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

I swear they keep going into Rescue Heroes territory (IYKYK) 

https://tvline.com/lists/911-season-9-release-date-cast-trailer-abc/

This might not quiet the angry fans

https://people.com/john-reardon-breaks-silence-hudson-and-rex-exit-despite-clean-bill-of-health-11816036

Just watching Titans on Netflix. Robin has turned violent who loves to badly hurt people. Blamed Batman for changing him. Afraid his violent side will eventually lead him to kill others so he left Gotham City for Detroit to start over. The scene where he stabs a bad guy in the nuts with garden shears was nasty. 

Edited September 25, 2025Sep 25 by SpeedFlex27

 

Family Channel has set it's end date...October 22nd.....I wish they'd wait til after the holidays or something so we'd have one more christmas with them...I'm assuming Family Jr and Wildbrain TV is closing that same day

 

Edited September 26, 2025Sep 26 by iHeart

On 2025-09-25 at 4:54 PM, iHeart said:

 

I kept waiting for the jokes to start assuming this was a parody. 

no it's a real show it's a universe expansion

Edited September 27, 2025Sep 27 by iHeart

16 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

I kept waiting for the jokes to start assuming this was a parody. 

It's so ******* bad... I dare say unwatchable. 

Edited September 27, 2025Sep 27 by Noeller

Well at least it's setting itself apart from the other 911 shows (people were afraid it was going to be too similar to Lonestar)

Well congratulations Shaftesbury you PO'd the fanbase myself included. I don't know if this is going to end up being Rex's last season but if not then it will be MY last season watching. There's a reason I had been saying I'm in more denial over Charlie being dead on Hudson and Rex than I am over Bobby being dead on 9-1-1 we saw Bobby die

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/hudson-rex-producers-confirm-they-decided-to-move-forward-without-star-john-reardon-after-cancer/article_7a2dcb88-d645-414e-b47b-4a59235145b2.html

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After the recasting of the lead human role in the Canadian police-dog show “Hudson & Rex” sparked an unusually intense and public fan backlash, the production company behind the show has updated its statement on the switch.

The controversy began when John Reardon, who plays Detective Charlie Hudson, was replaced by actor Luke Roberts for the show’s eighth season, which premiered on Sept. 22. Reardon’s departure followed a reduced role in season seven while the actor underwent treatment for tonsil cancer.

 

“There were many thoughtful conversations between Shaftesbury and John during those challenging months of summer 2024,” Shaftesbury Films said in a statement provided to the Star on Monday. “Given the uncertainty around John’s ability and timing to return to work on the series, producers agreed that the show would move forward without him. It was a very hard decision to make. As producers, we are responsible for hundreds of people’s livelihoods and needed to provide clarity and support to the cast, crew and community in St. John’s.

We are grateful that John is now healthy, which is great news. He is a fine actor and a wonderful human being, and we would be proud to find another series to work with him on.”

A day after the premiere, Reardon directly addressed his exit on Instagram, stating he “didn’t leave ‘Hudson & Rex’” and that after achieving a “clean bill of health,” the production team “chose to go in a different direction.” This post further fuelled allegations from the show’s vocal online fandom that Reardon was fired following his recovery.

In an earlier statement to the Star, Shaftesbury Films stated that it “could not find a workable pathway forward for (Reardon’s) return.” A Citytv spokesperson said that talent negotiations and contracts for the show are managed independently by Shaftesbury.

Reardon did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Fans react to recasting

Fan outrage surrounding the recasting decision has been widespread, dominating social media discussions and Reddit threads. Over the week, fans have shared their displeasure on the social media pages of the show’s cast and crew, as well as the official “Hudson & Rex” account. 

A Sept. 3 season announcement post on the official “Hudson & Rex” Instagram account has almost 1,000 comments, with most protesting the recasting. In the most popular “Hudson & Rex” Facebook group, recent complaint posts about the recasting had collectively garnered over 2,000 comments.

Texas-based fan Elaine Byrne, a 75-year-old real estate broker, was so incensed that she took out a full-page ad in the print edition of the Toronto Star on Sept. 27.

 

Byrne, who credits “Hudson & Rex” as a source of comfort after her husband’s death, told the Star in an interview that she used to look forward to the show every week. “I would literally count down the days, and then the day of, I would count down the hours until I could see this show.” 

When Byrne found out about Reardon’s departure, she said she felt physically ill. “The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, that this had been taken away from me,” she said. “I felt like I was being lied to, that all the fans were being lied to.”

 

Byrne said she received several dozens of email of support after her ad ran.

A Sept. 3 season announcement post on the official “Hudson & Rex” Instagram account received almost 1,000 comments, with most protesting the recasting. In the most popular “Hudson & Rex” Facebook group, recent complaint posts about the recasting had collectively garnered over 2,000 comments. 

