Fall 2024-Summer 2025 New/Returning/Streaming/TV Shows

[tony]

Still keeping the opinion that Dexter: Resurrection was brilliant. The first season finale dropped today. This is maybe the best season ever of the entire series, or at least right up there with season 1 (almost 20 years ago now!) & 4 of the original. IMDB has it at 9.2. I don't get that excited by most scripted TV these days, but this was really, really good.

Watching The Thursday Murder Club now and the books are infinitely better. Even with this all-star cast. ETA- finished the movie and it's pretty terrible honestly. Major plot changes from the book for the worse. Should've been a 5 or 6 episode season rather than this thrown together mess.

 

[sk8pics]

I watched the first episode of Tony & Ziva last night. Not bad. They have both aged pretty well…

 

[Skate Talker]

Tried to watch "The Paper" yesterday. Quickly got very bored so I can strike that one off my list. Not surprising really. I didn't like "The Office" either and never even tried watching "Parks & Rec", (though I didn't realize until now that it was also from the same creator.)

 

[MacMadame]

Not a big fan of The Office either but was looking forward to The Paper. I hope I have a different experience.

 

[tony]

The Paper is cringe to the extreme. I barely made it through the first episode. I’ll give a few more episodes a chance because memories but this is… terrible.

And I was a massive fan of The Office

 

[Jay42]

Tried to watch "The Paper" yesterday. Quickly got very bored so I can strike that one off my list. Not surprising really. I didn't like "The Office" either and never even tried watching "Parks & Rec", (though I didn't realize until now that it was also from the same creator.)

This isn't directed at you necessarily @Skate Talker, I'm more just using your post as a reference point because you mentioned Parks and Rec. It's one of my favourite shows.

If someone hasn't seen it at this point I recommend either skipping the first season entirely or toughing it out because it establishes the relationships of the characters because it's only 6 episodes (2007 writers strike caused a shortened season). Season 1 is very different from the rest of the show because when they started season one they were kind of making Leslie Knope like a female Michael Scott and after season 1 finished they realised that wasn't working and changed directions which made the show a lot better, honestly. Anyone can start from season 2 and still be fine though.

 

[text_skate]

Thanks to following this thread , I became aware of the Thursday Murder Club. Very entertaining. I hope for more. I immediately went to the library and got a copy of the next book.

 

[sk8pics]

Season finale of Strange New Worlds was interesting…. I may need to watch it again. It was a bit uneven but I enjoyed it. Interesting insights into some of the characters and harbingers of TOS.

 

[sk8pics]

Fifth season of Only Murders in the Building started. I am not going to watch until the season is just about over because that is one show I hate having to wait a week for the next episode.

 

[Miezekatze]

I startet „Aka Charlie Sheen“ on Netflix, I think it’s really good!

 

[MacMadame]

We binged Murderbot while we still have an Apple+ free trial. It took a while to get into it but in the end it was good enough to stay up until 2 am to finish it all in one day. I think the way it ended is a good ending as it was satisfying but there is room for a second season.