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

21 minutes ago, JCon said:

The people of Melmac will be crushed and I'm still sitting on all this ALF merchandise. 

In original box right?

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

In original box right?

The card packs are sealed still have the gum in them!

1 minute ago, JCon said:

The card packs are sealed still have the gum in them!

and Charmed (2018) is getting a full season order whether the 1998 purists like it or not

https://tvline.com/2018/11/08/charmed-full-season-order-legacies-all-american-more-episodes/

 

 but then again the CW can't say no to anything, but then again they won't give Supernatural a spin-off

Seeing all these TV series announcements, I went looking for an update on the Greatest American Hero reboot and was saddened to learn ABC declined after the pilot.  Its too bad as it seems timely and the lead, Hannah Simone, was great on New Girl.   The original series is one of my earliest TV memories.

4 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Seeing all these TV series announcements, I went looking for an update on the Greatest American Hero reboot and was saddened to learn ABC declined after the pilot.  Its too bad as it seems timely and the lead, Hannah Simone, was great on New Girl.   The original series is one of my earliest TV memories.

Tvline has a scorecard for revivals and reboots but i cant remember if i shared it

oh dear will this mean delays for the next season of West World? (I imagine that they already shot the next season of the Bachelor already)

https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-bachelor-mansion-westworld-wildfires/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+manual&utm_content=5be603651adf640001d485ea&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1LDc71terqIsuLJOi8y8_Dr-QbCb6AzQE96_1xPoreONzYw-ddUQs0LGY

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by iHeart

APRIL!

https://tvline.com/2018/11/13/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date-april-2019/

On 2018-11-08 at 8:13 PM, iHeart said:

Tvline has a scorecard for revivals and reboots but i cant remember if i shared it

The West Wing would be a timely revival.  I've read its being talked about and the idea was the current President calling upon Bartlet for advice.  I read they were having trouble making sense of using many of the other actors though.

It would be interesting if they made it a commentary on Trump with an alt right President in the White House.  Perhaps Sam Seaborn could be a Senator trying to keep the GOP President in check.  Multi-season arc with Seaborn running for President (maybe ends up as VP Candidate), the Dems win and they have a "new world" to try to fix.

I loved West Wing, even as a conservative.  Great show.  

https://tvline.com/2018/11/14/silicon-valley-final-season-6-premiere-delayed/

NBC has announced the first wave of performers of AGT Champions. 

https://tvline.com/2018/11/16/americas-got-talent-the-champions-cast-susan-boyle-full-list/

so yeah as you can see in the link Susan Boyle will be competing

 

https://tvline.com/2018/11/16/supergirl-jon-cryer-lex-luthor-season-4/#comment-list-wrapper

interesting considering he has played Luthor's newphew in Superman 4

Edited November 16, 20187 yr by iHeart

 

God I hope they keep the opening sequence with the moose

https://tvline.com/2018/11/20/northern-exposure-revival-cbs-rob-morrow/

also again I don't remember if I shared it but, the scorecard

https://tvline.com/gallery/tv-reboots-revivals-full-list-photos/#!1/24-legacy-pilot/

https://deadline.com/2018/11/sopranos-movie-alessandro-nivola-in-talks-new-line-1202505667/

Edited November 21, 20187 yr by iHeart

well, the Middle spin-off isn't going forward, but then again to be fair, didn't this only come to be because ABC desperately needed to fill that space because of the Roseanne fiasco, here's to hoping that it'll land at freeeform/ABC Spark

https://tvline.com/2018/11/21/the-middle-spinoff-cancelled-sue-heck-eden-sher-abc/

 

well next year I'll be able to have my usual summer viewing of Bombers, Whose line and ARC

https://www.ctv.ca/The-Amazing-Race-Canada/Articles/Latest/Season-7-Announcement-Casting?cid=ctv2018_112218_community_facebook_TARCS7Casting&fbclid=IwAR02ZNPdg2Mlfg9eJnDggrSXmeSsP6fBCw8ncm6X9PewLYEMd_f__1akixE

Anyone watching Survivor anymore?  I used to watch it avidly and then over the years would pop in every few seasons.  I watched the current season because Johnny Nitro (Mundo/Impact) was on.  And holy smokes is it entertaining.

