If I were writing it, I'd model it on Justified. A larger case that threads through the whole season with lots of smaller cases he picks up and handles simultaneously.
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2017-18 TV Season Cancellations: Guess which woman's late night show got cancelled
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PHOENIXZERO
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Ahhh, new season of cancellations!
xrnzaaas
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I've only seen a few episodes of season 2 and they were so dull that I've dropped it (at least for the time being). It's like they were still stuck with the events of season 1 and unable to really move on with the story.
But yeah, no matter what would've happened on the show and how it was received it was going to get cancelled anyway because Cinemax bailed out of doing dramas.
Its so weird to see previously "famous" tv actors in bit roles.
Just saw both Charisma Carpenter (aka Cordy on Buffy / Angel) and Michael Imperioli (Christopher in The Sopranos) on Lucifer playing just random side characters. Actually Imperioli was playing a semi-important character even if just for a couple of esp, but Charisma was just the murderer of the week, and it's not the first time I've seen her in random procedurals
Just saw both Charisma Carpenter (aka Cordy on Buffy / Angel) and Michael Imperioli (Christopher in The Sopranos) on Lucifer playing just random side characters. Actually Imperioli was playing a semi-important character even if just for a couple of esp, but Charisma was just the murderer of the week, and it's not the first time I've seen her in random procedurals
Norwegian Rudo
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Charisma is in her mid 40's and more of a pretty face than a great actress, and this is Hollywood.
Oh yeah speaking of, I give Lucifer props for having at least one of the main cast members NOT a hot 20-something year old, the shrink lady.
Granted it's one in a sea of hot 20-somethings (well maybe not a sea but the main detective and the demon lady are certainly both Hollywood gorgeous), but still, that character could have easily been another one.
The first show's premise from Jane The Virgin team sounds interesting and could be fun. I can see social commentary being peppered in left and right. Although I find it funny that the protagonist is named Rafael even though it's not Jane The Virgin Rafael.
The second show's premise sounds doomed to fail even though it sounds right up CBS' alley. Plus the title makes me cringe a bit.
AngmarsKing701
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Fox is due
Ghosted, maybe?
Dedication Through Light
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Guess they needed to recoup the costs associated with lowering the prices at Whole Foods
rainking187
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I still don't understand what's going on with Scream Season 3. I'd understand if they felt the show wasn't working and wanted to change it up, but to cut the number of episodes and then just shove it out the door? Why bother?
Haha damn, more renewed shows getting cancelled, what a world we're living in these days.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I like the idea of having a more diverse cast because that's something that is rarely explored in horror (plus it's hot right now coming off the heels of Get Out) but that is something that should've been the Season 1 pitch. All new cast, new story, fewer episodes. Eugh, I'm just instantly turned off.
Not exactly sure what MTV wants the show to be. Three sets of showrunners in 3 seasons? Maybe they think it should be the new Pretty Little Liars?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
dead souls
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Those are the best kinds of cancellations. The fans think they're safe and then *BLAM*
There's only so much money you can spend on things that have no buzz (and most likely a pitiful viewership) I guess.
I mean, what do we think the actual audience of most of the Amazon shows are. I feel like they have no traction at all. I don't watch that much Netflix, but at least I know what's coming out on it, Amazon stuff just seems to fly under the radar a lot of the time with a few exceptions.
Dedication Through Light
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Isnt that true for netflix stuff too, even they cancel stuff now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
My sense is that Transparent has a modest, critical bubble blogosphere audience, Mozart in the Jungle did at one point, and Man in the High Castle has a modest mainstream audience. I am not aware of anyone else watching any of their originals. I mean, I do. But I watch everything. I'm a monster and should be stopped.
I watch a lot more TV than the average person and subscribe to Amazon Prime, but I think I'd struggle to name even five Amazon Originals off the top of my head.
Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Transparent, The Tick... ??
Xamtheking
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The Last Tycoon (though it isn't out yet)
Dedication Through Light
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Ratsky posted it in the Lady Dynamite thread as well. Woo hoo!
Future Foundation
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Is Mozart in the Jungle still on?
