RatskyWatsky
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I think that was just a rumor.
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2014-15 TV Cancellations: Under the Dome canned, what will CBS do with CG cows next?
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I think that was just a rumor.
For anyone who hasn't seen The Missing yet (BBC One in UK - starts tonight on Starz in the US) I thoroughly recommend it.
It revolves around the story of a Dad searching for his son who went missing six years earlier whilst their family were on holiday in France.
Eight part series all told. I'm three episodes in and it's easily the best new show of the Autumn season for me. Well acted, with a great script thusfar and the direction is such that it gives just enough tantalising hints at deeper stories yet to be uncovered - allowing the viewer to speculate whilst not giving the whole game away. Exactly what I want from a mystery drama.
Plus, episode 3 had one of the best
I've ever seen on TV.
tl;dr? Think original Broadchurch meets The Bridge but done by the BBC so you know it's quality. It's so good so far that I fully expect Fox will be making a word for word remake in three years time.
It revolves around the story of a Dad searching for his son who went missing six years earlier whilst their family were on holiday in France.
Eight part series all told. I'm three episodes in and it's easily the best new show of the Autumn season for me. Well acted, with a great script thusfar and the direction is such that it gives just enough tantalising hints at deeper stories yet to be uncovered - allowing the viewer to speculate whilst not giving the whole game away. Exactly what I want from a mystery drama.
Plus, episode 3 had one of the best
chase sequences
tl;dr? Think original Broadchurch meets The Bridge but done by the BBC so you know it's quality. It's so good so far that I fully expect Fox will be making a word for word remake in three years time.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Yeah I can't see this show getting past the first season.
Which is a shame because it has a lot of potential.
NBC always felt like the wrong network for it. It should have been on something like AMC, Showtime, HBO, or Netflix.
maybe CW picks it up to carry on the Supernatural torch next year >_>
LOL @ certain people. POI isn't going to probably break SSS-tier television but it is extremely well put together and almost always entertaining and has plenty going for it. At the very least it shares a tier with probably The Good Wife.
The only problem is it is impossible to catch up on, which may explain a small amount of why no one is picking it up, especially a show in its fourth season. The only options at the moment are buying the box sets (who does this without having watched the show?) or buying the season passes on amazon/itunes/etc or bumming an ultraviolet code from someone who bought a box set. It's not coming to Netflix until next year in the fall, so people will have a bunch of catching up to do.
So basically, if I asked you to watch POI because I said it is a fantastic show, it has great pacing of serial elements while using procedural formulas, great characters and a well-realized and deep mythology ... these are all true, but it has a few things working against it: 1) It's on CBS, and most people associate CBS with TBBT, CSI and NCIS spinoffs backed by boring cop dramas and don't associate them with anything beyond low-tier quality television (which is wrong in many ways but ...) and 2) It's not on Netflix.
So if it's not on Netflix and it's a not cable show (i.e. not a "prestige drama"), why would I even bother trying? Especially for a show four seasons in? I don't want to spend like 30-50$ on the first season pass and hate it 3-5 episodes into it.
It's almost certainly going to get a fifth season. Who knows if it'll get its 7 season plan the showrunners talked about but a fifth is almost certain at this point I would think. I really don't know where the scaremongering came from anyway.
Jest Chillin
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Grimm has been working out ok and it's a show in the same genre. NBC really needs something to couple with Grimm as well. Constantine's ratings really have more to do with the comic having been so... I'll say *inspiring* for Supernatural already and it's going through new show growing pains. If it gets a chance to find it's footing, it could end up drawing in more of Grimm's audience and be ok. How willing NBC is to wait for that is the question.
Meanwhile, on TVBTN's comments section ... let's talk about The Millers' cancellation, why don't we? Some choice terrible comments:
I would've posted what basically amounts to TVBTN comments poster "Dan" basically circling the wagons for people telling him how wrong he was for predicting this would be renewed/Forever not getting a back order, amongst other things. But it was way too much, and unhealthy.
I would've posted what basically amounts to TVBTN comments poster "Dan" basically circling the wagons for people telling him how wrong he was for predicting this would be renewed/Forever not getting a back order, amongst other things. But it was way too much, and unhealthy.
WGN payed like $3 million per episode for syndication rights. I really doubt CBS would give up that kind of money.
Yeah, the problem with The Millers was that they were betting on future syndication profits; Elementary already sold, so it's money in the bank such that it'll be shuffled to Friday (a la Hawaii Five-0) before it's ever canceled.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yay, now put season 2 on Dutch Netflix damnit.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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You're Dutch...? I thought you were Australian.
