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2016-17 TV Cancellations Thread: TNT finds "Nothing can come of nothing."
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sparky2112
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Wife and I watched. It felt like they just kinda gave up at the end of S1 and I can't for the life of me tell you how it ended - mostly because I think it just...ended.
new Girlboss (which is a terrible name) trailer. Not sure how I feel about it, nice cast and I both chuckled and cringed during it so...yeah.
comes out April 21st on Netflix
Helix any good? They added it to my region, I remember you guys mentioning it some time ago.
comes out April 21st on Netflix
Helix any good? They added it to my region, I remember you guys mentioning it some time ago.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The new IFC comedy 'Brockmire' is getting great reviews so far. Sepinwall is even comparing it to Catastrophe and Youre the Worst.
Which is weird because I watched the trailer for it the other day and thought it looked awful.
Which is weird because I watched the trailer for it the other day and thought it looked awful.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sepinwall spent 2 episodes pimping it. I assume the charm comes from Hank Azaria though.
If we say Helix three times in a row will ivy return to us?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's pure fucking garbage. Strain tier.
He says the writing is really good too though.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Good for them. Maron is done and Portlandia is over next year. They need another smash hit that only alt comedy fans watch. #BringBackGarfunkelAndOates
I think almost everything on IFC comes to Netflix pretty quickly. I'll probably wait unless the buzz becomes deafening.
Helix is worth it for just how ridiculous the second season gets. It got way more weird and interesting but it never really became all that good.
So MIPTV is underway and it's... dull? I mean it's always a bit dull since it is sort of is a big upfront mixed with TED talks. But I don't know, maybe it's more things that doesn't appeal to my particular tastes, maybe it's an off year, or maybe it's the frustration of trying follow it on twitter this year because there are hundreds of Turkish twitter bots shitting up everything. Who knows.
As usual there were the always insightful talks from "digital first" companies (this year courtesy of go90):
And really stupid reality TV formats:
And before we continue on and I eventually end up being profane, let's take a wholesome Christian break so that God doesn't smite me:
Anyway there wasn't a lot of interesting (or well, more accurately interesting to the people who frequent this thread) key arts but The Terror is looking great:
And don't worry, I know my audience so here it is (I actually had to put in effort this time around to find it):
(to be a bit nicer towards the folks at Caracol after bashing them for over a year for that stupid fucking show, they also offer The Wall which admittedly doesn't look good but it is interesting to see their take on that stupid fucking wall)
As usual there were the always insightful talks from "digital first" companies (this year courtesy of go90):
And really stupid reality TV formats:
And before we continue on and I eventually end up being profane, let's take a wholesome Christian break so that God doesn't smite me:
Anyway there wasn't a lot of interesting (or well, more accurately interesting to the people who frequent this thread) key arts but The Terror is looking great:
And don't worry, I know my audience so here it is (I actually had to put in effort this time around to find it):
(to be a bit nicer towards the folks at Caracol after bashing them for over a year for that stupid fucking show, they also offer The Wall which admittedly doesn't look good but it is interesting to see their take on that stupid fucking wall)
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
What about The White Slave?
Oh good!
And before we continue on and I eventually end up being profane, let's take a wholesome Christian break so that God doesn't smite me:
PureFlix is getting into the game? I do feel that the religious market has been mostly left untapped, so it'll be interesting to see how it does for them. I think Netflix would do well to get into that market, actually.
The key art for The Terror is great!
tearsintherain
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Terror looks great, its based on a story by Dan Simmons who wrote the Hyperion cantos which is pretty beloved by sci fi fans too.
I need my nautical/pirate fix now that Black Sails has ended (and it ended beautifully).
"the white slave" haha wtf does blood is the same color mean even...
I need my nautical/pirate fix now that Black Sails has ended (and it ended beautifully).
"the white slave" haha wtf does blood is the same color mean even...
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
at what point will they stop trying to sell the white slave
See I'm looking out for you.
I know we've talked about it before, but this is the first original TV programming from them.
