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Sam Favate

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This is not good news for Agent Carter's chances of a third season:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/agent-carter-lead-hayley-atwell-863791

Things don't look great for the 'Agents of SHIELD' spinoff securing a third season.

ABC's Agent Carter is about to face its toughest opponent yet: the bubble.

Star Hayley Atwell has booked the lead role in the network's drama pilot Conviction, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

.... if Conviction goes to series, she would have to juggle both that and Agent Carter — if, and that is a big if — the modestly rated Marvel drama goes on to get a third season. Insiders stress the network would work out a production schedule that could accommodate both Agent Carter and Conviction.
 

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I just don't understand why the show isn't more popular because it's got action and excitement and lots of humor, but maybe the time period leaves younger viewers cold.

I'm certainly enjoying every episode.
 

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I just don't understand why the show isn't more popular because it's got action and excitement and lots of humor, but maybe the time period leaves younger viewers cold.

I'm certainly enjoying every episode.

I'm curious how Agent Carter (and Agents Of Shield) are doing in comparison to the Netflix released series (Daredevil and Jessica Jones). The Netflix shows have gotten huge amounts of acclaim, and seem to be very popular, but Netflix refuses to discuss ratings, so we have no idea if it's doing "Walking Dead" ratings (I doubt it) or if they're a lot closer to the AC/AoS numbers from ABC. Is Agent Carter actually less popular than Jessica Jones, or are the same numbers more meaningful to Netflix, and is Netflix more willing to spend tons of money promoting it making it seem bigger than AC is on ABC?

For better or worse, "Avengers" and "Iron Man" movies grossing over a billion (not to mention) Marvel movies not with Robert Downey Jr still doing incredible business) doesn't seem to give that much of a lift to the TV properties.

I tried watching Daredevil and was pretty bored by the first couple episodes. I also don't like the release model of throwing all the episodes out there all at once - it completely kills it as a communal experience or as something I can watch and discuss later with friends and coworkers. Everyone that was dying to see it watched it in a binge the first week, and now it's "over" in the culture - you can't discuss it with anyone who's finished it if you're just starting, since they can't remember where each episode ended, and the press is done covering it too. As much as it can be frustrating to wait week to week for your favorite show, I think that's a part of the experience that's maybe more important than I had previously imagined. So, I got bored with the first two episodes of Daredevil, saw that I had like ten more to go, with no incentive to watch them, and I bailed. (If it had aired week to week, I would have wanted to catch up to the live broadcasts, and I would have been more likely to go with a show I wasn't immediately into if it was a one hour a week commitment. But when it's ten hours at once, that feels like too much.) Anyway, the point I wanted to make was just that for all of the acclaim that Daredevil has gotten, in the two episodes I saw, I just didn't get it - it didn't seem any better than Agents Of Shield (a show I do like), and I was surprised that it had gotten so much hype and acclaim based on what I had seen. I didn't even start Jessica Jones - I want to maybe eventually, but it's sort of the same problem now - everyone's already watched it, and it feels "over" - and a ten hour movie seems like more of a commitment than I want.

To me, "Agent Carter" has been among the very best of Marvel's film and TV work. I love her as a character, I love Hayley Atwell as an actress, I love the period nature of the piece, and I love how it connects to the stories that take place in later time periods without being a slave to those connections. It might be old-timey but it feels fresher to me than most of what they've put out in the past year or two.
 

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My opinions seem to be almost opposite of the other Josh (cue alternate universe spooky music). I think Daredevil is among the best of Marvel's productions (along with Guardians of the Galaxy and Jessica Jones), and would rank Agent Carter toward the bottom (though I do like it, and absolutely adore Hayley Atwell).

I greatly prefer the Netflix "binge" model over the week-to-week model, and outside the conversation here at the HTF (the LOST and BSG threads are some of the absolute best discussions ever on this forum), I really don't miss water cooler talk. If anything, the Netflix model allows a friend to quickly catch up so you can talk about a show.
 

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I wouldn't put Agent Carter above The incredible Hulk (Bixby series) or Daredevil. It's better than Jessica Jones and on par with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 

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My opinions seem to be almost opposite of the other Josh (cue alternate universe spooky music). I think Daredevil is among the best of Marvel's productions (along with Guardians of the Galaxy and Jessica Jones), and would rank Agent Carter toward the bottom (though I do like it, and absolutely adore Hayley Atwell).
I agree with you. For me, so far it's:

1) Daredevil
2) Jessica Jones
3) Marvel's Agent Carter
4) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

...where "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones" are absolutely phenomenal, and "Agent Carter" has a lot to recommend it. "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." I could honestly take or leave, but it's perfectly watchable for what it is.
 

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So what I'm getting from this is that I should give Daredevil another try. I've respected and agreed with other Josh and Adam's opinions for too long to just ignore their praise for the show.
 

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It's not that Agent Carter doesn't look good and have appealing actors for me...it just doesn't excite me. I get more enjoyment from Arrow or Superstore than AC. The same holds true for Agent of SHIELD.

I've started the first season of Daredevil and that's a fine show. I'll watch all of it, but I'm not in a rush and it certainly won't be binged like Grace and Frankie, for instance. None of the Marvel TV Universe is as fun as the movies. I'm not personally invested in it.

That being said, I haven't given up on the show and keep watching every week with the hope it hooks me. This season is vastly better than last year...I could not care less about what happened in Season 1.
 

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I noticed, at least for the next two weeks, that there will be two back-to-back episodes per week.

On one hand, as a fan.. YAY! On the other hand, networks love doing stuff like this when they're giving up on a show, and that's a shame if that's the reasoning.
 

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Well, they didn't allocate 10 weeks for 10 episodes, so this was always going to happen. The pilot was 2 episodes, and next week will be two, and two the week after, leaving the finale for March 1. Originally, they were going to start the season two weeks earlier (Jan. 5) but then the State of the Union speech made them reschedule. So, I wouldn't take it as giving up on the show.

Agents of SHIELD returns March 8.
 

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Daredevil, for me, was one of the most riveting series I've watched. I loved it. (Haven't had time to watch JJ, but it's on my to-do list.) But it's stylistically the polar opposite of Agent Carter. Carter is fun, light, family-friendly. DD is dark, bleak and terrifically violent. Carter has an optimistic hero set for positive change; DD is out for revenge at his core.
 

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And this week's Agent Carter was, aside with the nonsense of Peggy walking away from a through-and-through gut-wound with just bandages and aspiring, as fun as always.

Whitney Frost, I like. She's marvelously scary.
 

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Those were a couple of terrific episodes. I always knew Chadwick's days were numbered, but it was nice to see Dottie back in play, doing what she does. I think Peggy's injury from last week was a bit too much to be plausible. But with three episodes to go, the stage is really set for a great finale.

Let's just hope it's not a series finale.
 

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It's not that Agent Carter doesn't look good and have appealing actors for me...it just doesn't excite me. I get more enjoyment from Arrow or Superstore than AC. The same holds true for Agent of SHIELD.

My thoughts almost exactly (right down to Arrow and Superstore). I watched the first season and a half-ish of SHIELD and gave up on that. I watched the first season of AC, but didn't engage enough to come back for season two.
 

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