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[RatskyWatsky]

I'm searching for a Nova trailer on YouTube but it gives me many different results. What is it exactly?

This long-running, award-winning documentary series focuses on science, its many applications, speculation, history and researchers. Inspired by the BBC documentary program "Horizons, " the U.S. series frequently features interviews with scientists directly involved in the topic at hand, and sometimes even boasts footage of a particular discovery.

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[crazygambit]

I just started watching Kevin from Work, which I didn't see in the OP, I guess it premiered before September. It's decidedly meh. Reminds me a lot of From A to Z. The leads are ok, the supporting characters bad (though not nearly as bad).

It's harmless enough. I will keep watching till it's cancelled.

 

[tim.mbp]

PBS put the NOVA episode up early, I guess when the news broke, not sure if it's region locked for those outside the US.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365559270/

 

[Maximo]

So many fucking good shows coming this year I'm so excited, nice to see such a wide range of shows too.

 

[Dan]

The Returned (the French original, Les Revenants, not A&E's canned remake) will premiere its second season on Sundance on October 31st, 10pm. It'll be debuting in France on Canal+ on September 28th.

 

[TripOpt55]

The Returned (the French original, Les Revenants, not A&E's canned remake) will premiere its second season on Sundance on October 31st, 10pm. It'll be debuting in France on Canal+ on September 28th.

I'm really excited for this. The first season was great.

 

[Limited Edition]

Just watched Moonbeam City on the CC website, wasn't overly impressed. Very Archer while not being able to match Archer. They nail the corny 80s acting though, so there is a plus. And the visuals are decent, so two plusses.

 

[Wanderer5]

Will be checking out the Muppets for sure. The first look presention was pretty promising.

 

[Pachimari]

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Thanks for this. Sounds very interesting. Might check it out.

The Returned (the French original, Les Revenants, not A&E's canned remake) will premiere its second season on Sundance on October 31st, 10pm. It'll be debuting in France on Canal+ on September 28th.

I'm really excited for this. The first season was great.

Yeah, I really need to get going with the first season, but I just have to finish up Gotham, Humans and Constantine first.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

does life in pieces have a laugh track?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

does life in pieces have a laugh track?

It's a single camera comedy, so probably not.

 

[kaskade]

I kinda wish Ash vs. Evil Dead was premiering earlier in october. I love the build up to horror stuff until halloween. I'm usually kind of out of the mood by then. Still watching it though.

 

[Sober]

I put up a thread for Blindspot. Bound to be bad, but that has not stopped me before.

I bet you 5 months of GAF Gold it'll still get more posts than the OT I did for American Odyssey.

 

[TheOddOne]

I bet you 5 months of GAF Gold it'll still get more posts than the OT I did for American Odyssey.

I never pass on GAF Gold.

 

[Spikematic]

Anyone made a list of shows they predict are going to get canceled mid-season/after the first season? I see plenty I am certain are gonna go. Always fun to compare predictions!

 

[TheOddOne]

Anyone made a list of shows they predict are going to get canceled mid-season/after the first season? I see plenty I am certain are gonna go. Always fun to compare predictions!

We even have a thread for such things. Also, everybody is mad that Fox cancelled Firefly.

 

[Ledhead]

Probably just Walking Dead. I have made it this far. Might as well keep on it

 

[thenexus6]

Walking Dead
Fresh off the Boat
Modern Family
The Man in the High Castle

 

[friday]

Any impressions on Childhoods End yet? I love the book.

 

[Cornballer]

Any impressions on Childhoods End yet? I love the book.

I haven't seen anything. We're not likely to hear much until later this year since it premieres in December.

 

[Cornballer]

Fall TV previews starting to roll in. Looks like a pretty barren crop this year, at least on the network side.

- Andy Greenwald for Grantland
- Kate Arthur for Buzzfeed
- Sepinwall on Minority Report, Blindspot, and Limitless

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- Andy Greenwald for Grantland

This is the worst fall season in modern television history, and I don’t believe it’s close.