And Jared Harris is looking very spiffy in that uniform.
In fairness it is a TV market and displaying your back catalogue is par for the course, they didn't buy any ad space for it in the trade magazines.
The minute someone finds a nice title for The White Indentured Servant.
NEVAR.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
The clock is about to run out for 24: Redemption.
Another revival starts tonight...Prison Break! Any predictions?
I'm gonna say:
Prison Break - 1.2
I'm skeptical that many people actually care that it's coming back. But who knows.
I'm gonna go with a 1.0
I liked the show and honest I forgot it was back tonight. I've seen no real buzz on social media...
Have Mondays in general just been barren lately? I can always find something to watch on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, but never Mondays lately.
I think you going to see this more and more often. Networks selling they have dedicated audiences instead of big ones.
The walking dead fandom has been fascinating this year, i think there has been a noticeable change since the Dumpster incident.
Whats the dumpster incident?
A particularly egregious death fake out in the show.
edit: I love how many google and youtube results are for it if you search for "death fake out".
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I've been watching this on CBC and it has been really good so far. The actress they got for Anne is perfect, she cracks me up in nearly every scene. Surprisingly funny show too.
Boring trailer, but they're probably trying to sell it to the Hallmark Channel types. I hope it does well. Unless this season collapses into itself like Flesh & Bone did, I'd love to see another season of Anne.
Unless I'm mistaken,
a major, well-liked character and also a guy who shot himself fell into a crowd of zombies, and the main character was seen being feasted upon by the horde. Episode ends.
But wait! It wasn't his torso the zombies were eating and he somehow managed to scoot himself to safety under a dumpster and just wait for the horde to get bored and wander off or something.
But wait! It wasn't his torso the zombies were eating and he somehow managed to scoot himself to safety under a dumpster and just wait for the horde to get bored and wander off or something.
She really does seem to nail the part.
The trailer does make it look like a comfort food type show. But hey, we need those too.
I'm probably going to abandon my irreverence towards the show now, I mean I always thought that it would turn out just fine but the contrast between this and Walley-Beckett's previous work was too amusing. Might even retire the drudge siren.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
We'll see. Season 1 could end with a zoom in to Anne's nightstand, showing a bottle of medically prescribed heroin. Lol
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The blame for the dumpster scene rests squarely with the fans of the show. The way the scene is composed makes it very obvious that
You don't have to like it. You can think it's cheap and poor storytelling, but it's also just yet another bit of BS the show is built on and not something show-endingly egregious. If you're fine with any of Ninja Zombie deaths over the course of literally every episode of every season, this is not the bridge too far.
the other guy fell on top of him. Even the placement of the torso being ripped open makes no sense without Glenn's chest being twice the size as normal.
You don't have to like it. You can think it's cheap and poor storytelling, but it's also just yet another bit of BS the show is built on and not something show-endingly egregious. If you're fine with any of Ninja Zombie deaths over the course of literally every episode of every season, this is not the bridge too far.
TheAbsolution
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Prison Break doesn't crack a 1.0 IMO.
0.9
0.9
To be fair, I dropped the show way before that happened and decided to stick to the comics. My post calling it egregious was in regards to what I read about it in the gaf thread at the time, a youtube clip and how it was handled in the marketing (still keep up with news and impressions about the show because those can be pretty entertaining).
Hobbestetrician
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There were three full episodes of the show before they went back and resolved that storyline. And they even removed the name of the actor in the opening credits during that time.
But sure, the fans are the ones to blame.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Being easily manipulated is the Fan's problem, though. I'm not some seer but I knew enough about the mechanics of the show to know that he wasn't actually dead.
It's like people thought they were watching a prestige drama up until that moment and that it suddenly, out of nowhere, became schlock. It was always there. It's part of the show's DNA.
RatskyWatsky
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Deadline is reporting that Netflix has renewed A Series of Unfortunate Events for a third season.
FlammableAce
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So happy Colony was renewed!
RatskyWatsky
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