Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: The War on Chuck Lorre - Part 9

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I need some new types of shows to watch for the 2017-2018 season.

I did a headcount of the 26 shows I have lined up to watch, and 13 of them are superhero shows, 5 are procedurals, 2 are sci-fi, 2 are political dramas with the remaining 4 made up of legal drama, 2 dramas and reality. I notice that none are comedies.

Any recommendations, preferably not of the superhero variety? Maybe something legal or a drama or possibly a sci-fi? Or something that is action that isn't a standard procedural?

You watch Lucky Man? That is a pretty entertaining show.

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[THUNDERSTRIKE]

I read the summary of this show. It doesn't sound very appealing to me. Too dystopian. I'm not sure I really want a grim and depressing show. I tried to rewatch the 70s Incredible Hulk TV series a few years ago but never made it all the way through because it was so dark and depressing with a sense of futility throughout. I think I'd prefer something lighter.

since you have no comedies on the list, the only thing I can think of for a bit of silliness is the new scifi-comedy show called The Orville starring Seth McFarlane or the new Tick show which is superhero dramedy and starts this Friday on Amazon... that's all I have to offer... so good luck with whatever you can find, DR...

 

[Dark Raven]

You watch Lucky Man? That is a pretty entertaining show.

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I've never heard of that. That looks intriguing. I'll check that out. Thanks.

since you have no comedies on the list, the only thing I can think of for a bit of silliness is the new scifi-comedy show called The Orville starring Seth McFarlane or the new Tick show which is superhero dramedy and starts this Friday on Amazon... that's all I have to offer... so good luck with whatever you can find, DR...

Thanks. I'll look into those as well. Not sure about the Tick though because that's another superhero show and I'm trying to not just be watching those all the time.

 

[Quasar]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a comedy, with singing thrown in. Definitely light if that's what you're looking for.

 

[Sithborg]

I read the summary of this show. It doesn't sound very appealing to me. Too dystopian. I'm not sure I really want a grim and depressing show. I tried to rewatch the 70s Incredible Hulk TV series a few years ago but never made it all the way through because it was so dark and depressing with a sense of futility throughout. I think I'd prefer something lighter.

Syfy's current Fri night lineup of Killjoys, Dark Matter, and Wynonna Earp is some nice, trashy fun scifi.

 

[Teelie]

All three of those is a nice counterpart to the grim and depressing potential reality of the Handmaid's Tale we're getting with the current administration.

 

[Sithborg]

Hard hitting scifi has its place. But some times, you just need the junk food of media.

 

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All three of those is a nice counterpart to the grim and depressing potential reality of the Handmaid's Tale we're getting with the current administration.

I've seen some feminists get mad about people refusing to watch Handmaid's Tale but I can't blame folks for not wanting to spend their free time watching some grim miserable drama.

 

[Teelie]

Let them complain. I don't need to see that to understand feminism or that the future it depicts is terrible any more than I need to see a movie that shows the horrors of slavery or the holocaust or genocide. The people who need to see that aren't the ones who already push against what it depicts.

 

[nite-owl]

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Prequel From Ryan Murphy Scores Two-Season Order at Netflix.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...hy-scores-two-season-order-at-netflix-1036041

 

[Marvolo]

That's random as ****.

 

[Marvolo]

Syfy cancels Blood Drive:

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/syfy-has-canceled-blood-drive-after-one-season-171

 

[Teelie]

Not surprised about Blood Drive. I liked it but I could tell the ratings just weren't going to be there.

 

[Sawyer]

TV Line: New TV Shows to Watch, What to Skip (2017)

I don't think I've ever seen that level of consensus over a show that should be avoided at all costs.

 

[Sithborg]

Sounds like I am going to have to get Hulu for a bit.

 

[Teelie]

Stitchers has been cancelled. If anyone here even knew about it. It wasn't the best show, the premise was somewhat hokey around "stitching" into the minds of dead people to figure out how they died but the ratings were too low to get a fourth season. Too bad. I mainly watched because Allison Scagliotti (Claudia from Warehouse 13) was in it and also Sally Richardson-Whitfield (from Eureka) too.

 

[TheCommissioner]

John Legend still out there trying to save Underground

yea it got a raw deal when Sinclair bought Tribune (parent of WGN) but so did every other scripted series

 

[Blue42]

SpikeTV Cancels The Mist After One Season

 

[Dr. Evil]

So which new show will CBS gloat that it's the #1 most watched new Sitcom and #1 most watched new drama this season?

 

[Teelie]

No surprise on The Mist. As the article pointed out they very thoroughly butchered the source material. I wasn't going to watch the second season had there been one anyways.

 

[squeekness]

SpikeTV Cancels The Mist After One Season

I watched about half of it and bailed.

 

[Teelie]

I struggled through to the end hoping it would improve. You didn't miss anything.

 

[squeekness]

I struggled through to the end hoping it would improve. You didn't miss anything.

I had the same issue with The Dome. It was so far off the source matieral and the characters so obnoxious I just couldn't finish it.

 

[Marvolo]

SpikeTV Cancels The Mist After One Season

The show didn't have the Lovecraft monsters? Wtf was the threat in the show? Low visibility due to mist?

 

[_Superman_]

SpikeTV Cancels The Mist After One Season

I personally like the show but I won't miss it either. Personally I think it should've been a mini-series more than anything else.