2018 Year End Meme
Which TV shows did you let go of in 2018?
When I first started thinking about this question, I couldn’t come up with an answer. I’m not watching very many shows right now, and as a result, I haven’t really given up on any of them this year. But after thinking about it, I realized that there’s one genre I’ve nearly completely abandoned: late night talk shows. I used to watch Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver all on a regular basis, with a healthy dose of Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah thrown in. Now I don’t watch any of them. I might stumble across a monologue, or make a point of watching a clip if everyone’s talking about it on Twitter, but in 2018, I had a hard time laughing at reality.
Which TV shows did you start watching in 2018? Bojack Horseman was probably my best discovery of the year. I can see from reading my responses to this question last year that I had already watched a few episodes of Younger in 2017 (and wasn’t terribly impressed); I can now say that I’ve watched all five seasons and am ready for S6. Yes, it is a ridiculously plotted show about a fortysomething pretending to be a twentysomething for a job, but the cast is appealing, the setting in publishing is fun, and it’s the only thing - TV or movie - that’s scratched my romantic comedy itch in a long, long time. What else? I’ve watched Superstore on and off since it premiered several years ago, but the season that’s airing now is the first time I’ve really felt invested in it. I tried the Charmed reboot, but it just didn’t grab me the way I hoped that it would. Killing Eve was a little inconsistent for me, but the parts that were good were SO GOOD. A couple of months ago I was craving something genre but not self-serious, so I started watching S2 of Legends of Tomorrow, and it’s pretty fun! (I had seen a few episodes of S1 back when it first aired, and skipped ahead to the second season because they dropped some characters/plotlines that never worked.) I hear S3 is even better, so I’ll keep watching.
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2018? Why? Honestly, I had no expectations about getting into anything this year.
Which TV show impressed you least in 2018? It’s probably not fair to say The X-Files, since after S10 I was under no illusions that it would impress me, but S11 fooled me by having some decent episodes before completely wasting all of that goodwill on a finale so terrible that it might actually be worse than their previous terrible series finale.
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2019? I’m gonna keep this simple: I’ll probably check out the Roswell reboot, since I’m a sucker for the CW. What We Do in the Shadows looks right up my alley (I haven’t seen the movie, and it doesn’t appear to be streaming on anything I subscribe to. Hopefully some network or service will start showing it before the series starts). Is the Veronica Mars reboot supposed to air in 2019? I’m sure I’ll watch that. I would love to check out Good Omens, but I won’t pay for Amazon, so I’m out of luck there.
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2018 unless things significantly improve? I don’t think I have any shows on the verge right now. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin, and iZombie are all ending this year, so I’m going to be letting go of a lot of shows whether I want to or not.
Which TV shows do you think you’ll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? I’m not so deeply attached to anything right now that I wouldn’t let go of it if it became deeply crappy.
Your favorite film you watched this year? I feel like I barely saw anything this year! I liked Searching, which starred John Cho as a dad with a missing teenage daughter. On HBO, I caught up with Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, which was waaaaaaaay funnier than I had expected it to be. Oh, and Paddington Bear 2, which was super-duper charming.
Your favorite book read this year? Rebecca Traister’s Good and Mad suited my mood and stoked my rage. The Infinite Blacktop, by Sara Gran, the latest in her Claire DeWitt detective series, satisfied both the parts of my brain that enjoy a good detective story and the parts that love a genre deconstruction. I read - and LOVED - a poetry book: Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings. Those are probably my three favorites of the year, but other standouts would be Far From the Tree, by Robin Benway, Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik, and Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Gran. Romance-wise, I think I most enjoyed Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren and The Governess Game by Tessa Dare.
Your favorite album or song to listen to this year? I have no answer to this question. I listened to a lot of podcasts.
Your favorite TV show(s) of the year? Bojack, The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Younger, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I’m not sure I would list it as a favorite, but I did enjoy Elementary this season.
Your favorite online fandom community of the year? I didn’t participate in any online fandom communities this year
Your best new fandom discovery of the year? I didn’t have one
Your fandom that made an unexpected comeback this year? The only response I can come up with for this is that The X-Files did have some good episodes before it cratered at the end.
