Not really an US show, but i have been watching an incredible Portuguese drama series about the early eighties music scene, and there was an awesome and obscure reference to Championship Manager.

I had to pause it and explain it to my wife but it made my day. So cool that some screenwriter managed to squeeze that in.

What's that called then ? Sounds interesting (partly because I have a fondness for early 80's music but mainly because you described it as being "incredible").

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strain_(TV_series)
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654620/
(Both have minor spoilers for the premise, which is built up to fairly slowly in the show.)

Big budget horror TV series from del Toro, based on the trilogy of novels he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan. Pleasingly, it's planned as a 3-5 season show, with a fixed timeline and a fixed ending. I like things that have an ending. Unsure how involved del Toro will be as time goes on, but he's been very hands on as writer, showrunner, and occasional director of the first season.

I've only seen the first episode so far, and although it's a bit hoary and clichéd in places (a ranting old geezer who's the only person who knows the terrible truth! A driven main character with family problems! Sinister businessmen in immaculate suits talking in oblique but threatening language!) it's generally well done (squirmy body horror! Intriguing somewhat-new take on a very old story!) Four episodes have aired in the US, to decent reviews.

Set in a world destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When remarkably 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates

Another Sci-Fi show ... The Lottery



Starting watching it the other night and fell asleep! So will give it another go this weekend, I feel asleep more as I was tired than the content of the show!

Found another show Manhattan, not watched it yet there are 2 episodes out from a run of 13

Blurb below

Manhattan is set against the backdrop of the clandestine mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

managed to get about 1/2 way through the 1st episode, hasn't grabbed me at all

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strain_(TV_series)
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654620/
(Both have minor spoilers for the premise, which is built up to fairly slowly in the show.)

Big budget horror TV series from del Toro, based on the trilogy of novels he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan. Pleasingly, it's planned as a 3-5 season show, with a fixed timeline and a fixed ending. I like things that have an ending. Unsure how involved del Toro will be as time goes on, but he's been very hands on as writer, showrunner, and occasional director of the first season.

I've only seen the first episode so far, and although it's a bit hoary and clichéd in places (a ranting old geezer who's the only person who knows the terrible truth! A driven main character with family problems! Sinister businessmen in immaculate suits talking in oblique but threatening language!) it's generally well done (squirmy body horror! Intriguing somewhat-new take on a very old story!) Four episodes have aired in the US, to decent reviews.

Found another show Manhattan, not watched it yet there are 2 episodes out from a run of 13

Blurb below

Manhattan is set against the backdrop of the clandestine mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

Seriously? True Blood is still a thing?

Not anymore! Has anyone else seen the finale?

Watched the first episode of "the last ship" tonight. Well half of it anyway, as it was fucking awful!

Watched the first episode of "the last ship" tonight. Well half of it anyway, as it was fucking awful!

Thanks. Just had a look at the trailer for season one on t'Tube and it looked ok-ish.

Then I realised that it was made by SyFy, creators of such trash as Sharknado and all that rubbish. And it had that skinny nerd guy who had sex with the big fat gal in American Pie-knock off, Road Trip. Plus, the trailer had some of the worse cheesy lines (attacked by zombie? "I give you mercy" *gunshot*). Oh it was all going downhill. Then I flicked through the comments which were overwhelmingly negative or the positives were that it was 'ok'.

I'm sorta leaning towards maybe not watching this then.

I flicked through the first episode and its very much about better equipped people fighting zombies (the remains of the US army) than the Walking Dead is. Will give it a shot and see, after all its got Zombies in it!

Shows that have restarted in the last few weeks in case you missed them

South Park
The Good Wife
Chicago Fire and PD
Marvel Agents of Shield
Sleepy Hollow
The Blacklist
Boardwalk Empire
Haven
Sons of Anarchy
Gotham (New Show)

Anyone watched the Flash? downloaded the 1st episode last night but not watched it yet

Also Walking Dead S5 started last night!

I watched the first ep when it leaked about 6 months ago , its okay as a setup and has the chance that they can add other super powered characters into the mix (and then have them show up on Arrow)

Ah ok so they are going to do this a bit like Chicago Fire and PD? Think I remember the Flash character been set up in Arrow or was that something else?

It seemed ok, but there wasn't anything there that really grabbed me. Will try a couple more though.

On the other hand, The 100 returned for Series 2 and that's great.

I watched about 5 episodes of that then gave up, on paper it should have been something I liked, but I couldn't get into it