This is my fifth autumn on the TV beat, and in previous years, even as cable demanded more and more of my attention and respect, I was always struck by the wild swings, the spectacular hits, and the far more common spectacular misses of the Big Four. There was something noble and, occasionally, inspiring about the way in which they strove to stave off extinction or, worse, irrelevance. Sometimes their attempts were legitimately impressive; other times they were horrific. Some even involved actual dinosaurs. But even amid inevitable carnage, every fall carried with it a flicker of passion, a resilient, dark-denying spark that said “I am alive!” Or at least, “I am worth loathing!”

No longer. I don’t even need a word to sum up the fall 2015 broadcast slate, not when an emoticon will do: ¯\_(&#12484_/¯. This is the sorriest collection of recycled ideas, neutered groupthink, and depressing mediocrity I’ve ever seen. You have to understand: I’m not just saying nothing is good. I’m also saying nothing is even the slightest bit compelling. Or interesting. Or unique. Or even bad in a Put On Your Sunglasses, David Caruso, and Take a Look at That Car Crash sort of way. These shows are the empty, halfhearted shrugs of decaying empires that have no idea what viewers want anymore — and have committed the full force of their not-inconsiderable assets to proving it.

 

[Cornballer]

A couple more:

- Washington Post
- Six Best Bets from EW

 

[TripOpt55]

After reading more about the shows, I will definitely be trying The Last Kingdom and Flesh and Bone too. I overlooked them before, but they sound pretty good.

 

[Cornballer]

- Maureen Ryan on this year's crop:

This summer, when talking to other critics about the new offerings from the biggest networks, our Gchat conversations reverberated with variations on the phrase, “Well, I guess I didn’t hate [insert name of show].” So. Much. Enthusiasm.

 

[TheOddOne]

Yeah.

Yeah.

 

[Vert boil]

So the Limitless pilot is up for CBS All Access members.

The pilot is pretty poor. Weird mishmash that is unintentionally funny.

 

[Spikematic]

So the Limitless pilot is up for CBS All Access members.

The pilot is pretty poor. Weird mishmash that is unintentionally funny.

It was messy but watchable. Will give the second episode a shot. Also, it was super weird seeing Debra from Dexter without the cussing. I half expected her to blurt out WHAT THE FUCK DEX several times during the episode.

 

[Hours Left]

Super late on this... (Great OT as always BTW.)

Returning
Dancing with the Stars
Faking It
The Flash
SHIELD
Survivor
Arrow
Kingdom
Downton Abbey (Blu-ray)
Outlander

New
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Supergirl
The Muppets
Scream Queens
Mr. Robot (Canadian Debut)
Jessica Jones
Quantico
Into the Badlands

Maybe
Jane the Virgin
How to Get Away with Murder
Heroes: Reborn
The Player
Fear the Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
Brooklyn 9-9
London Spy

 

[WarrenMax007]

- Modern Family Season 7 OT is up

 

[Pachimari]

What season is the PBS Nova currently at?

 

[tchocky]

What season is the PBS Nova currently at?

43

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nova_episodes#Season_43:_2015.E2.80.932016

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Premiering today:

The Voice - NBC - 8/7c

Gotham - Fox - 8/7c

The Big Bang Theory - CBS - 8/7c

Life in Pieces - CBS - 8:30/7:30c

Minority Report - Fox - 9/8c

Scorpion - CBS - 9/8c

NCIS: Los Angeles - CBS - 10/9c

Castle - ABC - 10/9c

Blindspot - NBC - 10/9c

Reviews:

Life in Pieces:

Life In Pieces’ greatest asset could become its greatest liability, as the series wolfs down potential stories four at a time. But if they’re as funny, well acted, and snappy as the stories in the premiere episode, it’ll be worth it to watch whatever stories Life In Pieces gets to tell.

While the first episode of Life in Pieces ... doesn’t immediately inspire the same confidence as [Modern Family] does, what it does have in common with it is a big, ludicrously talented cast who elevate the pilot material in ways that a lesser ensemble couldn’t have managed.

This ain't brain science, folks. Just a well-written, nicely performed, and very, very, very familiar sitcom.

