Because I'm Curious...What TV Shows Are You Still Watching?

[shadowkat]

I listed all the night-time television series that are "currently" on somewhere in the world. Note currently. Not tv shows that are on hiatus or won't show up again until next year or recently ended. Which is why Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, Covert Affairs, Mad Men, Defiance, and Breaking Bad are not listed. Had to draw the line somewhere - too many frigging tv shows.

So below are the one's I know about and could remember, but do not necessarily watch. If your favorite isn't on the list - check Other, and list in the comments.

[ETA: Note to self - have someone beta your polls before submitting, so you won't make dumb mistakes like list one television show twice in the same poll. Points if you can figure out which one. UGH! And I forgot Dracula and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. ]


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Comments

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Of the new shows, I'm still watching the three sitcoms: Trophy Wife, B99 and Crazy Ones. (listed in order of what quality I prefer)

I don't watch Reign, but as an amateur historian of the time period I enjoy reading the recaps for the... liberties... the CW takes with the time period.

Of the recurring shows I still follow (goodbye Modern Family) The Good Wife is far and away #1 for me.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agree on The Good Wife - it's far and away my fav as well. (Possibly why I inadvertently listed it twice...Fruedian slip??) Definitely the best scripted and acted series on television.

I should probably give B99 and Trophy Wife a few more chances...they did have potential. The Crazy Ones - I've been checking out on Demand at different points.

Reign - is crack. Its not quite as much fun as Vampire Diaries, which has a better sense of humor. But it is fun in places. It's hard to take the history bit too seriously after having watched the Tudors and sigh, Downton Abbey. Television writers don't appear to like reading history, do they?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

"Trophy Wife" probably suffers from its unfortunate title (like the sadly underwatched "Cougar Town") but is actually a fairly decent ensemble show. Not sure why they didn't just air it after Modern Family. As to B99, I've been a fan of Michael Schur since "Fire Joe Morgan" - it has a good cast and I can see it having a similar trajectory to 'Parks & Rec' - another show I like that not enough people watch...

And no, TV writers don't seem to care for history. I will give them points, because that French court was actually quite interesting even if they are playing very loose with it. (And it was an era with major female players, many of whom they haven't gotten to yet...) So maybe it'll inspire someone to read a book...

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Only problem is historical fiction isn't all that much better - they take liberties too. Most of the Mary Queen of Scots fiction makes - her out to be the poor victim and Queen Elizabeth to be nasty. But is it true?

My father, a historian, once told me that historians are taught to question everything, down to the minute details...because history is often interpreted according to whatever the personal preferences are of the historian(s) recording/writing about it. (In short another subject, open to lots of embellishment, manipulation, and interpretation.)

So..if you want actual history? Read a non-fictional book with a lot of credible sources.