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2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: E Corp does hostile takeover. Shuts down fsociety

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dead souls

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So Here and Now is a massive flop for HBO. What the hell were they thinking with this show?

I wonder if HBO will give it a pity renewal.
 
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Tuesday night's slogfest:

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berzeli

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Col Willie Sharp said:
I would take the PG-13, light R-rating for L.A. Confidential you got with Star Trek Discovery on All Access
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Yeah, it feels like it could have made a good All Access show, but hey I'll settle for an Elementary replacement, since it got a very late renewal last time so i'm not sure how long that one has left and it's the one show I watch from CBS.
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But would that be a blind item? If people can look up the answer on wikipedia it's hardly a secret.
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It's Ausiello. I'm almost convinced RatskyWatsky posts these just to get a rise out of me.
 
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Showtime Developing Biotech Marital Triller Drama 'Chemistry' Based On British Miniseries 'The Politician's Husband'
Showtime has put in development Chemistry, a drama based on Paula Milne's BBC miniseries The Politician's Husband,
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Adapted by David Manson (House of Cards), Chemistry is a psycho-sexual marital thriller set in the high stakes world of biotech, focusing on alpha spouses at the head of an emerging firm on the cusp of a life altering discovery. This tense and timely piece takes place in the bedroom and the boardroom, exploring the dramatic power shift that begins to occur when the wife's career begins to eclipse that of the husband.
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"It was originally set in politics; we're setting it in biotech because there's a surplus of political shows out there,"
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... There is a lot to unpack here
Disney Planning Another 'Muppets' Reboot for Its Streaming Service
The studio's Netflix rival will be populated by series and films based on its classic titles.
Disney's forthcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service is going to be a prime hub for remakes, reboots and all manner of familiar IP, at least according to early buzz about its initial film and television slate.
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This is just further justification for what I said earlier:
berzeli said:
Because sooner or later you'll realise that a Mongrels reboot needs to happen if you continue with animal starring comedies.
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It really needs to happen.

Oh and also:
Netflix Lands Worldwide Rights to Next Four Duplass Brothers Films
Netflix really is on a spree.
 
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Eh, not sure about "Chemistry." I'll watch the Duplass brothers movies on Netflix, though.
 
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So why is almost none of the Black Panther love translating at all to Black Lightning? Just nobody watches CW shows live anymore?
 
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I assume Divorce will score a renewal as well, Here and Now could go either way imo. The old guard would have renewed it immediately but Casey Bloys seems a bit more cautious...
 

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RatskyWatsky said:
High Maintenance and Crashing renewed by HBO.
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High Maintenance is decent and Crashing is watchable while being completely unoriginal so I guess that's mostly good news.

RatskyWatsky said:
I assume Divorce will score a renewal as well, Here and Now could go either way imo. The old guard would have renewed it immediately but Casey Bloys seems a bit more cautious...
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Divorce has been solid, so I'll watch another season of it. They should axe Here and Now--the ratings collapsed with episode 2 and with its critical reception it isn't winning any awards or goodwill for HBO.
 
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dead souls said:
They should axe Here and Now--the ratings collapsed with episode 2 and with its critical reception it isn't winning any awards or goodwill for HBO.
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It's only been 2 episodes, so I think it would be smart to wait and see if people warm up to it as the season progresses. It might be one of those shows that takes some time to find itself.
 
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The Extra Hot Great people hated Here and Now, for what it's worth. They said even HBO branding couldn't save it.
 
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'Fleabag' Team to Develop Romantic-Comedy Series With Entertainment One
Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are developing a new series titled "Run" with Entertainment One (eOne).

Jones and Waller-Bridge will produce under their DryWrite banner. It marks the first time DryWrite has produced a television series, having previously produced multiple theatrical productions.

"Run" is described as a romantic-comedic-thriller about ex-lovers who made a pact 15 years ago that if they ever needed to escape life, they could send each other a simple text message – "RUN" – and disappear together. Jones wrote the series with Waller-Bridge appearing in a recurring role. The pair will executive produce alongside Emily Leo of Wigwam Films. Carolyn Newman and Polly Williams will serve as executives in charge for eOne.
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Yay!
I really hope we get a trailer for Killing Eve soon.
 
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THR: The New Economics of TV's Reboot Craze
The success of Fuller House, like all things on Netflix, is somewhat ambiguous. Its true audience is unknown, though anecdote suggests it is high. Nielsen cited a third-season premiere week haul of 4.6 million viewers, and the streamer itself claimed subscribers plow through it faster than all but one other original on the roster. (The series with that distinction is another reboot: the four Netflix movies reuniting the cast of the defunct WB/CW drama Gilmore Girls.) Both projects prompted a broadcast network scramble to get on the nostalgia bandwagon — just as Netflix, which allegedly paid roughly $45 million to resurrect the Mitch Hurwitz cult favorite Arrested Development as one of its first big original plays, decided it was not in the TV salvage business. The trend now belongs to the Big Four, desperate to drum up buzz by harkening back to their heyday.

