Season 2 Episode 6:

Welcome to another week and another update on my TV viewing.
As normal we start with the recent news and then we more into some
of the shows have watched over the last seven days

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News

Renewed - Cancelled - Picked-up - Full order

This we channel 4 renewed hit reality TV show The Circle for a second season that is planned for later on this years, Also while looking into the news of the circle I discovered that the format had been sold to Netflix who are planning localised versions starting with USA, Brazil and France. Also this week So You Think You Can Dance was renewed for it’s 16th season, for a show that has lasted this long it’s always great to see it get another season.

The Circle: Channel 4

An innovative new reality television show in which a group of players from all walks of life move into a specially refurbished block of flats in London. The contestants don't meet each other or interact in person but remain in their individual apartments and can only communicate with each other via a specially designed, voice-activated, social media app called "The Circle". Each player will create a profile for themselves on The Circle, and they are free to present an honest profile of themselves or to create a false impression of themselves that they think the other players will like more. Throughout the show, the contestants will rate each other based on who they like or dislike with the highest rated players becoming "influencers" while the rest are put at risk of being chosen by the influencers to be blocked and thus eliminated from the game. The last remaining player will scoop the fifty thousand pound prize money.

The Circle: Netflix

Same as Renewed UK version

So You Think You Can Dance: Fox

Dancers skilled in everything from ballroom and ballet to salsa, jive, hip-hop and krumping, all compete to be named the best. Dancers must impress the judges with their moves and rigorous routines in order to survive the auditions and be invited to Hollywood. Producers travelled to Chicago, New York and Los Angeles in search of dancers who represent the soul and rhythm of America. Some dancers wow the judges, while others leave them speechless. See who struts into the producers' hearts and who trips up on the series premiere. A fortunate 50 dancers who survive the auditions will go to Hollywood to work with five of the top choreographers in the business: Alex Da Silva, Brian Friedman, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels and Mary Murphy. During the "Hollywood Week," the semifinalists will dance their hearts out, as they learn challenging routines and hope to impress the choreographers.

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I Have Been Watching

Madam Secretary: Strategic Ambiguity

To give you an insight into how I watch my TV shows, I usually am always a day, and this is because I then have a small selection of shows to chose from. There are a few shows that still stand out and gets typically first pick, and Madam Secretary is one of them.

This weeks episode was interesting to see Elizabeth have to do deals that she disagreed with. She has to try and sell fighter planes to Taiwan, but this could hinder trade deals with China. The second story followed Daisy and Matt as they struggle to both look after a recently adopted dog.

What was interesting was the few scenes where they referenced Beth running for president and that if she wanted to do things her way and wasted her presidency in one thing good luck

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God Friended Me: Miracle on 123rd Street.

Sunday's episode was great as we got to see what happens when the god account sends 76 friend suggestions. After finding out that all the suggestions all lived in the same apartment block, And after pretending to be looking for a new apartment in the same block they found out that the block is being sold and all the residents have 30 days to move out.

Also this week Rakesh was called into a meeting with the bosses, Thinking he was in trouble for using company resources to find out who is behind the god account it turns out they wanted him to run a new department within the company. After believing, they had got the wrong man he had to tell them he had the skills needed to run the new department. I can't wait to see how this will tie into the main god account story.

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True Detective: The Great War and Modern Memory

After a three years hiatus, True Detective returned to HBO with 2 episodes, and after watching the first episode, I can see they have gone back to a style similar to the first season.

This seasons story so far is that 2 children go missing after cycling to a friends house to see his new dog and the local police are called in to help with the search. What makes this show engaging is the use of 3 different timelines. The first is the case as it happens, the second is an interview with detecting a few years after the case was closed and they try and reopen the case, and the third one is what looks to be a TV interview near the end of the central characters life.

From just the first episode I can see this being the best season so far, and I hope they can keep producing more seasons.

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Manifest: Contrails

With this show having such a high concept it's starting to have a lost feel about it, and after this week episode, I hope they can keep it ass close as you can to real life.

The most recent episode they tried to help the pilot who after returning has spend every day in a flight simulator trying to finger out what happened after the "Official report" does not match what actually happened.

After believing they had flown into a freak weather storm, he tried it again thinking he was going to be transported into the future again.

If it weren't for the pilot time travel story that may have ended within this episode, I would chalk this up to a filler episode.

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The Passage: Pilot

This new for 2019 show is all about a group of scientists who after one of them is bitten he is turned into a vampire like creature that is immune to modern infections, so they have gone about using death row prisoners to try and extract whatever is stopping patient zero from getting ill.

After a few unsuccessful tests they decide they may need to try the tests on a much younger test subject and so task the recovery team to transport the girl to the facility, But after not being told what was going on behind the closed doors Brad Wolgast decides to go on the run with the girl.

I can see this show doing great for s season or two but I can' t see it being on any longer. But after saying that I am still looking forward to the next episode.

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