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

https://tvline.com/2022/07/13/criminal-minds-reboot-paramount-plus-release-date-revival-new-episodes/

well so much for him being on the same network as the Quantum Leap reboot

https://tvline.com/2022/07/20/unbroken-cancelled-nbc-scott-bakula-western/

 

https://tvline.com/lists/tbs-tnt-shows-renewed-or-cancelled-list/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 20223 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

another victim of Turner Broadcasting rebranding, maybe it's a good thing Conan bailed when he did

https://deadline.com/2022/07/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-axed-tbs-seven-seasons-1235076712/

 

Sounds like this will be a permanent thing now https://tvline.com/2022/07/25/ken-jennings-mayim-bialik-jeopardy-host-official/

 

The man was born the same year as Betty White, it's nice to know he got to the triple digits, just think in 5 years Television will be 100

https://deadline.com/2022/07/rob-reiner-jimmy-kimmel-kim-fields-norman-lear-100-birthday-1235079061/

Edited July 27, 20223 yr by iHeart

https://tvline.com/2022/07/27/the-santa-clause-sequel-david-krumholtz-returning-bernard-the-elf-disney-plus/

 

This will be nice to see (he was absent from the 3rd film because he couldn't get out of Numb3rs)

 

https://tvline.com/2022/07/27/icarly-renewed-season-3-paramount-plus-creddie/

 

 

Well, I am all in on that..... looks amazing. 

At first glance (not fully knowing the character back story), that appears to be some smart casting. 

Well I actually got through Wandavision (found a way) I was mostly curious about the concept I probably won't watch the other MCU shows

Spoiler

Two words Wanda: Grief Counseling

 

https://screenrant.com/better-call-saul-gene-timeline-date-year-confirmed/

https://deadline.com/2022/07/max-headroom-reboot-matt-frewer-star-amc-networks-christopher-cantwell-amp-elijah-wood-spectrevision-1235081130/

it's been on long enough

https://tvline.com/2022/08/01/the-flash-final-season-9-the-cw-cancelled-ending/

Name your favourite TV series in pictures. 

1. Bonanza.

2. Twelve O'Clock High.

3. The Rockford Files.

4. Miami Vice.

5. Seinfeld.

Edited August 1, 20223 yr by SpeedFlex27

come on Beyond Salem can't be that good

https://tvline.com/2022/08/03/days-of-our-lives-moving-peacock-ending-nbc/

probably for the best, last season added way too many people I'm surprised they were even able to keep focus (besides how many of the new ones end up dying...slight spoiler alert)

https://deadline.com/2022/08/stranger-things-final-season-no-new-characters-say-producers-1235091594/

 

I'm not surprised, but so many people that have done Dancing with the Stars have also done this show (too many to name though) still I kind of wonder how far she would have went

 

https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-the-masked-singer-dead-crash-1235091452/

Edited August 13, 20223 yr by iHeart

Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV

9 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV

apparently this happened in June why are we only hearing about this now? who's going to anchor the National now?

18 minutes ago, iHeart said:

apparently this happened in June why are we only hearing about this now? who's going to anchor the National now?

Omar Sachedina. 

National news should be 530 not 11PM when no one is watching but Canadian content.

Bell is famous for this kinda stuff, but honestly...... she's been there 35 (!!) years so it was long overdue for retirement. She has made a LOT of money in that time. 

13 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Omar Sachedina. 

National news should be 530 not 11PM when no one is watching but Canadian content.

National news is on 24 houirs a day. It doesn't stop, ever. It just keeps coming. I wish there was more local news. 

26 minutes ago, JCon said:

National news is on 24 houirs a day. It doesn't stop, ever. It just keeps coming. I wish there was more local news. 

being hyper-local is the only thing that is going to save aging media like TV and Radio.... you can get the National/International anywhere. Hyper local is where media needs to focus.

Better Call Saul finale tonight. 

 

eh what they hey maybe I'll watch it

 

 

 

Here's the costumes that were identified during the trailer for the 8th season of the Masked Singer (and here is the trailer) 

 

1. A Harp 2. A mermaid  3. Ms Robot 4. Venus Flytrap  5. A Bieber (no that doesn't make sense) 6. Fat Cat 7. A pumpkin 8. A rat 9. A mummy 10. A snowflake (gee I wonder which politician that will be) 11. A Bridezilla (I'm calling it Bridezilla)

also to be fair most of us tune into the network for Whose Line so....

https://deadline.com/2022/08/cw-average-viewer-age-58-nexstar-1235092697/

Edited August 15, 20223 yr by iHeart

Took me a few tries to get past the first episode of Animal Kingdom but now finishing up season six, I wish there was more.  Lot's of characters to despise but pretty well balanced and never got to the point of disengagement as with so many other seasonal shows that grow stale over time, the writers did an excellent job of keeping the storylines fresh and engaging. Definitely finds a place in my all-time top 10 series.

18 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Better Call Saul finale tonight. 

 

fabulous near-90 minutes of television.....felt fortunate to have seen this in my lifetime.