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This is a community for people to share and discover TV shows they enjoy, which we do via regular discussion posts and contributors making meta, reviews or other posts related to TV shows and viewing.

In 2025 we held a Rec Fest which can be added to at any time by community participants. These recs were divided into the following genres:

Family Viewing and Children's Shows
Comedies
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If you have any questions about adding recs, just drop a comment on the Rec Fest FAQ post. And we'd love for you to take a rec/leave a rec!

yourlibrarian

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On our Saturday post

solenne mentioned the upcoming loss of TV Time, which is used for tracking shows to watch. Given all the networks or streamers in use, this has become complicated to do.

What method(s) or service(s) work for you? How transferable is your data? Have your tools/habits changed over time? What problems have you run into?

feurioo

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

yourlibrarian

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An article about declining representation of LGBTQ+ characters on TV noted “We saw this huge peak of queer characters in 2022, and since then we’ve seen a reduction in making programs overall. The market was totally bloated, but because we’re in very uncertain financial times, programmers become much more conservative and go for things that have that mass-market appeal. In general, people think mass-market appeal doesn’t equal complex, queer shows.”

Have you also felt there’s a representational decline or is it just the ebb and flow of storylines and new show development? Are there particular shows or characters with queer representation that you miss? If so, which characters or shows would you most like to see return?

feurioo

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

yourlibrarian

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Have there been shows which developed your favorite tropes with their storytelling? Or maybe they’ve made you realize you have pet peeve tropes?

Rickey Gervais' Alley Cats is an adult comedy animation series premiering on Netflix on August 7. Here's the official trailer:

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feurioo

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns on July 23 for its penultimate season. Here's the official trailer.

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yourlibrarian

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There’s been discussion before here on

tv_talk about U.S. cable networks shrinking away. Now it seems that local broadcast stations are also entering a decline.

"The revenue squeeze also comes at a time when TV stations are actually producing more hours of local news than ever before. The major networks are offering fewer hours to their affiliates in daytime. Syndicated shows are going away as they can no longer attract large enough audiences to support them."

Do you watch your local broadcast stations? What programming do you value most from them?

feurioo

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yourlibrarian

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An article last month credited social media with exposing viewers to regional accents that may have been erased on TV. How do you feel about shows that feature accents/dialects different from your own?

Do you sometimes find it difficult to follow the dialogue/story? Does it make a difference depending on the genre of the show?

feurioo

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Alice and Steve, starring the wonderful Nicola Walker, premieres on June 8. A comedy about middle-aged best friends Alice and Steve, whose friendship is shattered when Steve accidentally falls for Alice’s 26-year-old daughter Izzy. (Hulu and Disney+)

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The Witness, a limited series (3 episodes) is available now on Netflix. It's about the 1992 brutal stabbing of Rachel Nickell while walking on Wimbledon Common during the day with her two-year-old son, Alex.

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Outlander prequel/spin-off Blood of my Blood season two premieres September 18.

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Silo season 3 premieres on AppleTV+ on July 3.

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feurioo

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From Russell T Davies comes Tip Toe, a gripping new suburban thriller set in Manchester, where neighbours Leo (Alan Cumming) and Clive (David Morrissey) find their lives pulled apart as prejudice, paranoia and radicalisation begin to poison everything around them.

Tip Toe starts Sunday 31st May on Channel 4.

yourlibrarian

Have you developed any sort of TV-watching habits? In example, these might be tied to specific days of the week, viewing order of pending shows, things you do when watching with someone else, etc.

Poll #34681 TV Watching Habits

This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

Do you feel you have any habits tied to watching TV?

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Yes
7 (41.2%)

No
5 (29.4%)

Depends on the show
5 (29.4%)

If yes, when did these habits start?

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In childhood
1 (8.3%)

In adolescence
2 (16.7%)

As a young adult
4 (33.3%)

With a family or friends
7 (58.3%)

After a change in your life
1 (8.3%)

When you became part of a fandom/fannish about something
4 (33.3%)

After TV changed
2 (16.7%)

Something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)

What do the habits relate to?

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Watching the show
9 (75.0%)

Preparing to watch the show
2 (16.7%)

Post-show viewing
1 (8.3%)

Being alone
0 (0.0%)

Not being alone
1 (8.3%)

Eating or drinking
2 (16.7%)

Games/activities during the show
3 (25.0%)

Location
1 (8.3%)

Scheduling
5 (41.7%)

Something else mentioned in comments
1 (8.3%)

Are the habits...

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Comfort related
6 (54.5%)

Entertainment related
6 (54.5%)

Socializing related
3 (27.3%)

Tradition related
2 (18.2%)

Practical in nature
3 (27.3%)

Have the habits ever been documented in some way?

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Yes
4 (33.3%)

No
8 (66.7%)

Are the habits something you hope to pass on/share with someone else?

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Yes
1 (8.3%)

No
8 (66.7%)

Yes, some of them
3 (25.0%)

Are any habits related to particular events?

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Yes, season premieres
2 (16.7%)

Yes, season endings
3 (25.0%)

Yes, when a show ends its run
3 (25.0%)

Yes, for certain guest stars
0 (0.0%)

Yes, annual events (awards, sports etc.)
2 (16.7%)

Yes, holiday viewing
0 (0.0%)

Yes, rewatches
4 (33.3%)

Yes, something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)

No, none of these
6 (50.0%)

feurioo

Fremantle and Operation Mincemeat producer Archery Pictures are collaborating on Moriarty [working title], which comes from writers Chris Cornwell (A Discovery of Witches) and Oliver Lansley (Where’s Wanda?).

The team said Moriarty will be a “modern reinvention of the crime procedural, based on the most famous villain in all of detective fiction.” Moriarty is a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University but leads a secret double life as the mastermind behind every crime of sophistication in the North of England. When a rival criminal begins an assault on his underground empire, Moriarty will have only one choice: to join the police as a consultant, using the law as a weapon to dismantle his foe while keeping his true identity hidden from the police. Paired with Detective Imogen Burrows, a stoic Yorkshire detective, they’ll form a fearsome team, but Moriarty will soon realize that the real threat isn’t the rival criminal faction he’s dismantling.

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