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  • The 7 Most Depressing TV Shows Ever

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    Television certainly isn’t canned laughter, positive life lessons, hug-filled very special episodes, and happy, sappy-scored endings all the time. It seems like the small screen has gotten increasingly darker over the years, and the storm clouds don’t appear to be lifting any time soon. Call it a quest for schadenfreude, call it high-brow, or call it art imitating the awful realities of life, but many shows tend to leave us down in the dumps, and we don’t even mind the pain. Need proof? Here are 7 terribly depressing TV shows that make us want to curl into the fetal position and shed tears of hopelessness.

  • New ‘True Detective’ Season 2 Teasers, Details on First Two Episodes

    HBO is now entering the heavy promotion stage for “True Detective” Season 2, which stars Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, and Taylor Kitsch and premieres June 21. The network recently shared two new teasers, even letting some of the high-profile cast occasionally speak instead of just looking menacing or depressed:


    HBO also issued materials with more details on what will happen in the first two episodes, which air in June, listing more cast members and guest stars.

    WHAT’S THE SHOW ABOUT?

    A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal in the scorched landscapes of California in “True Detective.”

    Colin Farrell plays Ray Velcoro, a troubled detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him. Vince Vaughn portrays Frank Semyon, a criminal and entrepreneur in danger of losing his empire when his move into legitimate enterprise is upended by the murder of a business partner. Rachel McAdams plays Ani Bezzerides, a sheriff’s detective whose uncompromising ethics put her at odds with others and the system she serves. Taylor Kitsch portrays Paul Woodrugh, a war veteran and a highway patrol motorcycle officer, running from a difficult past and the sudden glare of a scandal that never happened.

    MORE CAST MEMBERS & GUEST STARS

    The cast also includes Kelly Reilly (“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”) as Jordan Semyon, Frank’s wife, a former D-list actress who is a full partner in his enterprises and ambitions; Christopher James Baker (“Gotham”) as Blake Churchman; Afemo Omilami (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”) as Police Chief Holloway; Chris Kerson (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) as Nails; and James Frain (HBO’s “True Blood”) as Lt. Kevin Burris.

    Among the guest stars this season are Lolita Davidovich (“Raising Cain”), W. Earl Brown (HBO’s “Deadwood”), David Morse (HBO’s “Treme”) and Rick Springfield (“Hard to Hold”).

    EPISODE 1

    Title: “The Western Book of the Dead”

    Written by: Nic Pizzolatto; directed by Justin Lin.

    Debut: Sunday, June 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

    Synopsis: “The disappearance of a city manager disrupts a lucrative land scheme and ignites an investigation involving three police officers and a career criminal who is moving into legitimate business.”

    EPISODE 2

    Title: “Night Finds You”

    Debut: Sunday, June 28 (9 to 10 p.m.)

    Written by: Nic Pizzolatto; directed by Justin Lin.

    No synopsis details yet for Episode 2, but what do you think so far?

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  • ‘True Detective’ Season 2: See 4 Posters, Read New Details

    Who says summer belongs to the blockbusters? HBO has us pumped to sit at home on June 21 for the premiere of “True Detective” Season 2. The second round is set in Los Angeles and follows three cops (played by Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdam) and a criminal (Vince Vaughn). All four characters are featured from the noses down in these new posters:


    Not sure why we’re being denied eye access but, as each image repeats, “WE GET THE WORLD WE DESERVE.” That could be good. That could be bad. Guessing bad, for now. “True Detective” creator and showrunner Nic Pizzolatto did a little Q&A with HBO, and even though we don’t learn many hard facts about Season 2, here are some excerpts:

    HBO: Is there a relationship between the story of season two and the story of season one, or any connection between the seasons?
    There’s no relationship between the stories or characters, which was the result of fully committing to something new, but I do think that the seasons have a deep, close bond in sensibility and vision, a similar soul, though this is a more complex world and field of characters.

    HBO: Earlier last year, you said that this season was about ‘Bad men, hard women and the secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system.’ Is that still true?
    It’s not, I’m afraid. There’s definitely bad men and hard women, but no secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system. That was a comment from very early in the process, and something I ended up discarding in favor of closer character work and a more grounded crime story. The complexity of the historical conspiracy first conceived detracted from the characters and their reality, I felt, and those characters are ultimately what have to shape the world and story. So I moved away from that.

    HBO: What’s that music on the trailer? Where’d it come from?
    That’s one of several original songs developed with T-Bone Burnett, as original music plays a much greater role this season. The reasons for that are probably best explained by seeing the show, but these songs will be revealed in full at a later date.

    Watch the teaser again below. The music alone is reason enough to watch this show.

  • ‘True Detective’ Season 2 Has a Trailer and a Release Date (VIDEO)

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    HBO dropped the first trailer for the second season of “True Detective” on Thursday, and also revealed when new episodes of the critically-acclaimed series are set to debut.

