It's definitely worth it. It's not going to blow your mind, but it's a very pleasant and feel good comedy without just being extremely corny.
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2020-21 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Everything's Not Gonna Be Okay for Punky, Betty, Dickinson, or Sarah
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I went in expecting it to be mediocre, but it was a really nice dose of positivity from what I feel like TV has been recently.
Yeah, Ted Lasso is like perfectly fine.
If you want a sports comedy though, you should watch the last season of Brockmire which I think hits many of the same notes, but adds a layer of weirdness that leaves an impression.
If you want a sports comedy though, you should watch the last season of Brockmire which I think hits many of the same notes, but adds a layer of weirdness that leaves an impression.
CW feels good enough about Nancy Drew that they're using it to launch a new series. Must have really good streaming numbers.
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‘Tom Swift’ Series In the Works At the CW As ‘Nancy Drew’ Spinoff
The CW is developing a Tom Swift series based on the classic book series, with a twist.
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Man, were these super late today! Here are Tuesday night's FINAL ratings since the preliminaries were so late:
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...able-originals-network-finals-10-27-2020.html
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...able-originals-network-finals-10-27-2020.html
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The crazy thing about Brockmire is that due to the status quo changing so much, each season is almost like a different show.
I prefer 2 and 3, but watching 4 in April 2020 was....whoah.
Personally I think Ted Lasso is amazing.
It's increasingly difficult to make a heartwarming show that is actually entertaining to people. There's lots of us cynics out there that normally shun stuff that has a soft center but Lasso bucks the trend. It's so earnest but by God it's great fun
Anyone know when season 2 is slated to drop?
It's increasingly difficult to make a heartwarming show that is actually entertaining to people. There's lots of us cynics out there that normally shun stuff that has a soft center but Lasso bucks the trend. It's so earnest but by God it's great fun
Anyone know when season 2 is slated to drop?
I'm surprised this got renewed when all of the other Netflix shows have been cancelled recently, I'm guessing it didn't cost much to make.
Peacock enters a Brave New World, CANCELLATIONS
not a good look to cancel the first big original you advertised the service with
According to Deadline, it costed $100m, hardly any buzz.
I wonder when Comcast will pull the plug on Peacock and just settle for licensing their stuff to the other services again. Of course, I am sure they don't -want- to do that, but not all of these services were ever going to be simultaneously successful... and I don't personally see that path forward for them to be one of the successful services if they don't even have faith in their biggest year one project. I thought Peacock could have been a contender, but right now it seems worse off than CBS AA... which initially (still?) was surviving solely off Star Trek... but at least it had that. Peacock has... ???
Yeah, it could have very easily been Major League and played to those tropes given the setup.
It's funny because Glee is on my mind and in some ways it reminds me of that first season in terms of the character development and the general arc.
Haha I watched it pre-pandemic but I guess a dystopian baseball future would have rung a little more deeper then.
They're working on Battlestar Galactica and the Fresh Prince reboot as a drama at least.
I know, but is Battlestar really going to fare better than Brave New World? Especially given the still fairly recent high quality Ron Moore BSG series, which it will be unavoidably compared to?
Fresh Prince I think could potentially do well, and it's certainly a better idea than Saved by the Bell (even if it's a similar vein they are tapping there). But I'm still not convinced it will be a real draw for this service.
Peacock is supposed to have more of a sports focus than the other streaming services. It was originally going to launch at the same time as the summer Olympics and have a lot of secondary events. Comcast won't even think about winding it up until they see how that works in 2021.
The Office I guess.
Most of their global hits belong to other studios like Friends, Seinfeld, This is Us, Frasier.....
Still people in US love dozens of dozens Chicago shows and Law and Order.
How does someone that's in this thread so regularly miss so many things? lol
‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Drama Reboot in the Works
Logo text Now this is a story all about how … a viral YouTube trailer is becoming a hot TV series. Will Smith and Morgan Cooper are teaming to adapt the latter’s dramatic reimagining of the former’s beloved NBC comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Bel-Air is described as a dramatic take on the...
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Don't get me wrong, I don't think they are winding down soon, they only just launched and they're not Quibi. I agree it will last through 2021. They just are clearly off to a not-good start and I'm not seeing any shows in development right now (ie, would premiere next year or in 2022) that would really move the needle on getting people to subscribe en masse.
How does someone that's in this thread so regularly miss so many things? lol
‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Drama Reboot in the Works
Logo text Now this is a story all about how … a viral YouTube trailer is becoming a hot TV series. Will Smith and Morgan Cooper are teaming to adapt the latter’s dramatic reimagining of the former’s beloved NBC comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Bel-Air is described as a dramatic take on the...
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Aren't sitcoms cheaper to produce and make more profit than any else in the long run. Netflix paid hundreds of millions dollars every year for Friends's licence ww.
