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TheNatureBoy

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Yeah, those are very solid numbers for The CW. Supergirl seems to be stable no matter what night it is on and Charmed was able to keep its audience. Will be interesting to see how it holds up considering the mixed reviews.
 

RatskyWatsky

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BBC One and Netflix team up to co-produce Dracula from Sherlock producers Hartswood Films


They finally made it official.
I'm in. Yes, I know the last season of Sherlock wasn't all that. But Mark Gatiss has done some really nice things in the horror space, and I did like Moffat's take on the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

But will it live up to the underrated NBC series from a few years ago?

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~ swoon ~
 

RatskyWatsky

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I think we're the only two people who liked it.

Searching for that gif reminded me that NBC was at one point developing a Wolfman series that would also potentially cross over with a second season of Dracula. Bummed neither of those things panned out. I was so ready for an NBC Monsterverse.
 

Nabbit

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I was almost going to post about the Daniel Knauf Dracula. I forgot you two liked it too. I was very disappointed it didn't last longer.
 

Slayven

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I want to like Rel but it is bad, like UPN and WB would have passed on it bad
 

Curler

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It looks like the Fox Sunday animation block is getting lower ratings? I do wonder how long Simpsons will go (would be nice to end it on a milestone like S30...)
 

Curler

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For how hard ABC has been pushing TGIF, this paints more of a TGI-FLOP to me.

...I'll let myself out.

TGIF can't be like in the 90s anymore. Was watching The Nineties documentary on Netflix, and they mentioned how Fridays were so big for ABC, that people would just stay home to watch it. Times have changed a lot since then, with DVRs and On Demand... I still think "Friday night death slots" are a thing for live tv.
 

Chitown B

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TGIF can't be like in the 90s anymore. Was watching The Nineties documentary on Netflix, and they mentioned how Fridays were so big for ABC, that people would just stay home to watch it. Times have changed a lot since then, with DVRs and On Demand... I still think "Friday night death slots" are a thing for live tv.

Still amazes me that people didn't take advantage of VCR's in the 90s. They were advanced enough to schedule times and channels. We always recorded shows to watch later.
 

Slayven

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For all the smack talk you heard about the new Charm you figure it would have bombed, but looks like it was a vocal minority who doesn't like actual minorities again
 

TheIlliterati

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For all the smack talk you heard about the new Charm you figure it would have bombed, but looks like it was a vocal minority who doesn't like actual minorities again
Or it just looks like actual garbage. I mean, we call out trash shows that are trash even with good diverse casting. If you told me it was actually as good as Black Lightning I'd be right there watching it.
 

Slayven

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Or it just looks like actual garbage. I mean, we call out trash shows that are trash even with good diverse casting. If you told me it was actually as good as Black Lightning I'd be right there watching it.
True diversity allows for mediocrity across the board. We should have an Asian kevin james, a female Gerald Bulter, and a LGBTQ Jennifer ANstion, all equally successful
 

Curler

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Still amazes me that people didn't take advantage of VCR's in the 90s. They were advanced enough to schedule times and channels. We always recorded shows to watch later.

It's funny, back then I only recorded a few favorite shows and movies that I didn't own on VHS. Prime time tv? Nah, I had to watch that immediately. I feel like it was more an event to get together with family/friends for live tv. That, and yeah a lot of people I knew couldn't be bother to learn more VHS functions that weren't "play" or "rewind".
 

Chitown B

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It's funny, back then I only recorded a few favorite shows and movies that I didn't own on VHS. Prime time tv? Nah, I had to watch that immediately. I feel like it was more an event to get together with family/friends for live tv. That, and yeah a lot of people I knew couldn't be bother to learn more VHS functions that weren't "play" or "rewind".

haha. I was usually with friends on Fridays, and/or at grade school dances during the times when I would've watched TGIF/SNICK. There was no social media, so if there was actually any discussion it wasn't until Monday anyway, and I'd just watch during the weekend at some point.
 

TheIlliterati

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Still amazes me that people didn't take advantage of VCR's in the 90s. They were advanced enough to schedule times and channels. We always recorded shows to watch later.
People didn't? We had two VCRs and recorded a ton of stuff. And Saturday mornings I'd have to choose which shows to watch live and which to record since there were so many cartoons on!
 

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It's funny, back then I only recorded a few favorite shows and movies that I didn't own on VHS. Prime time tv? Nah, I had to watch that immediately. I feel like it was more an event to get together with family/friends for live tv. That, and yeah a lot of people I knew couldn't be bother to learn more VHS functions that weren't "play" or "rewind".
Remember the invention of VCR+ for the stupid people that couldn't figure out how to program a VCR to record a program at a certain time? Idiots.
 

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Really strong Sunday for The CW.

For all the smack talk you heard about the new Charm you figure it would have bombed, but looks like it was a vocal minority who doesn't like actual minorities again
To be fair, the trailers were really fucking bad. The pilot got good reviews (haven't warched it myself) and it's from the Jane the Virgin team who are great but it did look rough before release. That and the original Charmed fan base and actors weren't happy about the show.
 
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I really liked this episode of The Last Ship.

And lol at that Battleship just disappearing.
I just want to know how the hell Cuba got 1 of only 4 of those that exist
1 is/was in Hawaii
1 is/was in California
1 is/was in Norfolk Virginia(the headquarters of the series)
1 is/was in New Jersey

I don't need a crazy explanation but can we get some kind of reaction to this, or someone to question it as well.

