Favorite Television Shows 2010-2019

Not a lot of details to add about many of these shows at this time. But I can say now looking back at the last decade, there have been a lot of good shows that are all-time favorites of mine like Breaking Bad, Psych and The Big Bang Theory. However the common coined term the current age of being "The Golden Age of Television" I really don't agree with at all.

At least in comparing it to other times like the 80's especially or even the 2000's.

I think it may be the most dramatic change in TV in terms of now having Streaming services and Internet shows/specials, etc.

And of course modern technology and what can be done with effects of course, that happens/improves with each era.

American Housewife
Better Call Saul
Black-ish
Breaking Bad
Burn Notice
Dead to Me
Doctor Who
Electric Dreams
Everything Sucks!
Fresh off the Boat
Ghosted
Gilmore Girls (A Year in the Life)
How I Met Your Mother
Lost
Marvel's Runaways
Mixed-ish
Party Down
Psych
Royal Pains
Rubicon
Schooled
Speechless
Stranger Things
Superstore
The Big Bang Theory
The End of the Fucking World
The Expanse
The Goldbergs
The Good Guys
The Orville
Torchwood
Veronica Mars (HULU Revival Series)
Westworld
White Collar
Young Sheldon

If I had to rank a top 10+?

1. Breaking Bad
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. Psych
4. The Goldbergs
5. Better Call Saul
6. Stranger Things
7. Rubicon
8. Westworld
9. The Orville
10. The Good Guys
11. Party Down
12. Superstore
13. Everything Sucks
14. The Expanse
15. Electric Dreams

OT: Dead to Me (Netflix Dramedy)

I just binged all 10 episodes from Season 1 which came out on May 3rd on Netflix.

And the length in them average around 30 minutes, so it went pretty quick and easy.

So it's a show with Sitcom-length episodes, but is it a Sitcom? not really. It's a Dramedy done in shorter segments than a lot of Dramedies.

It really does get quite dark, which is why the comparison to Breaking Bad and/or Now and Again I think fits to a degree.

Christina Applegate almost overacts or just is highly vehemently full of rage at times, so much so I wonder if it has a 2nd season, her character Jennifer may either have an intervention or go to Anger Management.

But I agree with many comments about maybe the strength of this show is the chemistry/connection between her and Linda Cardellini's character Judy.

Liz Feldman is the creator and she was also behind among others, Two Broke Girls which I can see. Feldman has a knack for writing cynical female comedic characters. Although Applegate I have felt ever since the end of Married With Children has a very similar style of witty sarcasm that both Lauren Graham and Jenna Elfman have. And if it were to go to a 2nd season, it would be cool to see either of those 2 guest star.

But the humor and pop-culture references along with some of the secondary characters and elements (the music. Applegate's character even gets therapy from what sounds like Metalcore in her car, lol),

The music like The Cars "Drive" and "You (Sacred) Thing" from Hot Chocolate (used in a Church) are among the fun/funny use of music.

How Season 1 ended? I get why they had a cliffhanger with a character finding an unfortunate fate, but the main story premise/arc happens towards the end of the 9th episode.

I mean I guess there are a lot more they can do with the investigation of Jennifer's husband Ted's death. I suspect it may come to happen that he either was forced onto the road or it was a suicide, because if you went running or walking, especially in the middle of the night, you would still not walk in the middle of the road.

Coming from someone who actually experienced that very thing as a driver many years ago, late 1 night. The person I hit, was a walked-out and unsupervised mental patient who had no idea it would be a problem to just walk with his back to traffic in the middle of the road.

Also Jennifer's oldest son dealing the drugs? there could easily be more to explain why or even how did that. Other than to lash out at her.

And the dude whose car Jennifer wacked with a golf club. That dude needs to get justice. We need to meet him too.

And the woman "Bambi" who Ted had an affair with. I would go for them bringing her back and allow Jennifer to give her a piece of her mind.

And Ed Asner's character I wish had been more used as he provided a lot of good comic-relief.