Minority Report:

Sharp, slick and brimming with visual tricks, Fox’s Minority Report is a trippy sci-fi crime procedural.

Neither the actors nor the script do much to breathe new life into a recycled idea.

The pilot of Minority Report, which will have its premiere on Monday on Fox, jettisons everything disturbing and thought-provoking about the film to turn it into a humdrum, slickly bland crime procedural.

Blindspot:

A promising mystery thriller with a pair of strong, intriguing characters at the center.

Alexander and Stapleton, both appealing enough in their own right, to execute some basic action-adventure moves, though their characters have no discernible chemistry as yet. The Blindspot pilot is more or less efficient enough, even though few aspects of the premise make any real sense.

Blindspot has more than enough going for it early on, despite some real bouts of silliness, that it’s one of those few and elusive pilots that can be endorsed for at least initial evaluation. The reward for spending an hour is mostly worth it.

 

[Sober]

Oh lawd the fall tv season begins in earnest tonight

 

[BluenoseGames]

Doctor Who
NCIS: Los Angeles
Blindspot
Hawaii Five-O
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Homeland
The Flash
Arrow
Haven - Final Season
The Walking Dead
Supergirl

Looks like a great fall but I'll probably have to wait for some of them, damm you UK.

 

[dead souls]

Oh lawd the fall tv season begins in earnest tonight

Yep. I'm excited, even though the only thing I'm DVRing tonight is Gotham.

 

[TripOpt55]

Looking forward to trying Minority Report and Life in Pieces. Not expecting much, but I like trying pilots out this time of year.

 

[Pachimari]

I'm gonna watch Gotham, and check out Blindspot and Minority Report.

 

[Fuzzy]

I kinda wish I didn't give up on Gotham. Checking this I only skipped the last 5 episodes so I guess I could catch up but I'm not sure I even want to.

I'll check out Life in Pieces and Blindspot tonight and then decide if I'll continue with them. I have zero interest in Minority Report which is sad because I loved the movie.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

I kinda wish I didn't give up on Gotham. Checking this I only skipped the last 5 episodes so I guess I could catch up but I'm not sure I even want to.

I'll check out Life in Pieces and Blindspot tonight and then decide if I'll continue with them. I have zero interest in Minority Report which is sad because I loved the movie.

S1 of Gotham was just added to Netflix today.

 

[Frog-fu]

Better late than never.

Returning

• Agents of Shield
• Arrow
• Brooklyn Nine Nine
• Empire
• Fargo
• Homeland
• Kingdom
• Luther
• South Park
• The Flash
• The Leftovers
• The Walking Dead

New

• Heroes Reborn
• Into the Badlands
• Marvel's Jessica Jones
• The Last Kingdom

Maybe

• Childhood's End
• Hand of God
• Man in the High Castle
• Quantico
• The Expanse
• The Spymasters
• Wicked City

On-going shows I might jump into

• Black-ish
• Scandal
• How to Get Away with Murder
• Outlander
• The Knick
• The Affair
• The Americans

 

[L1NETT]

David Bowie has written brand new original music for Sky Atlantic's The Last Panthers, makes me that little bit more excited for it.

David Bowie has recorded a brand new original song which will feature in the opening credits for the forthcoming European crime thriller, THE LAST PANTHERS. It is the first time the artist has contributed original music for film or television in twenty years. The track is the result of a meeting of minds between Bowie and the director of the series Johan Renck who met during the filming of the show.

The series is produced by France's Haut et Court TV (‘The Returned’) and the UK's Warp Films (‘This is England’) and directed by the acclaimed Johan Renck (Bloodline, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead as well as videos by Madonna, New Order, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey) and was filmed in Marseille, Belgrade, Montenegro and London. THE LAST PANTHERS will screen on CANAL + France and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria this autumn.

Not sure about airdates for the USA, will try and have a root around and find summat.

 

[Vert boil]

The detritus has started plopping.

Muppets was terribad and Life in Pieces is yet more proof that Zoe Lister Jones should be banned from appearing on camera.

