Guest markovianprocess Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 The vast majority of stuff on TV should never have made it past pilot status...whatever works I guess. i've always thought a really interesting thing for the networks to do for a few months is just to air all of the pilots that they have sitting on their shelves. just one-and-done them all, back to back to back to back. no regularly programmed sitcoms or dramas. just air ALL the pilots. they could turn it into an advantage to their ratings by making it viewer-interactive. have everybody who watched "rate" the show on the network's website after it airs. then, the 3 pilots (or 5 pilots, or 10 pilots) that get the highest ratings get signed on to make a full season. I like this idea. I never would have thought about doing this, but now that you have I'm curious as to why it hasn't been done before. and Kirby, seriously you liked all of those Arrested Development Season 3 episodes "for British eyes only?" UGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Yes, I love every episode of Arrested Development. They all fit together somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 The last 4 episodes of Arrested Development were atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerdave Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 season 2 of east bound and down sucked. who fucking cares about baseball?! and the jokes weren't even that good.Weeds. Not gonna try to argue for Eastbound, but Weeds, really? The first 4 seasons are excellent and the last two have been a little shaky but still solid. I just can't see how you'd say they only had one good season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Seasons 1 & 2 of Weeds were great. The rest hover around ok to good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Good one on the FIREFLY allison. loved that show. here are a few more: Kitchen Confidential My So Called Life Battlestar Galactica Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and i'm gonna admit i watched Uncle Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 and i'm gonna admit i watched Uncle Buck That was a show?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrygumguru Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Stella. They only had one season, but it was good. I wasn't so much interested in Michael & Michael Have Issues though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 and i'm gonna admit i watched Uncle Buck That was a show?? yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenmittons Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 prisonbreak, even though season 2 was decent season 1 was rad truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Glee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Flight of the Conchords season 2 had some solid stuff but it wasn't on par with the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Stella. They only had one season, but it was good. I wasn't so much interested in Michael & Michael Have Issues though. I liked M&MHI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmillionaire Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Twin Peaks, with the exception of a few episodes from season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmythescumbag Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Bruce Campbell would say even one season was too much for that one...Sho' Nuff might disagree though. and i'm gonna admit i watched Uncle Buck I never knew it was a TV show...I vaguely remember the movie though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papermonsters Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I got really into Carnivale last summer. I bought the first season and found out the show was cancelled after the 2nd season without an ending so I just kind of lost intrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayoroftelevision Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Flight of the Conchords season 2 had some solid stuff but it wasn't on par with the first. i agree, and i think the reason for me was all the good songs i knew from them before they got their show were used in the first season. then again sugarlumps and too many dicks on the dance floor were pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitenglish1208 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 weeds had 3 really good seasons i think, then it got kinda meh. completely agree with heroes though, after they went apeshit with time travel it just got stupid, i think that's probly the only show i've completely given up on watching halfway through a season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Clone High My So Called Life The O.C. (first season was the best) 3 South Family Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitenglish1208 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 family guy really? do you think the first was the best? i think it's gotten a little weaker but it's still hilarious imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 family guy really? do you think the first was the best? i think it's gotten a little weaker but it's still hilarious imho Family Guy is usually pretty "meh" to me, with a few exceptions here and there, but I think it's second season was the best, most consistently funny one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Stella. They only had one season, but it was good. I wasn't so much interested in Michael & Michael Have Issues though. i need to watch my Stella dvd. i liked what i saw on tv, just haven't given the dvd a decent chance. i'd liked anything associated with the cast of The State though. Michael & Michael was good though, what i'd expect from those two especially the way Stella was. and of course: Showalter and Black confirmed on March 3, 2010 via their Twitter accounts that the show had been canceled. family guy really? do you think the first was the best? i think it's gotten a little weaker but it's still hilarious imho Family Guy is usually pretty "meh" to me, with a few exceptions here and there, but I think it's second season was the best, most consistently funny one. you must have missed the Halloween episode this past sunday. hilarious. i like Heroes, but the whole carnival thing was stupid as hell. my picks: (most were canceled after one season or got killed by the writer's strike) The Winner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winner_%28TV_series%29 short-lived pilot season on Fox with Rob Corddry. show was awesome. i'm sure he doesn't need a sitcom with a movie career but it'd have been nice to have more of this show. Dirty Sexy Money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Sexy_Money it had a floundering 2nd season but it felt like one complete season altogether. Peter Krause (Six Feet Under, Parenthood), Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Lucy Liu. In Case Of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Case_of_Emergency_%28TV_series%29 one that died during the writer's strike. it was pretty funny, kinda stupid. Jonathan Silverman, Kelly Hu, David Arquette) The Class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Class_%28TV_series%29 one season show with Lizzy Caplan (Party Down, Freaks And Geeks) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family). i'm kinda glad this got canceled now since those 2 went on to better shows. The Black Donnellys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Donnellys Jonathan Tucker (Six Feet Under, The Ruins, Pulse), Olivia Wilde (House). didn't even make it through the whole season on tv. they got canceled and then the dvd released was the complete series. it was decent, had some potential. must have bombed out in the ratings. and sad, for a solid 2 season show on Starz: Party Down http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_down On June 30, 2010, Starz canceled Party Down. While the show was warmly received by critics, its Nielsen ratings were very low. Losing Jane Lynch to Glee as well as Adam Scott to Parks and Recreation were believed to be additional factors in the decision to end the series. this 2nd season cancelation still bugs me too: Pushing Daisies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushing_daisies show was awesome. had tons of potential, good guests and plots. it seemed doomed to fail from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitenglish1208 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 yeah this sunday's family guy was pretty funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Black donnelly's was pretty good, but toward the end it got really weak. especially the final ep. but it did come out strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Black donnelly's was pretty good, but toward the end it got really weak. especially the final ep. but it did come out strong. i still have yet to see the entire series. i guess i saw the good episodes on tv then. my friend has the dvd set but i haven't borrowed it. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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