TV Tuesday: Viewing Resources
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Do you miss printed show episode guides that summed up plots and provided episode facts or are wikis and other online sources equal or better options? What makes you try out new shows? Take the poll ✅
If you have specific resources to recommend or want to detail what you use, please share in a comment!
Poll #34122 TV Resources
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
What resources do you use for TV show selection or scheduling?
View Answers
Printed guides
2 (13.3%)
Website lists
9 (60.0%)
Your own notes
6 (40.0%)
Social media
8 (53.3%)
Fandom rec lists
6 (40.0%)
Something else
6 (40.0%)
What factors are involved when you choose a new show to watch?
View Answers
Cast
10 (66.7%)
Overall theme
11 (73.3%)
Genre
11 (73.3%)
Recommendation from someone you know
6 (40.0%)
Reviews
5 (33.3%)
Recommendation from other viewers
5 (33.3%)
Streaming service "for you" lists
4 (26.7%)
Personal mood
9 (60.0%)
Rating Sites (i.e., Rotten Tomatoes)
2 (13.3%)
Wanting a mix of different types of shows
1 (6.7%)
Showrunners/writers
4 (26.7%)
Ties to other shows (spinoffs, reboots, sister shows)
9 (60.0%)
Fandom for the show/fan-created guides
4 (26.7%)
Something else
1 (6.7%)
Are there resources you use while you're viewing an episode?
View Answers
No
2 (13.3%)
Yes, info on the cast/looking up a familiar face
13 (86.7%)
Yes, info on the plot/refresher of a season
1 (6.7%)
Yes, info on particular episodes
5 (33.3%)
Yes, fan reactions to the episode/particular developments
1 (6.7%)
Yes, info about showrunners/writers
2 (13.3%)
Yes, looking for spoilers
2 (13.3%)
Yes, something else
0 (0.0%)
Monday Word: Scabrous
Jan. 26th, 2026 02:34 pmstonepicnicking_okapi posting in 1word1dayscabrous [skab-ruhs]
adjective
1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene.
3. full of difficulties.
examples
1. Ryan was forty-five years Gorey's junior, and his scabrous, willfully crude comics cross the self-flagellating confessionalism of underground artists like R. Crumb with the postpunk cynicism of Peter Bagge, the grunge cartoonist known for his bilious, bleakly funny strip, Hate. Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery
2. O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor. "Michelle Williams finds the modern spiritual essence of Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse" by Charles McNulty. Los Angeles Times. 15 Dec 2025.
origin
Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch
adjective
1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene.
3. full of difficulties.
examples
1. Ryan was forty-five years Gorey's junior, and his scabrous, willfully crude comics cross the self-flagellating confessionalism of underground artists like R. Crumb with the postpunk cynicism of Peter Bagge, the grunge cartoonist known for his bilious, bleakly funny strip, Hate. Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery
2. O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor. "Michelle Williams finds the modern spiritual essence of Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse" by Charles McNulty. Los Angeles Times. 15 Dec 2025.
origin
Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch
Inspector George Gently: Fanfic: Not Everyone Gets a Second Chance
Jan. 26th, 2026 11:40 amlucy_roman posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Not Everyone Gets a Second Chance
Author:lucy_roman
Rating: Gen
Summary: John is hoping that Lisa will take him back
Characters: John Bacchus, George Gently
Word Count: 661
( Read here )
Author:
lucy_romanRating: Gen
Summary: John is hoping that Lisa will take him back
Characters: John Bacchus, George Gently
Word Count: 661
( Read here )
Person of Interest: Fanfiction: Eight Lives Left
Jan. 25th, 2026 05:45 pminfinitum_noctem posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Eight Lives Left
Fandom: Person of Interest
Characters: Sameen Shaw
Rating: PG
Length: 163 words
Summary: Shaw's got another life ahead of her.
( Read more... )
Fandom: Person of Interest
Characters: Sameen Shaw
Rating: PG
Length: 163 words
Summary: Shaw's got another life ahead of her.
( Read more... )
Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 4 [DW Edition]
Jan. 25th, 2026 02:45 pmcreepy_shetan posting in comment_fic[ If you're interested in being a Tuesday-Thursday guest host, you can sign up here. Thanks! ❤ ]
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Greetings, everyone! ^_^ It's time for this week's Lonely Prompts day. If this is your first time atcomment_fic on a Sunday, you can either request previous prompts to be filled or share your recent fills for prompts. (Or do both, of course!) ✎
How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled.
