tv viewing of 2014 [meme]
Snaffled this from pyjamagurl. I'm assuming these questions to be asking primarily about narrative-based shows, so I'm not including any documentary series or quiz shows here, though I will include one sarky news show because it's become a bit of a fave in the household this year.
Oh, also, the meme didn't have a question for simply "What shows were you watching in 2014?", so I'm gonna add that at the start and just list everything I can remember.
What shows were you watching in 2014?
Supernatural
Sons Of Anarchy
Hell On Wheels
Lip Service
The Hour
Shameless (U.S.)
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
The Feed
The Code
Sleepy Hollow
Gotham
The Bletchley Circle
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Fall
The Brokenwood Mysteries
Call The Midwife
Inspector George Gently
Which TV shows did you start watching in 2014?
Lip Service (quirky Scottish lesbian drama), The Hour (BBC early-years-of-telly drama), Shameless (US remake of the UK bluecollar comedy/drama), Ripper Street (1890s East End copper action), The Feed (sarky Aussie news/current affairs), The Code (tight lil' Aussie espionage/hacker action thriller), Gotham (the villains of Gotham City origin stories, oh and Batman), From Dusk Till Dawn (extrapolated tv show of the vampire gangster movie), The Fall (Gillian Anderson star-vehicle murder investigation drama), The Brokenwood Mysteries (New Zealand smalltown murder-mystery I watched because Pana Hema-Taylor was a regular).
Which TV shows did you let go of in 2014?
I always said it would never come to this, but it did - I stopped watching Supernatural. Narratively, 9x19 was the last episode I watched, though I did watch the 200th ep (10x05) when it aired.
You could also say we "let go of" Sons Of Anarchy... because they finished up and there is no more (*sob*).
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2014? Why?
We watched the pilot ep of The Musketeers. The swordplay wasn't up to snuff for D and the word "okay" was said which is SUCH a bugbear of mine in period stories I can't even begin to tell you. We might (might!) give it another try at some point, maybe, if we're tooling 'round for soomit to look at. For me though it suffers from the same problem all versions of The Three Musketeers invariably suffer from and this is that the most interesting characters are the three musketeers - but the main character is D'Artagnan and the prime plot-movers are Richelou and the King and Queen. :-/
We also watched the pilot ep of Constantine but it was so utterly unremarkable and forgettable that, even just days after, I could barely recall that we'd watched it. Coupled with the fact NBC have decided the character must be a) not much of a bastard and b) heterosexual, I'm probably too peeved to care that it's already facing cancellation. It deserves better!
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2015?
*shrug* More of the good shows listed above that are getting further episodes, I guess. I can't immediately think of anything new on the horizon that I'm gagging for. I would like to watch Justified, at some point, I think...
Which TV show impressed you least in 2014?
Apart from shows I didn't get beyond one ep of? :D I guess, sadly, I'd have to say Supernatural. There's still SO DAMNED MUCH I love and adore about that show, but I really just cannot stomach that writing team one fucking moment longer. I wish I could.
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2015 unless things significantly improve?
Not so much a case of "unless it improves!" because it's pretty darn good actually, but the only show on the watching list above that I'm at all worried about is Gotham. And the only reason I worry is because it, out of all those shows, is the only one formatted in a US-commercialnetwork-longform-series arc. That is, the network have given it a "full" 22 episodes. I hate that. My heart actually sank when the 22 was announced, I've come to loathe the format THAT much. It means there will be filler, and I am so fucking over filler in my television. (Also, they've only had Ben Edlund write one episode so far - I would like to see that particular statistic improve.)
Which TV shows do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?
If I could give up Supernatural, baby, then nothing on the box is safe.
Having said that, there was a point around the start of series 2 Sleepy Hollow that I realised I didn't really care about it terribly much. But then I further realised that it's just really really good popcorn telly, so I think I can stick with it on that level. (if it had the dreaded 22-ep arc though, no way - thank fuck for short series say I!)
Which TV show did you enjoy the most in 2014?
Apart from re-watchings of Spartacus (*smirk*), that may just be Hell On Wheels even though s4 was probably their weakest so far, for various narrative reasons. Special mention to Sons Of Anarchy, too, although much of s7 was difficult viewing - there was one scene, a single take, two-header between Kim Coates and Walton Goggins that had both of us in tears and was some of the most exquisite television acting I've ever watched.
