January 2011...a cracking month for tv!

Richard Dower

man sooo many good shows are starting up in January, midseason rocks this year and will easily fill the void of the regular network shows, here's what i'll be watching come January:

V - season 2!
White Collar - yes!, second part of season 2
Southland - woo!, season 3
Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena - epic!
Pretty Little Liars - second part of season 1, this fills my teen drama spot
Greek - love this show, it's season 4 and the final 10 eps.
The Cape - great, love my comic book hero shows!
Republic Of Doyle - season 2!, a gas show based in Newfounland, very funny at times. Has alot of Irishness to it!

Tv goodness!

Kiith

No new 24. First time in 5 years

Kinetic^

Kiith wrote: »

No new 24. First time in 5 years

Awesome, it had got very very bad.

telekon

Richard Dower wrote: »

man sooo many good shows are starting up in January, midseason rocks this year and will easily fill the void of the regular network shows, here's what i'll be watching come January:

V - season 2!
White Collar - yes!, second part of season 2
Southland - woo!, season 3
Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena - epic!
Pretty Little Liars - second part of season 1, this fills my teen drama spot
Greek - love this show, it's season 4 and the final 10 eps.
The Cape - great, love my comic book hero shows!

Tv goodness!

I have never heard of any of them except for 'V' which I saw the first time round in the 1980s

Basq

Not a whole lot there to be excited about there for me tbh!

'Greek' had a better second half to season 3 than it's lacklustre first half.

I'm looking forward to 'Spartacus' alright.. and yet I'll miss Andy Whitfield (I know he was never planned for this "spinoff series" though).

The more I see of The Cape, the more I'm thinking it looks very silly and it's also got the "Summer Glau curse" attached.

I got very bored of 'V' in the later half of the first season, so I'm not gonna bother.

And the rest, I'm either not particularly interested in or you need to be getting a healthy amount of estrogen to enjoy!

telekon wrote: »

I have never heard of any of them except for 'V' which I saw the first time round in the 1980s

It's a shoddy remake of the classic series..

Richard Dower

telekon wrote: »

I have never heard of any of them except for 'V' which I saw the first time round in the 1980s

If i could recomend a show or two, Spartacus....it's quality tv, it has EVERYTHING you could ever want in a show, blood, gore, violence, nudity, hot babes, gladiators, fights, cussing, sex....every genre is covered

I'd give The Cape a shot, it's getting alot of buzz, it's comic book hero stuff without the superpowers.

Our man in Havana

Only thing there worth bothering with is White Collar.

Syferus

basquille wrote: »

Not a whole lot there to be excited about there for me tbh!

I'd agree with that. Nothing there looks all that interesting. With Boardwalk Empire and The Walking Dead ending in two weeks there'll be next to nothing besides Glee (yeah, and I'm not afriad to admit it either!) on the schedule that I'll be checking out most weeks. Generally I'm pretty skeptical of any US network show (as well as any scripted show from any other country, I'd add..!) and there doesn't appear to be much new this year that'll fill the hole 24 left. At least Peep Show is back for a few weeks!

JP Liz V1

Fairly Legal starts on USA Network

Richard Dower

^ yeah i didn't cover every midseason show, just what interests me...here is a full list, The Cape is leading the pack:

http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/poll-which-midseason-shows-are-you.html

Mr E

Missing a few shows that might be worth watching.

Matt le Blanc's Episodes is starting on January 10th.

US remakes of Shameless (Jan 9th) and Being Human (Jan 17th) - they will probably be awful but Shameless has William H Macy.

Don't forget the new Shawn Ryan show (The Chicago Code) is starting on February 7th.

danh789

Kinetic^ wrote: »

Awesome, it had got very very bad.

:eek: Did you not see the last 2 seasons of 24? Granted Day 6 was below par for 24 standards but Day 7 is up there as one of the best seasons while Day 8 was very good and also had one of the best story arc's in the shows history spoiler:

Jack's revenge

. Just look at the TV awards on this forum to still how popular 24 still was with viewers.