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3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!).
8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)
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A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.
↑↑↑ Available dates:
February 3 & 5
February 10 & 12
February 17 & 19
Greetings, everyone! ^_^ It's time for this week's Lonely Prompts day. If this is your first time at
comment_fic on a Sunday, you can either request previous prompts to be filled or share your recent fills for prompts. (Or do both, of course!) ✎ How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from a particular fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!).
8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
comment_fic A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.
For all Mankind season 5
Jan. 25th, 2026 09:56 amThe Goes Wrong Show: A Primer
Jan. 25th, 2026 02:01 pmrionaleonhart posting in tv_talkIf anyone's in the mood for something silly and fun, I'd like to recommend The Goes Wrong Show, which I discovered recently and absolutely fell in love with.
What is The Goes Wrong Show?
If you've heard of The Play That Goes Wrong, this comedy series is from the same theatre company, Mischief Theatre. Every thirty-minute episode is a new short play, performed by the determined but deeply unfortunate Cornley Drama Society. Every play goes as wrong as humanly possible.
In addition to being very funny, the plays are startlingly impressive technical achievements. These are genuine stage plays being filmed in front of a live audience, and making things 'go wrong' convincingly requires incredible pinpoint timing. So much hard work goes into messing everything up; it must be so much trickier than performing a play that goes right!
If you like Taskmaster, you might also enjoy this; they have a similar sense of people desperately struggling on with their mission while everything falls apart around them.
( Character overview below the cut. )
Where can I watch The Goes Wrong Show?
There's a good chance you'll be able to watch it at no cost! If you're in the UK, it's on BBC iPlayer (or DVD, if you don't have a television licence).
If you're outside the UK, I believe The Goes Wrong Show is officially available for free on the Lionsgate YouTube channel. As the videos are blocked for me, it's hard for me to check (let me know if it doesn't seem like the right link!), but I think this YouTube playlist should have all twelve episodes. I've heard from a couple of people based in the US that it's also on Amazon Prime there.
If I only ever watch one episode of this show, which would you recommend?
I love the whole show, and I think the first-listed episode ('The Spirit of Christmas') is a solid starting point. If you only ever watch one, though, the episode '90 Degrees' is a genuinely insane, extraordinary feat of performance. If you're wondering, they're not using CGI; they actually did that.
What is The Goes Wrong Show?
If you've heard of The Play That Goes Wrong, this comedy series is from the same theatre company, Mischief Theatre. Every thirty-minute episode is a new short play, performed by the determined but deeply unfortunate Cornley Drama Society. Every play goes as wrong as humanly possible.
In addition to being very funny, the plays are startlingly impressive technical achievements. These are genuine stage plays being filmed in front of a live audience, and making things 'go wrong' convincingly requires incredible pinpoint timing. So much hard work goes into messing everything up; it must be so much trickier than performing a play that goes right!
If you like Taskmaster, you might also enjoy this; they have a similar sense of people desperately struggling on with their mission while everything falls apart around them.
( Character overview below the cut. )
Where can I watch The Goes Wrong Show?
There's a good chance you'll be able to watch it at no cost! If you're in the UK, it's on BBC iPlayer (or DVD, if you don't have a television licence).
If you're outside the UK, I believe The Goes Wrong Show is officially available for free on the Lionsgate YouTube channel. As the videos are blocked for me, it's hard for me to check (let me know if it doesn't seem like the right link!), but I think this YouTube playlist should have all twelve episodes. I've heard from a couple of people based in the US that it's also on Amazon Prime there.
If I only ever watch one episode of this show, which would you recommend?
I love the whole show, and I think the first-listed episode ('The Spirit of Christmas') is a solid starting point. If you only ever watch one, though, the episode '90 Degrees' is a genuinely insane, extraordinary feat of performance. If you're wondering, they're not using CGI; they actually did that.