The most missed of your old fandoms? Buffy’s always going to be the answer to this question
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year? I don’t anticipate anything anymore
When I first started thinking about this question, I couldn’t come up with an answer. I’m not watching very many shows right now, and as a result, I haven’t really given up on any of them this year. But after thinking about it, I realized that there’s one genre I’ve nearly completely abandoned: late night talk shows. I used to watch Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver all on a regular basis, with a healthy dose of Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah thrown in. Now I don’t watch any of them. I might stumble across a monologue, or make a point of watching a clip if everyone’s talking about it on Twitter, but in 2018, I had a hard time laughing at reality.
Which TV shows did you start watching in 2018? Bojack Horseman was probably my best discovery of the year. I can see from reading my responses to this question last year that I had already watched a few episodes of Younger in 2017 (and wasn’t terribly impressed); I can now say that I’ve watched all five seasons and am ready for S6. Yes, it is a ridiculously plotted show about a fortysomething pretending to be a twentysomething for a job, but the cast is appealing, the setting in publishing is fun, and it’s the only thing - TV or movie - that’s scratched my romantic comedy itch in a long, long time. What else? I’ve watched Superstore on and off since it premiered several years ago, but the season that’s airing now is the first time I’ve really felt invested in it. I tried the Charmed reboot, but it just didn’t grab me the way I hoped that it would. Killing Eve was a little inconsistent for me, but the parts that were good were SO GOOD. A couple of months ago I was craving something genre but not self-serious, so I started watching S2 of Legends of Tomorrow, and it’s pretty fun! (I had seen a few episodes of S1 back when it first aired, and skipped ahead to the second season because they dropped some characters/plotlines that never worked.) I hear S3 is even better, so I’ll keep watching.
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2018? Why? Honestly, I had no expectations about getting into anything this year.
Which TV show impressed you least in 2018? It’s probably not fair to say The X-Files, since after S10 I was under no illusions that it would impress me, but S11 fooled me by having some decent episodes before completely wasting all of that goodwill on a finale so terrible that it might actually be worse than their previous terrible series finale.
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2019? I’m gonna keep this simple: I’ll probably check out the Roswell reboot, since I’m a sucker for the CW. What We Do in the Shadows looks right up my alley (I haven’t seen the movie, and it doesn’t appear to be streaming on anything I subscribe to. Hopefully some network or service will start showing it before the series starts). Is the Veronica Mars reboot supposed to air in 2019? I’m sure I’ll watch that. I would love to check out Good Omens, but I won’t pay for Amazon, so I’m out of luck there.
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2018 unless things significantly improve? I don’t think I have any shows on the verge right now. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin, and iZombie are all ending this year, so I’m going to be letting go of a lot of shows whether I want to or not.
Which TV shows do you think you’ll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? I’m not so deeply attached to anything right now that I wouldn’t let go of it if it became deeply crappy.
Your favorite film you watched this year? I feel like I barely saw anything this year! I liked Searching, which starred John Cho as a dad with a missing teenage daughter. On HBO, I caught up with Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, which was waaaaaaaay funnier than I had expected it to be. Oh, and Paddington Bear 2, which was super-duper charming.
Your favorite book read this year? Rebecca Traister’s Good and Mad suited my mood and stoked my rage. The Infinite Blacktop, by Sara Gran, the latest in her Claire DeWitt detective series, satisfied both the parts of my brain that enjoy a good detective story and the parts that love a genre deconstruction. I read - and LOVED - a poetry book: Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings. Those are probably my three favorites of the year, but other standouts would be Far From the Tree, by Robin Benway, Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik, and Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Gran. Romance-wise, I think I most enjoyed Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren and The Governess Game by Tessa Dare.
Your favorite album or song to listen to this year? I have no answer to this question. I listened to a lot of podcasts.
Your favorite TV show(s) of the year? Bojack, The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Younger, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I’m not sure I would list it as a favorite, but I did enjoy Elementary this season.
Your favorite online fandom community of the year? I didn’t participate in any online fandom communities this year
Your best new fandom discovery of the year? I didn’t have one
Your fandom that made an unexpected comeback this year? The only response I can come up with for this is that The X-Files did have some good episodes before it cratered at the end.
The most missed of your old fandoms? Buffy’s always going to be the answer to this question
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year? I don’t anticipate anything anymore