Nancy Drew by the CW

I'm done with it...

 

Waiting for TiVo to collect 3 episodes first. I like to binge watch 2-3 episodes of a new show the decide to keep recording or delete from the to do list.

 

I barely made it through the first. But I almost always give a show a second episode, due to the current practice of not having an actual pilot.

 

I watched the first episode and thought it was just OK. Then I looked at the lineup of shows I'm already recording and realized I just don't have time for it. It was the first show that I cut from my recording schedule this fall.

 

I wanted to like it, but it's the Riverdale version of Nancy Drew.

 

The main character is very unlikable...

 

She's kind of like the comic book character in the recent series...although she's better written there. Driven to the point of unwittingly being a jerk to the people around her. (And less CW teen drama!)

 

They don't do pilots anymore?

 

A pilot used to be a sample episode, and if the network bought it to series, they would give the producers notes for changes. The producers would then either reshoot the pilot, or just start fresh with a new first episode (there's a famous Buffy pilot that is radically different from what ended up airing; also see Big Bang Theory, which had a different female lead and somewhat different characterizations for the others).

Nowadays, the unaltered "pilot" almost always ends up being the first episode, and any changes required by the network don't show up until later (including, often, recastings...e.g., Constantine, where the female lead was recast, but the original actress appeared in the first episode).

 

I thought it was a lot like Veronica Mars ... except it wasn't clever or witty or funny, and I didn't like any of the characters.

 

That Nancy Drew... she sure is hot!

 

That is exactly why we may not make it from Ep 2 to Ep 3. we used to watch Riverdale but it got a little long in the tooth for us. Liked the first ep a lot butwe both found ourselves checking facebook more often in ep 2.

 

i've only watched the first ep, but I actually thought it was much BETTER than Riverdale, which I didn't keep watching.

It was definitely in the same 'spirit', and was slightly shocking to hear her doing it very soon in the premiere.. but still, it was an entertaining updated mystery show.

I wish it were on Hulu (without 'live channels') or something else I already pay for. So I MAY keep recording it for a while, but maybe will give up and catch up some eon (yeah right).

 

If you can wait, CW shows normally show up on Netflix a week their season finale.

 

Not this one. The new CW shows this season didn’t get that deal. CW shopped them separately. This one’s going to CBSAA after the season. Batwoman & Katy Keene are going to HBO MAX. (AFAIK, all of the older CW shows are staying with Netflix)

 

I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.

 

Oh awesome. So now I can just kill my OP. I have enough other shows I like, since I _know_ I will be able to catch this there.

Oh and I guess I didn't post the other thing I thought of.. (maybe I did in some other thread as a tangent).

I know I'm old...

But it's surprising to see who in my head is still "the young very popular TV actor of the day" now playing a parent!!! He was the young teenager on Party of Five!! (and still should play Tom Cruise in a biography.)

 

Couldn't make it to the end of Episode 1.

 

I try too, but this one may not make it, after struggling through the first episode.