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

Netflix details how it will prevent users from sharing their account password with others.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/dr-phil-to-end-21-seasons-changes-syndicated-talk-show-market-dr-phil-mcgraw-1235246087/

wha?!

https://tvline.com/2023/02/01/frasier-reboot-spoiler-setting-boston-cheers-kelsey-grammer/

it's about damn time

https://tvline.com/2023/02/01/the-blacklist-ending-final-season-10-cancelled-nbc/

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by iHeart

Watched the first episode of Shrinking last night on Apple TV+. My wife and both really enjoyed it and had several moments if audible laughter or chuckles. 
 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15677150/

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by GCJenks
Typo

25 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

Watched the first episode of Shrinking last night on Apple TV+. My wife and both really enjoyed it and had several moments if audible laughter or chuckles. 
 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15677150/

I'll watch pretty much anything featuring one of Judd Apatow's people, so I've been looking forward to this one. Hoping to get around to it on the weekend...

https://tvline.com/2023/02/02/night-court-renewed-season-2-nbc-revival/

On 2023-02-01 at 2:29 PM, Noeller said:

I'll watch pretty much anything featuring one of Judd Apatow's people, so I've been looking forward to this one. Hoping to get around to it on the weekend...

I will say, after being trained to binge whole seasons at a time this one episode a week thing is rough. 

On 2023-02-01 at 2:29 PM, Noeller said:

I'll watch pretty much anything featuring one of Judd Apatow's people, so I've been looking forward to this one. Hoping to get around to it on the weekend...

Aw, you look that up then you see Jason Segel and then you remember how great Dispatches From Elsewhere started and how badly it ended.

Edited February 3, 20233 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

watched the first ep of Shrinking last night and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to this series. 

15 minutes ago, Noeller said:

watched the first ep of Shrinking last night and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to this series. 

I was a little meh about the first episode, but liked the second one much more.  Luke Tennie (Sean) is great.

On 2023-01-30 at 4:59 PM, Wideleft said:

Coming to Netflix tomorrow!  She is hilarious!

 

The trailer does not do the show justice.  Funniest show I've watched in a while.

 

https://tvline.com/2023/02/03/that-90s-show-renewed-season-2-that-70s-show-reboot/

3 hours ago, Wideleft said:

The trailer does not do the show justice.  Funniest show I've watched in a while.

 

Weird how much she looks like Kat from The IT Crowd.

https://tvline.com/2023/02/06/yellowstone-cancelled-season-5-kevin-costner-controversy/

Edited February 6, 20233 yr by iHeart

https://deadline.com/2023/02/fawlty-towers-reboot-john-cleese-camilla-cleese-rob-reiner-castle-rock-entertainment-basil-manuel-1235252175/

21 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://deadline.com/2023/02/fawlty-towers-reboot-john-cleese-camilla-cleese-rob-reiner-castle-rock-entertainment-basil-manuel-1235252175/

I don't know they can even come close to the manic portrayal and semi-demented character interplays of the original. I get a belly-laugh every time I watch my DVD series of that show.

https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden-replaced-at-cbs-with-midnight-1235252659/?fbclid=IwAR1jhvQ--h85xwbCUm8xWk8ncLA89EDIdorUp07IUaf1NuCnqv3XrIU9Kf0

https://deadline.com/2023/02/bosch-universe-spinoffs-amazon-studios-j-edgar-renee-ballard-michael-connelly-1235252200/

On 2023-02-03 at 10:37 AM, Wideleft said:

The trailer does not do the show justice.  Funniest show I've watched in a while.

 

It reminds me of the old Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent reports.

Edited February 8, 20232 yr by WinnipegGordo

https://deadline.com/2023/02/warner-bros-discovery-abandons-plan-to-merge-hbo-max-discovery-plus-streaming-1235253134/

YOU KNOW WHAT! WARNER BROS DOES NOT DESERVE WHOSE LINE

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/whose-line-is-it-anyway-cast-not-paid-wont-return-season-20-1235518000/

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

YOU KNOW WHAT! WARNER BROS DOES NOT DESERVE WHOSE LINE

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/whose-line-is-it-anyway-cast-not-paid-wont-return-season-20-1235518000/

Curious loophole that they don’t get paid because they aren’t “writers” as everything is improv. But the show is now being sold overseas and to cable. Wonder if they could claim copyright infringement for the unauthorized usage of their “intellectual property” without fair compensation as a way around it. 

Not sure if I've posted about this yet, but "Shrinking" with Jason Segel and Harrison Ford is pretty good. It's not quite Lasso good, but it's really good. I think there's 4 eps so far...

2 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Not sure if I've posted about this yet, but "Shrinking" with Jason Segel and Harrison Ford is pretty good. It's not quite Lasso good, but it's really good. I think there's 4 eps so far...

Haven't watched ep 4 yet, but it does get better with each episode.  A solid series so far.

56 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

Haven't watched ep 4 yet, but it does get better with each episode.  A solid series so far.

That's because there is only 3 episodes so far. LOL

Fourth one comes out on Friday.