    The wordless teaser features our first glimpses of Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Kelly Reilly in character, and from the looks of it, everyone is absolutely miserable. Several characters burst into tears throughout the short clip, Farrell — who sports a pretty spectacular mustache — puts on some brass knuckles, and Kitsch appears to be suffering some sort of mental breakdown.

    That seems about right for the dark series, which this season features a corrupt police department (led by Farrell, McAdams, and Kitsch) teaming up with a floundering mob boss (Vaughn) to solve a murder. Based on this first clip, that task won’t be easy on anyone — least of all on the involved parties’ psyches.

    “True Detective” season two is slated to premiere on June 21 on HBO.

    Photo credit: YouTube

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  • Here Are Your People’s Choice Awards Winners!


    Ah, the People’s Choice Awards… The place where “Pretty Little Liars” can beat out “True Detective” and old guys like me learns that there are pop bands called One Direction and One Republic. If you voted, then hopefully your choices are represented here (unless you voted for “Maleficent” as “Favorite Movie” – what’s up with that?), and if you voted but don’t see your favorites, well, we apologize. There’s always next year.

    Anyway – the full list of winners below (via Entertainment Weekly)!

    Favorite Movie
    22 Jump Street
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    Winner: Maleficent
    X-Men: Days of Future Past

    Favorite Movie Actor
    Brad Pitt
    Channing Tatum
    Hugh Jackman
    Mark Wahlberg
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr.

    Favorite Movie Actress
    Angelina Jolie
    Emma Stone
    Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
    Melissa McCarthy
    Scarlett Johansson

    Favorite Movie Duo
    Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
    Chris Evans & Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
    Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum (22 Jump Street)
    Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars)
    Winner: Shailene Woodley & Theo James (Divergent)

    Favorite Action Movie
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Winner: Divergent
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    X-Men: Days of Future Past

    Favorite Action Movie Actor
    Winner: Chris Evans
    Denzel Washington
    Hugh Jackman
    Liam Neeson
    Mark Wahlberg

    Favorite Action Movie Actress
    Angelina Jolie
    Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
    Scarlett Johansson
    Shailene Woodley
    Zoe Saldana

    Favorite Comedic Movie
    Winner: 22 Jump Street
    Blended
    Let’s Be Cops
    Neighbors
    The Other Woman

    Favorite Comedic Movie Actor
    Winner: Adam Sandler
    Channing Tatum
    Jonah Hill
    Seth Rogen
    Zac Efron

    Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
    Cameron Diaz
    Charlize Theron
    Drew Barrymore
    Winner: Melissa McCarthy
    Tina Fey

    Favorite Dramatic Movie
    Winner: The Fault in Our Stars
    The Giver
    Heaven Is for Real
    If I Stay
    Noah

    Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor
    Ben Affleck
    Brad Pitt
    George Clooney
    Matt Damon
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr.

    Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress
    Winner: Chloë Grace Moretz
    Emma Stone
    Meryl Streep
    Reese Witherspoon
    Shailene Woodley

    Favorite Family Movie
    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    The LEGO Movie
    Winner: Maleficent
    Rio 2

    Favorite Thriller Movie
    Annabelle
    Dracula Untold
    The Equalizer
    Winner: Gone Girl
    The Purge: Anarchy

    Favorite TV Show
    Winner: The Big Bang Theory
    Game Of Thrones
    NCIS
    Once Upon a Time
    The Walking Dead

    Favorite Network TV Comedy
    2 Broke Girls
    Winner: The Big Bang Theory
    Modern Family
    Mom
    New Girl

    Favorite Comedic TV Actor
    Ashton Kutcher
    Winner: Chris Colfer
    Jesse Tyler Ferguson
    Jim Parsons
    Ty Burrell

    Favorite Comedic TV Actress
    Amy Poehler
    Winner: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting
    Melissa McCarthy
    Sofia Vergara
    Zooey Deschanel

    Favorite Network TV Drama
    Chicago Fire
    Downton Abbey
    Winner: Grey’s Anatomy
    Revenge
    Scandal

    Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
    Dax Shephard
    Jesse Williams
    Justin Chambers
    Winner: Patrick Dempsey
    Taylor Kinney

    Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
    Alyssa Milano
    Winner: Ellen Pompeo
    Emily VanCamp
    Hayden Panettiere
    Kerry Washington

    Favorite Cable TV Comedy
    Baby Daddy
    Cougar Town
    Faking It
    Winner: Melissa & Joey
    Young & Hungry

    Favorite Cable TV Drama
    Bates Motel
    Winner: Pretty Little Liars
    Rizzoli & Isles
    Sons of Anarchy
    True Detective

    Favorite Cable TV Actor
    Charlie Hunnam
    Eric Dane
    Winner: Matt Bomer
    Sean Bean
    William H. Macy

