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Ravane posted:All I want to do is watch live tv on my phone. This is all I ask. No sneak peeks, no bloopers, I just want to watch a channel, commercials and all without all the extra bullshit. Do you have a relative or close friend with a cable subscription? Do what I do, rent an extra cable box/dvr for them and hook a slingbox to it. I get 99% of my tv that way now and it owns and all I need to pay is the monthly rental for an extra dvr at my mom's house. It has a phone app that isn't as great but works fine for live tv. You will both need a good connection, but with FIOS on both ends it's at least 720 all the time.
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Mo0 posted:Yeah, but if you don't own a television at all (those people do exist) being able to stream your local TV station live could be a big deal. As well as being able to catch up on old episodes as if you had a DVR without paying for the DVR every month. They're called poor graduate students. I'm one of those people.
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Ravane posted:They're called poor graduate students. I'm one of those people. I think at that point you don't deserve tv  muscles like this? posted:NBC has a put pilot order for another bite at a The IT Crowd remake. Wonderful. Well, I guess the first attempt fizzled out before airing(according to wikipedia) and the Office went on to great success on NBC, so maybe it can work? Counting this fall season and upcoming spring, how many remakes/Americanized versions of British shows does that make?
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Postal Parcel posted:
Hundreds more then likely not counting stuff that was tried and never saw the air, it goes both ways however.
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I believe the issue with the first pilot is that they tried too hard to ape the original and had horribly miscast Joel McHale in the Chris O'Dowd part.
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Postal Parcel posted:Counting this fall season and upcoming spring, how many remakes/Americanized versions of British shows does that make? Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them?
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Oct 17, 2014 04:47
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? That 70's Show, actually!
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? Law and Order: UK
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Oct 17, 2014 05:19
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? Someone over there please do a terrible British remake of Glee. I mean, it couldn't possibly be worse, but also COULD IT?!
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? Geordie Shore
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xeria posted:Someone over there please do a terrible British remake of Glee. I mean, it couldn't possibly be worse, but also COULD IT?! I dunno, is Murphy/Falchuk/Brennan going to be writing the episodes? It's the only way it could be worse.
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Oct 17, 2014 05:34
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? The BBC is more than capable of creating original horrible content. DivisionPost posted:That 70's Show, actually! Haha, no way. I've got to look into this. e: looks like the whole series is on YouTube. It's called "Days Like These" for anyone else who wants to enjoy the terribleness with me e2: oh holy poo poo, this is really bad precision fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 06:16
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? Mad About You, Married With Children, and both of Bea Arthur's seminal shows (Golden Girls and Maude).
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less laughter posted:Mad About You, Married With Children, and both of Bea Arthur's seminal shows (Golden Girls and Maude). Wasn't Maude a spinoff of All in the Family to begin with? Awful show by the way.
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Yes it was. Maude is a brilliant show and still holds up really well.
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Irish Joe posted:Sorry, forgot you were living on the wrong side of the pond. UPN and CW produced literally dozens of black-focused sitcoms and dramas over the years. Moesha, Girlfriends and Everybody Hates Chris (with Terry Crews) are probably the most well-known of them. Most of them were downright awful, but here's the thing, unlike Black-ish, they were written for black audiences. So where Black-ish has a lot of 'white people drive like this; black people drive like this' jokes, they mainly focused on telling stories and jokes their target audience would appreciate. That's why Black-ish feels like such a throwback to me, because I thought black-centered comedies had moved past shamelessly pandering to white middle class Americans. Catching up with the thread but just wanted to say this is hosed up. I guess pandering to whites happens when you make a good TV show rather than something shittastic laden with jokes as unexpected as drama in the Middle East. Are you the King of Black People? Then who the gently caress are you to say what black people should or shouldn't watch? Man, you're the worst. I haven't seen it yet, but when you have Larry Wilmore and Kenya Barris, people that have been absolutely rocking it in the comedy department for years (on shows like Everybody Likes Chris, the only thing you mentioned approaching watchable), I look forward to seeing it. And who, by the way, are black as well. But what do I now? I'm sure this show is Amos and Andy 2.0.
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Shageletic posted:Are you the King of Black People? Then who the gently caress are you to say what black people should or shouldn't watch? Black people can watch whatever they want. My only point is that Black*ish isn't the revelatory black comedy its being made out to be.
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Irish Joe posted:Black people can watch whatever they want. My only point is that Black*ish isn't the revelatory black comedy its being made out to be.
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Everybody Hates Chris ran until 2009.
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xeria posted:Someone over there please do a terrible British remake of Glee. I mean, it couldn't possibly be worse, but also COULD IT?! Britannia High. Heres Charlie Brooker's review - http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G05saPA31j4
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FactsAreUseless posted:I think it is the first black-centric show on a broadcast network since the early 90s, though. Which is just depressing, really. The Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006) Eve (2003-2006) My Wife & Kids (2001-2005) The Hughleys (2000-2002) Half & Half (2002-2006) All of Us (2003-2007) Girlfriends (2000-2008) The Game (2006-2015) Plus there were a bunch more short-lived ones, but those are the most notable ones.