Last night's tribal council was tremendous with multiple twists.

27 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Anyone watching Survivor anymore?  I used to watch it avidly and then over the years would pop in every few seasons.  I watched the current season because Johnny Nitro (Mundo/Impact) was on.  And holy smokes is it entertaining.

Last night's tribal council was tremendous with multiple twists.

This is one show my wife and I always watch.  Very entertaing season so far... last night's episode was great, showed how both the game and the players continue to evolve from season to season.

20 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

This is one show my wife and I always watch.  Very entertaing season so far... last night's episode was great, showed how both the game and the players continue to evolve from season to season.

I was literally cheering at my TV.  It was a pretty detailed plot that all had to come to fruition and the good guys did it.  

53 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I was literally cheering at my TV.  It was a pretty detailed plot that all had to come to fruition and the good guys did it.  

They really played it perfectly (as they did in the previous episode) to get everything they needed to go there way.  The other guys had no clue what just happened... again.

I don't know I think I'd rather that he run for president rather than do more tv

https://tvline.com/2018/11/26/judge-jerry-springer-courtroom-show-series-order-fall-2019/

 

SNL has announced their last hosts of the calendar year

 

Edited November 26, 20187 yr by iHeart

Julie Chen will remain as host though

https://tvline.com/2018/11/27/amazing-race-premiere-date-celebrity-big-brother-season-2/

55 minutes ago, iHeart said:

Julie Chen will remain as host though

https://tvline.com/2018/11/27/amazing-race-premiere-date-celebrity-big-brother-season-2/

Long time for my fave show.

TV updates.

The Walking Dead had its mid-season finale.  This season has been a vast improvement over the last 2-3.  I know many people were ready to check out (or did check out because ratings had fallen a lot).  But man...the mid-season finale death was a bit rough.  And the time jump after Rick's exit was a bit unrealistic.  But its back to being character-driven.

Can the Connors survive without Roseanne?  Its waaaay funnier without Roseanne.  Although they seem to have forgotten about the kids this year and the focus is on the adults.  A love interest for Darlene, pregnancy for Becky, Dan dealing with his wife's death.  But its really good.  I think Lecy Goranson (Becky) is highlight this season.  Not only does she seem a far better actor than she used to be, her character gets most of the funny lines.

Does anyone watch Blue Bloods?  Its quietly hit, what, 9 seasons?  And its still pretty good.  Its actually remarkably consistent in tone and quality.  

There's a new Star Trek Discovery ad out with Spock speaking...looks all action this season.

5 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

TV updates.

The Walking Dead had its mid-season finale.  This season has been a vast improvement over the last 2-3.  I know many people were ready to check out (or did check out because ratings had fallen a lot).  But man...the mid-season finale death was a bit rough.  And the time jump after Rick's exit was a bit unrealistic.  But its back to being character-driven.

Can the Connors survive without Roseanne?  Its waaaay funnier without Roseanne.  Although they seem to have forgotten about the kids this year and the focus is on the adults.  A love interest for Darlene, pregnancy for Becky, Dan dealing with his wife's death.  But its really good.  I think Lecy Goranson (Becky) is highlight this season.  Not only does she seem a far better actor than she used to be, her character gets most of the funny lines.

Does anyone watch Blue Bloods?  Its quietly hit, what, 9 seasons?  And its still pretty good.  Its actually remarkably consistent in tone and quality.  

There's a new Star Trek Discovery ad out with Spock speaking...looks all action this season.

I just not see a need for the time jump myself and a crap way to get rid of Maggie by not doing/showing anything.

18 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

I just not see a need for the time jump myself and a crap way to get rid of Maggie by not doing/showing anything.

To a degree I understand a time jump to show us beyond the struggle and show us an Alexandria that is thriving (since it was all but destroyed in the Negan war).  But it would have made more sense over the hiatus and a smaller jump (say 2 years).  But I guess they wanted Judith aged up.