Heather Babcock, a Toronto-based author, is another fan who publicly announced a boycott of the new season because of the Hudson recasting. “They have ruined everyone’s favourite Canadian comfort show,” she said, in an interview with the Star.

 

As season seven drew to a close, Babcock started writing to Citytv, Shaftesbury and production company Beta Films explaining how important she felt Reardon was to the show. Babcock said she thinks the show’s fandom is so passionate “because ‘Hudson & Rex’ felt like family.”

This isn’t the first cast shakeup on “Hudson & Rex” to inspire fans’ ire. Last year, the show’s original canine star, Diesel vom Burgimwald, who played Rex, died at age eight. Another canine, Dillon, took over as the hero dog before Diesel’s death was announced, leading to fan complaints that Rex had been secretly replaced.

Babcock said she won’t watch the new season. “It’s not ‘Hudson & Rex’ anymore without Charlie Hudson,” she said.

Byrne won’t be tuning in, either. She said there’s a hole in her life again. “There’s nothing out there that’s gonna take the place of ‘Hudson & Rex.’”

oh by the way here's the newspaper ad

Cancer has no business anywhere not in humans and not in dogs.

Tulsa King is heating up

https://tvline.com/news/everybody-loves-raymond-cast-reunion-cbs-air-date-2025-1235527683/

17 hours ago, bustamente said:

Tulsa King is heating up

It is but in a bad writing way. Dwight knew Dunmire's name but later on forgot how to pronounce it? Also the distillery owner was sitting on a gold mine of liquor but didnt want to sell any of it? I understand the distribution story part but he could still sell it. 

On 2025-09-30 at 7:52 PM, bustamente said:

Tulsa King is heating up

Lots of shows right now that I need to wait for the weekly episodes to come out. It's like back in the day watching network TV.

Tulsa King

Slow Horses

OMITB

Peacemaker 

The Rainmaker 

 

1 hour ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Lots of shows right now that I need to wait for the weekly episodes to come out. It's like back in the day watching network TV.

Tulsa King

Slow Horses

OMITB

Peacemaker 

The Rainmaker 

 

Next couple of months brings back Landman and Fall Out

https://tvline.com/news/the-great-north-cancelled-season-6-fox-1235447059/

I've added Task to my weekly watch list.

I'm guessing Mark Ruffalo will get nominated for an Emmy for his work. 

On 2024-03-31 at 6:54 AM, iHeart said:

MTV2 Canada was shut down at midnight on the 29th of March....another Bell cut, I'm just wondering what's next, ABC Spark (albeit part of Corus) is on borrowed time as it's final scripted show premiered these days it's just showing reruns, I don't know what will happen to Nickelodeon Canada in the aftermath of Quiet on the Set (it's times like this I'm glad I grew up watching the early Nicktoons and not the live action stuff essentially not Ren and Stimpy but not Spongebob either) but there won't be a connection to that

me and my big mouth

https://deadline.com/2025/10/yellowjackets-end-season-4-showtime-1236577763/

Runtimes  (one of them is almost 90 minutes)

https://deadline.com/2025/10/stranger-things-season-5-volume-1-episode-runtimes-netflix-1236583966/

On 2025-09-30 at 6:45 PM, iHeart said:

Well congratulations Shaftesbury you PO'd the fanbase myself included. I don't know if this is going to end up being Rex's last season but if not then it will be MY last season watching. There's a reason I had been saying I'm in more denial over Charlie being dead on Hudson and Rex than I am over Bobby being dead on 9-1-1 we saw Bobby die

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/hudson-rex-producers-confirm-they-decided-to-move-forward-without-star-john-reardon-after-cancer/article_7a2dcb88-d645-414e-b47b-4a59235145b2.html

oh by the way here's the newspaper ad

Cancer has no business anywhere not in humans and not in dogs.

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that anyone actually even watches this show, let alone be upset enough to take out an ad about new cast members. I mean a dog and a cop crime fighting show?? Sounds like Turner and Hooch.

38 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that anyone actually even watches this show, let alone be upset enough to take out an ad about new cast members. I mean a dog and a cop crime fighting show?? Sounds like Turner and Hooch.

Which ironically did have a one season run on D+ 

If you watched the show it's nothing like T&H Rex is better trained (besides H&R is based a series called Kommisar Rex)

Edited October 14, 2025Oct 14 by iHeart

41 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that anyone actually even watches this show, let alone be upset enough to take out an ad about new cast members. I mean a dog and a cop crime fighting show?? Sounds like Turner and Hooch.

So much this... 

58 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that anyone actually even watches this show, let alone be upset enough to take out an ad about new cast members. I mean a dog and a cop crime fighting show?? Sounds like Turner and Hooch.

Well until you guys have owned a crime fighting Private investigator dog I wouldn't expect you to understand.

4 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that anyone actually even watches this show, let alone be upset enough to take out an ad about new cast members. I mean a dog and a cop crime fighting show?? Sounds like Turner and Hooch.

You take that back right now!