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Battle of the Shows: Semifinals, and Final

On March 29, 2012March 29, 2012 By sulkyblueIn TV Lists3 Comments

Previously on Battle of the Shows: Rerunning Vulture.com’s battle of the “Best shows of the last 25 years”, led to two of their semi-finalists being knocked out in Round 1 (Breaking Bad and The Sopranos) and the other two being knocked out in Round 2 (Mad Men and The Wire. To save building the tension …

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The Upfronts: Fox

On May 17, 2011May 17, 2011 By sulkyblueIn 11-12 Season1 Comment

Another year, another set of upfronts. Fox is a channel I approach with considerable nervousness, I’ve never forgiven them for cancelling some of my favourite shows (Wonderfalls and Firefly for example). But on the flipside, they’re also the channel that actually commissioned those series, and recently they’ve actually given shows like Dollhouse and Fringe more …

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2010: Some thoughts

On January 2, 2011 By sulkyblueIn 09-10 Season, 10-11 Season, British TV, Science FictionLeave a comment

I didn’t want to (or couldn’t be bothered) to do a “top shows/episodes/quotes/characters/props of 2010 post. I’ve seen a number of other people’s lists and was finding that I’d actually seen very little of what they were saying was the best of the year – either because I don’t watch the shows at al or …

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End of year report card

On September 12, 2010September 29, 2013 By sulkyblueIn 09-10 Season1 Comment

The start and end points for the television year is pretty fuzzy. Given that I watch mostly US shows, I tend to go by their year which runs roughly from September rather than the calendar year. So I decided that I’d count the start of the year as 1st September (and I go by American …

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Three golden rules for science fiction

On August 27, 2010 By sulkyblueIn 10-11 Season, General Articles, Science Fiction5 Comments

What’s gone wrong with science fiction shows this year? It looked set to be a good year, with a spattering of returning shows and a good crop of new ones coming in. Sitting at the end of the year looking at the list though, there are very few successes, a lot of mediocrity and a …

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The upfronts: Fox

On May 18, 2010 By sulkyblueIn 10-11 Season1 Comment

What’s Out The big news is that 24 will not be returning. I’ve never been a fan of the show, I watched the first few episodes and got frustrated by the ridiculousness. Apparently they’re moving the franchise onto the big screen, but I don’t know whether they’re going to rename it “120minutes” or change the …

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Cancellations good and bad

On May 16, 2010 By sulkyblueIn TV ListsLeave a comment

We’re coming up on the time in the television calendar known as the ‘up-fronts’ it’s where the various networks introduce their schedules for the following year, it helps them sell advertising and also sell to the international broadcasters. In the weeks leading up to the presentations, news and announcements start to trickle through not only …

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2008-09 – The Glittering Awards Show

On September 14, 2009March 17, 2010 By sulkyblueIn TV ListsLeave a comment

It’s been a while since I’ve had much respect for the people who have power over the likes of Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. The last couple of years in particular have frustrated me with the same shows and people getting nominated over and over with very worthy candidates overlooked in a way that even …

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2008-2009 Television

On September 9, 2009March 17, 2010 By sulkyblueIn TV ListsLeave a comment

I decided this year that rather than do a summary of my tv watching at the start of the year, it made more sense to do it in the middle, once all the ‘current’ seasons of stuff have wrapped for the year. It means almost all the US shows (which make the bulk of my …

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