Where is all my TV?
The thing about living in Australia is this: I don't quite understand the scheduling of American TV, nor do I know when a TV show is going to have a little mini-hiatus right in the middle of its season.
I mean, I don't really know what 'March Madness' is (I know it has something to do with basketball but I really don't want to find out more. If I can't give a damn about Australian basketball, no way am I going to care about it in the US), but is it followed by 'April Apathy', where everyone winds down from the crazy and forgets to put my shows on?
Like, all last week I was expecting my shows to appear on the internet, kindly uploaded by the good-natured pirates, as per normal, but the only one to appear was The Good Wife. And it's the same this week so I did some investigating and found out that none of them were supposed to air anyway which is very disappointing. There needs to be some kind of app for international downloaders to keep us aware of scheduling changes so that we don't get our hopes up like I did last Friday, expecting to come home from work and find all my Thursday comedies ready to watch; I'd been anticipating them all week, looking forward to The Office for the first time in a long time, but they weren't there.
A couple of new shows did air so I gave them a try.
Chaos had an decent premise (the three musketeers and their d'Artagnan in the CIA) but wasn't very good. If it does improve I imagine that it will develop a huge slash fandom thanks to its cast of attractive white males. Only one female series regular in the pilot (and she was a POC so yay) but Christina Cole has made the jump across the pond to play the other (still a ratio of five guys to two women, though. Disappointing). Apparently Christina Cole will be playing against type: her character will be nice. The only times I have ever seen Christina Cole not play an uber-bitch were her small role in Casino Royale and as Norah in He Knew He Was Right (though Norah had a few moments). It's kind of amusing how many of the great bitches of English Literature she's played: Blanche Ingram, Caroline Bingley, Mrs Elton.
Anyway, I might keep an eye on the reviews to see if it gets better. I do enjoy stories about spies and James Murray's face.
The Killing was much more impressive. I really like the main character, Sarah Linden, who is very thoughtful and speaks only when necessary, but doesn't come off as cold, aloof, or bitchy. If they pace it right, the murder investigation could be really compelling and I like watching these stories unfold over multiple episodes so I'm in for now.
I wonder if they're dropping the Will/Alicia thing. Will looks ready to move on to something real and Alicia seems to be fine with it and that's remarkably realistic: crushes fade, not everything with potential becomes something.
But on the other hand, now we know that Will and Alicia were definitely more than friends at Georgetown and that Will broke up with Tammy's sister to be with Alicia. So maybe they're not done.
Once again loving Cary and Matt Czuchry's performance this week. His face when he figured out Peter and Kalinda - the sadness was there. But he didn't seem to be judging Kalinda or acting hurt when he talked to her, so he is genuinely maturing.
And on a completely shallow note, that coat he was wearing? Guh. I want.
I really hope that this means Michael J. Fox is going to be around more. He's a great foil for Alicia et al.
I think Alan Cumming's performance is getting more camp as the show goes along but I'm still enjoying it. I think Eli was treated more seriously back in the beginning so I'm going to have to rewatch his early episodes.
I mean, I don't really know what 'March Madness' is (I know it has something to do with basketball but I really don't want to find out more. If I can't give a damn about Australian basketball, no way am I going to care about it in the US), but is it followed by 'April Apathy', where everyone winds down from the crazy and forgets to put my shows on?
Like, all last week I was expecting my shows to appear on the internet, kindly uploaded by the good-natured pirates, as per normal, but the only one to appear was The Good Wife. And it's the same this week so I did some investigating and found out that none of them were supposed to air anyway which is very disappointing. There needs to be some kind of app for international downloaders to keep us aware of scheduling changes so that we don't get our hopes up like I did last Friday, expecting to come home from work and find all my Thursday comedies ready to watch; I'd been anticipating them all week, looking forward to The Office for the first time in a long time, but they weren't there.
A couple of new shows did air so I gave them a try.
Chaos had an decent premise (the three musketeers and their d'Artagnan in the CIA) but wasn't very good. If it does improve I imagine that it will develop a huge slash fandom thanks to its cast of attractive white males. Only one female series regular in the pilot (and she was a POC so yay) but Christina Cole has made the jump across the pond to play the other (still a ratio of five guys to two women, though. Disappointing). Apparently Christina Cole will be playing against type: her character will be nice. The only times I have ever seen Christina Cole not play an uber-bitch were her small role in Casino Royale and as Norah in He Knew He Was Right (though Norah had a few moments). It's kind of amusing how many of the great bitches of English Literature she's played: Blanche Ingram, Caroline Bingley, Mrs Elton.
Anyway, I might keep an eye on the reviews to see if it gets better. I do enjoy stories about spies and James Murray's face.
The Killing was much more impressive. I really like the main character, Sarah Linden, who is very thoughtful and speaks only when necessary, but doesn't come off as cold, aloof, or bitchy. If they pace it right, the murder investigation could be really compelling and I like watching these stories unfold over multiple episodes so I'm in for now.
I wonder if they're dropping the Will/Alicia thing. Will looks ready to move on to something real and Alicia seems to be fine with it and that's remarkably realistic: crushes fade, not everything with potential becomes something.
But on the other hand, now we know that Will and Alicia were definitely more than friends at Georgetown and that Will broke up with Tammy's sister to be with Alicia. So maybe they're not done.
Once again loving Cary and Matt Czuchry's performance this week. His face when he figured out Peter and Kalinda - the sadness was there. But he didn't seem to be judging Kalinda or acting hurt when he talked to her, so he is genuinely maturing.
And on a completely shallow note, that coat he was wearing? Guh. I want.
I really hope that this means Michael J. Fox is going to be around more. He's a great foil for Alicia et al.
I think Alan Cumming's performance is getting more camp as the show goes along but I'm still enjoying it. I think Eli was treated more seriously back in the beginning so I'm going to have to rewatch his early episodes.