TV Show Draft - Gen Comm Thread

[Eja117]

1st season stands with any first season ever made.

Interesting subquestion while we wait for the next pick; tough do a really good first season of a show. Anyone got any thoughts on 'best' first season of a show?

eja is going into his war room and maintaining strict radio silence regarding tv post 1985

[StartOrien]

Off the top of my head, the best first season I think is 'Friday Night Lights.'

It's the only one of my favorite shows where I was like 'wow, this is an incredible show' after one season. Others, 'Breaking Bad' comes to mind, generally have the 'this has the makings to be an incredible show'

edit: From a comedy stand point, even though season 2 was way better, tough to beat Arrested Development. That show was awesome right out of the gates.

[pearljammer10]

Kinda is the esque of the Peter Jennings question but are stand up comedians allowed even though they aren't necessarily characters in a tv show? (Unless the of course have their own tv show.)

[BigAlTheFuture]

Off the top of my head, the best first season I think is 'Friday Night Lights.'

It's the only one of my favorite shows where I was like 'wow, this is an incredible show' after one season. Others, 'Breaking Bad' comes to mind, generally have the 'this has the makings to be an incredible show'

Despite the bad rep it gets, I actually like S2 of FNL as well

[indeedproceed]

Twin Peaks is still really unlike anything that's been made since. You'd want to compare it to a show like Psych or Monk or something, a quirky/funny type of show that fosters an insular fanbase, kind of inaccessible in a 'pick it up anywhere' kind of way, but its not. Twin Peaks was never a monster/case of the week thing, and it delves into the paranormal, it goes funny, it goes absurd, but it also has painfully touching dramatic moments of human suffering. And I don't mean like...saw, but like, human moments where you have actual sympathy for the characters on stage.

And of course everything is crisply written, dialogue is amazing, and you really can't blink or you'll miss something you'll realize later was blatant foreshadowing.

At least that's how I remember watching it years ago. It's getting a new season on showtime in 2016.

[indeedproceed]

Off the top of my head, the best first season I think is 'Friday Night Lights.'

It's the only one of my favorite shows where I was like 'wow, this is an incredible show' after one season. Others, 'Breaking Bad' comes to mind, generally have the 'this has the makings to be an incredible show'

Despite the bad rep it gets, I actually like S2 of FNL as well

I don't think there was really a bad season of FNL, but I really did hate those 'Tammy-heavy' episodes.

You killed a guy. Get over it, Landry.

[StartOrien]

Off the top of my head, the best first season I think is 'Friday Night Lights.'

It's the only one of my favorite shows where I was like 'wow, this is an incredible show' after one season. Others, 'Breaking Bad' comes to mind, generally have the 'this has the makings to be an incredible show'

Despite the bad rep it gets, I actually like S2 of FNL as well

Ya, it's still very watchable. Couple really bad plot lines, but I'd still take it over most others

[StartOrien]

Off the top of my head, the best first season I think is 'Friday Night Lights.'

It's the only one of my favorite shows where I was like 'wow, this is an incredible show' after one season. Others, 'Breaking Bad' comes to mind, generally have the 'this has the makings to be an incredible show'

Despite the bad rep it gets, I actually like S2 of FNL as well

I don't think there was really a bad season of FNL, but I really did hate those 'Tammy-heavy' episodes.

You killed a guy. Get over it, Landry.

Minka Kelly turning to god wasn't the best, either

[D.o.s.]

Kinda is the esque of the Peter Jennings question but are stand up comedians allowed even though they aren't necessarily characters in a tv show? (Unless the of course have their own tv show.)

What?

WHAT?

OKAY!


(Also: Twin Peaks is so, so cheeseball in some of its dialog and settings. Lynch has always had a thing for Apple Pie Americana, as it were, and TP does his Leave it To Beaver [if Beaver were an alien] thing better than almost anything).

[BigAlTheFuture]

And what the heck ever happened to Santiago?!

[Gainesville Celtic]

While our showrunner attempts to recover from a vile attempt on his life via a potent mixture of Pabst, inconveniently calendar'd noise rock shows, and the general fall chill

Nothing in the world makes me feel older than that "C'mon Jack White, it's 10:30 on a Tuesday, let's wrap it up" feeling.

I completely echo this sentiment SO.

....

Who cares about Twin Peaks.... who did you see last night D.o.s?!?!??

[slamtheking]

so only since 1985?  what about us old farts that had characters lined up from the 70's?  got to at least give me one.

OR

Can you use a TV show that was remade since then but with different actress/character?

[StartOrien]

We'll skip KC if he doesn't pick by 11:05, BigAl git riddy

[indeedproceed]

Can you use a TV show that was remade since then but with different actress/character?

Yes to this.

[BigAlTheFuture]

Omar Little, The Wire. Badass