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

oh well, to be honest I didn't expect it to last this long

http://tvline.com/2018/04/02/crazy-ex-girlfriend-ending-season-4-renewed-the-cw-rachel-bloom/

GEEZ the CW won't say no to anything, I mean sure it was announced that Crazy Ex and Jane will end though next year. I'm surprised they are renewing Dynasty even though it's ratings poison, but then again I think the CW cares more about telling a story than about ratings

http://tvline.com/2018/04/02/arrow-renewed-season-7-flash-season-5/

Edited April 2, 20187 yr by iHeart

29 minutes ago, iHeart said:

GEEZ the CW won't say no to anything, I mean sure it was announced that Crazy Ex and Jane will end though next year. I'm surprised they are renewing Dynasty even though it's ratings poison, but then again I think the CW cares more about telling a story than about ratings

http://tvline.com/2018/04/02/arrow-renewed-season-7-flash-season-5/

Not really surprised about both.

I think we all may have called this

http://tvline.com/2018/04/04/roseanne-ratings-episode-3/

at least it's ending on it's own terms

http://tvline.com/2018/04/04/shades-of-blue-cancelled-season-4-nbc-jennifer-lopez/

oh yeah and American Crime story won't focus on the Lewinsky scandal after all

http://tvline.com/2018/04/04/american-horror-story-cast-joan-collins-season-8/

Edited April 4, 20187 yr by iHeart

Disappointed they dropped the Lewisnki/Clinton story.  I would looking forward to that.  If they wanted to be fair to Lewinski, they could have brought her on as a consultant.  I guess maybe she didnt want to take part.

Crime Story has been a bit troubled.  I hope it continues.  The first two seasons were great.  Katrina is next.  There are plenty of crimes they could cover.  Casey Anthony would be an interesting one.

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Disappointed they dropped the Lewisnki/Clinton story.  I would looking forward to that.  If they wanted to be fair to Lewinski, they could have brought her on as a consultant.  I guess maybe she didnt want to take part.

Crime Story has been a bit troubled.  I hope it continues.  The first two seasons were great.  Katrina is next.  There are plenty of crimes they could cover.  Casey Anthony would be an interesting one.

Lewinsky has become a victim all of a sudden and the producer seemed to want to take the story her way. Surprised she not taking the cash.

tv guide reports that Tonya Harding will be competing the on Athletes edition of DWTS....yeah there are going to be some angry bitter people out there (and then I tell them that Kerrigan was no Ice princess herself since she wasn't very nice to the person that ultimately did win gold in that event)

http://www.tvguide.com/news/tonya-harding-adam-rippon-jamie-anderson-join-dancing-with-the-stars-season-26/

20 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Lewinsky has become a victim all of a sudden and the producer seemed to want to take the story her way. Surprised she not taking the cash.

Well she was a victim in a way.  Consensual but major power disparity between her as an intern and Clinton as the President.

17 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Well she was a victim in a way.  Consensual but major power disparity between her as an intern and Clinton as the President.

Yeah but she started it.

2 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Yeah but she started it.

Im not sure "she started it" will work if I get caught nailing my subordinates in my office.

13 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Im not sure "she started it" will work if I get caught nailing my subordinates in my office.

Well actually it was the cigar that was doing the nailing.

5 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Well actually it was the cigar that was doing the nailing.

Nails dont nail.  Hammers nail.  Bill was the hammer.  lol

well this news kind of sucks (pun intended)

http://tvline.com/2018/04/06/everything-sucks-cancelled-netflix-no-season-2/

Edited April 6, 20187 yr by iHeart

and more streaming cancellations

http://tvline.com/2018/04/06/mozart-in-the-jungle-cancelled-amazon-no-season-5/

Netflix is buying a billboard company and increasing their marketing budget for original programming by $2billion. 

Fierce completion. just wait til Disney launches. 

8 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Netflix is buying a billboard company and increasing their marketing budget for original programming by $2billion. 

Fierce completion. just wait til Disney launches. 

I was just thinking about the inherit advantage that network TVs have over Netlix and streaming services in terms of advertising. Unless I'm in Netflix, I'm not seeing their product. 

13 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Netflix is buying a billboard company and increasing their marketing budget for original programming by $2billion. 

Fierce completion. just wait til Disney launches. 

Just wait till Disney buys Netflix.

8 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Just wait till Disney buys Netflix.

They did try but looks like they're building their own. Disney might buy Sky News, which could eat up their capital. 

9 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Just wait till Disney buys Netflix.

At $100 billion valuation, not sure they could afford it. 

besides why would Disney want to own netflix, I mean most of the original content isn't exactly family friendly, but then again......

Just now, iHeart said:

besides why would Disney want to own netflix, I mean most of the original content isn't exactly family friendly, but then again......

They own lots of non-family content but they do sanitize lots of what they buy. 

19 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

At $100 billion valuation, not sure they could afford it. 

If Netflix was valued at 100b it would have been sold quick. NF is about 200+ now so I hear.

Makes me realize what a bargain Disney got  lucasfilm for. 

Edited April 7, 20187 yr by The Unknown Poster

Netflix is valued at 100 bn....  it also carries a lot of debt and is nowhere near generating revenue.    I don't see a tonne of companies wanting to buy into that. 

It makes way more sense for Disney to go on their own.  

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Netflix is valued at 100 bn....  it also carries a lot of debt and is nowhere near generating revenue.    I don't see a tonne of companies wanting to buy into that. 

It makes way more sense for Disney to go on their own.  

Netflix spends a lot but is seen in a very positive light.  They are spending a lot now to increase original programming. And they keep increasing subscriptions too, in a market with a huge upside. 

At 100 million subs paying $10 a month, there revenue is ridiculous.