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  1. TV Show Talk
    In 2015 I noted in a post that FX’s John Landgraf said there was too much TV. Every year thereafter he has let the world know. This year's number reported in Peak TV: 599 Original Series In 2022 But FX’s John Landgraf Predicts Decline he continues to acknowledge the increase and again suggests...
  2. Internet Streaming Services
    The Verge article titled The golden age of the streaming wars has ended does a good job of summarizing the changes we will see at the beginning of 2023. It's frustrating that advertising is now back in the middle of the content decision-making. But it was a "golden age" for streaming until...
  3. TV Show Talk
    According to several reports including NBC Could Give Third Hour Of Nightly Primetime Back To Local Affiliates it appears that the network is seriously considering becoming the first of the big three to cut back its programming offered to affiliates. They would move from the big three that now...
  4. TV Show Talk
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/19/mad-men-at-15-how-the-genius-advertising-drama-foresaw-the-death-of-the-american-dream "Mad Men" ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its fictional time frame runs from...
  5. Internet Streaming Services
    I know it's a fictitious news controversy, but it bothers me. I see stories about how many subscribers Netflix has lost in the last two quarters. Yeah. If you look at 2020 numbers it is no surprise that in the middle of the stay-at-home pandemic they had a huge subscriber jump. Why would one not...
  6. Internet Streaming Services
    The LA Times has an article today Streamer Acorn TV is an Anglophile favorite, but can it help AMC compete with Netflix? Back in 2015 I started a thread Acorn TV: Shows from Britain, Australian, New Zealand, Canada because I thought then that the streamer was a really good provider particularly...
  7. Internet Streaming Services
    Apparently we are going to learn tomorrow that Amazon in fact will be acquiring MGM for a mere $8+ billion. For more check out Amazon nears deal to buy MGM Studios for nearly $9 billion.
  8. Internet Streaming Services
    The numbers are beginning to confirm what we already believed - in the midst of the pandemic streaming is replacing traditional TV service. As might be expected, in OTA and cable channel viewing the temporary ratings gains of March and April couldn't reverse larger, systemic declines on...
  9. General DISH™ Discussion
    Per Variety story: On Monday, Dish's Sling Media unit announced that Slingbox servers will be permanently taken offline 24 months from Nov. 9, 2020. I hope this isn't a duplicate post but I couldn't find one with this announcement.
  10. TV Show Talk
    "The Expanse" returns on Amazon Prime Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, with Season 5. It's almost like they are offering a great diversion to help us work our way out of 2020....
  11. Internet Streaming Services
    That plus sign sure has gained a corporate following. First we have Apple+ and Disney+. Now ViacomCBS Confirms Paramount+ As New Streaming Name For CBS All Access.
  12. Internet Streaming Services
    According to this Cord Cutters News article Netflix is Positioned to Lose 2 Million Subscribers Quarterly Over Lack of New Content. Really? For me Netflix is the always there streaming channel. I keep accidentally discovering Netflix programming I haven't seen. My problem is that it is...
  13. TV Show Talk
    From The Hollywood Reporter: "Carl Reiner, the quintessential straight man for Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks who based the beloved sitcom The Dick Van **** Show on his own life and jump-started Steve Martin's big-screen career, has died...." As one who remembers watching Sid Caesar's early TV...
  14. Internet Streaming Services
    I was hoping someone else would start a thread on HBO Max which was introduced the United States on Wednesday. But we need to start reading opinions here. The review by Gizmodo is headlined HBO Max Is a Mess because what the writer describes is a mess. Variety notes another problem HBO Max's 80...
  15. Internet Streaming Services
    Per Deadline Hollywood: HBO is doing its part to provide some entertainment relief for everyone who's staying home amid the coronavirus crisis. The premium cabler is making nearly 500 hours of top programming available to stream for free for a limited time on HBO Now and HBO GO without a...
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