I think it really has the potential to break out, it's a critical darling so far, the trailer is the most watched thing on Hulu's youtube channel, and it just seems to have captured the zeitgeist like nothing else on TV right now. Which is a bit interesting since the book is from 1985.
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2016-17 TV Cancellations Thread: TNT finds "Nothing can come of nothing."
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, Feed the Beast was cancelled. It had a dumb cliffhanger ending too, IIRC.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Exactly, it was literally the only thing that had me excited initially.
Especially because that is something all zombie media either halfasses or mainly just entirely skips over.
And then they had the boat which was also a good feature of a zombie show and sidelined that.
Imo, i'd rather they cancel it and pick up that Resident Evil series and try cross-promoting it.
or basically reboot and do a completely different unique setting.
Won't happen for $$$ reasons but a series or even season in the Asian Pacific is really what would interest me alongside Walking Dead(which might have already lost me after that final though)
It isn't unexpected that Pitch would be axed. Sports shows don't translate well to Europe because there is little overlap between American and European popular sports.
Indeed. I dropped it because they skipped the only unique thing the show offers.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
It started good, then Whitney Cummings had her show cancelled, and she probably had more writing in the show, and it just started going down the tubes.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I entered the thread for the title.
So whats redneck gane of thrones?
Did something similar with a super popular spanish TV series El Ministerio del Tiempo (the Ministry of Time), although they share finances and broadcast with the public channel that created it (they didnt have money for such a big sci-fi/history series and always was at the brink of cancelation, so Netflix came and added cash).
I really hope Netflix treats it as an original in their channel, logo at the beggining and all.
Im also glad the rest of the world can enjoy it now, because its really good fun (and you will learn sime interesting spanish history in the process, some of it I didnt even know about because I went to an english school when I was younger)
BTW this is the series Timeless copied REALLY badly (after fox wanted to buy the rights and then decided to copy without paying a cent).
Timeless is not returning for sure, as they have been sued by the El Ministerio del Tiempo and their ratings are bad.
So whats redneck gane of thrones?
Did something similar with a super popular spanish TV series El Ministerio del Tiempo (the Ministry of Time), although they share finances and broadcast with the public channel that created it (they didnt have money for such a big sci-fi/history series and always was at the brink of cancelation, so Netflix came and added cash).
I really hope Netflix treats it as an original in their channel, logo at the beggining and all.
Im also glad the rest of the world can enjoy it now, because its really good fun (and you will learn sime interesting spanish history in the process, some of it I didnt even know about because I went to an english school when I was younger)
BTW this is the series Timeless copied REALLY badly (after fox wanted to buy the rights and then decided to copy without paying a cent).
Timeless is not returning for sure, as they have been sued by the El Ministerio del Tiempo and their ratings are bad.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think it's that WGN show that no one heard of before? lolI entered the thread for the title.
So whats redneck gane of thrones?
Dedication Through Light
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He is basically the chief responsible for the show. It is the producer that leads the entire show, basically sets-up season long plots, leads casting, .. They basically do what you'd think a movie director does. So in this case, they like the idea of the show but don't think the current showrunner can make it interesting.
Its always cool to see people related to projects that you didn't realize before.
Just watched an episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries from my DVR and noticed that the writers for the episode are actually the protagonists of the new show Nobodies and one of them voices a character. Pretty cool to see, especially since the protagonists on the show work on a cartoon.
Just watched an episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries from my DVR and noticed that the writers for the episode are actually the protagonists of the new show Nobodies and one of them voices a character. Pretty cool to see, especially since the protagonists on the show work on a cartoon.
Holy shit, they think Exorcist will be renewed? I'd lost all hope, but at least they wrapped up season 1 nicely, so I'd made my peace. I could go for another season for sure.
SapphiCine
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This seems like a good place to ask. How does one find old viewership numbers? My partner is having a bad time trying to find data for a research paper. Specifically they want some U.S. numbers for Pokemon. Ideally from back during its peak in the 90's.
The Deadline article makes it sound like Timeless has a shot, but I'm not sure if they're aware of the litigation.
Sony and NBC, not Fox.
Also that suit is not going to give them anything.The shows are far too dissimilar and unless they can produce an email which pretty much literally states how Sony and NBC planned to copy the show, that they are in fact copying the show with malicious intent that suit will likely just get tossed.
lol.
Deadline is most definitely aware of the litigation.
edit: Did the AV Club just get a redesign? I don't like it.
the_firewithin
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oh S3 of Bosch starts next week. didnt know it had a new season coming
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
And the award for single worst episode of the 2017 TV season goes to...
Animals season 2 episode 5, 'Humans'!
A disastrously unfunny 30 minute live action Adult Swim sketch masquerading as an HBO comedy, starring RuPaul, Dan Harmon, Judy Greer, Raven-Symone, and a bunch of other poor unfortunate souls who somehow managed to get suckered into this garbage fire of a shitshow.
I'm talkin 'Gravity' tier you guys.
