30 days of TV meme
May. 2nd, 2010 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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zinke.
What the hell, there’s a bandwagon – I might as well jump on it. I warn you now that the list is likely to be fairly repetitive because I don’t really watch a huge amount of telly these days.
Day One - A show that should never have been cancelled
This is a tricky one really, because we’ve tended to get US shows over here months, sometimes years after they’ve aired there. And that has meant I’ve been able to decide NOT to watch a show because I’ve known in advance it’s been cancelled, so there weren't many options for this one.
But I suppose the cancellation that most saddened me recently was that of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
That’s not to say that I don’t recognize that it had serious weaknesses, and that Aaron Sorkin seems to have used it as a way to grind several axes, but it had flashes of brilliance and certainly had a LOT of potential. It also suffered from the fact that the network seemed not to have a clue what to do with it or how to promote it – either that, or they deliberately set out to kill it, which I suppose is equally possible.
Either way, it's a great shame. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford had some of the best 'buddy' chemistry I've ever seen, and if there's one thing Sorkin does well, it's male friendships. And as you'd expect of him, there was frequent inclusion of varions issues disguised as plot points. Sometimes that worked and sometimes it didn't, but in the end, the show suffered from some poor characterisation (cough *Harriet* cough) and what seemed to be a fixation on certain elements of his own life that many felt was too self-indulgent.
Anyway, we did at least get one complete season, which tied up most of the plot points, even the implausible ones!
For anyone else who wants to have a go at this, here's what's coming up:
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
zinke.What the hell, there’s a bandwagon – I might as well jump on it. I warn you now that the list is likely to be fairly repetitive because I don’t really watch a huge amount of telly these days.
Day One - A show that should never have been cancelled
This is a tricky one really, because we’ve tended to get US shows over here months, sometimes years after they’ve aired there. And that has meant I’ve been able to decide NOT to watch a show because I’ve known in advance it’s been cancelled, so there weren't many options for this one.
But I suppose the cancellation that most saddened me recently was that of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
That’s not to say that I don’t recognize that it had serious weaknesses, and that Aaron Sorkin seems to have used it as a way to grind several axes, but it had flashes of brilliance and certainly had a LOT of potential. It also suffered from the fact that the network seemed not to have a clue what to do with it or how to promote it – either that, or they deliberately set out to kill it, which I suppose is equally possible.
Either way, it's a great shame. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford had some of the best 'buddy' chemistry I've ever seen, and if there's one thing Sorkin does well, it's male friendships. And as you'd expect of him, there was frequent inclusion of varions issues disguised as plot points. Sometimes that worked and sometimes it didn't, but in the end, the show suffered from some poor characterisation (cough *Harriet* cough) and what seemed to be a fixation on certain elements of his own life that many felt was too self-indulgent.
Anyway, we did at least get one complete season, which tied up most of the plot points, even the implausible ones!
For anyone else who wants to have a go at this, here's what's coming up:
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
