# Debating TV shows
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771
**Category:** General
**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771 "2020-10-20T10:20:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/121 "2021-09-24T15:47:12Z")
Bombshell.
But… why?
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/122 "2021-09-24T15:52:52Z")
I imagine Covid decreased the amount of work available so when a series you constructed asks if you’d like to take control again for a bit it was perfect timing…
…much like Christopher Eccleston playing the ninth Doctor at Big Finish.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/123 "2021-09-24T16:15:05Z")
… and I suspect that the show is at a critical point, creatively exhausted, with the BBC entrusting their franchise only to someone they have good experiences with.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/124 "2021-09-24T16:18:50Z")
From the BBC’s point of view I’m sure it was a no-brainer. The show only came back because RTD said he’d only create a drama (Casanova starring, appropriately, David Tennant) for them if he could then bring back Doctor Who.
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### Author:  [@Vanya](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Vanya)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/125 "2021-09-26T10:19:10Z")
Didn’t see that coming! I’m very much in 2 minds about this. I thought Davies did an excellent job of bringing the series back in 2005 with his creative instincts, from making the companions more rounded characters to balancing classic and new monsters, were spot on. However as time went on the cracks started to show. The biggest issue for me was that he could never quite let go of Rose, she was constantly referenced after her exit and then started popping up again along with her extended family.
If Davis can give us the same fresh start we had in 2005 then it could work well, especially since he has grown a lot as an artist since then. But right now I my biggest concern is that we could get a re-visitation of the old RTD era. As always I want things to move forward and not back.
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### Author:  [@Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Yellow-Pinky)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/126 "2021-09-27T17:58:32Z")
Anyone else watching the series “Jaguar” on Netflix? I think members of our group would find it rewarding. It’s especially fun being set in 1962 Spain for that Euro-Spy flavor. It’s a much more serious-minded take on a similar subject matter than the Amazon series “Hunters” was. It’s also much more of a spy series.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWS8Rc06E-s)
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/127 "2021-09-27T18:22:48Z")
I have this on my watch list and will give it a go soon-ish.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/128 "2021-10-25T13:57:55Z")
I hadn’t heard of it, but I’ll definitely check it out.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/129 "2021-11-16T16:49:38Z")
> **[Superman & Lois UK air date and channel finally confirmed](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a38263165/superman-and-lois-uk-air-date-channel/)**
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> The BBC has UK broadcast rights to the show.
For Brits who haven’t seen it yet.
That kid James Bond really wanted to kill turns out to be a very good Superman
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/130 "2021-11-16T18:34:44Z")
So… I should watch it?
Well, it’s Superman…
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/131 "2021-11-16T18:45:33Z")
It’s good. There’s an episode about mid-way that gives a crash course in this Superman that you’ll enjoy. As a whole, it’s a series that is very loving of the character in all his forms.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/132 "2021-12-02T17:11:40Z")
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> デデ 🏳️⚧️ @nj51
Comic book series being made into a Netflix series - most of the comments are adamant that it has to have Brosnan as the lead. In fairness, the drawing on that cover does look like it was based on this… 
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/133 "2021-12-02T18:05:44Z")
Hawaii isn‘t cheap.
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### Author:  [@DaveBond21](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/DaveBond21)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/134 "2021-12-16T00:46:49Z")
I really enjoyed a couple of foreign language thriller series.
The first was The Chalet (French) - 6 episodes, and the second was Into The Night (Belgian) with 2 series. Both highly recommended.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/135 "2021-12-22T20:52:15Z")
> **[HBO Reveals First Look at ‘Westworld’ Season 4](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/westworld-season-4-hbo-first-look-1235066454/)**
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> An HBO Max 2022 promotional video also includes first looks at the return of 'His Dark Materials,' 'The Nevers,' 'The Flight Attendant' and 'Raised by Wolves.'
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/136 "2021-12-22T21:06:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Stbernard](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Stbernard)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/137 "2021-12-22T23:21:00Z")
Just watched a couple of episodes of Crime. Very good. What a James Bond Dougray Scott could’ve made in an alternate universe.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/138 "2022-01-02T10:50:33Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nsT9uQPIrk)
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/139 "2022-01-02T12:04:32Z")
Rewatching series 1 of Peaky Blinders with the intent of catching up before series 6 is out.
Sam Neil’s Northern Irish accent is…interesting…
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### Author:  [@Stbernard](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Stbernard)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/debating-tv-shows/1771/140 "2022-01-02T12:38:56Z")
Considering he was born there
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