What are you currently watching on TV?

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i had fun with the first ep of The Idol, and fuck it looks awesome
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epilogue wrote:
dad wrote:
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dad wrote:doing a parks and rec rewatch.
I’ve been leaning a Baskets rewatch next, but this one has been in the back of my mind. As has Eastbound and Down if I finally spring for Max.
Aww man, I never finished Baskets.

I should…

Parks is very comforting though.
Parks is the best
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Parks is the ultimate comfort show.
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That's fair.

It's Always sunny is mainly mine in the context of being comfortable having it on a lot, not the content of course. I think it just works better as background noise. Same for the Office. For whatever reason when I watch Parks I want a real, focused viewing.
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See, now I'm a focused viewing with Always Sunny kind of guy.
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Farmer John wrote:See, now I'm a focused viewing with Always Sunny kind of guy.
Interesting that we're the opposite on this. I'm not sure I can explain why it's that way for me, but I couldn't tell you how many times i've had some of the seasons playing in the background. I almost got to the point where I was tired of it, but nah.

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It's crazy that they're still going. Looking forward to some new eps
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For real. It's nowhere near the best of the earlier seasons, but i'm still committed. Last season was a step up from the previous few though.
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my wife and I really like the Luther series from a few years ago so we decided to watch the movie the other night, Luther, the fallen sun...we lasted about 25 minutes
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doug rr wrote:my wife and I really like the Luther series from a few years ago so we decided to watch the movie the other night, Luther, the fallen sun...we lasted about 25 minutes
welp
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I still don't buy that the one guy doesn't know.
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Anybody here ever watch Homeland? Have any strong opinions about it?
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epilogue wrote:Anybody here ever watch Homeland? Have any strong opinions about it?

A couple weak stretches but overall excellent. Impeccable acting throughout
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Thanks fellas. One quick follow up... Did either of you watch it in real time as it aired?
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I watched the whole show. Some in real time, some binged. Think it repeated stuff too much in later seasons, but it had some great moments, not only in season one.
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I watched in real time. The show had issues in later seasons as it tried to course-correct after some accusations of overindulging in the islam/terrorism connection and the collapse of TV writing in general following the 2016 election, but it's able to recover and close really strong with tense plotting and many excellent action sequences along the way. I would recommend if you liked The Americans(which was a superior show) or are fans of Mandy Patinkin and F. Murray Abraham who chew up every scene they are in.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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