The Good Wife season 2

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Finally - finally, got around to watching it. Two episodes in, I'm back in the rhythm of it already and once again enjoying the characters enormously. Such a great show.

Speaking of TV shows, James Marsters is appearing in an episode of Warehouse 13. Never seen it. Is it any good?

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[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Warehouse 13 can be very good, or it can be kind of silly. I watched pretty faithfully the first season, only intermittently since then. Not because I didn't like it, but I just could never remember when and where it was on. I do have them all recorded, but I suck at going back and looking at things on the DVR. I am hoping to find the episode James is in and watch it.

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I hope there'll be plenty of warning when it's on.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Which episode and when? I've admittedly only watched it twice, think X-Files light...it reminds me a little of this old series called Friday the 13th..where its an anthology style series and the main characters spend each episode hunting down an artificate.

A co-worker adores it.

Good Wife is one of those series that improves as it moves forward.
TV shows, I've found will either improve or decline. This one improves.
I loved the 2nd Season.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

A week or so ago, one of the cast members of Warehouse 13 tweeted about JM being on the set... and then at Dragon*Con this weekend, when he was asked about upcoming projects, he said he had just gotten a recurring role on a SyFy channel show that he couldn't talk about yet, so it does sound like he's got a recurring gig on Warehouse 13 this season.

I really need to get caught up on that show... I'm only partway through Season Two. I love what I've seen so far, I just never seem to have the time to sit down and watch it! Definitely need to work on it though, so I'm up to date by the time his episodes air.

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This one improves.I loved the 2nd Season.

I've only seen two episodes so far, but I'm completely hooked again already. Everything about the show is classy - the acting, the characterisation. I'm not keen on lawyer dramas particularly, but the court scenes are always gripping. The city politics are fascinating too.

I also love that it has some decent parts for older women. Very, very few dramas you can say that about. It's grown up telly, but with that high sheen gloss that only American shows can do. Our grown-up telly is always very gritty and real. It would never work in this kind of format.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I also love that it has some decent parts for older women. Very, very few dramas you can say that about.

Quite true. Getting rather tired of tv shows where every woman is under the age of 30 and looks exactly alike.

Although it is getting better. Grey's Anatomy, Once Upon A Time,
Revenge, Political Animals...are all steps in the right direction.
Just hope it continues.

It's grown up telly, but with that high sheen gloss that only American shows can do. Our grown-up telly is always very gritty and real. It would never work in this kind of format.

Interesting. To an extent that's true because US is either "subscriber focused" or "ad dollar focused" so more money. They really see television series as a product or product placement over here. You want a nice glossy magazine to advertise all your products in.

The Good Wife gets the star treatment in part due to Ridley Scott, it's demographic (high end buyers), ratings (usually in the top ten- top 20 in the ratings) and best spot of the week (9 pm on Sunday night - that's a high ad dollar spot.)

It has a sizable budget, but saves a great deal on sets, location shots (NYC offers tax free location shooting - which is where it is filmed), and can spend it all on casting, editing, writing.

I think all of that probably makes a difference. (Sigh, I know far too much about this. Considered a career in TV a while back, so did a lot of research - that's how I know.)

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Eh, no time to add another tv series to my list. Why can't he get a recurring role on one I already watch? LOL!

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Getting rather tired of tv shows where every woman is under the age of 30 and looks exactly alike.

Yes, they look like they were made in a factory. The same is true of the 'cute' boy actors. At least most of ours still look like real human beings. ;)

The Good Wife gets the star treatment in part due to Ridley Scott, it's demographic (high end buyers), ratings (usually in the top ten- top 20 in the ratings) and best spot of the week (9 pm on Sunday night - that's a high ad dollar spot.)

Well, at least in this case the ratings etc are well deserved.