Reality Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Aye mate, I'm watching it at night time when I get a chance. Gonna finish series 1 tonight, then start series 2 tomorrow. Oh, and House is back in like 2 weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 House is back in like 2 weeks time So is Fringe and Dexter and Sons Of Anarchy is back next Tuesday! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I watched the first series of Dexter last month and started series 2. I then bumped into a spoiler by accident. =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancharlie Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 dexter series 4 on . brilliant. also got sucked in to watching spartacus blood and sand! was entertaining! looking fwd to karl pilkington's an idiot abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 It hasn't started yet, but looking forward to This is England '86 I'm looking forward to that, liked the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 2, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2010 The Torygraph discovers Rubicon Rubicon on AMC is a cloak-and-dagger show that centers on the secretive operations of fictional API, a federal spy agency in New York City. Main character Will Travers, played with polished understatement and introspection by James Badge Dale, is API’s star code cracker and is promoted to his boss’s job after he dies in a commuter train crash. Travers quickly becomes obsessed with finding out whether his former boss, who was also his father-in-law, was really murdered. He furtively sets out to crack the code to the mystery with clues that the dead man had carefully left behind. Complicating the mix is the suicide of a millionaire New York businessman whose receipt of a four-leaf clover in his morning newspapers is the signal for him to put a gun to his head. The clover symbol also appeared simultaneously in the clues of seven international newspapers’ crossword puzzles published the same day before both deaths occurred. In Rubicon, AMC adds another jewel to an already dazzling array that includes Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Prisoner. The show’s two-hour premiere in early August claimed 2 million viewers, making it the highest-rated series debut in AMC’s history. But as James Badge Dale reportedly observed: "Our show is not for everybody." No, it’s a show for adult viewers who crave a departure from superficial star-vehicle TV and psychological suspense that is more riveting than any high-budget disaster stunts. A serene, yet chilling understatement pervades this production, immensely aided by composer Peter Nashel’s haunting score. API isn’t set in the bureaucratic halls of Washington but in the gritty, winter landscape of the big, bad Big Apple. And almost every character seems to be in existential crisis. Travers’s fellow analysts question what their covert work has done to their private lives as well as their own morality. They must provide recommendations on whether to bomb safe houses to kill terrorists that might also murder children. The casting in Rubicon is spot on. In addition to Dale, Miranda Richardson delivers a laser-focused performance as the businessman suicide’s tough, wily widow who will not be stopped in her quest to understand her husband’s death. Arliss Howard is Travers’s smooth operator, two-faced supervisor and Michael Cristofer is superb as the grey eminence Truxton Spangler, the big boss at API, whose character provides fascinating insight into the out-of-control spy bureaucracy that exists in Washington today. Rubicon is all about information - who’s got it, who wants it, and what are they willing to do to get it. Here’s some intelligent story-telling perspective on our information saturated times. In the United States, Rubicon airs on Sunday nights on AMC at 9.00 pm ET. It has yet to be bought by a UK broadcaster. Seriously, when this show crosses the Atlantic, whether it's the BBC, Channel 4, or Sky that buy it, watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 AMC are making some cracking tv at the moment. Breaking Bad, Mad Men and hopefully the upcoming Walking Dead will follow suit as the graphic novels are brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Big Bang Theory does it for me.....I'm not sure if I have a strange sense of humour or I just like watching Kaley Cuoco walking about in tight clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarry Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm a few episodes into Mad Men season 4 and it is still excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Mad Men is exceptional imo. Dare i say it, perhaps better than The Wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Tried to get into Mad Men - couldn't Looking forward to The Event, Karl Pilkington's new thing, Inbetweeners, US Office and House all starting up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Anyone seen Treme yet? Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Anyone seen Treme yet? Any good? Yeah its not bad, but nowhere near as good as the Wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 2, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2010 HBO needs Boardwalk Empire to be good, lest it likely lose it's status as the place for the best drama on TV to AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Rubicon, and (by all appearances) Walking Dead). Showtime is also really giving HBO a run for their money, too, with Weeds, The Big C, and Dexter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 HBO needs Boardwalk Empire to be good, lest it likely lose it's status as the place for the best drama on TV to AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Rubicon, and (by all appearances) Walking Dead). Showtime is also really giving HBO a run for their money, too, with Weeds, The Big C, and Dexter. What's your take on NBC's Thursday night of comedy Levi ? It is due to return pretty soon I'd imagine. Community, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and The Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJ83 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm loving californication at the moment if anyone is looking for a good series. Most of us are eagerly awaiting the new series I obviously need to keep a closer eye on this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 fingers crossed this is england will be good but i can see them ballsing it right up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 HBO needs Boardwalk Empire to be good, lest it likely lose it's status as the place for the best drama on TV to AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Rubicon, and (by all appearances) Walking Dead). Showtime is also really giving HBO a run for their money, too, with Weeds, The Big C, and Dexter. Are you watching Rubicon Levi? I've watched the first couple of episodes based on your post and the Telegraph article; enjoyed it does it keep going well? How many episodes they doing this season, up to 6 now i think are they not? Done well, think it will get a second series? Walking Dead has a second series and its not even started! Oh and i'm hoping Isiah Whitlock Jr whips out a Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Chuck is pretty good tv show, I recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 3, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2010 HBO needs Boardwalk Empire to be good, lest it likely lose it's status as the place for the best drama on TV to AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Rubicon, and (by all appearances) Walking Dead). Showtime is also really giving HBO a run for their money, too, with Weeds, The Big C, and Dexter. What's your take on NBC's Thursday night of comedy Levi ? It is due to return pretty soon I'd imagine. Community, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and The Office. Don't really get into comedy (or prime time network TV for that matter) much any more, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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