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Hughmoris posted:Season 1 of Spartacus is literally the greatest season of television. Um, I liked it, but I'm pretty sure this is neither objectively nor subjectively true.
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Apr 9, 2017 06:41
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Yeah, I love Spartacus but I'd say that's over the top. Although the Spartacus S1 finale may be close to #1 on my list of "best finales."
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Apr 9, 2017 06:49
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So, I've never watched Better Call Saul as it's airing, and didn't know it aired on Mondays. Why the gently caress does it air on Mondays and not Sundays like BB?
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Apr 9, 2017 07:16
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Longbaugh01 posted:So, I've never watched Better Call Saul as it's airing, and didn't know it aired on Mondays. Why the gently caress does it air on Mondays and not Sundays like BB? Because it's not the same show?
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Apr 9, 2017 07:18
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Rhyno posted:Because it's not the same show? No poo poo. Tell me more. What if I had just posted this: So, I've never watched Better Call Saul as it's airing, and didn't know it aired on Mondays. Why the gently caress does it air on Mondays?
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Apr 9, 2017 07:19
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Longbaugh01 posted:No poo poo. Tell me more. There's this guy named Saul and get this IT'S NOT HIS REAL NAME
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Apr 9, 2017 07:20
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Longbaugh01 posted:No poo poo. Tell me more. There's seven days in a week and if you make a name for your Sunday slot and then make a show you think has the cache to survive outside of it you can move it to Monday and have room for another show on Sunday and ideally expand your influence to two nights? Like, the Sunday Night Prestige TV thing is kind of a HBO thing that other networks followed, no? But HBO's a different animal all together and its pretty common for other cable networks to try and build programming for more than 1 night. A lot of the basic cable stations seem to start on one night and as they rack up more "hits" add a second and third night over time. Plus its 2017 and everyone has DVRs and streaming so the "Sunday Night Slot" probably doesn't mean near as much as it once did, even when Breaking Bad was airing. It seems like more of a selling point where you try and convince people a show is good BECAUSE its on Sunday.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:26
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Sunday night is Zombie night on AMC.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:26
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Rhyno posted:Sunday night is Zombie night on AMC. Ohhh see, I didn't know that garbage Walking Dead spinoff was still on the air. Now it makes more sense.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:29
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Why are you so pissed off that it airs on Mondays? Consider me baffled.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:36
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Escobarbarian posted:Why are you so pissed off that it airs on Mondays? Consider me baffled. I'm not. Using the word "gently caress" doesn't equal anger. Consider me baffled you'd assume that.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:39
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Longbaugh01 posted:Ohhh see, I didn't know that garbage Walking Dead spinoff was still on the air. Now it makes more sense. It is but even with the two of them they only take up like 30 weeks a year. There's other shows like Enter the Badlands or that one about cyborgs. I don't pay enough attention to be sure (because I watch everything on DVR delay) but it sort of seems to me like AMC has kind of unofficially made Sunday night its "high concept" genre shows and Monday night its "low concept" prestige dramas. But I really don't pay enough attention to be sure what night shows like Preacher and Night Manager were on and I think that's all I've watched on AMC the last few years besides zombies and Saul.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:39
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Longbaugh01 posted:I'm not. Using the word "gently caress" doesn't equal anger. Consider me baffled you'd assume that. But the phrasing "why the gently caress does it..." sorta does, no? Anyway yeah I guess a lot of channels also like to spread stuff out over the week so they're not putting everything into one day. The Get Down part 2 has been on Netflix for two days and I still haven't found the time to watch it 
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Apr 9, 2017 07:45
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Escobarbarian posted:But the phrasing "why the gently caress does it..." sorta does, no? I can see why you might think that, but it depends on the delivery, and I can't really change the delivery in text. I use it for comedic effect (I didn't say it was successful), but it can be delivered very angrily too of course.
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Apr 9, 2017 07:52
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I don't know that your phrasing came off as "angry" to me but it did seem kind of "indignant." Which did kind of seem odd to me because who the gently caress cares what night a show is on?
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Apr 9, 2017 08:02
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I don't even remember what day Breaking Bad aired despite loving that show.
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Apr 9, 2017 08:10
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Lycus posted:I don't even remember what day Breaking Bad aired despite loving that show. Every earlier AMC show ran on Sunday, it's only when they had enough scripted series (note: not the dogshit Kevin Smith show or that bad reality cop show) that they put them on Saturdays and then throughout the week. Hell on Wheels broke the Sunday trend.
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Apr 9, 2017 08:22
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I probably watched it off DVR anyway.
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Apr 9, 2017 08:29
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This looks like it might be a good show to watch in the interim while waiting for season 2 of Westworld... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM3TE_bsBcg
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Apr 9, 2017 09:17
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Is that really an AMC production? Why does it look so incredibly cheap?
