tv_talk | TV Tuesday: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

Magnum PI reboot. It's a fun show that has become also a comfort show. It's being cancelled after this current season though I would love to see several more seasons for it.

I know that a lot of viewers were sad about the cancellation of the rebooted Roswell too, although it had a lot longer. I can hardly believe it was already 4 seasons. And there's still no word, I think, for the rebooted Quantum Leap.

Odd to see shows alive, dead, alive, dead...

so many!

Doom Patrol is probably a big one for me. But it got an ending, so its not the worst thing to happen I guess. But its one of the few shows where I loved ALL the characters.

And I just found out that What We Do in the Shadows will be ending after Season Six and this hurts my soul. But it had a good run and hopefully it will go out in a good big way.

Pretty Hard Cases which was a canadian show ended this year and I definitely sorry to see that one go too.

Billions - which I did not think I would like at all, and ended up loving for all the twists and turns and backstabbing.

Magnum PI - I'm not tooooo upset about this one as I started losing interest once the ship went canon, but it was still a good fun show.

Outlander - I still enjoy but they kinda forgot about the time travelling at one point, so much it started to lose some of its appeal for me. This last season has been better tho.

The Star Treks - Discovery, Picard and Prodigy. (I know Prodigy is going to Netflix for S2 but so far it doesn't sound like there will be a S3). Discovery and Picard were a mixed bag, some seasons were good others not so good, but I love the star trek universe so losing so much of it this year is hard. At least we still have Strange New Worlds.

Some other ones I think were cancelled too soon:

A League of Their Own
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Rabbit Hole
1899

(List of cancelled/renewed shows: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/renewed-and-cancelled-tv-shows-2023/)

Hard to believe WWDitS is already up to 6 seasons, where does the time go?

I have not seen the final season yet, but I was looking forward to the finale. Yes, it had wonderfully unpredictable plots!

Is this latest season the final one of Outlander?

Oh, I hadn't heard about Prodigy ending up on Netflix. I'll have to keep an eye out. Picard's finale definitely tied everything up in a bow, cramming in as many character re-appearances as they could! And we've yet to see Discovery's final season.

I think it's only Rabbit Hole I haven't heard of.

Is this latest season the final one of Outlander?

No, there will be a season 8. Which will be interesting because I'm pretty sure the final book won't be published before the final season airs. I know Gabaldon told Sam Heughan how she intends the book series to end, but has she shared that with the show's producers/writers?

There's also going to be a prequel series about Jamie's parents.

Aha. I'm always behind because I see it on Netflix. But I have to admit I'm ready for it to end. It makes sense to make another series about Jamie's family -- I suspect that many viewers are interested in the Scottish history aspects.

Outlander - I still enjoy but they kinda forgot about the time travelling at one point

They didn't "forget about it" -- there's been as much time-travel in the show as there is in the books. It's been quite a faithful adaptation at least on that front.

A League of Their Own

I haven't moved on from ALOTO being cancelled. That makes me so mad.

En Place: I watched Jean-Pascal Zadi's Tout simplement noir a couple of days ago and thereby found out that this show was being renewed. One of my favorite surprise finds on Netflix this year. I'm so glad to know that it will be back.

Other renewals I'm happy about: Somebody Somewhere, Good Omens, and Not Dead Yet (it has Lauren Ash and is a sweet, little feel-good watch).

I'm not watching a lot of shows where more seasons would make sense but I'd love to see more of The Devil's Plan. (Wrote this, then checked on Netflix. A new season is coming!)

Sad about:
- Dead End: Paranormal Park. It's usually hard for me to get excited about animated shows but this one was really cute and delivered some heartwarming queer representation. I'm going to miss it.

- The Chair. Came out in 2021, and was canceled in 2023. Too bad. I was always hoping that this would get a second season.

- The Six of Crows spinoff. Mainly for Kit Young, who, to me, was also the only good thing about The School for Good and Evil.

Edited 2023-12-27 09:17 (UTC)

Yes, it's too bad about both Shadow and Bone and the Crows spinoff. I watched The Chair and cutting it at 1 season certainly leaves a lot hanging. However I have to admit I'm not going to miss it. I never have patience with "disaster" characters. It's one of the reasons I'm also not going to miss Lucky Hank, another 1 season show about academics. There were some enjoyable moments but I had no patience with him.

I was mainly invested in The Chair because Sandra Oh was the lead. I miss her on my TV screen. :(

Two Apple+ shows come to mind: Truth be Told and Ted Lasso. I was also going to put The Peripheral on the list, but the last ep dropped in Dec 2022 -- I only finished watching the series in 2023, hence why I thought it was still putting out eps in 2023. The Peripheral definitely needs more seasons as they barely made a dent in the source material. I would totally watch further antics of the Richmond AFC squad under Roy Kent -- even if Ted Lasso was no longer part of the picture. They could just rename the series AFC Richmond or something.

Oh good call that. I also enjoyed Truth Be Told and there was so much more that could have been explored. And yes, a Lasso spinoff would be totally doable, lots of great characters in that show.

I haven't seen discussion of The Peripheral around, maybe because it was a single season show? Shame that it suffered from one of those "Renewed but now dropped" announcements that seem to have been so widespread this year.

I haven't seen discussion of The Peripheral around, maybe because it was a single season show?

Or maybe because it was on Prime? I have the impression that Prime shows just aren't talked about much in general. I don't know if that's accurate, but I certainly feel that they fly under the radar a lot more than say, Netflix or Disney+ offerings.

I think that could be true. Certainly Disney+ is packed with offerings that have a history of fandoms attached.

TV Tuesday: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject