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TV: One Person's Trash...
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
It's going to be on its own streaming service, right?
Not sure I'm going there unless it's on Amazon somehow.
It's going to be on its own streaming service, right?
Not sure I'm going there unless it's on Amazon somehow.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
CBS All Access is the CBS streaming service and they are making it. They also made Star Trek: Discovery which was great!
I don't think Amazon has access to it.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
Amazon and Netflix were the international distributors/streamers for CBS All Access on these two shows. Can't remember which one had which show. Just a tidbit I read on an article about Picard.
Amazon and Netflix were the international distributors/streamers for CBS All Access on these two shows. Can't remember which one had which show. Just a tidbit I read on an article about Picard.
solovsfett
Registered User
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
TECHNICALLY, I have cable. Networks and the super crappy channels that show old-arse reruns and game shows, and CNN. It's a big price jump to get the next level. I'm paying something like $15 for it; as for internet, have the highest home package you can get. And honestly? Netflix has way more than I need for viewing. My Disc Queue is always hovering around 120-125, and streaming around 2 dozen.
TECHNICALLY, I have cable. Networks and the super crappy channels that show old-arse reruns and game shows, and CNN. It's a big price jump to get the next level. I'm paying something like $15 for it; as for internet, have the highest home package you can get. And honestly? Netflix has way more than I need for viewing. My Disc Queue is always hovering around 120-125, and streaming around 2 dozen.
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Deutsche Gopher Fan
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Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
A ranking of HBO shows. Happy that the leftovers was high, think six feet under should have been higher.
https://www.vulture.com/article/bes...?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=nym
A ranking of HBO shows. Happy that the leftovers was high, think six feet under should have been higher.
https://www.vulture.com/article/bes...?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=nym
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
Main takeaway: HBO really hasn't had many good shows.
Personal list, obviously not objective:
1. Westworld (S1). The greatest show in television history so obviously #1 here.
2. Veep
3. Dream On
4. Game of Thrones
5. Flight of the Conchords
6. The Newsroom
7. Leftovers (S1)
8. Succession
9. Vinyl
10. Rome
Never saw but probably would have liked:
Larry Sanders
Philip Marlowe
True Detective (S1)
Main takeaway: HBO really hasn't had many good shows.
Personal list, obviously not objective:
1. Westworld (S1). The greatest show in television history so obviously #1 here.
2. Veep
3. Dream On
4. Game of Thrones
5. Flight of the Conchords
6. The Newsroom
7. Leftovers (S1)
8. Succession
9. Vinyl
10. Rome
Never saw but probably would have liked:
Larry Sanders
Philip Marlowe
True Detective (S1)
French Rage
NICKERSON HAS [CENSORED]
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
Yeah, I really think Westworld got jobbed. Granted, it's only two seasons long so it has room to move up or down.
I personally liked The Newsroom but I know it was hated by a lot of AV Club nerds. If this didn't have Sorkin's name attached to it, it wouldn't have been panned anywhere near what it was. Besides, how can you hate a show that got Sam Watterson to say "f-ck"?
And based upon their bizarre criteria, The Deuce should be moved down a couple dozen spots.
From the article:
Deadwood - ??? (haven't seen)
The Wire - Yes (haven't seen)
Larry Sanders - Yes (haven't seen)
Sex and the City - Probably (haven't seen)
The Leftovers - ??? (haven't seen entirely)
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Not entire sure it qualifies, but it's great
Game of Thrones - Yes
Veep - Maybe (haven't seen)
Oz - Not sure, but considering this might have been the genesis of good shows with boobs and swears on HBO, sure. (haven't seen)
And if the list is "[focused on] how the network changed television by competing directly with broadcast TV", then Game of Thrones should be a heck of a lot higher. It has redefined "TV epic" in a way we haven't seen since Roots. I'm not sure The Leftovers qualifies as high as it did based on these criteria either. It might be a great show (I've tried watching it twice, but get kind of bored around the end of the fourth episode), I know a few on here think it's brilliant, but did it really define how HBO competed against even basic cable? Did it really change how TV is made? And maybe you can throw Veep in that pile of amazing shows but not really redefining. Veep is basically a serial comedy just done to perfection.
There aren't many shows that can really qualify for that top ten list. Sopranos, Oz, Game of Thrones, The Wire are all easy to put in that category. I haven't seen Deadwood, Sex in the City, or Larry Sanders, but I suspect they are in that category. Curb might fit if only because it's almost entirely improvised and it's done impeccably. No one else does that and I'm not sure I can think of another show like it.
Haven't seen any of these except for The Newsroom. I vehemently disagree with this being called one of HBO's dregs.
But isn't that basically using a random number generator if you can't differentiate between a bottom third show and a top third show? Seems like a pretty silly approach.
Yeah, I really think Westworld got jobbed. Granted, it's only two seasons long so it has room to move up or down.
I personally liked The Newsroom but I know it was hated by a lot of AV Club nerds. If this didn't have Sorkin's name attached to it, it wouldn't have been panned anywhere near what it was. Besides, how can you hate a show that got Sam Watterson to say "f-ck"?
And based upon their bizarre criteria, The Deuce should be moved down a couple dozen spots.
From the article:
Sopranos - Yes
Deadwood - ??? (haven't seen)
The Wire - Yes (haven't seen)
Larry Sanders - Yes (haven't seen)
Sex and the City - Probably (haven't seen)
The Leftovers - ??? (haven't seen entirely)
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Not entire sure it qualifies, but it's great
Game of Thrones - Yes
Veep - Maybe (haven't seen)
Oz - Not sure, but considering this might have been the genesis of good shows with boobs and swears on HBO, sure. (haven't seen)
And if the list is "[focused on] how the network changed television by competing directly with broadcast TV", then Game of Thrones should be a heck of a lot higher. It has redefined "TV epic" in a way we haven't seen since Roots. I'm not sure The Leftovers qualifies as high as it did based on these criteria either. It might be a great show (I've tried watching it twice, but get kind of bored around the end of the fourth episode), I know a few on here think it's brilliant, but did it really define how HBO competed against even basic cable? Did it really change how TV is made? And maybe you can throw Veep in that pile of amazing shows but not really redefining. Veep is basically a serial comedy just done to perfection.
There aren't many shows that can really qualify for that top ten list. Sopranos, Oz, Game of Thrones, The Wire are all easy to put in that category. I haven't seen Deadwood, Sex in the City, or Larry Sanders, but I suspect they are in that category. Curb might fit if only because it's almost entirely improvised and it's done impeccably. No one else does that and I'm not sure I can think of another show like it.
Haven't seen any of these except for The Newsroom. I vehemently disagree with this being called one of HBO's dregs.
But isn't that basically using a random number generator if you can't differentiate between a bottom third show and a top third show? Seems like a pretty silly approach.
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
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No Barry? Barry is fantastic. Season 2 was better than season 1.
No Barry? Barry is fantastic. Season 2 was better than season 1.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
Zero misses in Round 9.
Round 10 in the books and we still have 14 left.
Strap in, folks. This could be a long night.
Zero misses in Round 9.
Round 10 in the books and we still have 14 left.
Strap in, folks. This could be a long night.
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Deutsche Gopher Fan
Guest
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
One miss in Round 11.
13 spellers remaining.
One miss in Round 11.
13 spellers remaining.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: TV: One Person's Trash...
Round 19.
Still 8 left.
It's going on midnight DCplex time.
ETA: Round 20 complete. That's the fifth straight perfect round. Still 8 to go.
Possible reason: the bee changed its entry procedures last year to allow home schoolers/other educational collaboratives to self-sponsor, in the absence of newspapers who can sponsor a regional and to make sure areas with lots of national-tier spellers don't get screwed over (Dallas, Texas apparently has scads of national-tier spellers and is severely lacking in sponsors.) It didn't really cause a problem last year, but hoo boy is it rearing its head now. What was around 250 spellers is now almost 600.
Good write-up on it here: https://time.com/5598460/scripps-spelling-bee-2019-rsvbee/
Round 19.
Still 8 left.
It's going on midnight DCplex time.
ETA: Round 20 complete. That's the fifth straight perfect round. Still 8 to go.
Possible reason: the bee changed its entry procedures last year to allow home schoolers/other educational collaboratives to self-sponsor, in the absence of newspapers who can sponsor a regional and to make sure areas with lots of national-tier spellers don't get screwed over (Dallas, Texas apparently has scads of national-tier spellers and is severely lacking in sponsors.) It didn't really cause a problem last year, but hoo boy is it rearing its head now. What was around 250 spellers is now almost 600.
Good write-up on it here: https://time.com/5598460/scripps-spelling-bee-2019-rsvbee/
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