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Apr 9, 2017 10:32
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It's a Channel Four coproduction with AMC. And it's really quite good, despite how terrible that trailer was. (First season finale excluded). AMC is famously cheap, though. Remember the poo poo they pulled on Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead? That, and the British co-production budgetary shenanigans they're clearly pulling on a number of their shows (Preacher, Into The Badlands, Humans) suggests that they haven't really changed since then.
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Apr 9, 2017 10:37
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Humans is really dull. A bunch of important people died in season 2 and I already forgot who they were.
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Apr 9, 2017 11:22
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I really liked the S1 premiere of Humans, and then each episode became duller than the last.
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Apr 9, 2017 12:02
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I'm glad BCS airs on mondays because nothing ever does and I like my shows spread out through the week instead all cluttered on Tuesday.
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Apr 9, 2017 13:28
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Open Source Idiom posted:It's a Channel Four coproduction with AMC. And it's really quite good, despite how terrible that trailer was. (First season finale excluded). Thank god Mad Men was both a once-in-a-lifetime collision of talent and almost entirely shot on two or three standing sets.
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Apr 9, 2017 14:05
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Other shows with followings air on Mondays like Supergirl and 24. (In fact, didn't 24 always air on Mondays? That's kinda cool.)
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Apr 9, 2017 14:07
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Awful app hosed up and double posted.
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Apr 9, 2017 14:07
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Escobarbarian posted:But the phrasing "why the gently caress does it..." sorta does, no? Its so loving good. Planned on only watching just one ep before getting back to BCS, ended up watching 4. After finishing the season I can say with confidence that the creative shakeup behind the scenes made the show ALOT better, with it really leaning into the comic book like fantastical elements of the show, while streamlining some of the more soap operatic elements, either speeding through them or shunting them off to the void. It feels somehow more realistic/over the top. And there is like 100% more music.
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Apr 9, 2017 14:20
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Open Source Idiom posted:It's a Channel Four coproduction with AMC. And it's really quite good, despite how terrible that trailer was. (First season finale excluded). Couldn't even afford to cut their pizzas on the show.
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Apr 9, 2017 15:07
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Longbaugh01 posted:Other shows with followings air on Mondays like Supergirl and 24. No, it was Tuesdays at least for the first 4-5 seasons I'm pretty sure. I think it may have also aired on other days depending on whether they were doing a TWO NIGHT EVENT or some poo poo like that.
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Apr 9, 2017 18:27
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Been going through Justified and I just finished season 4. I've heard season 5 isn't great and is mostly a set up for season 6. I'd rather not spend 13 hours on bad/mediocre tv so should I just skip it and read a summary?
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Apr 9, 2017 19:48
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plz dont pull out posted:Been going through Justified and I just finished season 4. I've heard season 5 isn't great and is mostly a set up for season 6. I'd rather not spend 13 hours on bad/mediocre tv so should I just skip it and read a summary? It still has some really great moments. I'd watch it. Mostly just lackluster villain motivation.
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Apr 9, 2017 19:54
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raditts posted:No, it was Tuesdays at least for the first 4-5 seasons I'm pretty sure. I think it may have also aired on other days depending on whether they were doing a TWO NIGHT EVENT or some poo poo like that. Checked. Looks like it was Tuesdays Season 1-3, Mondays Season 4-9, so that's probably why I remember it as Mondays.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:01
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plz dont pull out posted:Been going through Justified and I just finished season 4. I've heard season 5 isn't great and is mostly a set up for season 6. I'd rather not spend 13 hours on bad/mediocre tv so should I just skip it and read a summary? For Evey "bad" thing in season 5 there are three good things.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:12
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plz dont pull out posted:Been going through Justified and I just finished season 4. I've heard season 5 isn't great and is mostly a set up for season 6. I'd rather not spend 13 hours on bad/mediocre tv so should I just skip it and read a summary? It's bad compared to other seasons of justified, but it's still good TV. Definitely worth a watch
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Apr 9, 2017 20:14
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Got it. I'll stick with it. Just coming from a guy who's watched too much Heroes and Dexter back in the day I'm a little weary of mediocre TV.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:17
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plz dont pull out posted:Got it. I'll stick with it. Just coming from a guy who's watched too much Heroes and Dexter back in the day I'm a little weary of mediocre TV. Comparing the latter seasons of Justified to something as execrable as Heroes or Dexter is the height of lunacy.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:18
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plz dont pull out posted:Got it. I'll stick with it. Just coming from a guy who's watched too much Heroes and Dexter back in the day I'm a little weary of mediocre TV. Abusive Television is a hell of a thing, but yeah both those shows don't hold a candle to even the worst episode of Justified imo.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:18
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Ava's plot isn't great and it has the worst season-long villains but yeah it's far from bad TV.
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