Col WillieSharp
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Netflix and Amazon are closing the wallets
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
(The Last Tycoon season one premiered on July 28)
(Netflix is actually increasing their content budget to $7 billion next year, up from $6 billion this year)
No, it seems to be one of their more popular and acclaimed shows.
My girlfriend will be so excited. This was one of our initial things we bonded over. Looking forward to it.
I come to the tv thread to get away from Bronsonleeness....smh
Yes to Grand Tour, first time I've heard about those other three shows though tbh. I'll check them out.
It just seems like Amazon originals have close to zero buzz / mainstream awareness for whatever reason. The only time I ever really hear them mentioned at all is during award shows. Even Hulu seems able to generate a lot more buzz for their shows (like 11.22.63 last year). I just find it odd, Amazon has billions of dollars and sells a ton of products, yet they can't seem to do the same for their original shows.
The best Amazon original is Lost in Oz a cartoon. My three year old loves it and I've found it really enjoyable to watch. Really hope they make more. Other than that I watch almost nothing on Amazon, though I check out most of the pilots. I end up forgetting about the ones I liked that end up getting picked up.
Dedication Through Light
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I thought the handmaids tail was the biggest hulu show everyone was talking about it.
Swass
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Red Oaks is my favorite of their originals and it is ending at season 3. Amazon is really cutting benefits on their prime membership.. to the point I'm not renewing when my 4th year of student prime ends. These big companies often forget what got them there.
Showtime picks up Wall Street comedy, "Ball Street," from Happy Endings creator. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct the pilot. Don Cheadle and Andrew Rannells to star.
It takes place during the 1987 stock crash, Black Monday, and tells the story of "how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party, and the glass ceiling."
It takes place during the 1987 stock crash, Black Monday, and tells the story of "how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party, and the glass ceiling."
I wonder if the global expansion of Prime Video backfired on them.
I'm still not over how fucking disastrous that launch was, and unlike HBO Nordic which also fizzled on launch they're doing fuck all to rectify the situation.
Grand Tour is their biggest hit, or at least it has the most watched premiere episode.
And uh, it's not a Top Gear in terms of success to say the least.
I think it is fair to just say that Amazon is bad at being a streaming service.
Cheadle back on Showtime pretty fast.
I'll check it out. Just hope I know when its starting since I don't know the cycles for Showtime shows. My DVR just ends up with them at times. Hard to know when new shows are starting for me lol
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
So somebody besides Jordan Belfort fucked up stocks? Because it sounds exactly like The Wolf of Wall Street.
It is. And it deserves it. It could win Best Drama as well.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Over/under on someone doing coke being in the first trailer.
I'll give it a chance depending on how hard they beat me over the head with IT'S THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTIES, Y'ALL! If every scene has 80s music in it, I'm out.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Is it just my imagination or does Amazon run through showrunners like Lucasfilms runs through directors. Lol
streetsahead123
Banned
Amazon does have that show in development from Matthew Weiner but overall their slate is pretty underwhelming compared to Netflix and Hulu.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
well sure except it wasn't Amazon's first show to score a straight-to-series order and also "pilot season" is a joke whose results are not relevant so the distinction wouldn't matter but yes besides those two facts this is a very good point
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
post if you r ok ivy
Did they give it that big of a push though?
Their app on PS3 is awful.
Amazon goin through that AMC "we're young and still figuring out how to be a proper channel. showrunners to the left" phase. Hopefully they'll grow out of it before too long.
Cornballer
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Just a quick reminder that pilots and pickups should generally be posted over in the Pilots thread. Thank you.
in case someone, like me, had no fucking idea there was a Dirk Gently Season 2 batshit crazy trailer, here you go
Speaking of bad streaming services: Fullscreen Media Lays Off Three Percent Of Staff, Will Focus On Original Programming
(they have as far as I can tell never released any subscription numbers, or touted any numbers of any kind, the subscription service was launched a less than year and a half ago and their target is 5 million subscribers with 1 million being seen as the break even point)
Small to moderate push, and they've done nothing with it since. I don't even know if they've bothered to translate the menus to Swedish yet, like why would you launch a service if you can't be bothered to even try?