Hello hello my fine Reader! How was the start of school (for those in the university realm)? I'd like to give a quick shout out to my awesome little sister who has started her first year here at our amazing university! I hope all is going well for you Madi and I hope that you come to love the community that you've joined. As for this fourth year (oh my goodness, where has the time gone), school started off amazingly. I love the courses I'm taking and I have great professors (so far)! This does however mean that I've slowly been watching less and less TV. Does this make me a bad person? I certainly hope not! :P Don't fret Reader, we've got lots of premieres to look forward to and I will go into more detail regarding said premieres in another post. As for this post, I thought up another problem with some TV series and I'd like to quickly comment on this.
I understand that the TV industry does not work around my busy schedule. If this were true (and if only it were indeed true), 'Sherlock' would be on season 5 and I would be Mrs. Benedict Cumberbatch. Alas my dear Reader, this world does not exist. So I, the watcher, must wait for producers, networks, writers, etc., to create their shows and the following seasons of said shows. I completely acknowledge the hassles and amount of time and energy that go into creating quality programming but there comes a point where I start to get mad. I feel like some networks put priorities on certain shows or they just take too long to make! All the while the TV nerd in me is shouting, "Where's my 'Sherlock' season 3'?!"
I had three main examples of this ridiculously long waiting game the TV executives play. I've already mentioned 'Sherlock' so I suppose that's where I'll start. As I've mentioned now several times, 'Sherlock' is an amazing series on the BBC. Unfortunately episodes are far and few. There are two seasons and each has three episodes (at 90 minutes each). Season three will be coming eventually but as for when, nobody knows. The main writer for the show Stephen Moffat also writes for 'Dr. Who', another hit show on the BBC. To me, it seems like Mr. Moffat dedicates a lot of his time to 'Dr. Who' when he could easily be writing more 'Sherlock'. The world needs to know what happens after season two! (For those who watched up to the end of season two, you will most certainly agree with me!)
My second example is 'Arrested Development'. There were originally three seasons of this amazing comedy then, due to lack of ratings, it was cancelled. This was a sad day for comedy as this was definitely one of the best shows of its time. 'Arrested Development' is up there for my favorite comedies and I loved each and every episode. Now, due to popular demand which sorely lacked during the show's original airings, it is being brought back for a fourth season which will go directly to Netflix. Although I'm super excited to see this new season, I feel that it is almost too late to care. Many fans aren't even looking forward to this new season! We'll see how it goes once it comes out but I have my doubts to say the least. They waited far too long to bring this one back.
My last example is 'Game of Thrones'. I would first like to point out that 'Game of Thrones' the series is AMAZING and the book series on which it is based 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is even better. Both should be watched/read, end of story. Now that I've shamelessly endorsed them, I'd just like to say how hard it is to wait for the next season of 'Game of Thrones' (not to mention book six in the series)! I understand that to make this amazing program, much time and effort are needed. I agree that this show deserves to take its time and make it into the spectacular Emmy winning hit that it is today. But at the same time, it's just so damn hard to wait a whole year! The world is waiting for March 31, 2013 because that is the night that 'Game of Thrones' season 3 premieres! Gah, I can't wait!
Well Reader, that's about it for now. I unfortunately have to wake up early tomorrow morning even though it's a Sunday. I have training for one of my many student groups but at least I'll be getting it over with! I'm so excited for a new school year and of course, for the fall line up! Stay tuned for my predictions for the upcoming season which will probably be in my next post! :)
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