#dad tv

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Demons by The National / gif 1 by @appletvdaily / gifs 2-4 by @basilone

[thesparkwhowalks]

So I'm watching the Sports Bowl game and CBS is advertising the hell out of some new show that's obviously trying to capture Reacher's "Dad TV" audience.

And the only notable thing about that is that they have followed Reacher so closely that they've cast a different member of the Smallville Justice League to star.

Look, hit shows are hard to make and dumber things than that have worked.

[goldthorn-archive]

Graceless by The National / gifs 1 + 3 by @jesperfahxey / gif 2 by @sluttyhenley / gifs 4 +5 by @rcbertleckie

[goldthorn-archive]

I Should Live In Salt by The National / gifs by @rcbertleckie

[goldthorn-archive]

if I’m gonna bet on anything, I’m gonna bet on us, Buck.

Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National / gifs by @seaside-storm

[shanghaijim]

One thing that gets lost in the whole "dad tv" discussion is that the same middle-aged men who would purportedly watch MoTA now (although this narrative consistently ignores all the fangirls who have all been dedicated to hbowar from the beginning—shout out to the old aldbournewhores on LJ) were the 20-year-olds who went NUTS for BoB in 2001, who had it more or less change their lives or at least their storytelling expectations, and some of whom ended up in Afghanistan and Iraq either because of the show or with the show's DVD box set in their FOBs.

[theideabagisfull]

Now playing: Return to Mayberry.

Hey, if anyone wants spoilers, let me know!

[theideabagisfull]

And in Dad TV news, I just heard a bluegrass group perform "Forget You". Yes, that one. I have no idea what channel he's watching.