My world has literally been turned upside down.
Wouldn't that only happen if he were Australian...?
Ahh, I tried looking around for it but the site layout is total shit.
Edit: lol holy shit, Dan and Guest are the best comment's. Dan because he's just crazy and Guest because Dan drove him crazy.
AngmarsKing701
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The previews for it are terrible.
"We're totally gonna get those guys." It's like they're pretending to do a Shonda show but they don't have Shonda.
Link
The Autumn Wind
I think that's being generous.
sparky2112
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You mean because it's become a mid-season filler?
Gnome, not dwarf.Kabouter is Dutch for dwarf m8, it's not like he was hiding it
Wasn't sure about the exact translation myself so I looked it up before I posted. Turns out there's not one exact word in the English language for the word kabouter. The use of dwarf, gnome, pixie and hobgoblin would all be correct.
The word gnome can also be literally translated to gnoom in Dutch by the way. And a groom and a kabouter are also two different things. So it's quite confusing actually.
Remember there's no difference between a 1.9 and a 1.5 and 2 Broke Girls is definitely getting canceled next.
like wat.
Yes'm.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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I loved Rules of Engagement good show
Yeah I saw that hah. I also like that fact he says "I'm not wrong, the networks are just stupid".
That whole website has become a carnival of stupid as ratings have been depressed and marginal revenue streams (that we don't have access to) have become more important.
Yes, there isn't a huge difference between a 1.5 and a 1.9 -- a .4 difference is something that The Big Bang Theory could fluctuate between week to week. But the fact is that 2 Broke Girls is a show in its fourth year at 8pm with no lead against The Voice and Monday Night Football that's holding relatively well on its own, especially compared to other CBS comedies. It's shown some strength as an anchor for a night, albeit not nearly as well as How I Met Your Mother or The Big Bang Theory.
Not to mention that 2 Broke Girls has a very lucrative syndication deal that will cause Warner to do all it can to have CBS make as many episodes of 2 Broke Girls as possible. It's also a reliable show for CBS because Mom probably couldn't anchor a night at this point, and they need something reliable like 2 Broke Girls (Mike & Molly probably couldn't do that).
Plus, I think The Millers got one of the lowest DVR lifts of any scripted show on broadcast television while 2 Broke Girls does relatively well for a comedy. Same with Forever -- its C3s and C7s are actually better than expected just because its so heavily DVR'ed, making its marginal revenue stream for ABC better than expected from just looking at the L+SD ratings. Hence, the back 9.
streetsahead123
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If POI is a lock, then all I care about is The Good Wife getting renewed. That's at least pretty close to a lock, right?
It's a prestige drama that wins tons of awards, Les Moonves loves it, and the next season is supposed to be its last, narratively speaking. Alicia isn't going anywhere.
streetsahead123
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Thank God. That show is my everything.
AngmarsKing701
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I wonder how much you could be making by having your own website called TV From the Inside.
I would hope a lot because he would likely get fired. He would have had to start this when no one knew who he was.
AngmarsKing701
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So like a psychic who considers her gift a curse
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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2 broke girls is hilarious kat dennings is amazing
Supernatural's finally ending?
Maybe now I can binge watch it from start to finish while dreamy-sighing over Jensen Ackles over the years. *wistful music*
Ive been under the assumption that the current season (10th) is the last. I might be wrong, I usually am
also, Ivy isnt a mod... I could sware Ivy was a mod. My brain doesnt work anymore
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Not really.
A show can get cancelled in the middle of a season, yes. That probably won't happen with Constantine though.
Ive been under the assumption that the current season (10th) is the last. I might be wrong, I usually am
I see nothing about it being a final season. Knowing the CW/WB/UPN/whatever they're calling themselves now, they'll probably renew it.
also, Ivy isnt a mod... I could sware Ivy was a mod. My brain doesnt work anymore
He never was, bae.
Jest Chillin
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Ive been under the assumption that the current season (10th) is the last. I might be wrong, I usually am
The two leads love working on the show and they love their crew. They have said in the past they'll keep doing it as long as The CW wants to renew. So who knows how long it'll run. Could end this year or it could go on.
dead souls
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Ive been under the assumption that the current season (10th) is the last. I might be wrong, I usually am
Everyone in this thread will have died of old age while cyborg Ackles/Padalecki will still be making Supernatural.
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