    Favorite Cable TV Actress
    Winner: Angie Harmon
    Ashley Benson
    Courteney Cox
    Kristen Bell
    Lucy Hale

    Favorite TV Crime Drama
    Bones
    Winner: Castle
    Criminal Minds
    The Mentalist
    NCIS

    Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor
    David Boreanaz
    Kevin Bacon
    Winner: Nathan Fillion
    Shemar Moore
    Simon Baker

    Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress
    Emily Deschanel
    Lucy Liu
    Mariska Hargitay
    Robin Tunney
    Winner: Stana Katic

    Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
    Winner: Beauty and the Beast
    Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    Once Upon a Time
    Supernatural
    The Vampire Diaries

    Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
    American Horror Story
    Doctor Who
    Game of Thrones
    Winner: Outlander
    The Walking Dead

    Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
    Ian Somerhalder
    Jared Padalecki
    Jensen Ackles
    Winner: Misha Collins
    Paul Wesley

    Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress
    Ginnifer Goodwin
    Jennifer Morrison
    Jessica Lange
    Winner: Kristin Kreuk
    Nina Dobrev

    Favorite Competition TV Show
    America’s Got Talent
    Dancing with the Stars
    Hell’s Kitchen
    MasterChef
    Winner: The Voice

    Favorite Daytime TV Host(s)
    Winner: Ellen DeGeneres
    Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan
    Queen Latifah
    Rachael Ray
    Steve Harvey

    Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host
    Conan O’Brien
    Craig Ferguson
    David Letterman
    Winner: Jimmy Fallon
    Jimmy Kimmel

    Favorite Dramedy
    Awkward.
    Winner: Orange Is the New Black
    Shameless
    Suits
    White Collar

    Favorite TV Icon
    Winner: Betty White
    Katey Sagal
    Mark Harmon
    Tim Allen
    Tom Selleck

    Favorite TV Duo
    David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel (Bones)
    Ginnifer Goodwin & Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time)
    Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles (Supernatural)
    Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic (Castle)
    Winner: Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries)

    Favorite TV Character We Miss Most
    Winner: Dr. Cristina Yang played by Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)
    Dr. Lance Sweets played by John Francis Daley (Bones)
    Hershel Greene played by Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead)
    Leslie Shay played by Lauren German (Chicago Fire)
    Neal Cassidy played by Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time)

    Favorite Actor In A New TV Series
    Ben McKenzie
    Winner: David Tennant
    Dylan McDermott
    Laurence Fishburne
    Scott Bakula

    Favorite Actress In A New TV Series
    Debra Messing
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    Octavia Spencer
    Téa Leoni
    Winner: Viola Davis

    Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show
    Drunk History
    Inside Amy Schumer
    Key & Peele
    Kroll Show
    Winner: Saturday Night Live

    Favorite Animated TV Show
    American Dad
    Bob’s Burger
    Family Guy
    Winner: The Simpsons
    South Park

    Favorite New TV Comedy
    black-ish
    Cristela
    Winner: Jane the Virgin
    Marry Me
    The McCarthys

    Favorite New TV Drama
    Constantine
    Winner: The Flash
    Forever
    Gotham
    How to Get Away with Murder

    Favorite Male Artist
    Blake Shelton
    Winner: Ed Sheeran
    John Legend
    Pharrell Williams
    Sam Smith

    Favorite Female Artist
    Beyoncé
    Iggy Azalea
    Katy Perry
    Sia
    Winner: Taylor Swift

    Favorite Group
    Coldplay
    Imagine Dragons
    Winner: Maroon 5
    One Direction
    OneRepublic

    Favorite Breakout Artist
    Winner: 5 Seconds of Summer
    Charli XCX
    Fifth Harmony
    Meghan Trainor
    Sam Smith

    Favorite Male Country Artist
    Blake Shelton
    Brad Paisley
    Winner: Hunter Hayes
    Luke Bryan
    Tim McGraw

    Favorite Female Country Artist
    Winner: Carrie Underwood
    Dolly Parton
    Faith Hill
    Lucy Hale
    Miranda Lambert

    Favorite Country Group
    The Band Perry
    Florida Georgia Line
    Winner: Lady Antebellum
    Rascal Flatts
    Zac Brown Band

    Favorite Pop Artist
    Beyoncé
    Jennifer Lopez
    Jessie J
    Sia
    Winner: Taylor Swift

    Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
    Drake
    Winner: Iggy Azalea
    Jay Z
    Nicki Manaj
    T.I.

    Favorite R&B Artist
    Chris Brown
    Jennifer Hudson
    John Legend
    Winner: Pharrell Williams
    Usher

    Favorite Album
    G I R L by Pharrell Williams
    Ghost Stories by Coldplay
    In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
    My Everything by Ariana Grande
    Winner: X by Ed Sheeran

    Favorite Song
    “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor
    “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
    “Maps” by Maroon 5
    Winner: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
    “Stay with Me” by Sam Smith

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