Also the black dude in the Grief Group I kind of liked, but he was not used all that much the 2nd half of the season. They ought to go back to another 1 of those RandR retreat weekends and bring him in.

It's stuff like this that a 2nd season could explore, but if the primary premise is going to go in other places. Feldman in 1 interview said if there is a 2nd season, we may see kind of a role-reversal between Jennifer and Judy, largely due to what happens at the very end of the last episode.

2011 Emmy Nominations INCLUDE PSYCH!

well, they don't, but they should have. I obviously do not have time to dissect these right now category by category as I'm at work. But if I do have the time soon, I shall, maybe in podcast form and/or as well.

But yeah, fucking predictably pathetic list. Breaking Bad MIA, but I'll give them a pass given the show hasn't aired since the last Emmy's. But Psych, White Collar, Royal Pains, and even Burn Notice absent (save for 1 sound mixing nomination that nobody gives 2 shits about, lol).



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Nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
July 14, 2011, 7:45 AM EST
MSN Entertainment

The Primetime Emmy nominations have been announced by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" starring Kate Winslet earned 21 nominations, more than any other program. "Mad Men" received 19 nominations and has a chance to continue its winning streak in the Best Drama category for the fourth year in a row. "Modern Family," last year's top comedy series, was the most-nominated sitcom, earning 17 nominations.

Bing: Emmy nominee reactions

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented Sept. 18 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The show will be hosted by Jane Lynch and will air on FOX.

Photos: See all the nominees

Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Dexter"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Good Wife"
"Mad Men"

Drama, Lead Actor
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Kyle Chandler, "Friday Night Lights"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Timothy Olyphant, "Justified"

Drama, Lead Actress
Kathy Bates, "Harry's Law"
Connie Britton, "Friday Night Lights"
Mireille Enos, "The Killing"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law and Order: SVU"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"

Comedy Series
"30 Rock"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Glee"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"
"Parks and Recreation"

Comedy, Lead Actor
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Louis C.K., "Louie"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"

Comedy, Lead Actress
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Laura Linney, "The Big C"
Melissa McCarthy, "Mike and Molly"
Martha Plimpton, "Raising Hope"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

Comedy, Supporting Actor
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Chris Colfer, "Glee"
Jon Cryer, "Two and a Half Men"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family"
Ed O'Neill, "Modern Family"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"

Comedy, Supporting Actress
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Jane Lynch, "Glee"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Betty White, "Hot in Cleveland"
Kristen Wiig, "Saturday Night Live"

Drama, Supporting Actor
Andre Braugher, "Men of a Certain Age"
Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"
Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Walton Goggins, "Justified"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"

Drama, Supporting Actress
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"
Michelle Forbes, "The Killing"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Kelly Macdonald, "Boardwalk Empire"
Margo Martindale, "Justified"
Archie Panjabi, "The Good Wife"

TV Movie or Miniseries
"Cinema Verité"
"Downton Abbey"
"The Kennedys"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Pillars of the Earth"
"Too Big To Fail"

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Edgar Ramirez, "Carlos"
Greg Kinnear, "The Kennedys"
Barry Pepper, "The Kennedys"
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Laurence Fishburne, "Thurgood"
William Hurt, "Too Big To Fail"

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Diane Lane, "Cinema Verite"
Elizabeth McGovern, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"
Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce"
Taraji P. Henson, "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story"
Jean Marsh, "Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)"

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries Or A Movie
"The Kennedys" - Tom Wilkinson
"Mildred Pierce" - Guy Pearce
"Mildred Pierce" - Brian F. O'Byrne
"Too Big To Fail" - Paul Giamatti
"Too Big To Fail" - James Woods

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
"Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)" - Maggie Smith
"Mildred Pierce" - Evan Rachel Wood
"Mildred Pierce" - Melissa Leo
"Mildred Pierce" - Mare Winningham
"Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)" - Eileen Atkins

Guest Actor in a Drama Series
"Big Love" - Bruce Dern
"Brothers & Sisters" - Beau Bridges
"The Good Wife" - Michael J. Fox
"Harry's Law" - Paul McCrane
"Justified" - Jeremy Davies
"Mad Men" - Robert Morse

