Here in Portugal we get (in terms of American stuff); Goldbergs (kinda losers - though let's be fair, probably not in the sense that I meant - but with a cutesy thing that means they kinda come good at the end of each episode), Modern Family (I just can't get through an episode to tell you), Family Guy and American Dad (I can't believe that he gets away with selling this thing as two different programmes, especially when they are so bad - to me these don't really qualify as sit-coms, just loads of failed attempts at jokes strung together with some irrelevant cartoon pics scrolling past in front of them), Brooklyn 99 (I guess not really losers - but is it good?), Superstore (which I'm actually watching right now and have a weird soft-spot for... definitely about losers though), Two Broke Girls (ok obviously about losers, but the real question here is how does this kind of stuff get made? How does someone say "this is a good idea" and then someone agrees with them and they take it to someone else and they get actors and everything to all meet in the same room and actually film. How is it possible that this kind of dross gets through all the hurdles in the road from concept to realisation and then survives all of them and then several episodes (even series?) get made and it gets put where people can see it and then someone else buys it and takes it to Portugal to inflict on us? There were so many chances to stop it and no-one took any of them - why not?).
But all of the above are very middle of the road stuff. Now I think about it, I suppose I'm trying to talk about things that are at least sort of good. I might not like them but someone somewhere at least thinks they are pretty good. I mean, surely it's not possible that there is anyone in the world who thinks that Two Broke Girls is good? So I suppose I'm more interested in talking about worthwhile shows, not just something that someone just created in their lunch break to fill in a little gap in the schedule. I'm interested in stuff that people (at least the ones who made it) care about.
So, moving on to the more... I dunno, modern, cutting edge even, there is one called High Maintenance about a drug dealer (cos, he maintains your high, get it?), I think I talked about that before on here - it's interesting in that it just feels like such post-modern telly - story lines not finished, important things (if it is possible for anything to be important in a world where no-one cares about anything) happening off screen, totally disengaged and unfeeling twenty somethings. Is it good, is it about losers? Shrug.