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The reason I put it in quotes is that "legends" get watched no matter what they do. In this case, no one was snowed. Agree they are actually sitcom legends with bad need of paychecks.

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08-06-2014 , 06:24 PM

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Exactly. I see what you meant.

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08-06-2014 , 06:34 PM

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WGN has totally botched the handling of that show. It's not even a blip on anyone's radar. I heard last week's episode got a .05, you know like lower than a 0.1 and something like 330k viewers. They don't replay any of the episodes during the week, don't have On Demand, don't have full episodes on their website, and replay the same episode 4 times in a row vs. previous episodes for people who might get into it late. I can evidently see the first episode for free on Amazon, but will probably have to pay for the second. I set a recording for episode 3, but no matter how good it is, it's an absolute disaster on the ratings front. On their website it says, "New Time, Sundays 10/9c", what was it before? Moving it right into The Strain and The Leftovers is just comically bad positioning.

Oh, and for DC, those two comedy "legends" managed to grab a .04 in the 18-49 demo. That's well below the typical line for renewal on FX, though The Americans' renewal at around a 0.4 makes anything possible.

The only reason I even noticed it was browsing one of those probably not so legal streaming sites and clicked it for some reason.

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08-06-2014 , 06:36 PM

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hahaha, I first saw ads when I was looking something up on imdb. But, it didn't look interesting from those. Then, it got fairly decent reviews here so I was waiting for the second episode to make a decision to watch it, and now...I can't...easily.

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08-06-2014 , 06:45 PM

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Talking about legends, what are people's thoughts on this (starting next week)? I'm a big fan of Sean Bean so will give it a go.

Legends
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402137/

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Follows a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't who he thinks he is.

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08-06-2014 , 06:56 PM

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Yeah, that's a go for me, hoping it's at least halfway decent.

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08-06-2014 , 07:15 PM

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Sounds good enough to give a try assuming I remember when I get home from my holiday. I hope it is good, it could easily go either way given the descriptions I have read.

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08-06-2014 , 07:21 PM

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married's pilot was pretty decent. Is it getting good ratings

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08-06-2014 , 08:04 PM

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Someone said a .23, which is awful (call it a 0.2). You're the Worst is even lower. That means they got the combined ratings of Partners.

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08-06-2014 , 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thethethe

Talking about legends, what are people's thoughts on this (starting next week)? I'm a big fan of Sean Bean so will give it a go.

I'm in if he dies in every episode....

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08-07-2014 , 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Cry Me A River

I'm in if he dies in every episode....

lol was going to post sg similar to this.

It does look promising though, will watch.

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08-07-2014 , 03:21 AM

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So Legends is about Sean Bean's character being really good at going undercover? Sounds cool but I'm not going to have high expectations for a TNT show.

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08-07-2014 , 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cry Me A River

I'm in if he dies in every episode....

He did a great AMA a few day ago. This is the highlights (including an awesome Nicolas Cage story):

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/s...nows-something

Someone worked out his death-rate was at 25%.

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08-08-2014 , 02:56 AM

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I caught an episode of Married last night on FX, not bad. I especially like the female lead.

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08-08-2014 , 10:15 AM

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anyone watching Last Comic Standing? it's another one of those "DVR" shows for me where you can bang out an episode in 15 minutes. The Final 3 are awful, imo. I really liked Joe Machi, don't understand the judge's thinking. I'm continued to be baffled by the Rod Man love. Dude mush mouths for 30 seconds, repeats words 100 times, then emphasizes a word at the end and i think it fools confused people into laughing.

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08-08-2014 , 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Omar Comin

So Legends is about Sean Bean's character being really good at going undercover? Sounds cool but I'm not going to have high expectations for a TNT show.

whatever your expectations are, you should probably lower them. like it's a solid step below even standard tv action/drama bad.

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08-09-2014 , 03:04 PM

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Legends looks like a possible decent show. If it was on HBO I would be more enthusiastic about it.

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08-09-2014 , 05:25 PM

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Garfunkel and Oates had a really strong first episode imo. I loled a few times and they are doing a decent job of building a show around their songs and personalities, which was always going to be hard.

It's not close to touching broad city which was amazing and draws obvious comparisons but it's a keeper imo.

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08-09-2014 , 05:41 PM

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Goddamn, I love Broad City.

G&O was better then I thought it would be. I knew I'd be watching anyway, but was glad it was actually good. The guests might've been a big part of that.

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08-09-2014 , 07:08 PM

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Goddamn, I love Broad City.

G&O was better then I thought it would be. I knew I'd be watching anyway, but was glad it was actually good. The guests might've been a big part of that.

Definitely, being able to call your friends who happen to be some of the best comedians working right now is a huge positive for the show.

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08-10-2014 , 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by [Phill]

yeah, I agree with these sentiments.

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08-10-2014 , 06:28 AM

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Somehow, episode 3 was also released, and I thought it had a few funny bits.
G+O is more "strange things happen to normal girls", rather than Broad Street's "normal things happen to whacked out girls".

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08-10-2014 , 10:24 AM

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Lol, that is a pretty good way to look at it.

I did notice it was out there but didnt watch the third ep. I figure even if it has no linear narrative there was no point rushing out and viewing it given I will be watching anyway.