O.T. Poll: Best New TV Show

[Husky25]

Scorpion is a little corny but I like all the techie stuff.

Real life typically is. Scorpion is loosely based on the real Walter O'Brien. He was on the Adam Carolla show a couple weeks ago and he is a technical advisor on the show. It has a great cast. I hope it makes it, but my wife started to watch it with me. If she watches a show from the beginning, it typically lasts a season or less.

 

[SubbaBub]

Been watching Scorpion a bit. It's OK but seems a bit off for an A - team derivative.

I like the Asian woman playing the Mr T role.

The guy from American Pie as Face is OK too.

Hate the portly guy as Murdock, and the Hannibal like character could use some work, but I like his interactions with the kid.

The waitress role seems forced and I don't like the T-1000's portrayal of the spy master. Arnold was available.

 

[broadwayVa]

Geez I'm getting old. Never seen any of them. Only even heard of a couple. Don't really watch much Network TV (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX). Mostly just sports and some cable shows. Although I will watch on occasion some of the "competition" shows, Dancing with Stars, American Idol, American Ninja Warrior, The Voice, eh, that's about it.

But ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FoxSports1, NBCSN, CBSSN, BeInSports, SNY all day and all night. At least until the wife puts her foot down.

We do love the Walking Dead though.

Try Madame Secretary--well cast, well acted, well directed, very good current news scripts-Scorpion---is tech-no-fantasy, with today's terrorist possibilities.
NCIS New Orleans--Off shoot of NCIS, similar stories, good cast--will take time to settle in with it's own image.

 

[broadwayVa]

All those shows are excellent except "Blackish". I love sit-coms but this one falls short. Scorpion is a little corny but I like all the techie stuff. I am surprised you don't have "Legends" on your list. Great show if you like watching spy guys and bad guys shooting each other.

The show with the PLanes not allowed to land until "the gang fixed it" --I was an FAA Electronic Engineer, and that was so far afield from probabilities --Air Traffic personnel were either angry or rolling on the floors of the Enroute Centers and towers--to me it made AT look foolish/helpless and they have a dozen methods of speaking to Air Craft that these guys never used. Bad script--I like possibilities not pure fantasies when dealing with real life organizations (Air Traffic).

 

[broadwayVa]

Been watching Scorpion a bit. It's OK but seems a bit off for an A - team derivative.

I like the Asian woman playing the Mr T role.

The guy from American Pie as Face is OK too.

Hate the portly guy as Murdock, and the Hannibal like character could use some work, but I like his interactions with the kid.

The waitress role seems forced and I don't like the T-1000's portrayal of the spy master. Arnold was available.

The A Team show was played purely for laughs---tongue in cheek---exaggerated scripts, and over the top acting. Murddock was and a pilot and mentally disturbed, Female characters moved thru the scripts----nothing funny about Scorpion. There is no "Face" and the Asian Female isn't Mr T--he was excessively strong. She's mechanical (good role for a woman). Hannibal was handsome and a good actor, the retread from Unit, isn't either and he is way over the hill. Replace him may they pick up some audience.

 

[Husky25]

The A Team show was played purely for laughs---tongue in cheek---exaggerated scripts, and over the top acting. Murddock was and a pilot and mentally disturbed, Female characters moved thru the scripts----nothing funny about Scorpion. There is no "Face" and the Asian Female isn't Mr T--he was excessively strong. She's mechanical (good role for a woman). Hannibal was handsome and a good actor, the retread from Unit, isn't either and he is way over the hill. Replace him may they pick up some audience.

How dare you say that about the T-1000?!?!?

 

[broadwayVa]

That would be a shrewd guess...the premise must be what Hillary would've done if she had controlled the script...

I suspect that Hillary went around Obama's Chief Of Staff once too often--(as Madame Secretary has done a few times)- In DC it is not who is stabbing you in the back you must watch out for--it's your friends cutting your throat. (Been there had that done) The quote is from the lady from Boston who became FAA administrator, excellent job, not DC enough--too nice!!! My favorite Administrator. My State Dept Daughter told me over 18 months ago Obama was wrong to think to help against ASSAD--Hillary knew it , so did Obama--those opposing Assad--were Brotherhood, El Queda, and 3 other extremist groups. This time Hillary didn't "miss Spoke".

 

[broadwayVa]

Real life typically is. Scorpion is loosely based on the real Walter O'Brien. He was on the Adam Carolla show a couple weeks ago and he is a technical advisor on the show. It has a great cast. I hope it makes it, but my wife started to watch it with me. If she watches a show from the beginning, it typically lasts a season or less.

If O'Brien (love that Irish name) is Tech advisor, he must love allowing the scripts (so far) to be technically inaccurate for the sake of "entertainment", nothing in the scripts so far are based on probabilities/possibilities. Timings too short, who in their right mind would drive at 200 mph or more (speed a commercial aircraft must maintain to stay in the air) while some guy hangs from the wheel well and transfers a cell phone to the pilot. The lead character must have been born in Northern Ireland---the Irish from Dublin are much lighter--like this page with red or black hair once in a while a blond.

 

[broadwayVa]

Blacklist is probably one of the best shows of the last decade. It is insanely well written with amazing character development, constant plot twists, and awarding winning acting by James Spader and Megan Boone. It is by far the best show on TV!

I don't know Spader went thru the trouble to save an Ex wife (of 20 years past) he could have ended the alimony--and no judge would convict him. (Last Blacklist show that is)

 

[reno tony]

The show with the PLanes not allowed to land until "the gang fixed it" --I was an FAA Electronic Engineer, and that was so far afield from probabilities --Air Traffic personnel were either angry or rolling on the floors of the Enroute Centers and towers--to me it made AT look foolish/helpless and they have a dozen methods of speaking to Air Craft that these guys never used. Bad script--I like possibilities not pure fantasies when dealing with real life organizations (Air Traffic).

I know, same thing when 40 people are shooting at Arnold Schwartz and he goes through unscathed. I just look at it as entertainment and don't get to excited about all the real world inaccuracies.

 

[Husky25]

If O'Brien (love that Irish name) is Tech advisor, he must love allowing the scripts (so far) to be technically inaccurate for the sake of "entertainment", nothing in the scripts so far are based on probabilities/possibilities. Timings too short, who in their right mind would drive at 200 mph or more (speed a commercial aircraft must maintain to stay in the air) while some guy hangs from the wheel well and transfers a cell phone to the pilot. The lead character must have been born in Northern Ireland---the Irish from Dublin are much lighter--like this page with red or black hair once in a while a blond.

So you're saying that a group of overwieght and out of shape deep sea oil exploration rig workers CAN under go about 10 years worth of NASA training in about 54 hours, fly into outer space on two titanium skinned shuttles mere seconds apart and yards away from each other, land on an meteor comprised of mostly Iron, threaten death to a NASA pilot, drill a hole, drop a nuke and save the world?

It's called willing suspension of disbelief and O'Brien was clocked with a 197 I.Q. So I'm thinking he deals in what is physicly and physically possible vs. what is probable. So...yeah...I think he's okay with the entertainment value of the show.