Television (the medium, not the band)

Okay, maybe this post isn't about music, but it is about pop culture, so deal with it.  The point of this post is that I own a television primarily for the Sunday evening premium channel series, and as of this week, they're all on hiatus.  

Last Sunday was the finale for the first half of this season of AMC's The Walking Dead; the second half of the season doesn't begin until February 10, begging the distinction between a "season break" and a "new season."  Whatevs.

Two weeks ago was the season finale of HBO's Treme, a show I've come to like once I realized that it's about the only series on television about both the lives of musicians and the music that they make.  Can you imagine if they came up with a similar premise, but set in the indie rock world of, say, Brooklyn or Portland, and featuring many of the actual musicians in supporting roles, like Treme does?  Now there would be an interesting show.  It actually wouldn't be too far of a stretch for HBO's How To Make It In America (also between seasons right now) to do this, basically just change the central industry from the fashion designer profession to the music profession. I'd watch it, and I bet many other people would, too.

Boardwalk Empire aired it's season finale last Sunday, the same night as the last Walking Dead.  Except for the Richard Harrow character, the series hasn't really lived up to its potential in my humble opinion, but it does have the Richard Harrow character and that's more than enough to keep me watching and bemoaning it's current hiatus.

Sons of Anarchy, a Tuesday night outlaw-biker series on FX, also wrapped up for the season last week, concluding with a run of 90-minute episodes.  

Meanwhile, HBO's Game of Thrones doesn't start its third season until March 31.  True Blood is between seasons.  The HBO comedies Curb Your Enthusiasm, Girls, and Real Time with Bill Maher are all off the air right now. Even the difficult to love The Newsroom is off until next June.

And why the hell didn't FX ever bring back its show Terriers after its initial season?  

Note that if any of these shows were on the air right now, I would be watching them and not writing whiny posts like this.