Why studios stop making them? Is it because good sitcom writers are dying breed? Studios just giving up producing them?
lolHow does someone that's in this thread so regularly miss so many things? lol
‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Drama Reboot in the Works
Logo text Now this is a story all about how … a viral YouTube trailer is becoming a hot TV series. Will Smith and Morgan Cooper are teaming to adapt the latter’s dramatic reimagining of the former’s beloved NBC comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Bel-Air is described as a dramatic take on the...
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I miss having a good TV podcast to follow. Although I guess even now since I don't go anywhere that wouldn't be helpful either.
The premise or fake trailer doesn't look bad actually... I don't get why you'd need the Fresh Prince "name" behind it for the real show. Well, I know you do it because it's easy PR for you, but unless Will Smith is the new Uncle Philip you're also bringing such unnecessary baggage to the new property.
I recommend The Watch, although they cover more than just TV.
Also TV's Top 5 podcast does a good job of covering all the TV headlines and has really good showrunner interviews.
Yeah I sub to the Watch but rarely listen because it's more of a media podcast.
But I had no idea Hollywood Reporter started a new podcast (with Feinberg of all people) once Tim Goodman quit.
I don't get why Sepinwall gave up, but this could be the next best thing. lol
Yeah, I miss The Firewall and Iceberg podcast, but have grown to enjoy Dan's chemistry with Lesly Goldberg. He brings the critic angle and she brings the reporter side to the podcast.
I always found it odd that Feinberg didn't show up on Goodman's podcast despite working together, but since he didn't start his own show at the time I assumed he didn't want to podcast anymore.
Incidentally, I guess we'll never know what Goodman did after quitting TV criticism. lol
I think Tim already had Jason as his co-host on The Bastard Machine, and that podcast was separate from THR and didn't really have guests. I forgot about Goodman and his new job, lol. Haven't checked his Twitter feed, but all the hints he gave sounded like he would be a consultant of some kind. Maybe dealing with music.
CBS has some of the longest-running reality shows with this and Survivor.
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Big Brother Renewed for Season 23
'Big Brother' has been renewed for Season 23 at CBS — get details.
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Oh wow, I didn't find out Julia Butters had left American Housewife until the episode today.
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That'll take some getting used to and is a crying shame, she was great.
‘American Housewife’ Recasts Anna-Kat Role With Giselle Eisenberg As Julia Butters Exits ABC Comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Life In Pieces alumna Giselle Eisenberg will take over the character of 10-year-old Anna-Kat on ABC‘s American Housewife as the comedy series returns for a fifth season. She replaces original cast member Julia Butters who is leaving the show to pursue other opportunities...
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That'll take some getting used to and is a crying shame, she was great.
Yeah maybe. His website is pretty out of date anyway.
And I always thought it was a THR podcast but oh well. lol
The network economic model for sitcoms doesn't really work in the "new TV" era. Sony has announced they're not doing them anymore and several other of the independent studios are rumored to follow suit.
Network Comedies’ Future Threatened By Outdated Broadcast Business Model
Independent studios may be walking away from the broadcast comedy genre as the decades-old broadcast model becomes increasingly non-viable.
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Found out last night as well. Was 1 minute into the episode and started Googling to find out what happened lolOh wow, I didn't find out Julia Butters had left American Housewife until the episode today.
‘American Housewife’ Recasts Anna-Kat Role With Giselle Eisenberg As Julia Butters Exits ABC Comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Life In Pieces alumna Giselle Eisenberg will take over the character of 10-year-old Anna-Kat on ABC‘s American Housewife as the comedy series returns for a fifth season. She replaces original cast member Julia Butters who is leaving the show to pursue other opportunities...
That'll take some getting used to and is a crying shame, she was great.
Meaningless number without disclosing how many of these are paid, how many of these are active, and how much engagement these have.
Wednesday night's ratings (on time today):
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-sked-wednesday-network-scorecard-10-28-2020.html
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-sked-wednesday-network-scorecard-10-28-2020.html
I assume it was because he couldn't find the proper co-host that wasn't locked down with a competitor. I think the media outlets want to keep things in house these days.
I assume Rolling Stone must have a deep bench, but admittedly I don't read anything from them so I have no idea.
Until Sepinwall went there I don't really recall much in the way of notable TV coverage from anyone there. But, yeah, I never read them until Sepinwall went there either so...
Amazon Grabs Former TNT Thriller ‘Tell Me Your Secrets’
Former TNT series <em>Tell Me Your Secrets</em>, which the cabler scrapped after ordering it to series, will see the light of day after all.
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"We're doing great! We definitely won't be another Quibi!" Meanwhile, canceled the highest profile original series on the platform, profits are down, and more layoffs are imminent.