It literally made me spit up blood.
Animals season 2 episode 5, 'Humans'!
A disastrously unfunny 30 minute live action Adult Swim sketch masquerading as an HBO comedy, starring RuPaul, Dan Harmon, Judy Greer, Raven-Symone, and a bunch of other poor unfortunate souls who somehow managed to get suckered into this garbage fire of a shitshow.
I'm talkin 'Gravity' tier you guys.
It literally made me spit up blood.
It did i like the previous one too, you should see the other redesign they did for the comments it was horrible before they fixed it
How was animals in general
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's whatever. Some of the segments are clever, most of them aren't. The animation is awful and the art direction is ugly and unpleasant. It looks like a cheap YouTube show made by 2 people, which would be fine for YouTube, but I expect way more out of an HBO production.
dead souls
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Love the negativity ratsky.
As bad as Gravity. That's a fucking deathblow. At least Gravity had Krysten Ritter (AKA the only reason I watched that monstrosity.)
I watched the first episode of Animals back when it premiered and that was enough for me.
As bad as Gravity. That's a fucking deathblow. At least Gravity had Krysten Ritter (AKA the only reason I watched that monstrosity.)
I watched the first episode of Animals back when it premiered and that was enough for me.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I think the time between when I first met ivysaur and when we talked about how bad Gravity was was about 5 minutes.
AngmarsKing701
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Read half of your post, got to the bolded, and imagined the rest of it being read by Ursula.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Read half of your post, got to the bolded, and imagined the rest of it being read by Ursula.
Just according to keikaku
Read half of your post, got to the bolded, and imagined the rest of it being read by Ursula.
told you, its the dark middle chapter Ratsky.
Shadow Ratsky, time to steal his heart.
Im playing too much Persona
AngmarsKing701
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Love the avy, by the way. Can't wait for Cate to finally go all Dark Queen of Morning on everyone.
The streets will run red with Burgundy's blood1
So many R's, you'd think they were all watching The Leftovers!
One can hope.
Rekwest
Member
Yes.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
More like Sons of Anarchy: Appalachians​. Despicable yet charming outlaw types doing generic bad things.
WGN really must be shifting in a new direction cause they keep throwing away their shows. Salem, Manhattan, Outsiders, and Underground is a solid start for original programming. And now Underground is the only one still around.
KonradLaw
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RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's ok. They just started filming Scalped
Don't be surprised if WGN passes on 'Scalped' - they seem to be moving away from producing shows on the level of their previous ones.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Scalped feels like a show that Netflix could buy because why not.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I do hope it gets picked up somewhere. I could see it fitting into AMC, FX, or TNT's schedules pretty easily.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
AMC could pair it with Walking Dead and make it a comic book night. lol Netflix could have it replace Longmire whenever they film that final season.
But yeah, it'd probably work on any cable network.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Or Preacher! It might also pair with The Son, since it's sort of a neo-western.
Indeed! I'd like to see Netflix's comic lineup branch out a bit from Marvel superheroes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh Preacher, of course! I forgot about it.
Vertigo night!
Vertigo night!
KonradLaw
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They camed out and publically stated they will focus on diversity. A show with mostly native american cast is perfect for that. And it's been in development hell since 2014. Would seem strange to greenlight filming now if they didn't intend to pick it up
Speaking of which, what is going on with TNT? They haven't done anything noteworthy in a while (or at least noteworthy to me), it seems like Reilly has a lot riding on The Alienist.
That statement was just corporate Mad Libs. Don't read too much into it.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
"Diverse programming strategy", which could mean anything. It could mean they're canceling their highest rated show because it stars white people and they want to instead focus on shows with minority leads - or it could more likely mean that they want to make cheaper shows: half hour shows, flash animation shows, reality, webseries, etc. instead of focusing on premium dramas.
Even though those premium dramas just gave them their biggest month ever last month.
The Scalped pilot was officially greenlit over a year ago and casting began in February, but WGN's new shift in strategy is apparently coming from someone who took the reigns just last month. They probably have some kind of commitment to produce a pilot, but they may not even be in the market for premium dramas anymore, depending on what their strategy is going forward (and who even knows what that is - their statement was confusing and vague af).
How could you forget about Claws?! Legit one of my most anticipated shows (dibs on OT). They also got that Young William Shakespeare show in the works.
But yeah, their new "edgy and complex drama" strategy hasn't been working all that well for them - both Animal Kingdom and Good Behavior just kind of came and went with little fanfare.
I didn't forget about it (how could I?). But I don't see it as a show which is that important to the future of TNT/Reilly. I try not to think about Will, and also it was originally commissioned by Pivot so that one also falls into the less important pile.
I was looking at Wikipedia before my post, and I honestly couldn't remember what that show was.
styl3s
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I'll tell you what isn't going on with TNT, Southland. *punches wall*.
Speaking of TNT did Animal Kingdom ever get renewed/canceled? i kind of enjoyed the first season.
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