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.

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it'll be worth watching the show for this on wednesday

 

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/25/23422663/doctor-who-disney-plus-bbc-streaming-announcement

This kind of makes me smile it's not fake, Netflix Carmen actually is coming to regular tv screens 

 

Edited October 26, 20223 yr by iHeart

anybody watched/watching "Welcome To Wrexham" on Disney+??  A buddy just tipped me off about it, and I'm about 8 or 9 eps deep so far. Essentially, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McLhenny (It's Always Sunny...) bought a very-low-tier soccer team in Wales, which had been shitty, and are trying to turn them (and the community in which they reside) around. It's a documentary, but it's really funny in that "Ryan Reynolds-y" way with a ton of heart.  My buddy described it as a real life Lasso, but it's not really that....though it has all the heart and unrelenting positivity of Lasso. 

Anyhow, recommendation from me on that one, fwiw...

 

 

I've seen an unending parade of promos during the season (FX will promote the hell out of their content when they are in season when they're not promoting Baileys or the same Hariboo gold bears ad....yeah shame on me for watching Hudson and Rex in the morning)

well I'm not surprised but at least I don't have to lose sleep over it anymore (which means they're leaving the death slot for nothing)

https://tvline.com/2022/10/26/nancy-drew-cancelled-ending-season-4-the-cw/

https://tvline.com/2022/10/27/girls5eva-renewed-season-3-netflix/

Edited October 27, 20223 yr by iHeart

So right now I am finally checking out The Surreal Life revival and I feel like it's missing something like it's missing some of the charm the OG series has (no tabloid for one thing) and they're not filming in the same house now (which is a shame because I liked the Glen Campbell estate)

Believe the hype.  Bad Sisters is really good.

 

So I watched The Crown for the first time today, kind of want to watch more of it though

13 hours ago, iHeart said:

So I watched The Crown for the first time today, kind of want to watch more of it though

Is it about dental work?

oh that would have been funny, a dramatization about the Royal Family's dentists

37 minutes ago, iHeart said:

oh that would have been funny, a dramatization about the Royal Family's dentists

You may want to look up "gentleman of the stool" as it pertains to British royalty. Crappy job.

41 minutes ago, iHeart said:

oh that would have been funny, a dramatization about the Royal Family's dentists

Check out “Spitting Image”. They were pretty scathing about the Royals in their day, and almost nothing (not even teeth) was spared their satirical attacks. 

2 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Check out “Spitting Image”. They were pretty scathing about the Royals in their day, and almost nothing (not even teeth) was spared their satirical attacks. 

I really, really miss that show. Made Monty Python seem completely normal. British do acidic satire better than anyone,

 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/ranch-where-dallas-was-filmed-sold-to-north-texas-developer/3019187

https://tvline.com/2022/10/28/vision-tv-series-marvel-disney-plus-paul-bettany-wandavision-spinoff/

 

oh wait a minute this should have been in the marvel thread

Edited October 28, 20223 yr by iHeart

well as much as I would like to see this get a revival how would this work? and oh btw the series ended with Lois being pregnant (again)

 

I can imagine that they could have driven each other crazy during the COVID shutdowns

https://people.com/tv/frankie-muniz-teases-malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-written-by-costar-bryan-cranston/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=635c3361af9f390001d58c60&fbclid=IwAR3WQFaxP-rIEklW8ZmgHItYJkZlLKa1ZmaTS9kkjgQgW20Z9cJyVlQ5Jyc

and the nexstar axe continues to swing

https://deadline.com/2022/10/dcs-stargirl-canceled-the-cw-1235158715/

okay Jessica Chastain sounds awesome....still hoping they'll show the lawn mower incident

 

Damnit I thought for sure Nexstar wouldn't dare touch this

https://tvline.com/2022/11/04/westworld-cancelled-no-season-5-hbo/

Edited November 4, 20223 yr by iHeart

3 hours ago, iHeart said:

Damnit I thought for sure Nexstar wouldn't dare touch this

https://tvline.com/2022/11/04/westworld-cancelled-no-season-5-hbo/

So Westworld ends with a Whisper. Raised by Wolves ends without anything. 

You know I'm starting to wonder if Dahmer got on netflix because F/X thought it was too dangerous to be an American Crime Story season, god knows what serial killers they'll focus on next (I mean they won't do Cunnan because that was an American Crime Story season)

https://tvline.com/2022/11/07/the-watcher-renewed-season-2-release-date-netflix-cast/

https://tvline.com/2022/11/07/a-million-little-things-cancelled-no-season-6-abc-release-date-video/

Edited November 7, 20223 yr by iHeart