TV update, the 2014 edition

[graculus]

Oddly enough, the last entry I have tagged as 'TV stuff' is from about this time last year, talking about what I was watching then so I thought it'd be interesting to see how things have changed (if they have) and/or what I'm currently watching. So, I'm volunteering to give my opinion on any or all of the following, whether I watch them now or no longer, just ask!?

This is hopefully going to distract me from the fact that I still don't have a job, keep getting interviews but no further, and if I didn't have money saved from my years of working for The Man would be up the proverbial creek. I have another interview on Wednesday morning, which ought to be more of a sure thing because it's with the folks for whom I am currently volunteering but we'll see - I'm more aggravated because it means I have to wait till Wednesday afternoon to go see Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Priorities, I has them. ;)

What I was watching in 2013 and what I'm watching now:

Person of Interest, Grimm, Vikings, Big Bang Theory, Go On, Happy Endings, Elementary, The Following, Once Upon a Time, The Americans, Lost Girl, Haven, Warehouse 13, White Collar, Sherlock

What's changed is due to a combination of cancellations (Go On and Happy Endings) and just-can't-bear-it-anymore (The rest, but Sherlock, I am mostly looking at you!) I didn't actually manage to make it all the way through season 3 of Sherlock, it was all just too painfully bad to cope with.

New since that last post:

Orphan Black, Sleepy Hollow, Almost Human, True Detective, Resurrection, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Hannibal, The Blacklist, Looking

Wow, that's a lot of TV and probably not a comprehensive list by any stretch of the imagination. Anyone would think I didn't have a life or something... Anyway, like I said, want to know what I think of a particular show or why I no longer watch it? Ask away...

Comments

[cycnus39]

I am really enjoying Grimm and Hannibal after going off the former in season 2 and not watching the latter until last month. Together with The Originals, they are the only shows I like enough to keep up with. White Collar I catch up with when I'm in the mood but literally whole seasons go by before I feel like watching it again. Don't you feel it's treading the same ground over and over again?

As for Sherlock -- yup, I see your point there. I loved it so much because it impressed me so much and wanted to love series 3 but ugh. I struggled on until the final ep and ended up having my intelligence insulted for my efforts.

[graculus]

I have to admit, Hannibal wasn't the kind of show I was immediately drawn to when it first aired, but when I caught up with it? Wow. And season 2 is just as good, though Bryan Fuller just did a Bad Thing in the latest episode... *shakes fists*

As for Grimm, I was wondering where things would go this season now that (nearly) everyone knows everything and they still keep surprising me. White Collar is ending shortly, so it seems like they feel the same way you do - they've got an order for a 10-episode season so they can tie everything up how they want, but I haven't watched any of season 5 yet so I don't know how well-trodden that'll feel.

Sherlock, I really wanted to like. The hiatus was bad enough, but the new episodes? Yeuch. First they botch (imho) the return and then I just couldn't summon up enough enthusiasm to actually make it all the way through. I think I watched all of episode 2, but I'm not even sure of that, while I just didn't bother with episode 3 at all.