I'm raging that I'll be in the States for the final episode so will have to suffer ads every 5 mins on HBO

 

[Paul]

I'm raging that I'll be in the States for the final episode so will have to suffer ads every 5 mins on HBO

Mate I tried watching the Green Mile over there, never actually saw the end

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Mate I tried watching the Green Mile over there, never actually saw the end

Same as doing the actual time

 

[The Bear]

Mate I tried watching the Green Mile over there, never actually saw the end

Tom Hanks turned out to be the murderer.

 

[Johnny75]

Anyone watching House of the Dragon?
First season has almost wrapped up and it's up there with Game of Thrones, all the same lying, backstabbing, conniving politics, but easier to follow as it only follows the story of one family.

Excellent writing and acting. Very encouraging start to the GoT spin-offs.

I'm raging that I'll be in the States for the final episode so will have to suffer ads every 5 mins on HBO

Isn't HBO ad free?

I agree with you about the script and acting, I've loved it (far better than the LotR borefest).

It could do with being less dark though and it misses some of the humour in GoT which gave the characters a more relatable and human quality.

At the moment I don't think any of them are likable which GoT did have.

It's a really good start though and I think it'll go from 1 family into the ensemble piece that is GoT. Kind of Thrones in reverse.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Is HBO ad free? I'm not sure tbh

 

[The Bear]

Used to be pay cable.

 

[Boozad]

The Peripheral on Prime, it’s absolutely brilliant.

 

[Tredman]

Watched the entirety of We own this City yesterday. Fantastic.

 

[Johnny75]

Inside Man. Holy Fuck. Where to even begin. Quite possibly the most bizarre series I've ever seen. Completely and utterly batshit mental.

How David Tennant ended up featuring in this own I'll never know.

The wife loves it, I thought it was rubbish. Definitely a polarising series.

 

[The Bear]

Just watching Frankie Boyle's New World Order, and already LMAO at calling Kwasi Kwarteng the Sith version of Howard from the Halifax ads.

 

[Paul]

Just got in and the wife is already watching films on the Christmas 24 channel, I think I'm going to hibernate