Sunday Word: Malediction
Jan. 25th, 2026 08:25 pmsallymn posting in 1word1daymalediction [mal-i-dik-shuhn]
noun:
1 the utterance of a curse against someone or something
2 slanderous accusation or comment
Examples:
Despite this Sisyphean malediction, with each call for new proposals, the community still tries to push its boulder back to the mountaintop. (Robin George Andrews, NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here's What It Took, Scientific American, June 2021)
Mr Badoglio said he discovered a curse on the director by sleeping in the bedroom of the movie’s stars. Mr Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again. (Laura Rysman, Telling Fashion's Fortune, The New York Times, September 2021)
"Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable. Wasn't that how she put it? I told them. Warned them." (Wildbow, Worm)
Five minutes afterwards the piano resounded to the touch of Mademoiselle d'Armilly's fingers, and Mademoiselle Danglars was singing Brabantio's malediction on Desdemona. (Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo)
(click to enlarge)
Origin:
mid-15c, malediccion, 'a curse; condemnation, excommunication,' from Old French maledicion 'a curse' (15c) and directly from Latin maledictionem (nominative maledictio) 'the action of speaking evil of, slander,' in Late Latin 'a curse,' noun of action from past participle stem of maledicere 'to speak badly or evil of, slander,' from male 'badly' + dicere 'to say' (from PIE root deik- 'to show,' also 'pronounce solemnly'). By 1530s as 'evil-speaking, cursing, reviling.' (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Malediction, which at one time could also refer to slander or to the condition of being reviled or slandered, derives (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin verb maledicere, meaning 'to speak evil of' or 'to curse.' Maledicere, in turn, was formed by combining the Latin words male, meaning 'badly,' and dicere, 'to speak' or 'to say.' (Merriam-Webster)
Free for All Saturday, Week 4 [DW Edition]
Jan. 24th, 2026 09:09 amcreepy_shetan posting in comment_fic[ If you're interested in being a Tuesday-Thursday guest host, you can sign up here. Thanks! ❤ ]
↑↑↑ Available dates:
February 3 & 5
February 10 & 12
February 17 & 19
Happy Saturday to you, and welcome to our weekly Free for All! :D There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. If, perhaps, you missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎
Just a few rules:
1. No more than five prompts in a row.
2. No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
3. Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
4. No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
5. If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
6. If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Are today's prompts not catching your eye? No worries, because we have plenty of older prompts that just might do the trick! You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!comment_fic
A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.
↑↑↑ Available dates:
February 3 & 5
February 10 & 12
February 17 & 19
Happy Saturday to you, and welcome to our weekly Free for All! :D There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. If, perhaps, you missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎
Just a few rules:
1. No more than five prompts in a row.
2. No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
3. Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
4. No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
5. If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
6. If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Are today's prompts not catching your eye? No worries, because we have plenty of older prompts that just might do the trick! You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
comment_fic A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.
Second Chance: Paddington - the Musical: Fanfic: Accepting Risks
Jan. 24th, 2026 12:44 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Accepting Risks
Fandom: Paddington - the Musical
Rating: G
Length: 256 words
Summary: Henry Brown is reflecting on life with Paddington
Spoilers for 'Paddington - the Musical'
Fandom: Paddington - the Musical
Rating: G
Length: 256 words
Summary: Henry Brown is reflecting on life with Paddington
Spoilers for 'Paddington - the Musical'
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: To Start Over
Jan. 22nd, 2026 02:50 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: To Start Over
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jonathan Willaway, Varian, York, Rayat.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Right after The Innocent Prey.
Summary: Leaving Rayat’s peaceful home, Willaway can’t help wondering whether regressing the violent York to babyhood will fix the problem he represents..
Word Count: 1021
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 504: Second Chances.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
( To Start Over... )
Tuesday - Hangovers
Jan. 27th, 2026 12:30 amToday's theme is Hangovers. Surprising no one, one of the weird wacky holidays in January is National Hangover Day. There are a lot of hard drinking characters out there. Maybe you have a newbie to drinking experiencing their first hangover. Someone who didn’t expect one? There are plenty of places to let your imagination go.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ The Owl House, Edalyn Clawthorne + any, she had way too much apple blood the night before.
+ Hazbin Hotel Angel Dust/Husk + any, It takes a heroic amount to give them a hangover
+ Hazbin Hotel, Emily, she got into a drink she shouldn’t have in a trip to hell and is paying for it
+ Star Trek(any), any, a Klingon Blood wine hangover is no joke.
We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word!
tag= hangovers