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, 20187 yr by The Unknown Poster

15 hours ago, iHeart said:

Hardwick will return to talking dead because I guess they found nothing

https://tvline.com/2018/07/25/chris-hardwick-returning-amc-investigation-complete/

and a Frasier reboot is in development stages

I don't know I feel that they shouldn't touch this one. I have a philosophy that only shows that didn't have the most agreeable endings (like say Roseanne and Will and Grace) should get revivals while shows that had decent endings like Once and Glee (yeah I thought the show had a good ending, in fact I actually wish Glee had predicted the outcome of the 2016 election)

https://tvline.com/2018/07/25/frasier-revival-kelsey-grammer-reboot-cbs/

A reboot?  Thats weird wording.  More like a spin-off/sequel/continuation.  The show was brilliant and Grammer is a tremendous actor so I'd tune in.

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Remember that one for later....wink wink

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

A reboot?  Thats weird wording.  More like a spin-off/sequel/continuation.  The show was brilliant and Grammer is a tremendous actor so I'd tune in.

Agreed. It seems that "reboot" has lost it's original meaning and is just a blanket term now, which I actually find quite annoying.

19 minutes ago, StevetheClub said:

Agreed. It seems that "reboot" has lost it's original meaning and is just a blanket term now, which I actually find quite annoying.

Revival would be a better word for continuing a show with the same characters years later.  Roseanne was a revival.  Fraser would be a revival.  Reboot would be like if they re-cast Fraser and he had just left Boston

https://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-to-premiere-in-first-half-of-2019/

28 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Revival would be a better word for continuing a show with the same characters years later.  Roseanne was a revival.  Fraser would be a revival.  Reboot would be like if they re-cast Fraser and he had just left Boston

From reading the story it sounds more like a sequel with Frasier moving to Chicago and leaving the others behind.

5 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

From reading the story it sounds more like a sequel with Frasier moving to Chicago and leaving the others behind.

How about "Cheers" goes bankrupt and Fraser buys it to save it from the wrecking ball and moves back to Boston.  Full circle!  You could have the original Cheers gang plus new young goofy bar regulars.

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

How about "Cheers" goes bankrupt and Fraser buys it to save it from the wrecking ball and moves back to Boston.  Full circle!  You could have the original Cheers gang plus new young goofy bar regulars.

Trademark this now!

 

43 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

How about "Cheers" goes bankrupt and Fraser buys it to save it from the wrecking ball and moves back to Boston.  Full circle!  You could have the original Cheers gang plus new young goofy bar regulars.

Without a laugh track the show may seem really weird.

He could also move back because his son is in graduate school but a screw up and Lillith blames him.  They tease getting back together multiple times. 

They could call it "Cheers, Fraser"

48 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

How about "Cheers" goes bankrupt and Fraser buys it to save it from the wrecking ball and moves back to Boston.  Full circle!  You could have the original Cheers gang plus new young goofy bar regulars.

that would sound like a good idea, but I don't know how many of them would want to do it? I mean isn't Ratzenburger living off Pixar royalties these days? 

1 minute ago, iHeart said:

that would sound like a good idea, but I don't know how many of them would want to do it? I mean isn't Ratzenburger living off Pixar royalties these days? 

I would make it a 12-15 episode season, premium TV on CBS All Access.  More money, less work.   Cameos all around.

From a Reddit user...

‘Frasier’ Reboot Being Explored By Kelsey Grammer & CBS TV Studios by Somali_Pir8 in television

[–]nomefish 66 points 23 hours ago* 

I always liked the idea of Frasier going back to Boston for a tenure position as a professor at Harvard. When he gets there, he learns that Niles is also up for the job. They end up both getting hired, but they’re constantly competing as teachers for the tenure position. Meanwhile, Frasier reconnects with Lilith and Frederick. And, since they’re right across the river from Boston, it allows for the occasional visit from Ted Danson and co. from Cheers.

EDIT: it could even be insinuated that neither of them were too enthusiastic about the position or were necessarily going to accept it, until they learned the other was also in the running, so they both essentially take the job and try to excel at it solely because they want to be better at it than the other.

Edited July 26, 20187 yr by Jimmy Pop

4 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

He could also move back because his son is in graduate school but a screw up and Lillith blames him.  They tease getting back together multiple times. 

They could call it "Cheers, Fraser"

Lilith is too busy driving Frank Reagan crazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/altered-carbon-renewed-season-2-new-star-anthony-mackie-1130243

New Flight of the Conchords HBO special dropping October 6.  Can't wait!! 

https://deadline.com/2018/07/camping-premiere-date-hbo-jennifer-garner-david-tennant-juliette-lewis-1202433229/

 

https://tvline.com/2018/07/27/kenya-barris-leaving-abc-netflix-black-ish/

another ABC showrunner is jumping to netflix

OITNB new season dropped on Friday. It’s not good. I’m three episodes in. The first episode was awful.   The subsequent ones have had moments of quality. 

They still get too cute, force too much unfunny humour and it’s actuallt quite boring. 

AMC renews Saul and Fear

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

AMC renews Saul and Fear

Saul is half year late.

 

Edited July 29, 20187 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

https://tvline.com/2018/07/29/arrested-development-cancelled-season-6-netflix/

https://tvline.com/2018/07/29/gilmore-girls-netflix-exec-offers-update-on-potential-second-revival/

https://tvline.com/2018/07/29/stranger-things-season-3-premiere-date-summer-2019/

https://tvline.com/2018/07/29/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-netflix-premiere-date-season-1/

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/24-prequel-series-works-fox-233057128.html

Anyone that has not watched Succession has got to give it a go, equal to Billions and Saul and better than Ozark imo.  Cut-throat family dysfunction at it's finest.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/alf-tv-reboot-works-at-warner-bros-1131450

 

I had seen a few episodes of the show back when Family Channel aired it, and of course I do have a philosophy that any show that didn't have a good ending should be allowed to get rebooted (and people weren't happy with the original ending of this show, and they hated the follow up movie even more)

20 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/alf-tv-reboot-works-at-warner-bros-1131450

 

I had seen a few episodes of the show back when Family Channel aired it, and of course I do have a philosophy that any show that didn't have a good ending should be allowed to get rebooted (and people weren't happy with the original ending of this show, and they hated the follow up movie even more)

Wasnt the finale filmed without knowing if they'd be renewed so they filmed a cliffhanger and got screwed?

I dont think Alf holds up today but I suspect a 2018 version would be more TV14 than Rated G.