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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About halfway through watching The Pitt with my wife. She watches almost exclusively reality TV these days, but I convinced her to give this one a shot with me since she was a big ER fan back in the day (or maybe just a Noah Wylie fan...). Anyways, we are really enjoying it. Good cast, good drama, some hilarious moments. Fun TV.

1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

About halfway through watching The Pitt with my wife. She watches almost exclusively reality TV these days, but I convinced her to give this one a shot with me since she was a big ER fan back in the day (or maybe just a Noah Wylie fan...). Anyways, we are really enjoying it. Good cast, good drama, some hilarious moments. Fun TV.

Ya we just got through that a couple weeks ago. I've seen stuff online calling it the most realistic medical show of all time. It was solid if unspectacular.

12 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Ya we just got through that a couple weeks ago. I've seen stuff online calling it the most realistic medical show of all time. It was solid if unspectacular.

I would say all of the medical stuff seems realistic to me, but the scenarios and situations definitely feel made for TV. At least when packed into a single day.

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Beloved Hudson & Rex returns for Season 8 with Luke Roberts (Game of Thrones, Ransom) officially joining the cast as Detective Mark. Production for Season 8 is currently underway in St. John’s, Newfoundland and will premiere this fall.

*grits teeth* I'm in more denial over Charlie being dead on Hudson and Rex being dead than I am over Bobby being dead on 911

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It really feels like it's just a matter of time until we're back where we were with cable, having all the "networks" (streamers) under one roof with one payment for all of them....

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On 2025-06-07 at 9:17 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Cautiously optimistic about this one.

 

3 hours ago, iHeart said:

 

The humor is the same which is great.   Hank giving the guy 4 stars is classic Hank.

The animation looks really stiff and cheap. 

25 minutes ago, Brandon said:

The humor is the same which is great.   Hank giving the guy 4 stars is classic Hank.

The animation looks really stiff and cheap. 

yeah well season 1 didn't really look good either. Like it looked more like Beavis and Butthead (which makes sense same creator and they were coming off the end of that) probably using a different animation studio or something like that

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On 2025-06-17 at 1:28 PM, iHeart said:

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for those that don't want to click the link......Drew Carey and Aisha Tyler together at last (yeah I know Ken Jennings and Matt Damon are the most random pairing ever)....oh wait I keep forgetting "Apologies to Matt Damon" and sometimes I forget that Kimmel and Silverman were a couple at one point

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1 hour ago, iHeart said:

for those that don't want to click the link......Drew Carey and Aisha Tyler together at last (yeah I know Ken Jennings and Matt Damon are the most random pairing ever)

Network tv must be desperate to recapture some old glory from 20 years ago.   I'll be surprised if this lasts more then 1 season.  

6 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Network tv must be desperate to recapture some old glory from 20 years ago.   I'll be surprised if this lasts more then 1 season.  

this was brought back around 2020 got another season then Kimmel said he was not in a rush to keep it going in 22 or 23, then last year he was ready to do it again

Amazing Race Canada's new season drops July 8th

On 2025-06-18 at 3:47 PM, iHeart said:

for those that don't want to click the link......Drew Carey and Aisha Tyler together at last (yeah I know Ken Jennings and Matt Damon are the most random pairing ever)....oh wait I keep forgetting "Apologies to Matt Damon" and sometimes I forget that Kimmel and Silverman were a couple at one point

I'd put money on Damon and Jennings to win. 

well as long as Joe Rogan isn't hosting

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1 hour ago, iHeart said:

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3 seasons over 20 years. seems right.