Its time to talk REAL TV

So I have reviewed a shit load of films lately, crapped on about the dreadful state of Australian TV and the overload of reality rubbish on at present so now it's time to talk drama. However the news isn't all good on the drama front either.

First with the bad. Hannibal in it's final season and it's no surprise no streaming services are willing to give this show a fourth season. The second season was wonderful, the first season set up the characters and what we were in for but this Third Season my oh my. Basically it's two seasons in one and neither of these mini seasons are particularly good. Which is a shame as the cast is stellar.

Gillian Anderson joining Hugh Dancy, Lawrence Fishburne and Mads  Mikkelsen this could have been great, news story - it's not. Season Three is a sad end in this once great and fantastic looking series.

Now to True Detective (you can see this coming if you have followed the online rants) no series has been more anticipated, however Season Two is a failure on an epic level. Even with Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams & Taylor Kitsch (yum) this show is woeful and lacks any direction or coherence. It's hard to follow up a massive smash hit and unfortunately Season Two of True Detective could be one of this years biggest failures.

Under the Dome, surprise, surprise has completely given the critics and the non believers evidence that this show should have been a limited one season event. Season Three is over the top and lacks any direction or possible conclusion in sight. This has become the new Lost with people thinking what in the world were the folks at CBS thinking renewing this series again...

Now to the good and Ray Donovan (like Hannibal originally) has completely come into it's own. I love Ray and his wife and his kids are not 100% irritating. Jon Voight is great as the father who is neither 100% good or 100% evil. It's also refreshing seeing Katie Holmes in a meaty role in this successful Third Season.

Devious Maids and Mistresses (both in their third seasons) also show that trash (and well made trash with lots of hunks) also has a place still on TV. I would give anything for these shows on 7:30-8:30pm in place of shitty reality TV with try hard "Characters".

Murder in the First is slightly disappointing in it's Second Season after a solid first however Taye Diggs is just simply divine.

Scream the MTV TV version of the once successful film series is also a bit of fun, but it is to be taken completely with a grain of salt. I was surprised to learn this quickly and easily got a Second Season. Not sure where it will go in 2016.

Other than this I look forward to the return on The Leftovers and I have just started on DVD Masters of Sex Season One which I am really digging, thank god for Showtime!

So it's the weekend and mid Winter so go lose yourself with some solid drama, or not so solid if you feel like Mistresses or Devious Maids.