Oh, also, the meme didn't have a question for simply "What shows were you watching in 2014?", so I'm gonna add that at the start and just list everything I can remember.
What shows were you watching in 2014?
Supernatural
Sons Of Anarchy
Hell On Wheels
Lip Service
The Hour
Shameless (U.S.)
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
The Feed
The Code
Sleepy Hollow
Gotham
The Bletchley Circle
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Fall
The Brokenwood Mysteries
Call The Midwife
Inspector George Gently
Which TV shows did you start watching in 2014?
Lip Service (quirky Scottish lesbian drama), The Hour (BBC early-years-of-telly drama), Shameless (US remake of the UK bluecollar comedy/drama), Ripper Street (1890s East End copper action), The Feed (sarky Aussie news/current affairs), The Code (tight lil' Aussie espionage/hacker action thriller), Gotham (the villains of Gotham City origin stories, oh and Batman), From Dusk Till Dawn (extrapolated tv show of the vampire gangster movie), The Fall (Gillian Anderson star-vehicle murder investigation drama), The Brokenwood Mysteries (New Zealand smalltown murder-mystery I watched because Pana Hema-Taylor was a regular).
Which TV shows did you let go of in 2014?
I always said it would never come to this, but it did - I stopped watching Supernatural. Narratively, 9x19 was the last episode I watched, though I did watch the 200th ep (10x05) when it aired.
You could also say we "let go of" Sons Of Anarchy... because they finished up and there is no more (*sob*).
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2014? Why?
We watched the pilot ep of The Musketeers. The swordplay wasn't up to snuff for D and the word "okay" was said which is SUCH a bugbear of mine in period stories I can't even begin to tell you. We might (might!) give it another try at some point, maybe, if we're tooling 'round for soomit to look at. For me though it suffers from the same problem all versions of The Three Musketeers invariably suffer from and this is that the most interesting characters are the three musketeers - but the main character is D'Artagnan and the prime plot-movers are Richelou and the King and Queen. :-/
We also watched the pilot ep of Constantine but it was so utterly unremarkable and forgettable that, even just days after, I could barely recall that we'd watched it. Coupled with the fact NBC have decided the character must be a) not much of a bastard and b) heterosexual, I'm probably too peeved to care that it's already facing cancellation. It deserves better!
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2015?
*shrug* More of the good shows listed above that are getting further episodes, I guess. I can't immediately think of anything new on the horizon that I'm gagging for. I would like to watch Justified, at some point, I think...
Which TV show impressed you least in 2014?
Apart from shows I didn't get beyond one ep of? :D I guess, sadly, I'd have to say Supernatural. There's still SO DAMNED MUCH I love and adore about that show, but I really just cannot stomach that writing team one fucking moment longer. I wish I could.
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2015 unless things significantly improve?
Not so much a case of "unless it improves!" because it's pretty darn good actually, but the only show on the watching list above that I'm at all worried about is Gotham. And the only reason I worry is because it, out of all those shows, is the only one formatted in a US-commercialnetwork-longform-series arc. That is, the network have given it a "full" 22 episodes. I hate that. My heart actually sank when the 22 was announced, I've come to loathe the format THAT much. It means there will be filler, and I am so fucking over filler in my television. (Also, they've only had Ben Edlund write one episode so far - I would like to see that particular statistic improve.)
Which TV shows do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?
If I could give up Supernatural, baby, then nothing on the box is safe.
Having said that, there was a point around the start of series 2 Sleepy Hollow that I realised I didn't really care about it terribly much. But then I further realised that it's just really really good popcorn telly, so I think I can stick with it on that level. (if it had the dreaded 22-ep arc though, no way - thank fuck for short series say I!)
Which TV show did you enjoy the most in 2014?
Apart from re-watchings of Spartacus (*smirk*), that may just be Hell On Wheels even though s4 was probably their weakest so far, for various narrative reasons. Special mention to Sons Of Anarchy, too, although much of s7 was difficult viewing - there was one scene, a single take, two-header between Kim Coates and Walton Goggins that had both of us in tears and was some of the most exquisite television acting I've ever watched.