reddig33
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- Comment on Netflix’s ad tier is growing really fast — and that means more ads 19 hours ago:
No one is watching these ads. That’s the big bubble of modern TV. People just mute them or go to the kitchen. And the more ads and interruptions there are, the more likely people aren’t going to bother watching at all. There are too many other things competing for the viewer’s attention (multiple streaming channels, YouTube, TikTok, doomscrolling, video games, actual outdoor activities, etc.)
- Comment on What period was the "golden age" of TV in terms of content? 23 hours ago:
Another golden age was during the “rural purge” in the early 1970s. Shows like Mayberry RFD and Petticoat Junction were canceled and replaced with The Mary Tyler Moore show and All In The Family. This is when the reign of Norman Lear began.
It lasted a good long time until ABC introduced “Jiggle TV” with Charlie’s Angels and Threes Company.
Later we’d get the era of prime time soaps in the 1980s with Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, and many others.
- Comment on What period was the "golden age" of TV in terms of content? 23 hours ago:
There have been multiple “golden ages”. The last one I remember was when broadcast started trying to compete with cable. We got a slew of high production value and well acted shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Greys Anatomy, and Invasion around 2004/2005/2006.
Then the broadcast networks merged even further with streaming and cable conglomerates and became mostly a dumping ground for cheap reality programming and procedural spin offs.
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- Comment on ‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Picked Up at the CW 1 day ago:
Somehow CW still exists.
- Comment on Anyone else watched Day of the Jackal? 1 day ago:
There was also a classic movie.
- Comment on What new TV series are you most looking at with interest for the second half of the year? 1 day ago:
I think Handmaid should have been a one season show. Trying to extend it beyond the original source material just didn’t work for me.
- Comment on What new TV series are you most looking at with interest for the second half of the year? 1 day ago:
Surprisingly looking forward to Murderbot. I think Skarsgard is miscast, but the previews have looked great so maybe it will be good after all.
I have no idea what else is coming this year. There’s been no sign of Gilded Age or Strange New Worlds release dates, and Disney has already released all the Star Wars content I would be interested in for 2025.
- Comment on ‘The Office’ Spinoff ‘The Paper’ to Premiere in September, Headlining Peacock’s Bold 2025-26 Programming Slate 3 days ago:
Spin-offs. So bold.
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- Comment on ‘Grimsburg’, ‘Krapopolis’ & ‘Universal Basic Guys’ Renewed At Fox 4 days ago:
I guess someone is watching these?
- Comment on Back up off my nuts 5 days ago:
Doesn’t help. They just text you from another number under the name of a different PAC.
- Comment on Back up off my nuts 5 days ago:
I get a fundraising text every day. I text back stop. I marked as junk. It makes no difference. I got another one the next day.
Do they not realize pissing off their base with this spam means we’re not going to donate?
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On Finding The Sweet Spot For Her Star Trek Workplace Comedy 6 days ago:
Don’t care. Like star trek, but this sounds like an awful idea and a flop that will just dilute the brand even further. The live version of her character and Quaid’s was great. I wish they would land back on SNW or something.
- Comment on David Zaslav Declares, “This Is The Strongest HBO Has Ever Been”, Likens It To NBC In “Must-See TV” Era 6 days ago:
Well of course he would say that. But does anyone actually believe him?
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On Finding The Sweet Spot For Her Star Trek Workplace Comedy 6 days ago:
We don’t really need a “Star Trek Workplace Comedy” do we?
- Comment on 'Andor' creator explains recasting major 'Star Wars' character with Benjamin Bratt 6 days ago:
I hate that this season is rushing through multiple years. We haven’t seen any indications yet that Organa is part of the rebellion.
- Comment on Forget foldable phones – LG's 'stretchable' in-car display can grow physical buttons when you need them, and I can't stop watching it 6 days ago:
Sounds like an expensive point of failure.
- Comment on Jon Voight’s Plan Raises Prospect Of Reinstating Fin-Syn Rules As TV Series Enter Tariff Conversation 6 days ago:
He is, but I’m actually intrigued by this idea. It’s something that was already in place and repealed by Clinton. It’s similar to the “studios can’t own movie theaters” rule. And while I don’t think it will help Hollywood, I do think it could help artists and consumers.
- Comment on Google shares slump as Apple exec calls AI the new search 1 week ago:
I don’t think AI is the new search. I think people are just dumping Google because its search results are so poor these days.
- Comment on The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business 1 week ago:
Setting Microsoft Edge rate the same as DuckDuckGo on this chart makes me doubt the quality of this study.
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- Comment on Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline 1 week ago:
I’m amazed Tidal still exists.
- Comment on Comcast's cable spinoff to be named Versant, picked to emphasize corporate versatility 1 week ago:
This is just Comcast cutting off its gangrenous limb.
- Comment on Marvel Officially Retitles Thunderbolts as The New Avengers 1 week ago:
- Comment on First image of Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri in "Avatar: Fire and Ash" 1 week ago:
They aren’t great movies, but they translate well and perform really well in overseas markets. The previous entry made over two billion dollars worldwide.
- Comment on I cooked some food cubes. 2 weeks ago:
Still waiting for these to make an appearance on SNW. I’m hoping it’s some “efficiency upgrade” installed by Starfleet that the crew ends up hating.
- Comment on CBS Sets Record With 17th Straight Season Victory in Total Viewers 2 weeks ago:
This number isn’t that big when compared to the overall industry. CBS is averaging about 5 million viewers per night. In the 1970s when there was just broadcast, their average viewership was almost 30 million per night.
forbes.com/…/media-network-news-audience-opinions…
Netflix averages double of current CBS viewership of one program in just four days. I do wonder what the numbers are for catch-up views of cbs/paramount streaming. I doubt it’s enough to catch up to Netflix but I could be wrong.
variety.com/…/you-season-5-ratings-netflix-views-…
Another example - the hit “Adolescence” got over 17 million views in a week (and 114 million for the month for just this program).
- Comment on 'Dexter: Resurrection' Premieres July 11 on Paramount+ with Showtime 2 weeks ago:
Showtime just milking one of the few shows they have left.
- Comment on Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge venture flatlines in popularity 2 weeks ago:
They didn’t budge on Recall either. All of this is just driving away customers.
