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Hello, television viewers! Welcome to the weekend!
Feel free to talk about any TV-topic you want, below is an optional texty to use.

Name
What TV have you watched this week?
What fall show are you looking forward to?
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)?


<B>Name </b> <B>What TV have you watched this week? </b> <B>What fall show are you looking forward to? </b> <B>If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? </b>

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[colls]

Name colls
What TV have you watched this week? 1 episode of Star Wars Rebels -and that's it. sad, I know, but I'm planning some serious catching up on TV in general this weekend
What fall show are you looking forward to? Will & Grace revival (I think that's coming this fall) and Star Trek Discovery
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? something set in SPACE! starring Gal Gadot and Christopher Heyerdahl

[jb_slasher]

something set in SPACE! starring Gal Gadot and Christopher Heyerdahl
LOVE IT!

[wendelah1]

Theoretically, I would watch anything with Gal Gadot. How about that long-awaited miniseries of Red Mars? She can play Nadia Cherneshevsky (my favorite character) and Christopher Heyerdahl can be Saxifrage "Sax" Russell?

[wendelah1]

Name Wendy
What TV have you watched this week? The Rachel Maddow Show and episode 2x2 of The Expanse, which I still haven't posted about to rocinante. Whoops.
What fall shows are you looking forward to? Top of the Lake, Madame Secretary, Elementary, and The Good Place. EDIT: And Brooklyn Nine-Nine. How could I forget?
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? It would have to be an old school domestic sitcom from the eighties. However, I would cast Virginia Madsen and Paul Giamatti, circa Sideways. They are both great actors, plus they are funny, smart and reasonably good looking. Okay, fine. Virginia Madsen is gorgeous. It's my sitcom. I can cast whomever I want to play me the lead.



I don't know who I would cast to play our son, our vast array of entertaining friends, and cranky relatives everyone else.

[jb_slasher]

Name J, Joey P. Sychotic, jb_slasher
What TV have you watched this week? This week, I finally binged the newest season of Game Of Thrones. Well, that was fun. Also, ahaha this show.
What fall show are you looking forward to? Cannot wait for Mindhunter. Also looking forward to new seasons of Mr. Robot and Stranger Things.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? Off the top of my head, then. Gay spies in love. It would be a procedural of sorts, I guess, but with comedy because I need the laughs. Starring? Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg. Throw in Gina Torres and Gemma Whelan and Bill Hader and I'll be happy beyond words. Also, Joseph Mazzello because Wardooo:

[wendelah1]

I love the idea of a funny procedural. I need to read Mindhunter, and then it needs to be a huge hit and go to DVD. I'm still waiting for the dvds of season one of Stranger Things so I can request them from the library.

[beer_good_foamy]

Name Beer Good
What TV have you watched this week? GoT, Twin Peaks, Rick & Morty, The Norsemen
What fall show are you looking forward to? Black Mirror, The Deuce
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? I keep thinking we need more period genre works. Medieval zombie hunters, Abbasid clockpunk time travellers... That last one actually sounds pretty tempting. Plus then I can cast Sarah Shahi to essentially play Shaw again except with a crossbow.

[jb_slasher]

Plus then I can cast Sarah Shahi to essentially play Shaw again except with a crossbow.
I would definitely watch this show! :D

[dancing_serpent]

Name Phaeton

What TV have you watched this week? Lots and lots of GoT season seven clips on YouTube. Also, about lots of episodes of the Bleach anime, all because I read a crossover fic that made me want to re-watch.

What fall show are you looking forward to? Lucifer, although I have to watch season two first. I'm so far behind on everything, but I'm also not watching when I'm not in the mood, because that could lead to me hating something I used to love.

If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? I used to wish someone would make MZB's Heritage of Hastur into a tv show, so I guess it would be that. The whole Darkover universe could be interesting on screen, whatever one may think about MZB herself. No idea who I would cast, though. Maybe I should google some red haired, blue eyed actors, huh?

