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Lycus posted:So do we yet know if Comedy Central is cool with this and he's gonna get a goodbye segment? Or are they not, and he's just gonna disappear from the Daily Show with maybe a brief comment from Jon? Has he been around on TDS lately, now that you mention it? I've been seeing a lot more Jason Jones the last couple weeks. ufarn posted:There are only so many news shows about politics that Comedy Central will be able to fit into their schedule. Well, premium cable does need something to offset Bill Maher. raditts fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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Sophia posted:They did it after the Superbowl which is slightly different than just a regular football game (the post-Superbowl slot is generally coveted because it gets the highest ratings of anything in America all year) but I suppose football in general is one of the better lead-ins around now for everything. Huh, I remember what a big deal at the time it was that Alias got the coveted post-Superbowl slot and it still ranks as one of the lowest watched. And holy poo poo did Friends destroy that slot, and it was only in season 2 and it hadn't even hit the height of its popularity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_lead-out_programs hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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raditts posted:Well, premium cable does need something to offset Bill Maher. Frankly, I'd take literally watching a monkey inspecting its own poop for an hour over a monkey pretending that said poop inspection is edgy and obviously correct any day.
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Nov 15, 2013 02:28
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Actually football is a bad lead-in for everything because it's been proven that football's audience is self-contained and they do not become regular watchers of whatever airs after it, even and especially the super bowl It's why NBC not being in dead last doesn't mean anything because football is literally the only thing preventing that network from being in last place ~peace ~
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Occupation posted:It's why NBC not being in dead last doesn't mean anything because football is literally the only thing preventing that network from being in last place What about the Voice?
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zoux posted:I see. Anything to read into that? They delayed the premiere, so they're just catching up on scheduling.
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Aphrodite posted:They delayed the premiere, so they're just catching up on scheduling. Why did they delay the premiere?
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It was to debut after baseball finished with the return of Sleepy Hollow. They delayed it to slot after football for the premiere.
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VDay posted:Is there no thread for Almost Human? I thought someone made it a while ago but I can't find it now. First episode is this Sunday, I'm getting pretty excited. Almost Human Thread is now up. Also, as noted by someone else, it's two unique episodes - the pilot on Sunday and then episode 2 in the regular time slot on Monday. Also I'd suggest everyone add a lot of over-run time on their DVR if you're recording it, or watch it live, as a double-header of NFL on Fox runs that day and so it'll most likely run over, pushing back the premiere.
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raditts posted:Has he been around on TDS lately, now that you mention it? I've been seeing a lot more Jason Jones the last couple weeks. All their correspondents are intermittent. Oliver might be working on something else at the moment. I absolutely wouldn't read anything into it since I highly doubt Stewart would ever be that petty and Comedy Central isn't going to do anything to make Jon mad.
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ChickenMedium posted:All their correspondents are intermittent. Oliver might be working on something else at the moment. I absolutely wouldn't read anything into it since I highly doubt Stewart would ever be that petty and Comedy Central isn't going to do anything to make Jon mad. Wasn't Oliver on this Monday?
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ChickenMedium posted:All their correspondents are intermittent. Oliver might be working on something else at the moment. I absolutely wouldn't read anything into it since I highly doubt Stewart would ever be that petty and Comedy Central isn't going to do anything to make Jon mad. I know that John Oliver is doing a standup tour right now so that might be why he is not doing much.
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Wandle Cax posted:What about the Voice? If NBC didn't have football, they would be in last place. The voice is a tentpole but isn't football.
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Didn't see any mention of this, but Totally Biased was cancelled. FXX shot itself in the foot with that one. "Let's move it to a new channel and change it from one night a week to five nights a week!" Really disappointed. Thought it was better than The Daily Show, frankly.
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Palooka posted:Almost Human Thread is now up. Also, as noted by someone else, it's two unique episodes - the pilot on Sunday and then episode 2 in the regular time slot on Monday. The good news is Niners/Saints should get a good number. The bad news is they probably won't run that long, and everyone will immediately switch over to NBC for Broncos/Chiefs
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escape artist posted:Didn't see any mention of this, but Totally Biased was cancelled. FXX shot itself in the foot with that one. "Let's move it to a new channel and change it from one night a week to five nights a week!" I covered this in the ratings thread, but I was so disappointed when it moved to FXX and they shouldered it with 6 nights a week. It was a perfect weekly show and I missed the hell out of it when it went off FX but it had nothing but reruns and movies as a lead-in if Sunny and the League weren't on, and those shows are only on one night a week for like 3 months out of the year. The FXX thing is a massive failure and I wouldn't be shocked to see some reset-button-pushing in the very near future. They've already moved Chozen to FX.
