Bearshorty's musings

I think 2019 was a pretty good year in TV. I didn't watch that many network shows in real time: 3 dramas (Supernatural, Flash and Supergirl) and 2 comedies (Modern Family and Good Place). Three of those are coming to an end this spring, which is probably a good thing. I do prefer having the whole series at once rather than watching one week at a time.

Most of my other shows I saw on Netflix, or PBS or ask my Dad to procure them from some Russian sites the provenance of which I do not ask about.

I also saw a lot of comedy specials this year - Ali Wong was my favorite.

My favorite shows this year were "After Life", "The Crown Season 3", Good Omens and Chernobyl.

Doctor Who S11 was a lot of fun too and so was Star Trek Discovery S2. And I really loved "The Witcher" too, although I finished it in 2020.

Orange in the New Black S7, Stranger Things 3 and Agents of Shield S6 were enjoyable to watch. "Letdown" was pretty amusing.

I was disappointed with American Gods S2. But overall a pretty good TV year.

TV (an hour or more, fiction)
Supernatural S14E8-20, S15E1-9
Victoria Season 3
Flash S5E10 –S6E9
Supergirl S4E10 –S5E9
Doctor Who S11
Star Trek Discovery S2
American Gods S2
Star Trek S2E10-12
Orange in the New Black S7
Stranger Things S3
Good Omens
Agents of Shield S6
Politician S1
Chernobyl
Star Trek TNG rewatch - Hugh episodes
The Crown S3
The Witcher S1E1-4 – will finish in 2020
Batwoman crossover Crisis episode


30 min TV
Good Place –rest of season 3, first half of season 4
Modern Family – rest of season 10, first half of season 11
Grace and Frankie Season 5
After Life Season 1
Letdown Season 1 and 2
Fuller House S5E1-9


TV (non-fiction)
1. Marie Kondo S1
2. Kevin Hart – Irresponsible
3. Ellen DeGeneres - Relatable
4. Knock Down the House (May 1)
5. Street Food S1 E1-7
6. Wanda Sykes: Not Normal
7. David Letterman S2 on Netflix
8. Trevor Noah "You'll Laugh but It's True"
9. A Year in Space
10. Ali Wong – Hard Knock Wife
11. Ali Wong – Baby Cobra
12. Seth Meyers – Lobby Baby
13. Shine On with Reese S1 (not all episodes yet)
14. Tiffany Haddish – Black Mitzvah

Just some episodes mostly of shows I gave up
Working Moms S1E1-4
Russian Doll S1E1
Altered Carbon S1E1
Umbrella Academy S1E1-2
Dead to Me S1E1
Queer Eye S1E1, S4E1
Friends S5E14, plus some other episodes
Dear White People S1E1
Living With Yourself S1E1-3

OTHER
1. Golden Globes
2. Oscars
3. Some Glee rewatch

30 Days of Me Meme

Day 4: Your view on religion

( This ended up a bit of an essay )

30 Days of Fandom Meme

4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?

Not really. I tend to write Remus and his POV more than anyone else but I'm not sure if he qualifies as a muse.

TV
I wanted to try some new (for me) shows yesterday evening just to see if there was anything new I could watch. So I just looked at what was on Netflix. I heard some good things about "100" so I tried that. I lasted 15 minutes, maybe 10. It probably gets better but the dialogue was pretty terrible, I couldn't buy the premise and I was not really interested in watching the show about teenagers who were all very CW. I was just bored and the overacting and character types made me roll my eyes a lot. I tried "The Fosters" next and I did like the Pilot and I can see why people really like the show but again I'm not sure I can watch it since I'm really not interested in teenage drama. (Even for my favorite shows like Buffy or Glee, I always like the seasons where the characters are out of high school more.). I want the Fall TV season to start already. But Supernatural and Grimm are coming back only in October.

Belarus got two medals! One silver and one bronze for biathlon. That is very cool. (I usually root for US, Belarus and Russia in that order, although sometimes there are variations – like the Chinese team in pair figure skating)

Ice-dancing compulsory. I did like the tango music but I hoped more would treat it as a tango and look each other in the eye. The Russian pair that was in first place after the compulsory did an excellent job at actual tango, they oozed sex appeal and they danced with speed and precision. Others were OK but the judging was actually right on the money to my untrained eye. Brother/sister British pair was just uncomfortable to watch since they had to dance a tango and pretend to be into each other. Why are there so many sibling pairs in ice-dancing? According to some articles there are four. American girls both have really squeaky voices.

Finally after years of paperwork hiding in obscurity in my books, I filled out the claims form from class action lawsuit against BA and Virgin Atlantic for conspiracy to hike up fuel changes from 2004 to 2006. As I flew to England a few times in 2005 I got a claim form awhile ago but was putting it off and I relegated it to one of my history books. I found the claim form today when I took that book out and I realized I could just do that online. Luckily the deadline is not until 2012 so maybe I’ll get a few bucks from this. We’ll see.

Looking at network intel on the TV pilots for next year, there will be absolutely nothing intriguing. The networks are mostly ordering procedurals with cops, lawyers and doctors. Nothing at all stands out, especially in drama. Which is probably the good thing since I really don’t need any new TV shows to watch, and I can catch up with some old ones on DVD.