Too bad--I wouldn't put on crap or tired remakes and I'd actually hired talented writers not hacks. So what quality tv am I missing on broadcast tv?Startrekwatcher, I'm glad you're not in charge!!
I don't hate everything but I definitely have antipathy towards a lot of stuff. I'll admit there are a lot of shows on broadcast that aren't necessarily bad--I suppose they are watchable--but I want more than that out of a tv viewing experience--I want to be really invested not just to have something on in the background.
CBS is nothing but formulaic proceduals--there isn't anything new to be found. They simply go through the motions. If you've seen one murder victim, one autopsy, one criminal investigation, one psychological profiling, one group of suspects, one grilling of a suspect and an open confession, roll credits you've seen it all. Same for unrequited love between partners working together. It has been done to death--the first few times was novel the millionth not so much.
NBC is a bunch of reality drek--Biggest Loser, The Voice, The Sing Off, Who Do You think you are, Rock Center and a few middling tv shows that I find mediocre myself--Parenthood, Harrys Law, Law and Order SVU, Grimm.
Then you must not have watched much of it. I have found that out of this season it has been the only consistently entertaining tv show--new or otherwise--on this year. True most of the characters are plot devices but that really isn't new these days when writers make the characters secondary to the bigger narrative but the few they do focus on like Sarah Michelle Gellar--who I didn't care for in Buffy-- are really good. I think she has done a great job in creating two very compelling yet different characters in Bridget and Siobhan. I also think Ioan Gruffud as Andrew Martin is nice as well. Yes we could have done without the heavy focus on Juliet and her scheming mother Catherine after the New Year but overall the show has done fairly well in not telegraphing much, providing interesting twists and methodically pulling everyone together.
Now the last episodes are what will ultimately in my opinion determine how I grade the season but so far so good.
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