So, I was listening to David Bianculi talk about the good summer shows on Fresh Air the other day, and I'm all offended that he didn't even mention White Collar! And he only named Leverage in passing. And he named a LOT of shows. Boooo.
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jesse - Jul 27, 2010 4:04:04 am PDT #6110 of 12003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Zenkitty - Jul 27, 2010 4:07:52 am PDT #6111 of 12003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse, call in and yell at him for leaving out two of the best shows!
Jesse - Jul 27, 2010 4:16:40 am PDT #6112 of 12003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Too bad it aired last week, and it's not a call-in show!
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2010 6:09:34 am PDT #6113 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What did he name?
Jesse - Jul 27, 2010 7:42:59 am PDT #6114 of 12003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Like everything. He kind of went network by network, naming a few things, highlighting one or two, and then really talked about Mad Men.
Ah -- here you go.
On HBO, just as Treme ended, True Blood came back on Sundays — gorier, sexier and funnier than ever. Showtime ended its seasons of Nurse Jackie and Secret Diary of a Call Girl, but hasn't taken the rest of the summer off; its comedians-talking-comedy chat show The Green Room with Paul Provenza was a delightful surprise — and in August, Weeds returns, paired with a new show starring Laura Linney, The Big C. (It's a dark comedy focusing on the aftermath of a terminal cancer diagnosis.)
On Tuesdays, FX followed its new cop show, Justified, with the newest season of Rescue Me, which is terrific — and with an ambitious new comedy from Louis C.K., called Louie, which I really like.
Syfy has a bunch of fun shows that either returned or premiered this month: Warehouse 13 on Tuesdays, Eureka and Haven on Fridays. And BBC America has been active, too. For genre fans, it has the newest episodes of Doctor Who on Saturdays, followed by a new season of Being Human, which is an alternately goofy and dark series about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost all trying to just get along.
BBC America also has what may be the sleeper hit of the summer in The Choir, which airs Wednesdays. It's a documentary series about a young man in England building choirs from scratch and preparing them for international competition — and I absolutely adore it.
That's a long list, but hardly a complete one. I haven't mentioned USA Network's Burn Notice, which is back on Thursdays, or its new Covert Affairs, which just started on Tuesdays. Or TNT's Leverage, which airs Sundays, or Futurama, which Comedy Central just resurrected on Thursdays.
And intentionally, I've saved the best for last, because a show is returning that could save the summer all by itself. On Sunday, July 25, AMC's Mad Men returns for its fourth season.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2010 7:46:59 am PDT #6115 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Good timing on recommending Doctor Who. Season just ended. Hmm.
Jesse - Jul 27, 2010 7:54:27 am PDT #6116 of 12003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It aired last week, if that helps?
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2010 7:58:20 am PDT #6117 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To get one episode of that, and to miss out so many entire series, it's kinda weird. I mean, they included Haven, fer crissakes. That's not a fun show.
Zenkitty - Jul 27, 2010 8:26:43 am PDT #6118 of 12003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
How did I not know that Paul Blackthorne is playing a vampire on The Gates?
sumi - Jul 27, 2010 8:27:33 am PDT #6119 of 12003
Art Crawl!!!
Damn. People - who aren't telling me IMPORTANT facts.
Why isn't he in the ads?