And once it was discovered Cuba has one operational with the US down to a single ship and no satellites why would they not immediately reactivate the other 3?
I've literally been wondering why they wouldn't go and get one since like S1.
 
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FX Developing 'Her Body And Other Parties' Anthology Based On Book From Gina Welch & Imagine TV
In a competitive situation, FX has landed for development Her Body and Other Parties, an anthology series based on Carmen Maria Machado's lauded short story collection. The project comes from writer Gina Welch, Imagine Television and FX Productions.

Written by Welch, Her Body is an anthological series staging psychologically vivid tales of women's fears and desires on landscapes of horror, fabulism, and wild-haired absurdity. It's described as a feminist Black Mirror with fairy tale themes, its hours threaded together with a recurring ensemble of female characters.
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Welch was a writer-co-producer on FX's Feud: Bette and Joan, writer-co-producer on AMC's The Terror, a consulting producer on Hulu's Castle Rock and a staff writer on Ray Donovan.

This sounds neat!

Netflix Orders 'Trinkets' Series Based On YA Novel, Sets Cast Led By Kiana Madeira, Brianna Hildebrand & Quintessa Swindell
Written by Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer and Smith, Trinkets centers on three teenage girls from different corners of the high school cafeteria — Elodie (Hildebrand), the grieving misfit; Moe (Madeira), the mysterious outsider; and Tabitha (Swindell) the imperfect picture of perfection — who find themselves in the same mandated Shoplifters Anonymous meeting, and an unlikely friendship forms. They will find strength in each other as they negotiate family issues, high school drama and the complicated dilemma of trying to fit in while longing to break out.

Oh and if anyone wondered "If Moffat and Gatiss are doing Dracula, what is the third Sherlock dude doing?" wonder no more:

'The Imitation Game's Matthew Beard To Star In Adaptation Of 'Vienna Blood' From 'Deep State' Producer Endor
Jericho and Sherlock writer Steve Thompson is adapting the series into three feature-length episodes with Robert Dornhelm (Anne Frank: The Whole Story) and Umut Dag (Cracks in Concrete) directing.

Bear plays central character Max Liebermann, the protégé of Sigmund Freud, and set in 1900s Vienna. When Liebermann comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt, played by Tatort's Juergen Maurer, a detective struggling with a strange murder case, he is called to help him solve the investigation.

Sounds a bit like The Alienist
 
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Good manifest and 911 episodes, personally next weeks manifest is what I've been waiting for more though.

I kind of wish some of the drama in 911 wouldnt be fully resolved in the same episode its introduced in.
 
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I accidentally tuned in to The Neighborhood and, having never heard of it before, found it somewhat charming in its own CBS-y way.
 

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'Grimm' Spinoff With A Female Lead In Works At NBC
Grimm, is eying a comeback. NBC is developing a spinoff from the supernatural series, which bowed out last year after six seasons. Like the original, the offshoot hails from Universal TV and Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's studio-based Hazy Mills Prods.

Written by Melissa Glenn (Marvel's Iron Fist), I hear the untitled spinoff will center on a female Grimm. Per NBC, building off the mythology of the original series, the new show will feature returning fan favorites while also introducing new characters, new dangers and epic new mysteries. I hear no actors are currently attached but the idea is for offshoot to feature some original cast members, regular or recurring.
 

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Rhaknar

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hmm it seems Charmed is one of the few CW shows that Netflix isnt licensing in Europe?

The Flash, Supergirl, Crazy Ex, Black Lightning, Riverdale (and Good Place but thats not CW) all have new weekly eps, no Charmed tho.
 

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'The Walking Dead' Takes A Killer Hit As Ratings Fall To Series Low
The Walking Dead was all about looking to the future on Sunday but when it comes to the ratings, the future is looking increasingly bleak for the AMC zombie apocalypse series.

With a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49, the second episode of the ninth season of the show based on Robert Kirkman's comics took the small screen's once top rated show off a cliff to an all-time series low. "The Bridge" episode comes off last week's highly promoted season opener, which was the lowest debut for the series and the second least watched premiere.

The October 14 TWD snagged an audience of 5 million, which was a drop of 19% from the October 7 season opener of the reset series. Among the 18-49, TWD fell 21% from the Season 9 debut.

On a show now available early on the no-ad AMC Premiere service and increasingly leaning towards delayed viewing, those drops are actually a tiny bit less than the comparative declines in Season 8. Also, TWD was facing the bite of a much watched Boston Red Sox's win over the Houston Astros in the ALCS on October 14 and Tom Brady making some NFL history on a rising Sunday Night Football.

However, and even with the overall same day decline on both broadcast and cable that doesn't take away from the fact that TWD is performing worst now in the demo and with viewers than even its first few episodes of the abbreviated Season 1 back in 2019 did. It also cannot avoid the reality that in the key demo "The Bridge" cratered 50% from what "The Damned" second episode of a declining Season 8 drew on October 29 last year.

AMC, of course, like to save their powder for the Live +3 numbers that are expected later this week.
I took a quick look around for recent L+3/L+7 TWD numbers, but didn't find too much info. I'm curious how much of the decline is due to viewers checking out and how much is due to timeshifting.
 
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