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Aphrodite posted:Everybody Hates Chris ran until 2009. Does the CW really count, though? JohnSherman posted:Law and Order: UK Owned. Bradley Walsh as a grumpy cockney Briscoe was awesome.
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Bernie Mac was fantastic wasn't it? Severly underrated.
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Gaz-L posted:Does the CW really count, though? Maybe not so much in 2009, but The Flash was 3rd in its timeslot this week and also beat Fox and ABC's entire night.
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FactsAreUseless posted:I think it is the first black-centric show on a broadcast network since the early 90s, though. Which is just depressing, really. Very relevant username.
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muscles like this? posted:NBC has a put pilot order for another bite at a The IT Crowd remake. It's cool and all to go for the easy punches, but I'm actually interested to see how Bill Lawrence, Neil Goldman, and Garrett Donovan adapt the material. If you recognize any of those names it's because of Scrubs, Cougartown, or Community. [Edit: Actually Neil and Garrett didn't have anything to do with Cougartown, though they did write S3E01 of Community with the Cougarton Abbey parody... In which Britta states that British shows are always superior to their American adaptations. Heh.] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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"An infectious new comedy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjIB1E8nH7w
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I'm not gonna lie, when Cristin Miloti said that she used to be married on last night's A to Z, I really wanted her to reveal that she was married to a nice guy in New York, had a couple kids, and faked her death to escape to LA. Naturally, this didn't happen, but drat if there weren't 30 seconds I was so hopeful.
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smg77 posted:Does the opposite ever happen where they take American shows and create horrible British versions of them? Kinda related - the BBC show Coupling is essentially a British version of Friends mixed with Seinfeld. It did a pretty decent job of it and had it's own style and is still pretty drat funny on rewatch 10+ years later. It's on Hulu if you fancy giving a shot, 'The Girl With Two Breasts' is a particularly excellent example as you see the same ~5 minute long scene from 2 perspectives, with the main character speaking English in the first with the love interest in Israeli (from memory), then switches them around for the rerun so you can see what she was saying and interpreting him. Clever and funny. It was then remade by NBC (I believe), who completely hosed up the characters personalities and sunk without trace.
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less laughter posted:Yes it was. Maude is a brilliant show and still holds up really well. What? Maude is two old unattractive people yelling at the top of their lungs at each other for 30 minutes along with dated humor from the 70s that doesn't hold up at all. I think it's agony. I'm genuinely interested in what you or anyone else might think makes it a brilliant show.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Kinda related - the BBC show Coupling is essentially a British version of Friends mixed with Seinfeld. It did a pretty decent job of it and had it's own style and is still pretty drat funny on rewatch 10+ years later. It's on Hulu if you fancy giving a shot, 'The Girl With Two Breasts' is a particularly excellent example as you see the same ~5 minute long scene from 2 perspectives, with the main character speaking English in the first with the love interest in Israeli (from memory), then switches them around for the rerun so you can see what she was saying and interpreting him. Clever and funny. A lot of people say this but Coupling is the British Friends, but I always think it was more Friends for adults. Mu Zeta posted:"An infectious new comedy" I sadly will watch this at least once.
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Is the Highlander tv show from the 90s a fun watch?EL BROMANCE posted:Kinda related - the BBC show Coupling is essentially a British version of Friends mixed with Seinfeld. It did a pretty decent job of it and had it's own style and is still pretty drat funny on rewatch 10+ years later. It's on Hulu if you fancy giving a shot, 'The Girl With Two Breasts' is a particularly excellent example as you see the same ~5 minute long scene from 2 perspectives, with the main character speaking English in the first with the love interest in Israeli (from memory), then switches them around for the rerun so you can see what she was saying and interpreting him. Clever and funny. Never watched it, but the French title for this show is "Six Sexy" 
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Kurtofan posted:Is the Highlander tv show from the 90s a fun watch? Depends on your tolerance for cheesy 90s shows with bad acting and super 90s. It does have one of the best theme songs ever.
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less laughter posted:The Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006) To be fair, My Wife & Kids is the only one out of those that wasn't on UPN/WB/MyTV, isn't it? edit: Oh yeah, just remembered Bernie Mac was on Fox, all the reruns on MyTV warped my memory into thinking it was on one of those stations. Kurtofan posted:Is the Highlander tv show from the 90s a fun watch? I loved it when it was airing, but I went back to watch a few episodes on Netflix a while back and hoooooly cow is it a bad show. It's still fun, yes, but as mentioned already the acting is terrible and it is 90s as gently caress.
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Kurtofan posted:Is the Highlander tv show from the 90s a fun watch? I liked it at the time, but it's kind of painful to revisit - the effects are really poor by modern standards and the acting leaves a lot to be desired. I still like the mythology behind it at least. If you haven't seen the movies, start with those and decide if it's something you want more of.
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Manos del Sino posted:I liked it at the time, but it's kind of painful to revisit - the effects are really poor by modern standards and the acting leaves a lot to be desired. That's not fair, because nobody will want more Highlander after watching Highlander 2.
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