It's working at NBC. Most point to Will & Grace as the current standard of reboot success. At the very least, it's the show that ABC will measure Roseanne against when the comedy returns from its 20-year break March 27. Will & Grace ranks as NBC's No. 1 comedy of the season, and it trails only CBS' Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon on the list of top comedies across TV. Better still, the already-renewed comedy barely costs more money than a typical first-year show, say sources.

"As far as the financials, these look similar to any new show being launched with high-end talent on board," says a TV lit agent. "Where you can get into issues are the original agency packages."

Will & Grace, like Fuller House or Gilmore Girls, has the benefit of the original creator, stars and studio all being keen to make it happen. The only speed bump comes with paying out to those stray parties who are no longer involved. Independent agent Scott Schwartz, who hasn't represented Will & Grace co-creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan for several years, gets a piece of the new show for his role in putting it on the air back in 1998. (NBC is paying roughly $2 million an episode.) "You could always try to make the case that it's something different," the agent adds, "but they're the same damn shows."

If the original creator is not involved, he or she will still get a cut, be it a continuation or a more traditional remake. The Writers Guild of America affords multiple protections in its contracts. Matt Williams, Roseanne's creator and first showrunner, departed in season one after butting heads with Roseanne Barr. He still saw his name run with the lone "created by" tag for the eight and a half seasons that followed. And that credit will remain intact for the show's new episodes, even though he's as uninvolved as ever. Williams, who also gifted ABC with Home Improvement, did get a courtesy call before the official reboot announcement — and the extravagant pitch to ad buyers that followed. Sources say he'll receive a percentage of his past royalties and backend. Such passive payments, according to one lawyer, are a victory at a time when backend is becoming harder to come by.
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I'm actually quite happy with this Olympics break, since it's gonna be a great opportunity for me to catch up. Started all over with The Handmaid's Tale just now, despite being halfway through it, but it's been months since I saw it so I've forgotten most things. Best to start over.
 
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Premiere episode of Heathers is up on Paramount's website. The whole concept makes me gag though.
http://www.paramountnetwork.com/shows/heathers

and yeah love this long ass break, watched Stranger Things season 2 (loved it, yay OG Heathers Ms. Ryder), Hawaii 5-0 seasons 6 & 7, Orphan Black final season, and on Big Mouth and Comrade Detective now. So much peak TV
 
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thediamondage said:
So why is almost none of the Black Panther love translating at all to Black Lightning? Just nobody watches CW shows live anymore?
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I can only speak for myself of course, but I personally think that the CW's promotions are absurdly terrible.

My wife and I watch only a few shows on the CW - Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Line is it Anyway, and Crazy Ex Girlfriend.

Whenever we're watching those shows and ads come on for other CW shows, they all look absolutely awful. Even something like Jane The Virgin which I hear is great but I've never watched is advertised horribly.

But the superhero shows especially are just so unappealing in every way they're advertised. The acting looks like crap. The story lines the ads try to promote all seem cliched and overwrought. The effects they show look absurdly cheap and laughable. And the editing and music which pulls them all together makes them seem like they're pulled straight out of two decades ago.


I completely acknowledge that these shows might be good. I'm only speaking about how they're promoted and what my wife and I think every single time we see ads for them. Superhero fatigue from endless Marvel/DC movies doesn't really help either.

And I'm sure other people think the exact same thing about Crazy Ex Girlfriend, considering its terrible live viewership ratings. So the CW is not doing itself any favors.
 
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thediamondage said:
Premiere episode of Heathers is up on Paramount's website. The whole concept makes me gag though.
http://www.paramountnetwork.com/shows/heathers

and yeah love this long ass break, watched Stranger Things season 2 (loved it, yay OG Heathers Ms. Ryder), Hawaii 5-0 seasons 6 & 7, Orphan Black final season, and on Big Mouth and Comrade Detective now. So much peak TV
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I watched it. I don't know if I would call it good. The dialogue sounds like it was written by twitter. The jokes are all over the place. No one seems like a decent person. Hell no one seems like a functional human. I'll probably watch all of it because I have issues.
 
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Finished One Day at a Time S1-2. It was so wonderful. Hilarious, sweet, touching and modern. Loved it. Here's hoping it gets renewed. I could definitely see the Men of a Certain Age DNA in there from co-creator Mike Royce so I'd definitely recommend that series to any fans of this one, although that one is an hourlong comidrama.
 
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