What was the last TV show you watched?

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum last night. It was one of the weaker/more boring cards that I have seen.

The fourth episode of the Hulu series, Nine Perfect Strangers. It has just the right amount of mystery, secrets, and thrills to keep you watching. Nicole Kidman is amazing as is Melissa McCarthy, who really shows off her acting chops here in a non-comedic role.

Introducing the wife to Ripper Street, just finished season one. She is loving it, and sees why I do.

Her favourite character is Capt Homer Jackson. Or IS IT????

Have been binging on The Saint (and the Return of the Saint). Very Avengers meets James Bond. The Charteris books are wonderful, too.

Not much other than Band of Brothers. Watched episodes here and there, but never watched all of it in order. Someday I will get around to it. It is well done. I have been saying that for the past twenty years, but I believe that I will…someday.

Touchofevil said:

Not much other than Band of Brothers. Watched episodes here and there, but never watched all of it in order. Someday I will get around to it. It is well done. I have been saying that for the past twenty years, but I believe that I will…someday.

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An ex-101st Airborne D-Day veteran, Donald R Burgett penned his memoir, Currahhe which recounts
his teenage enlistment, jump school, Normandy Invasion experiences which might prove interesting;
apparently Burgett continued his reminiscence with several supplemental titles: Road to Arnhem;
Seven Roads to Hell; and Beyond the Rhine. I've only read his first effort and was unaware of the
subsequent titles but Currahee is a well crafted superbly writ tale.
Burgett, a high school dropout for enlistment, eschewed the post war GI Bill college route,
knocking around a bit before marriage but seems to have answered an inner call to write.
I personally favor the non academic scribe schooled to life.

The Michael Gambon Maigret series, from 1992. We enjoy the emphasis on clue-spotting, deduction, and the inevitable twist or two at the end. Via BritBox.

Hogan's Heroes, specifically reruns on MeTV. This is one of those television shows that I've been watching occasionally ever since it premiered in 1965 but, as much as I want to like it, it has never really hooked me as a favorite. Still, John Banner as Sergeant Schulz is impeccable as an actor; he was Schulz.

Julian Shellhammer said:

The Michael Gambon Maigret series, from 1992. We enjoy the emphasis on clue-spotting, deduction, and the inevitable twist or two at the end. Via BritBox.

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There are a lot of near-forgotten gems on there. I am waiting for them to bring on Grange Hill series 8 and onwards. It's fascinating how differently one reviews a lot of shows one saw as a kid when an adult.

Creepshow. AMC. I don't have much of a feeling about this one.

American Horror Story: Double Feature. FX. not so good.

Nearing the end of series 3 of Ripper Street with the wife.

Re-watching series one of Outlander while on the treadmill. Each run is about one episode.

Nearing the end (sniffle) of Parks and Recreation. Season 7, episode one.

MisterCairo said:

Nearing the end (sniffle) of Parks and Recreation. Season 7, episode one.

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Caught a coupla episodes a few years back at a relative's house on Thanksgiving, normally do not watch
television but Parks was quite impressive overall.

Watching the reboot All Creatures Great and Small S2x1, noticed that in one scene with many characters wearing trilbys and a possible fedora, they all had C crowns and wondering if these were period accurate (late 30's)?

Ernest P Shackleton said:

American Horror Story: Double Feature. FX. not so good.

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Still waiting for this one to come to Netflix having seen all the others. Some better than others, though none I've really disliked among the others. Freakshow and Hotel had the strongest emotional charm for me.

Kt Templar said:

Watching the reboot All Creatures Great and Small S2x1, noticed that in one scene with many characters wearing trilbys and a possible fedora, they all had C crowns and wondering if these were period accurate (late 30's)?

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Interesting question.... The rest of the look generally seems sharp to me on what I've seen of this new version (which is pretty good, especially given the standard it had to match). My understanding is that it was definitely around at the time - though I'd be doubtful it was the way every single hat was done. Similar to how in so many period pieces you see all the men are wearing brown suits and all of them are wearing shirts with spearpoint collars, when there were other options at the time. Course brown suits / pointy collars are an easy short-hand for vintage because you don't tend to see them around as often now, but the hats my best guess is that they simply bulk-bought those from Christies or hired them in from a big prop house... Hats would probably have been more common in those rural areas; it was London and the bigger cities where the hatless trend was beginning to emerge in the UK in the 30s.

Last night, another episode of Vera on PBS.

Watched Oat's Studios on Netflix. Interesting series of... less narrative shorts, more vignettes. The ones that aimed for comedy were a bit weak (God, and Cooking With Bill in particular) BUT the hard sci-fi ones had some interesting concepts and could be interesting to see developed further.

I've just watched the first part of Ridley Road, the BBC's new Sunday Night drama. 1962, England: a young Jewish girl skips out on her respectable, Manchester Jewish family and the marriage they have arranged for her, to move to London following a 'bad boy' type she previously dated. She eventually finds him.... when she sees him waving a flag on the podium at a Nazi rally in Trafalgar Square. Based on a novel which weaves fictional individuals and their lives around true events. Really convinces in its depiction of London in the early sixties, still bearing the scars of WW2. What they've done - and done really well - is interweave their own shots with archive colour footage of London in the period (including the aforementioned pro-Nazi rally). A sense of the real London of 1962, rather than "cinema London". Looking forward to seeing the rest of this as it goes along.

First four parts I think on iPlayer for anyone in the UK now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09vc7k4 Might be on Britbox for those of you elsewhere soon - I don't know what their policy is about "new" BBC content (here in the UK it's mostly archive stuff, because obviously we have iPlayer for the new).

MisterCairo said:

Nearing the end of series 3 of Ripper Street with the wife.

Re-watching series one of Outlander while on the treadmill. Each run is about one episode.

Nearing the end (sniffle) of Parks and Recreation. Season 7, episode one.

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I liked Outlander. I thought it was a great idea to have the lead travel from WW2 era rather than "now", as it gave a lot of scope to flash the story forwards to the Sixties. I sort of wish they'd stayed in Scotland a bit longer, though as they got into the American Revolution it's been good fun too. I hope it comes back in the UK soon - I have no idea how many books there were, but I think there are still a few to go after, what Series 5? I also see a lot of potential for other series in the same universe given its established there were and will be other travelers, such as the one that appeared to her in ghost form and whose skull she found, with 20th century amalgam fillings in the teeth.

Creepshow. AMC. The budget for each story couldn't have been much more than $100. The comic book segues would have been more intereting to tell the stories. Flip the pages, and I'll read along. I know it is purposely bad, but it's just plain bad.

Ridley Road. I can't wait for it to hit the USA on PBS Masterpiece.

American Horror Story: Double Feature. FX. The second feature started, and it was far better than I expected. That's not to say it was great, but I thought for sure Eisenhower and Roswell Grey aliens would be a snore from the opening scene. We'll see how I feel about it six episodes later.