Johnny Sorrow Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Murder She Wrote is actually far more entertaining to watch if you interpret it as Angela Lansbury killing people out of boredom, then framing others for the crime. My mom was a huge Murder She Wrote fan, and I remember "coming up" with that serial killer idea back in the early 80's, telling her the idea, and her getting mad at me for being "sick". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 When do we get a remake of the Jeffersons, but staring a family of legal immigrants from Mexico? I dare someone take work from old white women trying to establish themselves in the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Murder She Wrote is actually far more entertaining to watch if you interpret it as Angela Lansbury killing people out of boredom, then framing others for the crime. My mom was a huge Murder She Wrote fan, and I remember "coming up" with that serial killer idea back in the early 80's, telling her the idea, and her getting mad at me for being "sick". I think there was even an episode where Jessica was testifying against someone, and the person's lawyer pointed out that everywhere this woman goes, someone gets horribly murdered. Cue the freaked out jury looking at her like she's Ted Bundy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Poor, poor desperate NBC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Murder She Wrote is actually far more entertaining to watch if you interpret it as Angela Lansbury killing people out of boredom, then framing others for the crime. My mom was a huge Murder She Wrote fan, and I remember "coming up" with that serial killer idea back in the early 80's, telling her the idea, and her getting mad at me for being "sick". My mother didn't watch the show that much, but she would almost always say "It's Jessica killing all those folks!" whenever a promotion for it came on. It's obvious she was doing it to promote her mystery novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I've been on the fence on Hello Ladies, because as much as I like Stephen Merchant, the premise of the show is a little thin, but the most recent episode "The Dinner" really knocked it out of the park. Just a great combination of awkward, sadness, and humor. I've been meaning to watch this show. I watched Ricky Gervaise show "Derek" on Netflix and it was interesting seeing how Merchant's absence changed things. It felt a lot more maudlin, without enough outright jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 When do we get a remake of the Jeffersons, but staring a family of legal immigrants from Mexico? This isn't a bad idea. The only part that I think may stop it is the fact that we(black people) tend to become unbearble to some people once we get a little money in our pockets. The show was basically "look at this loud, rude, rich, black man make these white people uncomfortable", which somehow worked for everybody. Hopefully this doesn't stop this thread cold like my Boardwalk Empire question did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 ...And honestly Mexicans can't pull it off. Now Cubans can. Which BTW, they sort of did with the short lived sitcom "¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 CBS are apparently planning a Charmed reboot. The show ended in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Can we link Murder She Wrote's Jessica Fletcher to the character Anglea played in the Manchurian Candidate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Caught an episode of Reign. It's basically the CW trying to do a 90210esque teen soap opera and appeal to the Game of Thrones fanbase too. It's so ridiculously trashy it's entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietShooter Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 If you're gonna do a Greatest American Hero reboot, why not make it a sequel series? Like, maybe the aliens return and give the suit to a young FBI agent, so Hinkley has to team up with him to show him how to use it... all while keeping the feds from finding out about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They actually sorta tried that once. If you buy the Greatest American Hero complete box set - which to my chagrin came with a chintzy cape instead of being packaged in a sweet alien briefcase - at the very end they include an unaired pilot for a show called Greatest American Heroine. Evidently they planned to reboot the series with Ralph "retiring" and passing the suit on to one of his female students with Bill Maxwell continuing on as her adviser. As for rebooting Charmed, that's actually not a bad idea. The original was dopey trash albeit trash that featured glorious eye-candy - watch any random episode and it's obvious by the wardrobe choices everybody involved knew what demographic they were catering to. Thing is, it actually could've been a pretty decent fantasy series, not unlike Once Upon A Time or Grimm, had they forgone the navel-gazing (literally!) and aimed a bit higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Charmed really was astonishingly badly-written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just caught the first episode of a show called "Neverland" that's a wild take on Peter Pan. I know the whole "serious adult version of fairy tales" thing is played out and is often awful, but this pretty fucking cool and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just caught the first episode of a show called "Neverland" that's a wild take on Peter Pan. I know the whole "serious adult version of fairy tales" thing is played out and is often awful, but this pretty fucking cool and fun.Did they bring back Rufio? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just caught the first episode of a show called "Neverland" that's a wild take on Peter Pan. I know the whole "serious adult version of fairy tales" thing is played out and is often awful, but this pretty fucking cool and fun. Is this the two part British series from a couple of years ago? If so, I thought it was pretty damn good myself, and felt like a spiritual prequel to Hook in alot of ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 RIP Marcia Wallace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Mrs. Krabappel died? What a downer. I wonder if they'll retire the character the same as they did with Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz after Phil Hartman's passing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They had already announced a character was leaving this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just caught the first episode of a show called "Neverland" that's a wild take on Peter Pan. I know the whole "serious adult version of fairy tales" thing is played out and is often awful, but this pretty fucking cool and fun. Is this the two part British series from a couple of years ago? If so, I thought it was pretty damn good myself, and felt like a spiritual prequel to Hook in alot of ways. Yeah that's it. Found it on netflix and was hoping it was a series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They made it sound like they're just going to retire her. They were originally going to have someone pass away, but that would just seem kind of cruel at this point to kill off Edna. I assume they'll just stop using the character outright even though she's married to Ned if I recall the current plots(haven't seen the show in a couple years). That would be really weird to have 2 of 3 characters that passed away be his wives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Maybe they'll retcon it as Flanders secretly being a murderer. (note: I haven't watched Simpsons in over a decade) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Mrs. Krabappel died? What a downer. I wonder if they'll retire the character the same as they did with Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz after Phil Hartman's passing? They are going to retire the character like they did Phil Hartman's characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I was reading a mildly interesting thing about CW the other day. Obviously, it's ratings are a total disaster, but they're new business model is essentially 1) make cheap shows (with a formula friendly to stand-alone episodes) 2) Assuming the programme in question doesn't flop disastrously, after the second season do everything in your power to get them to 88 episodes, so CW's owners WB/CBS can make syndication cash in the domestic and international market. There's also netflix, amazon etc. This explains why they peek renewing Nikita and Hart of Dixie despite awful ratings. I assume The Carrie Diaries got another chance because they figured it had international appeal too. (It's also why CW don't say "fuck it" and fill up their schedule with ultra-low budget reality shows, since they have no appeal in syndication) Of course, the issue now is apparently that while the CW people are making cash from this method, the affiliates, which are showing shows few will actually watch, aren't making any money. So, now they want in on the deal, but the people that run CW think they should just be grateful for all the original content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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