Second season of Orange is the New Black launched today.

 

Anyone else into this?

 

I have to admit to being a bit of a TV/movie-phile.  I generally buy Blu-Rays when there's a movie I want to see rather than just watching it on PPV or In-demand (I like to collect).

 

Premium TV has really been leading a creative resurgence in recent years, probably dating back to The Sopranos.  Its nice that Netflix has become a legitimate competitor for HBO (which puts out some really great shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood etc).

 

House of Cards was tremendous.

 

While cable channels like AMC are getting in on the act, I annoys me a bit.  The Walking Dead would be so much better on Netflix or HBO where they could truly appeal to adults (HBO passed on The Walking Dead when Thomas Jane was attached).

 

As for Orange, it took me a few episodes to get into last season but Im looking forward to banging out a few episodes tonight.

 

As an aside, for you Trekies, it was recently the 20th anniversary of the finale of TNG, one of the best Series' Finales in TV history.

Edited February 5, 20188 yr by The Unknown Poster

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obama-first-guest-david-letterman-netflix-talk-show

http://tvline.com/2018/01/05/kiernan-shipka-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-netflix-reboot/

http://tvline.com/2018/01/05/american-horror-story-season-8-future-spoilers/

On 9/18/2017 at 12:07 PM, iHeart said:

 

 

I agree with you 100%, SNL had it's best season in a long time and Handmaid's Tale's wins were so deserved, (still I wonder why the cameras didn't pan to Margaret Atwood whenever a winner thanked her....maybe they were saving her appearance as a surprise or something, also I have a feeling that Air Farce will spoof it when they do their NYE special)

 

Colbert was pretty entertaining, and I loved the digs that Baldwin and the cast of 9to5 did towards Trump...brilliant

 

Called it

Did anyone have any doubt about this at all?

http://www.tvguide.com/g00/news/young-sheldon-renewed-season-2/?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw%3D%3D&i10c.ua=1

they should have called it FOX OG

https://www.cbr.com/fox-tv-new-name-post-disney/?utm_source=CBR-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=CBR-FB-P&view=list

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

Did anyone have any doubt about this at all?

http://www.tvguide.com/g00/news/young-sheldon-renewed-season-2/?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw%3D%3D&i10c.ua=1

Thought they announced that earlier.

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Thought they announced that earlier.

no that was a back nine order

WHO WANTS TO SEE PICS FROM THE ROSEANNE REVIVAL?

http://tvline.com/2018/01/06/roseanne-season-10-premiere-photos-both-beckys-abc-2018-revival/

 

Speaking of which

http://tvline.com/2018/01/06/big-bang-theory-ending-final-season-12-johnny-galecki/

http://tvline.com/2018/01/06/jesus-christ-superstar-sara-bareilles-mary-magdalene/

I worry that Roseanne will try to cover so much territory that what made it great  (the banter between each of the adults) and the smaller stuff will be over looked.   

 

21 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I worry that Roseanne will try to cover so much territory that what made it great  (the banter between each of the adults) and the smaller stuff will be over looked.   

 

They;ve already killed off an entire season ala Dallas so can it get any worse?

17 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

They;ve already killed off an entire season ala Dallas so can it get any worse?

Yeah. But it was the worst season. It’s unique because the final episode showed us the last season never happened and reality was different. This new season shows is that both the season and the final episode were not true. So it’s a double “Dallas”. 

Mayans MC (Sons of Anarchy Spinoff) gets a series order.  10 episodes.

I think I missed this when it was first revealed in December but saw it today as Jenna Fischer says she knows nothing about it. 

http://tvline.com/2017/12/18/the-office-revival-nbc-2018-new-cast/

I think I may have posted that I can't remember, but from the whispers I heard about it, it's that Carell won't be involved

15 minutes ago, iHeart said:

I think I may have posted that I can't remember, but from the whispers I heard about it, it's that Carell won't be involved

Correct. Or so they say now. Mix of new and old faces and searching for a new manager for the office. I’d suspect many of the background players to be the old faces returning. It’s the leads they’d switch up. 

Just now, The Unknown Poster said:

Correct. Or so they say now. Mix of new and old faces and searching for a new manager for the office. I’d suspect many of the background players to be the old faces returning. It’s the leads they’d switch up. 

well I can't exactly see Mindy Kaling returning (even though the Mindy Project has wrapped)

Oh by the way Game tv in Canada is airing UK Whose Line

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/09/its-just-realistic-in-shows-reboot-roseanne-will-be-a-trump-supporter

 

28 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/09/its-just-realistic-in-shows-reboot-roseanne-will-be-a-trump-supporter

 

Hmmmm.  Roseanne knows the character far better than me, but I wonder if its true to the character.  Weren't they sort of hippies?  Barr says its realistic because the working class voted for Trump.  Okay, but if they play realistically she's either batshit crazy, a racist or very sorry she voted that way.  But in the interest of creating drama, it should be fun to watch.

3 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Hmmmm.  Roseanne knows the character far better than me, but I wonder if its true to the character.  Weren't they sort of hippies?  Barr says its realistic because the working class voted for Trump.  Okay, but if they play realistically she's either batshit crazy, a racist or very sorry she voted that way.  But in the interest of creating drama, it should be fun to watch.

It's something they could definetly drive a couple eps of the season.

On December 26, 2017 at 5:37 PM, The Unknown Poster said:

Also watching season 2 of The Crown on Netflix. Very well done series. Many of us have British roots and it’s a nice touch of “home”. 

I watched Peaky Blinders which I thoroughly enjoyed. It's set in Birmingham  England which is where my some of my roots are from so it was cool to watch from that perspective. 

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/snowpiercer-series-tnt-1202659495/

Finally! (what? the show should have ended the same year as most of the shows that premiered in 2009)

http://www.tvguide.com/news/modern-family-showrunners-on-series-finale/

Edited January 10, 20188 yr by iHeart