Well, I just saw the pilot of American Horror Story and I knew it was time to reply to this. Talk about great pilots. I knew I was hooked after the first seven minutes (that's the prologue, basically). I'll have to download the show though because local cable will censor it to pieces. It's too dark, twisted and graphic for Asian audiences. (I got back from the hospital so late last night that I missed it on TV. Ended up downloading the show 'cos I couldn't wait for the replay on Sunday night. I'm glad I did so I watched the uncensored version.)
Other fantastic pilots that fulfilled on their promise include Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, Six Feet Under, Kings, Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, Justified . . . and there are more but I'm also running out of steam.
Your list is interesting. Some of these shows I hadn't even heard of like Hell on Wheels but any sort of Western immediately attracts my attention. Ditto for Death Valley. Believe it or not, I caught the pilot of The Secret Circle on its rerun over the weekend. I missed the first five minutes or so but I quickly figured out what I was watching. I'm not a huge fan of witches (The CW seems to have cornered the market on the whole teen supernatural drama thing), but the pilot was okay. I even watched the second episode the following weekend but haven't seen anything since.
Speaking of pilots, the worst one I've seen so far this TV season is The Playboy Club. I never expected it to be high art or anything, but good grief. I thought it would be period piece eye candy and it had Eddie Cibrian in it who I've had a soft spot for since Invasion, but the whole thing was just rubbish! I'm not surprised the show was axed instantly. (Having said that, I still watched the second episode the following week *eye roll* but also haven't seen anything since.)
The show K. desperately wants to see is Ringer. She's such a huge Buffy fan that she wants to check it out out of loyalty. I'm more interested in Ioan Gruffud. The idea of him doing American network television is just . . . alien.
The show I'm excited for is Awake. There already appear to be problems with the production, which is disheartening but the premise and the trailer are both stunning. Plus, I'm a big Jason Isaacs fan so I'm happy with the casting.
Anyway, I hope to finish my S6 review of SPN today since all the hospital stuff yesterday just drained me. Check it out when you have the time so we can finally talk about the show.
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Date: 2011-11-12 05:09 am (UTC)Other fantastic pilots that fulfilled on their promise include Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, Six Feet Under, Kings, Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, Justified . . . and there are more but I'm also running out of steam.
Your list is interesting. Some of these shows I hadn't even heard of like Hell on Wheels but any sort of Western immediately attracts my attention. Ditto for Death Valley. Believe it or not, I caught the pilot of The Secret Circle on its rerun over the weekend. I missed the first five minutes or so but I quickly figured out what I was watching. I'm not a huge fan of witches (The CW seems to have cornered the market on the whole teen supernatural drama thing), but the pilot was okay. I even watched the second episode the following weekend but haven't seen anything since.
Speaking of pilots, the worst one I've seen so far this TV season is The Playboy Club. I never expected it to be high art or anything, but good grief. I thought it would be period piece eye candy and it had Eddie Cibrian in it who I've had a soft spot for since Invasion, but the whole thing was just rubbish! I'm not surprised the show was axed instantly. (Having said that, I still watched the second episode the following week *eye roll* but also haven't seen anything since.)
The show K. desperately wants to see is Ringer. She's such a huge Buffy fan that she wants to check it out out of loyalty. I'm more interested in Ioan Gruffud. The idea of him doing American network television is just . . . alien.
The show I'm excited for is Awake. There already appear to be problems with the production, which is disheartening but the premise and the trailer are both stunning. Plus, I'm a big Jason Isaacs fan so I'm happy with the casting.
Anyway, I hope to finish my S6 review of SPN today since all the hospital stuff yesterday just drained me. Check it out when you have the time so we can finally talk about the show.