Actually there was one good part of The Muppets. We found out that in fifty years we invent a one use only Time Machine. Unfortunately they used it to send back the one hundred and four year old withered tired hack Ricky Gervais so that he could make this version of The Muppets to punish us for *insert timely hip political issue*. ;(

 

[MushroomSamba]

Thanks to this thread, I found out Luther is back for another go around. Made my morning.

Other things I plan to watch:

- The Knick
- Fargo
- Star Wars Rebels
- TMNT

 

[Dan]

HBO has given Getting On: S3 a premiere date of November 8th, 10pm.

Not sure about airdates for the USA, will try and have a root around and find summat.

I'm pretty sure no one has picked it up for the US yet.

 

[Bloodrage]

The Leftovers and The Affair. Maybe Homeland. Evil Dead looks fun too.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Premiering today:

The Voice - NBC - 8/7c

NCIS - CBS - 8/7c

Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise - PBS - 8/7c

The Muppets - ABC - 8/7c

Fresh Off the Boat - ABC - 8:30/7:30c

Dancing with the Stars: The Result - ABC - 9/8c

NCIS: New Orleans - CBS - 9/8c

Scream Queens - Fox - 9/8c

The Bazillion Dollar Club - Syfy - 10/9c

Limitless - CBS - 10/9c

On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam - PBS - 10/9c

Reviews:

The Muppets:

The first two episodes of The Muppets, which has its debut on Tuesday, are sometimes funny and have flashes of the original’s charm. But they also reflect a definition of “adult” that could stand to grow up.

There are some solid jokes and gags scattered throughout the first two episodes. But as I watched them, it was difficult not to feel a sense of deflation that strayed into disappointment. It became more and more clear over the course of those episodes that The Muppets had been jammed into a format that doesn’t quite suit them.

Smart and consistently funny, ABC’s The Muppets is the closest any broadcast network gets to a comedy home run this fall.

Scream Queens:

Whatever your perspective, if the idea of Glee or Popular spiked with wanton slaughter sounds appealing, Scream Queens initially should have you covered.

Get past the baubles, though, and the series simply feels too derivative to be truly exciting or particularly suspenseful. So while the casting and format should be enough to help Scream Queens make some initial noise ratings-wise, creatively speaking, there’s just not much here to shout about.

Scream Queens is completely clueless about what’s actually scary, and its comedy is ugly and mean-spirited, full of hateful stereotypes and casual misogyny.

In a way, "Scream Queens" is a combination of all [Murphy's previous] shows. Just not in a good way.

Limitless:

It’s lithe and funny for this kind of show, yet another series about a very special crime-solver.

Mentalist and Sherlock fans looking to fill their procedural need may find some delights here, and the show’s editing and direction help kick series this up a notch. ... But its similarity to other source material puts Limitless at a disadvantage, as the viewer may occasionally just wish they were watching these other, better shows.

Limitless is competent at what it's trying to be, even if what it's trying to be is a middling CBS procedural.

 

[robotzombie]

FYI, Fresh Meat seems to be missing from the OP, final season is airing in 2015

 

[ronco2000]

Last Man Standing

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Premiering today:

Survivor - CBS - 8/7c

The Mysteries of Laura - NBC - 8/7c

Rosewood - Fox - 8/7c

Nature - PBS - 8/7c

The Middle - ABC - 8/7c

The Goldbergs - ABC - 8:30/7:30c

Empire - Fox - 9/8c

Law & Order: SVU - NBC - 9/8c

Modern Family - ABC - 9/8c

black-ish - ABC - 9:30/8:30c

Big Brother - CBS - 9:30/8:30c

Nashville - ABC - 10/9c

TripTank - Comedy Central - 11/10c

Reviews:

Rosewood:

Chestnut, a reliably charming presence on screens small and large, is by far the best the thing about this painfully conventional procedural that borrows aethestically from "Miami Vice."

Rosewood is so generic it does a loop-de-loop all the way through inadvertent self-parody, landing back on mere mediocrity again.

A derivative procedural with uninteresting, annoying characters and boring plots, it has little to recommend, save for its glorious shots of Miami nightlife.