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
"Glee" - Kristin Chenoweth
"Glee" - Dot-Marie Jones
"Glee" - Gwyneth Paltrow
"Raising Hope" - Cloris Leachman
"Saturday Night Live" - Tina Fey
"30 Rock" - Elizabeth Banks

Reality Competition
"The Amazing Race"
"American Idol"
"Dancing With the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Top Chef"

Reality Host
Tom Bergeron, "Dancing With the Stars"
Cat Deeley, "So You Think You Can Dance"
Phil Keoghan, "The Amazing Race"
Jeff Probst, "Survivor"
Ryan Seacrest, "American Idol"

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
"Freedom Riders"
"Gasland"
"The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers (POV)"

Sound Editing for a Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
"CSI: NY"
"Game Of Thrones"
"Nikita"
"True Blood"
"The Walking Dead"

Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
"Any Human Heart (Masterpiece)"
"Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"
"Mildred Pierce"
"The Pillars Of The Earth"

Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera)
"The Amazing Race"
"American Idol"
"American Masters"
"Baseball: The Tenth Inning"
"Gettysburg"
"Whale Wars"

Sound Mixing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Burn Notice"
"Dexter"
"Glee"
"House"
"Mad Men"

Sound Mixing for a Miniseries Or A Movie "Cinema Verite"
"The Kennedys"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Too Big To Fail"

Sound Mixing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
"Californication"
"Family Guy"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"
"Parks And Recreation"

Sound Mixing for a Variety Or Music Series Or Special
"83rd Annual Academy Awards"
"American Idol" finale
"The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards"

Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
"The Amazing Race"
"American Idol"
"American Masters"
"Deadliest Catch"
"Gettysburg"

Special Visual Effects for a Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
"The Borgias"
"Game Of Thrones"
"Stargate Universe"
"The Walking Dead"

Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
"Gettysburg"
"Mildred Pierce"
"The Pillars Of The Earth"
"Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece)"

Stunt Coordination
"Game Of Thrones"
"Hawaii Five-O"
"Southland"
"Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena"

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series
"American Idol"
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"Dancing With The Stars"
"Saturday Night Live"
"30 Rock"

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
"83rd Annual Academy Awards"
"Don Pasquale (Great Performances At The Met)"
"The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards"
"The Kennedy Center Honors"
"Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden"

Writing for a Comedy Series
"Episodes"
"Louie"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"
"30 Rock"

Writing for a Drama Series
"Friday Night Lights"
"Game Of Thrones"
"The Killing"
"Mad Men"

Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
"Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece)"
"Too Big To Fail"
"Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)"

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report"
"Conan"
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon"
"Saturday Night Live"

Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
"Colin Quinn: Long Story Short"
"Louis C.K.: Hilarious"
"Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit For Autism Education"
"The Real Women Of SNL"
"64th Annual Tony Awards"

Writing for Nonfiction Programming
"Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations"
"Freedom Riders"
"Gasland"
"Gettysburg"
"Moguls & Movie Stars"

Breaking Bad Season 3 (thoughts/wrap-up)

When the 3rd season of this show began, I was a bit overwhelmed by Walt's actions. He just seemed to be losing his soul. The bad decisions, even for him, seemed to be a bit rash and extreme. However, now having seen the entire season, I like how Vince Gilligan has smoothed some of those things out. Also the way the show seemed to be going, it was cutting things close to the point where many of the secrets were finally being revealed to some characters. So much so, it seemed like this could be the final season. Or at least close to it.

But the entire plot with Gus, the cartel, Jesse, and even Hank's health. Heck, also add the 2 gang/dealers that Walt took out to save Jesse, along with what happened at the very end to cliffhanger it, I think the show has been opened up a fair amount.

Good writers find ways to breath new life into stories. They add new interesting characters (something I think TrueBlood
I am sensing really needs this season), or just explore more to characters than you'd expect. I think Breaking Bad is doing that. Sure, everything between Walt and Gus is now likely going to be changed for the rest of the show. The Gus
character, while one of the most interesting on the show, is maybe not quite as critical for the entire show's story arc, like say the Ben character became on Lost. In other words, he may not last and Gilligan could bring in someone
else in to focus on.