[wendelah1]

Maybe I should google some red haired, blue eyed actors, huh?

Or you could cast whomever you wanted and let them wear blue contacts and dye their hair red.

[alorarose]

Ahaha Bleach. I stopped watching years ago, I got so frustrated. I said I'd keep reading the manga until we found out Isshin's backstory and then lost interest after we did find out. I should really go find a summary to see what happened and how it ended. What was the crossover fic?

[maidenjedi]

Name Maidenjedi (MJ)
What TV have you watched this week? The Game of Thrones season finale, and I started watching Parks and Recreation on Netflix for the first time.
What fall show are you looking forward to? Returning, Outlander, Stranger Things, Agents of SHIELD, and The Walking Dead. New, Marvel's The Inhumans and Star Trek: Discovery.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? Sci-fi/horror, starring Kyle Chandler and Amber Benson and, in a small but crucial role, Matthew McConaughey.

[wendelah1]

I am still pissed at CBS for putting ST: Discovery on whatever it's going to be on rather than network TV. It will be the first Trek series that I haven't watched in real time. Heck, unless it's a hit, I may never get to see it at all.

It appears that I can get Outlander season one through the library now. Do you think I'd like it? Be honest.

[shadowkat]

Name: Shadowkat (I keep wishing I'd picked a better name, but a, suck at picking names and b) too late now...)

What TV have you watched this week? Game of Thrones, Wynonna Earp, Great British Baking Show and general hospital.
What fall show are you looking forward to? Lucifer, The Gifted, The Good Place (which I got to remember to DVR), Stranger Things, The Crown, ..sort of drew a blank after that.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? Either science fiction or noir mystery. Either Angela Basset or Rutina Wesley (if science fiction) or if noir mystery, Emma Stone/Michelle Williams and Tim Rozon or James Marsters. It would be an original work. If I were to adapt something? Either Chronicles of Lymond with Tom Hiddleston, or The Sparrow...with Javier Bardem.

[wendelah1]

I was a huge fan of General Hospital way back in the day. Luke and Laura's wedding? Yeah, I watched that.

THE GOOD PLACE!

[alorarose]

Wait, when is the Crown coming back? this fall???

[highlander_ii]

Name Highlander II
What TV have you watched this week? Lots - Suits, Psych, Zorro (the 1990 one), Kitchen Nightmares (ttly blaming a friend for that one)...
What fall show are you looking forward to? no clue - i have no idea what even comes on tv
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? can i just do a better tv version of The Dresden Files? i don't really care who plays whom; i just want it to not be made of fail

[wendelah1]

can i just do a better tv version of The Dresden Files? i don't really care who plays whom; i just want it to not be made of fail

I would watch this. Definitely.

[torncurtain]

Name Christa
What TV have you watched this week? Twin Peaks, and only one episode of The Handmaid's Tale (I will probably watch more after I am done reading the book, just wanted to check the show out)
What fall show are you looking forward to? Stranger Things.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)-Maybe a reboot of Lovejoy...not sure about the casting.

[yourlibrarian]

Your list of shows makes me think how increasingly irrelevant seasonal markers are for shows stopping and starting, especially since fewer actually stretch out over a whole season these days.

[china_shop]

Name China
What TV have you watched this week? 15 episodes of a 2010 Korean drama called Secret Garden (with body swaps!), a few episodes of other Kdramas, and 3 episodes of Parks & Rec season 3. But The Expanse season 2 has arrived on DVD, so I imagine we'll get stuck into that soon.
What fall show are you looking forward to? Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I don't really follow the US TV seasons, so there might be others too.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? A small town PI constantly treading on the toes of/getting in the way of his frenemy cop's cases, starring Aldis Hodge and some other dude, and with an awesome diverse supporting cast a la Battle Creek.

[jb_slasher]

I would watch anything with Aldis Hodge!

