Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


brenda m - Apr 17, 2009 6:10:14 pm PDT #2202 of 11998
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'd add that part of the reason for separating out Cable Drama is to leave the Procedurals thread safer territory for people who don't have cable or prefer to wait for DVD. So there's that.

Overall, though, while I like making it easier to find where a show has landed, they're going to land one by one where they seem to fit for the people in those threads. I don't think we need a hard and fast rule here.


megan walker - Apr 17, 2009 7:00:59 pm PDT #2203 of 11998
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The current header for Procedurals says it's for shows where the primary objective is to figure out the case. Unless that is changed, I'd say it doesn't fit Leverage.


§ ita § - Apr 17, 2009 7:40:19 pm PDT #2204 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have no idea what goes on in an episode of In Plain Sight, but I've developed a wee crush on Fred Weller (who's Paul Weller's cousin, and I can totally see the resemblance) from two disparate L&O:CI appearances--in one he plays a not too bright horse trainer, and in the other a severely entitled multi-millionaire.

Anyone watch the show? Worth pursuing a crush to watch it?

God, Leverage can't come back soon enough, and Life and T:SCC cannot be cancelled. The Mentalist and Grey's Anatomy are not going get me through the nights.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 8:12:50 pm PDT #2205 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Cable Drama is all about it being CABLE drama of any stripe. IOW, not network television.


sj - Apr 17, 2009 11:37:29 pm PDT #2206 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Mad Men also gets a good amount of discussion in here when it is airing.


erikaj - Apr 18, 2009 9:36:48 am PDT #2207 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

Cable Drama has different seasons than network.


beekaytee - Apr 20, 2009 5:48:08 pm PDT #2208 of 11998
Compassionately intolerant

I really like In Plain Sight, ita. The characters...all of them, are multidimensional and compelling. I really like the writing.

Fred Weller is a joy to watch. And Leslie Ann Warren is both gorgeous and transfixing in a...how can she be so beautiful and yet so incredibly vexing...sort of way. You really feel what the characters are about.


le nubian - Apr 20, 2009 6:03:09 pm PDT #2209 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I like "In plain sight" generally, but the lead character's sister and mother drive me up a tree. I don't know how I can watch the show when I hate them so vehemently. I started watching the show and saw the mother and sister right off the bat, and I had to come back to it.

I'll try the show again, but they need to be off my tv.


Vortex - Apr 20, 2009 6:59:15 pm PDT #2210 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'm with you, LeN.


§ ita § - Apr 21, 2009 3:19:44 pm PDT #2211 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lesley Ann Warren usually plays characters that bother me. All her recent stuff...well, she's coasting on Mission: Impossible goodwill. Last other thing I saw her in was Crossing Jordan as Lucy's irresponsible mother. Though that end was pretty harsh.