Yeah the first season is basically a bad impersonation of Mad Men in the 80s tech industry and many of us were ready to write it off or cheer if it got cancelled so Lee Pace and everyone else (basically the entire cast) could move onto better things. But S2 onwards is like a literal new show in the same setting and premise. HCF has been called many times the best of "peak TV" basically since then.
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2017-18 TV Season Cancellations: Guess which woman's late night show got cancelled
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Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I liked the first season more than the second season. That's a pretty unpopular opinion, but basically I thought the scenario was a lot more grounded in the first season and has basically spiralled into fantasy land since. It's true that the hardboiled scenery chewing is a bit much, but I don't actually think the transition to Cameron and Donna does much to improve the character dynamics. I get that many critics feel the show has an interesting feminism but I guess I don't think it's a good execution of that. I feel like when I express this, it's like when I say that I don't think Brokeback Mountain is a good film. I support more diverse representation in TV and am glad to see showrunners trying to move away from Tony Soprano, Walter White, and Don Draper, but just to me the first season of Halt and Catch Fire is an interesting premise and since then it kinda hasn't clicked for me.
*ducks rain of shoes*
*ducks rain of shoes*
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
There's 10 1/2 hours of TV airing tonight that I plan to watch send help
dead souls
Member
First season is garbage, the rest is amazing. Stick it out, you won't regret it.
Damn you need a direct brain jack
Jason Frost
Member
You watch The Orville?
Jason Frost
Member
Hey, I just saw something while browsing the internet.
Ransom is coproduction between 4 countries: Canada, United Sates, France and Germany.
CBS (United Sates) and RTL / VOX (Germany) might have cancelled Ransom some months ago, but the series is not dead yet because Global (Canada) and TF1 (France) have ordered a season 2.
Fancyarcher
Member
The next three main comedy categories are up next. I'm prepared for some bad winners.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
I would love this tbh.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Hulu snagging the Best Drama Emmy before Netflix or Amazon
*cackle*
*cackle*
All according to plan. Let them coast, and then bust on by and take home the gold!
dead souls
Member
That was a pretty damn funny turn of events.
Jason Frost
Member
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
It must have some type of presence because I live in a college town and several of the bars do Rick & Morty night with signature drinks now. And the YouTube videos that pop up in my feed with "analysis" of episodes have millions of views...like in a day or two. There's been a definite jump in popularity between Season 2 and Season 3.
It was the #1 cable show last Sunday, apparently
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...cable-originals-network-finals-9-10-2017.html
And that's at 11 at night on a Sunday
Mariah Careys Mariahs World Not Returning For Second Season On E!
(I might have slightly edited this just to annoy Ratsky)
Mariah's World?
Was this about Mariah funding a private expedition to Mars so she could establish a new colony on the red giant?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I wonder how low the Emmys could possibly go. Guess we'll find out next year.
I wonder how low the Emmys could possibly go. Guess we'll find out next year.
I thought the emmys was going to be on ABC, then turned to NBC, and finally thought "No way" and turned to CBS.
The fact they are on CBS tells me maybe the bidding war wasn't that long for the rights
TheAbsolution
Member
Like the Superbowl, they swap between the networks every year.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I guess people realized they left their tvs on after football and quickly dipped out of The Orville, nice hold.
Only award shows i can remember being on CBS is the Tonys, and the grammys
Thursday should be real interesting, especially since it is the controversial third ep
Yeah, I wonder how it'll do after Gotham.
The Cowboys vs. Broncos game had a weather delay, which meant that game bled into the Orville's time slot, hence the big drop off afterwards.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I'm bracing for impact, but who knows. These days people will follow a show if it connects. But what does Gotham usually get, like a 0.8 0.9?
As for my watch list, I'm officially done with The Orville. Watched 20 minutes of Episode 2 and turned it off.
LMAO. I love this picture. Saw it briefly in a commercial and was so pleased.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
I wonder how low the Emmys could possibly go. Guess we'll find out next year.
That second half drop after the football lead, did the game and everything go past 8:30?... This is going to be under 1.0 Thursday isn't it? I'll be generous and give it until its second Thursday.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Rick and Morty has been one of the highest rated cable shows on Sunday nights since season 2. It's about as big as an adult animated show on cable can get, me
Mariah is the QWEEN ~ bow before ha
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
By the way - why isn't there a Best Foreign Language Series Emmy?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Damn, just go back to the skimask and huge turtleneck Bruce.
Because the Emmys are dumb.
No seriously they are so dumb.
There isn't a single Emmy, there is:
Technology and Engineering Emmys
Daytime Emmys
Sports Emmys
Primetime Creative Arts Emmys
Primetime Emmys
News and Documentary Emmys
International Emmys
And if you think to yourself "How could we ever make this dumber?", don't worry the Emmys have you covered:
The Technology, Daytime, News, and Sports Emmys are controlled by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)
The Primetime Emmys by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)
And the international Emmys by International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS)
It should be pointed out that NATAS and ATAS split from eachother under what I can only assume to be extremely petty circumstances.
But you do have an Emmy for not just "foreign language" shows (a lot of International Emmys have gone to British shows), but for pretty much every conceivable iteration of TV.
Problem is that people only care for the Primetime one for obvious reasons.
The Emmys are really dumb.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Just how well did that show even do?!
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I knew about the Daytime and Creative Arts Emmys, but I had no idea about the others. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Elisabeth Moss
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Ann Dowd
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Alexis Bledel
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Orville lost half the audience at the top of the hour? Yikes.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I actually thought The Orville was a half hour show...
OR your thread is catching up with it
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I've been sleeping on Rick & Morty. Casual watcher, so I thought it just had a very vocal fanbase, like Community. It didn't click for me until a few weeks ago when my friends said they were going to Rick & Morty night.
That was another reason I bailed on Episode 2. Maybe, just maybe, I could give it more of a chance if it was a half hour show. But 40+ mins of it every week? No fucking thanks. I just don't see anything to like. It's not creative about the premise and it isn't funny. They're just dumpster diving old Star Tre--Ill stop, I'm about to rant lol
Unlike Community, Rick and Morty is funny.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is 19-2 considered a cancellation? lol
It's weird to see how they decided to end the series. They had a bit of an arc that basically just fluttered away, focusing instead on character arcs and a couple of standalone calls. I sort of imagine this is how Southland would have ended if it had the chance.
It's weird to see how they decided to end the series. They had a bit of an arc that basically just fluttered away, focusing instead on character arcs and a couple of standalone calls. I sort of imagine this is how Southland would have ended if it had the chance.
Yearly reminder that this cool TV calendar website exists. (Apologies if it's already been posted and I missed it.)