TV

[andrewducker]

So.

Community season two finishes on the 13th
Desperate Housewives season 7 finishes on the 16th*
How I Met Your Mother season 6 finishes on the 17th
Big Bang Theory season four finishes on the 20th

and then all we have on is Game of Thrones and Doctor Who** until True Blood kicks off at the end of June.

I may end up reading a book if I'm not careful!

Anything I should be queuing up to replace them until they all restart again?

*More Julie's problem than mine, but there ya go.
**And of course that's only on for seven episodes before it takes a break until September!

Comments

[andrewducker]

I've heard good things about Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy. Not heard of the two comedies, but I'll give them a look.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

Ugly Americans is pretty good: has some great episodes and a fun concept but is pretty uneven. I adore Archer though: it's made me laugh more than any other show in recent memory.

Oh. And The Venture Bros. Venture Bros is *amazing* once you get past the first few episodes.

[andrewducker]

Venture Brothers! That was something I meant to pick up.

And with season one being £8 on Amazon... *click*

(Have you tried season one of Avatar yet? There's a Western episode in season two that I'm looking forward to you seeing...)

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

Nope, I have the the first season: haven't got to it yet :-)

I'm sure you'll like VB. It becomes much *much* better as it goes along.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I kept not watching Venture Bros because I got the impression it was just a lol random haha! thing like Family Guy/American Dad from the way people quoted some bits of it when it first got popular with internet nerdy types. If this isn't the case then I might well pick it up at some point.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

It's nothing like Family Guy or American Dad. It's much more like the 90's Tick cartoon (and shares writers with that show) but bigger in scope and far darker in tone.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

For example, one of the things that I loved about The Tick (apart from the fact it was really, really funny) was that it was so character driven.

The City had all these wacky super heroes that The Tick and Arthur crossed paths with. The other characters had existing alliances and relationships that weren't dependent on the The Tick: you could probably make a show about half a dozen of the secondary characters.

Venture Bros goes far further: by the fourth series you have a couple of dozen main/secondary characters and it rewards you paying close attention.

Also the animation starts off really basic and static (but kind of stylish) by about the third season it's amazingly well done. And probably the reason why they've only managed to make four seasons in eight years.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

Seconding Venture Bros, although it takes a while to kick in. I tried to look up a funny clip on youtube to demonstrate, and half an hour later I am still watching random clips and I haven't even found the one I was after.