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escape artist posted:Didn't see any mention of this, but Totally Biased was cancelled. FXX shot itself in the foot with that one. "Let's move it to a new channel and change it from one night a week to five nights a week!" I'm not surprised it's cancelled, mainly because the episodes I saw of it were awful. Kamau seems like a nice dude but just not funny in anything I've seen him in. I had tickets to the Doug Loves Movies he did, but my flight got delayed and I missed a stinker of an episode.
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I've watched a bit of the first few episodes to Hulu's other animated series since The Awesomes, Mother Up!, and overall it's surprisingly good. It gives me a bit of a Betty and Veronica by way of the Venture Brothers tone. General plotline from the pilot: Bad mother record exec loses her job due to taking part in a child hunting incident and moves to the suburbs until she can revive her career. Insert typical fish-out-of-water comedy, but I think it does sort of hit more than miss compared to something like Allen Gregory. It's actually sort of amusing and feels more polished than the Awesomes did. A MUCH more consistent character design and a much more consistent pacing. If nothing else, I'm really hoping that this is marking a trend in Hulu's exclusive animation division showing some continuing improvement if they keep moving forward.
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Remember that scene in Weeds where the youngest son finds a naked picture of his mom and then jerks off to it?
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Mu Zeta posted:Remember that scene in Weeds where the youngest son finds a naked picture of his mom and then jerks off to it? 
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A reminder that Weeds was still considered a pretty good show when that happened
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escape artist posted:Didn't see any mention of this, but Totally Biased was cancelled. FXX shot itself in the foot with that one. "Let's move it to a new channel and change it from one night a week to five nights a week!" God dammit, I like that show. I hope at least Deon Cole's Black Box comes back at some point.
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@midnight just got picked up for 40 weeks
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 Great news, it's been even better than I was hoping it would be.
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BrooklynBruiser posted:
Yeah I've been loving it so far. The David Spade episode was (unsurprisingly) pretty bad but other than that every episode has made me laugh a bunch.
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zoux posted:Well I can't wait for this to be way worse than the status quo. I got it last night. I was shocked at how different it is (xb360). You actually have to choose your profile when you log in now.
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escape artist posted:Didn't see any mention of this, but Totally Biased was cancelled. FXX shot itself in the foot with that one. "Let's move it to a new channel and change it from one night a week to five nights a week!" I think we now know where the money went http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/the-simpsons-lands-750-mil-cable-vod-syndication-pact-with-fxx-1200837036/
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How the hell does that even work? One Fox subsidiary sold syndication rights to another? I mean I'm sure Groening/Simon/Brooks/the other production companies get a cut but it sounds like the overall conglomerate is gambling on FXX paying off rather than selling the rights elsewhere and making a big payday.
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hcreight posted:How the hell does that even work? One Fox subsidiary sold syndication rights to another? I mean I'm sure Groening/Simon/Brooks/the other production companies get a cut but it sounds like the overall conglomerate is gambling on FXX paying off rather than selling the rights elsewhere and making a big payday.
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Harlock posted:Yeah, this is kind of a head scratchier. The parent company is paying its subsidiary for rights of something it already owns? This happens literally all the time. You can't just sell something for nothing, even if you're technically under the same corporate umbrella, or the numbers look bad.
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IRQ posted:This happens literally all the time. You can't just sell something for nothing, even if you're technically under the same corporate umbrella, or the numbers look bad. I remember seeing Shield reruns on Spike while new episodes still aired on FX. And Spike and FX are not co-owned. So that's not always the case.
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Raising Hope is back tonight.
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Vertical Lime posted:I remember seeing Shield reruns on Spike while new episodes still aired on FX. And Spike and FX are not co-owned. So that's not always the case. I'm baffled as to what you're disagreeing with.
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Mu Zeta posted:Remember that scene in Weeds where the youngest son finds a naked picture of his mom and then jerks off to it? ...what the gently caress.
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Harlock posted:Yeah, this is kind of a head scratchier. The parent company is paying its subsidiary for rights of something it already owns? I know some people probably get a cut of it like Groening and such, but where else is that money going? FX's bookeeping is distinct from that of FOX's branch, so it's moving from one to another's balance sheets. The FOX arm has earned some money while the FX arm has spent some. Think of it like a husband and wife who have distinct budgets and one of them gives the other $5000 for Christmas. While the total household funds remain the same, one of them now has $5000 more to spend than they used to while the other has $5000 less. It works similarly for companies that are under a single parent umbrella.
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Somehow The Killing is coming back AGAIN for six more episodes on Netflix. http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/the-killing-netflix-amc-1200838216/
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FlamingLiberal posted:Somehow The Killing is coming back AGAIN for six more episodes on Netflix.  What a waste of money.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Somehow The Killing is coming back AGAIN for six more episodes on Netflix. The one thing the show couldn't kill... was itself
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