[jo]

Name Jo
What TV have you watched this week? GofT finale, Twin Peaks, So You Think You Can Dance, Amazing Race Canada, Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, Star Trek TOS, Rick and Morty, Life on Mars, does baseball count as a TV show?
What fall show are you looking forward to? OUTLANDER!!! Also the new Star Trek and The Orville in terms of new shows. Designated Survivor and Madam Secretary for returning shows.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? Probably something SF based as there are so many great books that should be made into TV series, but beyond that, don't know.

[yourlibrarian]

I didn't realize Canada had its own version of the Amazing Race.

[mr_picard]

Name Alexander/Mr.Picard
What TV have you watched this week? I'm doing a LOST re-watch right now and I am once more reminded of how great the show was until nothing made sense anymore.
What fall show are you looking forward to? Dynasty reboot!
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? It would probably be very gay and feature Sir Patrick, of course. He would play the lead character, an actor who falls in love with a younger man who could or could not be his bodyguard (I'd have to cast the younger actor, I'd know which one's the right one when I see him, but he'd have to be in his 30s). Of course. Who said cliché plots are dead? Heh.

[yourlibrarian]

I'm quite curious to see what adaptations they may make to Dynasty. On one hand, a lot of it could be exactly the same and not be out of place. OTOH, there are some things that are distinctly different and could be quite topical.

[alorarose]

Late to the show since I was at Ren Faire yesterday!

Name Vaidah
What TV have you watched this week? Chesapeake Shores, The Fosters, and Midnight, Texas!
What fall show are you looking forward to? I haven't even looked at what's going on this fall. I guess Star Trek Discovery even though I have no clue how I'll get to watch it.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? I would LOVE a show like... werewolves in space, though it'd make negative amounts of sense. LOL. It'd star Tatiana Maslaney and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

[jb_slasher]

I would watch a show about werewolves in space. The logistics of that one would be really interesting.

[yourlibrarian]

What TV have you watched this week? Apparently S2 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will be disappearing from Netflix soon, so we're watching several a day to catch up. I also am watching Project Runway with a friend, and recently saw Endeavor and am watching Halt & Catch Fire.
What fall show are you looking forward to? I'm trying to remember what we've got the DVR scheduled to record -- so many shows have irregular seasons these days that all I can think of that will be returning is SPN and Dancing With the Stars. And then there's also things like the UK shows that appear here 6 months or a year later.
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? I think my biggest interest is not so much genre as style. I want to see something that's along the lines of Legion, in that it's a genre of show being told in an unexpected style. Also, no one ever does time travel stories properly. Given that I have recently read yet another Merlin reincarnation fic, I'd like to see a sequel done with decent writing that is a political thriller. Why is Arthur back and what could a man from another millenium really contribute to a present day crisis given our current communications and military climate?

[shadowkat]

How is Halt and Catch Fire? I tried the first episode, but didn't give it a proper chance when it first premiered. (I like Lee Pace as an actor.)

Agreed on the Time Travel shows...none are told properly. I've tried several now. I think the only two I've really enjoyed were Sarah Conner Chronicles and Doctor Who..but neither rely solely on Time Travel. Outlander isn't bad in how it utilizes it, although I felt it should have done so more effectively. Quantum Leap disappointed me - although I did stick with all the way through. As did Timeless, also disappointing.

What I'd like is something closer to what Moffat sort of did with Doctor Who/River Song arc...which is explore how wonky Time Travel can be. I wish someone would adapt a Connie Willis Time Travel novel -- because that author does examine the psychological, scientific, etc effects of it -- albeit with less violence, than say 12 Monkeys.

[sharksandwich]

Name Betsy
What TV have you watched this week? The Good Place, season one!
What fall show are you looking forward to? New Wendy Williams Show (I know, I'm a cornball)!
If you were creating your own show, what genre would it be and who would play the lead role(s)? It would be like a cartoon starring like Kristen Wiig? Yeah, that.

[wendelah1]

The Good Place was my favorite new show from last season. We rewatched it this summer, too.