[#010] ALL THE MEDIA

a. OKAY so some craziness happened yesterday because it was the last bit of renewal/cancellations for networks. Which is why, if you're into that shit, you know that a bunch of shows got renewed and cancelled. AND THUS: first point of this post, holy shit, ABC, did you just cancel half your fucking running shows? Shows ABC cancelled: Galavant, Agent Carter, Nashville, CASTLE. I only cared about two of those shows (Galavant and Agent Carter--even though I still haven't seen the second season of Galavant XD), but I was definitely surprised that they cancelled Castle. Especially after all the news about Stana Katic leaving the show, and the dudes being signed up for a season 9, and then all the backlash. For them to suddenly decide, "actually, you know what? Maybe we don't want more Castle." seems kind of backwards. I mean, it could also be they saw the response to the news, and maybe there was an idea of how many people would stick around without Kate still there, and that's why they ended up cancelling it in the long run. (To be honest, Castle's cancellation was a long time coming. That show is just not good anymore.) As for other shows that were cancelled that broke my heart, THE GRINDER. Like, that show was underrated and needed much more love, but they got rid of it because they are cruel cruel people. SIGH.

In other news, I just realized two of my shows (one I'm probably dropping, hilariously enough), still haven't been announced: Sleepy Hollow (YES, I'M DROPPING THIS AFTER THAT SEASON ENDING (which i'm actually not caught up on technically)) and LIMITLESS. I just checked the ratings, and while they have been dropping, THEY'RE STILL PRETTY HIGH. (Maybe not high enough for a CBS show which apparently NCIS has been averaging at 18.25 while Limitless is averaging about 7.06.) I mean, on most networks, that's a high enough number. COME ON CBS. I AM ROOTING FOR YOU. T.T

Also, this weekend I have dedicated myself to writing up a post about the pilots I'm most anticipating. To no one's surprise, most of them are CBS shows (which is also the network I currently watch the most shows on). Yesterday, I was looking through my list of shows I watch, and I am (not surprised) to find that I am watching about 17 ongoing shows right now. That's not even including things like Craig Ferguson's Join or Die on the History channel, or like any anime I'm picking up (which is only a problem I've had for the past month or so lol). SO, I watch too much tv. Essentially.

2. Still on media I watched, last Tuesday, B and I went to go see Captain America: Civil War, and ended the night with Deadpool.

( SPOILER THOUGHTS BEHIND HERE )

iii. Okay, this post is long enough. you don't need anymore of me. lol

[#011] Top 15 Pilots for 2016 I Want to See

So, if you're as obsessed with television as I am, you're probably really looking forward to the upcoming television season and eagerly anticipating next week's upfronts because then we'll find out what shows are being picked up for the upcoming year. And after the craziness of yesterday's cancellations (and, okay, some renewals), I was curious to see what shows these networks had lined up.

And after a general skim at the list, my thoughts are: ABC definitely does not have enough interesting upcoming shows to justify them cancelling everything they did. CBS is and apparently always will be my most watched network (including my current shows). Shockingly (at least to me), NBC is #2 in that ranking. Fox is my least watched network (both currently and upcoming). And lastly, the CW's lineup is already full (they renewed basically everything they had currently airing), and now they have Supergirl moving from CBS and already greenlit three new shows (all three of which I'm interested in), so WHERE ARE ALL THESE SHOWS GOING TO GO (in regards to airing time)?

Anyway, here are the top 15 shows I hope they 1) greenlight (if it hasn't already been picked up) and 2) get at least half a season to breathe. (I was originally going to do top 10, but after looking at the list, there are too many actors I follow whose projects may seem meh, but who I want to see on my screen.)

These are ordered by network:
Note: You'll notice (or maybe not haha), if you're just counting the titles in the cut screen I have two extra titles--and that's because as I was typing this up, I realized that two of the pilots I'd chosen had actually ended up getting passed over which was disappointing. Still kept them around so we could collectively mourn the fact that they weren't chosen. DDDDD: craigyfergggggggg

i. ABC: Conviction, Notorious
( ABC: Conviction, Notorious )

ii. CBS: Bull, Drew, The Great Indoors, The Kicker, My Time/Your Time
( CBS: Bull, Drew, The Great Indoors, The Kicker, My Time/Your Time )

iii. The CW: Frequency, No Tomorrow, Riverdale
( The CW: Frequency, No Tomorrow, Riverdale )

iv. FOX: Making History, [Untitled Laura Steinel comedy--dropped]
( FOX: Making History, [Untitled Laura Steinel comedy--dropped] )

v. NBC: This Is Us, The Good Place, Great News, Powerless, [Crunch Time/Time Crunch--dropped]
( NBC: This Is Us, The Good Place, Great News, Powerless, [Crunch Time/Time Crunch--dropped] )

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