I guess the question has to be asked, will next season be the last? I'm really not sure depending on where they lead the story. I don't believe Walt's cancer is gone for good. I bet a large sum of the money he has will eventually be
used for the medical treatment he will need for that at some point.

Also eventually Hank will find out Walt's secret. I dunno if it'll be like a Shawn on Psych thing, where it's revealed on the last episode kind of thing. I think a Walt/Hank conflict will eventually come up, just as the Walt/Gus one has now been
introduced.

At any case, I think this show has now supplanted itself as the best current episodic/large story-arc show on TV, especially with Lost gone now. It's great to see. The only part about that sucks, of course, is how short and
how long between seasons. We have to wait nearly 10 months until we get to find out what happens next. Did Jesse shoot Gale? among many other questions to be answered next season of course. Damn, March 2011 can't come soon enough!

Now I just have to go on to their website and checkout things like interviews, webisodes and things.

Breaking Bad (sitcom on ABC.... LOL)

These are pretty much gold in spots. I guess Bryan Cranston is a fan of these (maybe that will help them remain on youtube).







I should be writing some kind of Season 3 wrap-up after next Sunday's 90 minute finale about the AMC version, lol.

notes and more to come.

I have those movie reviews to post and at least a few blogs about music. I've been catching up on tv of late too. Lost is almost over and Breaking Bad is winding down and close to end of it's season as well. I just am a bit depressed about epic/episodic story-arc tv shows not really being around now with Lost gone. BSG is over already, Caprica is good, but not as intriguing at this stage as BSG was (yet). And Fringe has gotten better, but it's still not Lost or even BSG really. But at least it's gone from watchable to intriguing.

And of course next week is the fall lineup announcements. I suppose along with posting that whole thing (or what is each day by network) it should be worth adding some more of the Summer calendar stuff. When Royal Pains, Burn Notice, White Collar and Psych (along with Covert Affairs) will air. I'm totally behind In Plain Sight still along with Parenthood and V. Hopefully not for long. But also returning this Summer are Warehouse 13 on SyFy and I'm still assuming My Boys, which I guess is the final season with Jordana Spiro starring in a new NBC show I guess next fall/year.

Speaking of, here's a list of shows I hope to see now and/or in the future.

Sellevision: Bryan Fuller fictional show about a home shopping network. It's Bryan Fuller. That's all I need to know.

The Star Wars live-action show: imdb says it's slated for 2011 now. Set between Episode III and IV and it's supposed to focus on the minor characters i.e. not Luke, Leah, Han Solo or even Vader I guess. Just kill off JarJar at least.

Party Down: Rob Thomas of Veronica Mars and Cupid among other work has been doing this show at least for a year. The cast and guest stars are people I really enjoy. It's on the Starz! network which I don't get, but the 1st Season is probably on DVD now and/or online hulu or another site to stream. I along with Daria and some other shows, am going to have to try and make en effort to watch over the Summer.

Undercover: a new JJ Abrams show which is described like a Mr and Mrs. Smith the tv show, or a more serious/dramatic version of Chuck if he was married to Sarah.

True Blood: I may sign up for HBO just for this over the Summer. It returns soon, like maybe even in June.

Bryan K Vaughan has not worked on Lost this season. I'm not sure if his presence would have helped, but so be it. Imdb does list feature length movies for "Y: The Last Man" "Ex Machina" and "Runaways" among others for him. Joss Whedon may be involved in some of those, namely Runaways, which I believe both of them along with a few others were writers. As long as the casting is ok, I'm totally looking forward to those. But Shia LeBeauf as Yorick better not happen in Y: The Last Man.

Breaking Bad Season 3

3/21/10 12:45PM

Season 3 Premiere is tonight on AMC boyeeez!

2/20/10 4:13PM



Sunday March 21st, 2010 Season 3 Begins on AMC.

Probably the show I'm most looking forward to it's return right now.