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

On 2019-05-23 at 8:20 AM, Wideleft said:

I'm 3 episodes in and it is fantastic.

 

 

 

I haven't watched it yet but if you're interested in diving deeper into this, you should check out Slava Malamud's episode by episode review/talk. He was a Russian hockey/sports writer based out of Buffalo (I think). He really dives deep into the show. 

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud

 

 

https://deadline.com/2019/06/punky-brewster-reboot-sequel-soleil-moon-frye-star-ucp-1202626648/

what's the point of bringing shows to netflix if you're going to just cancel them after a season or two

https://tvline.com/2019/06/06/lucifer-renewed-season-5-final-episodes-netflix/

25 minutes ago, iHeart said:

what's the point of bringing shows to netflix if you're going to just cancel them after a season or two

https://tvline.com/2019/06/06/lucifer-renewed-season-5-final-episodes-netflix/

Well, if they don't draw the views, you drop them. 

Swamp Th ing is already cancelled after 1 episode.... 

12 hours ago, Brandon said:

Swamp Th ing is already cancelled after 1 episode.... 

and apparently it's because of an accounting error 

 

man they must really want it to work I mean this teaser, they used the promotional dolls (I would know, I actually did have a Brandon doll)

 

oh well, Veronica Mars is being revived on Hulu anyway, 

https://tvline.com/2019/06/07/the-good-place-ending-final-season-4/

it's been about a year but we finally have an update on the daria spinoff

https://tvline.com/2019/06/13/daria-spinoff-tracee-ellis-ross-jodie-mtv/

https://variety.com/2019/music/columns/why-did-martin-scorsese-prank-his-audience-in-rolling-thunder-revue-1203243856/

BTW Whose Line returns tonight on the CW

 

Whoa! I did not expect HER to come back

https://tvline.com/2019/06/17/beverly-hills-90210-revival-christine-elise-cast-emily-valentine/

Edited June 17, 20196 yr by iHeart

 

Saw this the other night- it was good. Using the vast amount of footage, Antoine Fuqua was able to have Ali narrate his own documentary- giving quite a powerful angle to his life's story. It was executive produce by Lebron and narrated by Muhammad Ali.

 

Here is a comprehensive review:

https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/whats-my-name-muhammad-ali-review-1203198673/

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Comprised of old photos and film, TV, and radio clips, Fuqua’s project (executive-produced by LeBron James) does its best to approximate an autobiographical authorship, allowing “the greatest” to be his own storyteller. That approach, along with a narrative focus that remains almost exclusively on his public career — don’t go looking for insights into his family life, for example — means that “What’s My Name” is relatively short on outsider perspectives and, thus, a larger analysis of Ali’s place in history. 

 

Watched an excellent documentary on the  Red Wings "The Russian Five" the other night, compliments another excellent documentary "Red Army" which came out in 2014.  How I wish hockey would return to this style of play, it was so much more entertaining than the "talent not required" style they play now.

 

 

 

Edited June 19, 20196 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

netflix has dropped the final trailer for stranger things season 3

 

SO it seems that they're rebooting the New Scooby Doo movies, the trailer here shows an ish of a lineup (I'm sure it'll make it's way to Teletoon eventually it normally does)

but who else was added that wasn't shown in the trailer

https://tvline.com/2019/06/23/family-matters-revival-steve-urkel-jaleel-white-scooby-doo-photo/

well, has this ever happened before? a show that was on Netflix later ends up on regular tv after being cancelled?

https://tvline.com/2019/06/27/one-day-at-a-time-season-4-renewed-pop-tv/

 

It's going to be on the US network that has been airing $chitt's Creek, but the show will get to air on regular CBS eventually

 

https://tvline.com/2019/07/01/divorce-cancelled-season-4-ending-hbo/

not because of ratings but they're making it sound like scheduling conflicts

https://tvline.com/2019/07/05/star-tv-movie-lee-daniels-fox/

Well, the bite from the show's teeth were starting to get dull

https://tvline.com/2019/07/11/how-to-get-away-with-murder-cancelled-season-7-final-episodes/

 

Again?

https://tvline.com/2019/07/11/flintstones-reboot-adult-animated-comedy-series/

Edited July 11, 20196 yr by iHeart

 

Stranger Things 3 was excellent.

I have some breaking news to share: Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara have been nominated for Lead acting Categories for $chitts Creek the rest of the nominations are soon to follow

 

UPDATE: SC has a comedy series nomination

https://tvline.com/2019/07/16/2019-emmy-nominations-list-awards/

and SNL got a ton of nominations for the guest hosts, Adam Sandler is one of them

HOLY CRAP CARMEN IS NOMINATED TOO (Hey it may not matter much to most of you but it matters to me, I'd rather be part of a fandom that doesn't complain because of too many women or whining about skin colour)

https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/71st-nominations-list-v1.pdf

Edited July 16, 20196 yr by iHeart

https://www.newsarama.com/46096-marvel-s-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-to-end-with-season-7.html?fbclid=IwAR0NHTISAJ7L4fnjfOLh7QD1qt5fPYSJTEH7jupGmueRO-dHOeVkblE56gI

another day another revival announcement

https://tvline.com/2019/07/18/nash-bridges-revival-don-johnson-returning-usa/

Edited July 18, 20196 yr by iHeart

https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-orville-moves-hulu-fox-season-3-2020-comic-con-seth-macfarlane-1202649836/

and

and

 

Edited July 20, 20196 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Burt Ward will appear on an episode of arrow next season and the simpsons will release season 19 on dvd

And archer is getting an 11TH season on FXX

Edited July 20, 20196 yr by iHeart