It will definetly be missed this Janurary. But maybe it was the right decision to end it when they did. Not too many shows have finished on such a high.

pickarooney

I tried watchign two episodes of Spartacus but I jsut got so annyoed with that ridiculous slo-mo special effect I couldn't face a third one. Soes it go on like that for the whole series?

Richard Dower

pickarooney wrote: »

I tried watchign two episodes of Spartacus but I jsut got so annyoed with that ridiculous slo-mo special effect I couldn't face a third one. Soes it go on like that for the whole series?

If you just watched the first two you missed out man!....with every ep. after it got better with every ep. - the stories got increasingly terrifiic, you're one of those people who gave up too early, trust me (and i'm not the only one to say this) stick with it, it's one of those RARE shows that gets better with every ep.!!

Basq

Mr E wrote: »

Missing a few shows that might be worth watching.

Matt le Blanc's Episodes is starting on January 10th.

US remakes of Shameless (Jan 9th) and Being Human (Jan 17th) - they will probably be awful but Shameless has William H Macy.

Don't forget the new Shawn Ryan show (The Chicago Code) is starting on February 7th.

These will be all worth a look, although I'm somewhat dreading those US remakes. But William H Macy kicks ass.

The 3rd series of UK 'Being Human' should begin early January too.

JP Liz V1

I might check out Mr. Sunshine with Matthew Perry also

Richard Dower

Any love for MTV's Teen Wolf and Skins?...no?, hehe!

RolandIRL

not much i'm interested in tbh, i've still to finish off watching spartacus, it wasn't really enough to keep my attention going.

Namabillion

Is the criminal minds spinoff starting soon?

Our man in Havana

Namabillion wrote: »

Is the criminal minds spinoff starting soon?

Mid January.

Narcissus

Is Boardwalk Empire starting on Sky early in the new year?

Colmo52

Narcissus wrote: »

Is Boardwalk Empire starting on Sky early in the new year?

Sky Atlantic launches in January (channel 109) so it will probably be on around then.

Narcissus

cool thanks!

colinod0806

Mr E wrote: »

Missing a few shows that might be worth watching.

Matt le Blanc's Episodes is starting on January 10th.

US remakes of Shameless (Jan 9th) and Being Human (Jan 17th) - they will probably be awful but Shameless has William H Macy.

Don't forget the new Shawn Ryan show (The Chicago Code) is starting on February 7th.

the promo for us shameless doesnt fill me with hope but i will give it a chance.i have been looking forward to episodes for a good while now.
also i cant wait for season 3 of parks and rec.

don ramo

seriously lads no-one has mentioned the eagerly awaited return of californication on january 9th, :P

ill probably give mr sunshine and shameless a glance, mainly due to the cast matthew perry, allison janney, and portia doubleday on mr sunshine, and william h macy on shameless,

The only one of those that I'm eagerly awaiting is Being Human.

telekon

Will season 8 of curb your enthusiasm be early or late 2011, anyone know? Cant find anything...

Dman001

Season 3 of True Blood will be on FX over here in January too.

JP Liz V1

Season 2 of Justified will be back on FX at around the end of January or start of February

Poochie05

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Season 2 of Justified will be back on FX at around the end of January or start of February

That's what I am looking forward to!

S.M.B.

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Basq

Good point SMB.

The second season was fantastic - miles better than the lacklustre first season!

Rael

What channel is the second season of V on?

Richard Dower

^ ABC in the US, i think Sy-Fy over here in the UK have it, dunno when it starts up though.

chalkitdown1

Californication and the final season of Big Love start in January, too. Also, Men Of A Certain Age returns next week. Loved season 1. Definitely one of my favourite new shows of recent years.

Minstrel27

Richard Dower wrote: »

man sooo many good shows are starting up in January, midseason rocks this year and will easily fill the void of the regular network shows, here's what i'll be watching come January:

V - season 2!
White Collar - yes!, second part of season 2
Southland - woo!, season 3
Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena - epic!
Pretty Little Liars - second part of season 1, this fills my teen drama spot
Greek - love this show, it's season 4 and the final 10 eps.
The Cape - great, love my comic book hero shows!
Republic Of Doyle - season 2!, a gas show based in Newfounland, very funny at times. Has alot of Irishness to it!

Tv goodness!

Nothing on this list interests me.