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JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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There's some new show on tonight with a 2 hour premiere: Emerald City.

I've seen no advertising on this -- don't think anyone in Canada picked it up and I don't see American commercials that often. Still, seems like a DOA show.
wizard of oz meets Westworld.

dark, lots of sex, death+blood.

but bad reviews so far
 
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Charmonium

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May 15, 2015
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It wasn't bad but I'm not sure it's going anywhere. For a 2hr premiere they didn't really cover a lot of ground. It did seem to hint at a conflict between science (the Wizard) and magic (the witches) which could be an interesting angle. But I think they're going to need to ramp the story up a lot faster if they want to generate enough interest to keep the show alive.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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Empire renewed for a 4th.

How I met you father may be given life after death, work progressing on a new pilot this time without an individual network backer.
 
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lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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Should be news soon giving details of the next Arrested Development season.


And for those that love repeats, look forward to more In the Heat of the Night and LA Law.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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FX must be feeling frisky with the coin purse, after previously given American Horror Story a renewal, they've tacked on 2 more seasons to the backlog.
 

Elixer

Lifer
May 7, 2002
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FX must be feeling frisky with the coin purse, after previously given American Horror Story a renewal, they've tacked on 2 more seasons to the backlog.
Especially since last season wasn't that good at all.
FX has just renewed the annual limited series for another two installments.

This is all the more remarkable because the show was already renewed for a seventh season airing this fall (could it be set at sea?). This pickup is for an eighth and ninth round in addition to that. Assuming producers continue to generate one new horror tale per year, this will keep AHS on around through 2019.


Much like Murphy did with Roanoke, the topic of season 7 will not be revealed beforehand. “It actually will be shrouded in super secrecy,” FX CEO John Landgraf said at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Thursday. “Ryan has yet another really innovative idea for how to do something fresh and different with the franchise that audiences haven’t seen before, and there’s a marketing promotional hook around that.”

Future seasons, however, are a little more unclear. “We know explicitly what next season is about, which is seven, but we don’t know what the eighth and ninth seasons are about,” Landgraf says. “We’re extending it out of trust and goodwill but also, Ryan made a commitment that he would continue to run that show and that he would be involved as he has been in the past with… designing and building the show from the ground up. So I honestly couldn’t tell you what seasons 8 or 9 [could] be, but I can only tell you that I’m really excited about season 7 and I’m utterly confident that seasons 8 and 9 will be equally original and interesting.”
 

Elixer

Lifer
May 7, 2002
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Hmm, I didn't know that Colony got renewed.

It starts back up tonight on USA network.
 

Charmonium

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May 15, 2015
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And this season it looks like they actually sprang for some special effects thank dog. I did like last season but the absence of even the most fleeting glimpse of the aliens or any alien tech was such a disappointment. OK, they did show the hover-bots shooting stuff up from time to time but I don't really count that. Those are basically just drones. This season looks like it's going to have some legit eye candy.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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This is Us maximized their freshman experience with a dual renewal.

Major Crimes recieves a shortened investigative session (13 ep).

Will and Grace following in the style of Heroes with a limited run event this fall.
 
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Charmonium

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This is Us maximized their freshman experience with a dual renewal.

Major Crimes recieves a shortened investigative session (13 ep).

Will and Grace following in the style of Heroes with a limited run event this fall.
The Rusty show was getting long in the tooth. Pretty soon Rusty was going to be getting his AARP card.

Is Will and Grace going to have the original cast or is this more of a spin off/reboot? I can see their doing it with the original cast. Everybody seems to have fared reasonably well over the years and no one is such a big star that they can't be bothered to go back to their roots.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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The Rusty show was getting long in the tooth. Pretty soon Rusty was going to be getting his AARP card.

Is Will and Grace going to have the original cast or is this more of a spin off/reboot? I can see their doing it with the original cast. Everybody seems to have fared reasonably well over the years and no one is such a big star that they can't be bothered to go back to their roots.

Apparently, the 4 main actors are coming back...not sure about the others yet.
 
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Eug

Lifer
Mar 11, 2000
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allisolm

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Jan 2, 2001
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USA network's Shooter has been renewed for a second season, although, after the finale it looks like they will need
a new hook since he was exonerated for the shooting.
My husband, retired military and a reader of all the Bob Lee Swagger novels, really enjoys this show.
 

Elixer

Lifer
May 7, 2002
10,376
762
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USA network's Shooter has been renewed for a second season, although, after the finale it looks like they will need
a new hook since he was exonerated for the shooting.
My husband, retired military and a reader of all the Bob Lee Swagger novels, really enjoys this show.
It was renewed back in December, and the new season starts this summer.
The first season was delayed a few months, which is why the new season starts so soon.
 
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Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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The Good Place just had its finale this past week. Can't find news of a season 2 yet.
 

thebestMAX

Diamond Member
Sep 14, 2000
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My husband, retired military and a reader of all the Bob Lee Swagger novels, really enjoys this show.

Like the show but just cant buy the guy playing Bob Lee. So different from the books, should be tall and lean and more "down home". Does that bother your husband too?

Glad it was renewed though.
 

allisolm

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Jan 2, 2001
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Like the show but just cant buy the guy playing Bob Lee. So different from the books, should be tall and lean and more "down home". Does that bother your husband too?

No, it doesn't. He says that, once you accept the idea that Swagger isn't the same character as in the books (as in 50 years younger), his appearance is immaterial. I, on the other hand, am with you, but there seems to be an abundance of short males in Hollywood these days.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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No, it doesn't. He says that, once you accept the idea that Swagger isn't the same character as in the books (as in 50 years younger), his appearance is immaterial. I, on the other hand, am with you, but there seems to be an abundance of short males in Hollywood these days.

I've been a big Bob Lee fan for many, many years. I had to put away my preconceived ideas about what Bob Lee looked like when I watched the Mark Wahlberg movie version of this several years ago. I'm not a Phillippe fan, but he's done a fair job in this show so far.

As for the size difference between character and actor...look at the Jack Reacher movies. In the novels, Jack Reacher is 6-4 and about 250 lbs...there's no possible combination of camera angle and lifts that make Tom Cruise fit that...yet, in spite of that...and Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise...the first one was almost watchable...haven't seen the second one yet.
 

Charmonium

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Just started watching Son of Zorn... hilarious. Ratings don't sound great though.
I have to say, it's not one of my faves but I do like the show. It reminds me a bit of Harvey Birdman which was also a niche sort of comedy. I like the combination of live action and animation and I think they do a really good job of pulling that off convincingly. Very impressive. But I can see how it's not going to go over bigly in the mass market.
 
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