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Watching the actors crack up is always fun for me in older sitcoms, too. Like the episode of Friends where Ross is playing the bagpipes and Jennifer Aniston just can't keep a straight face any more when Phoebe starts 'singing' along.
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Hey if you don't expect ST:D to be a shitshow check this out http://www.geekexchange.com/news/breaking-nicholas-meyer-working-on-khan-limited-series/
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Aug 3, 2017 19:23
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^^^^^^oh my god why does everyone have such huge nerdboners for Khan There was a great moment in one of the last few episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine where the actor that plays Scully flips a cookie off of his nose and into his mouth; immediately after he does it, he has a very proud (and completely out of character) smirk on his face. I love it when little bits of the actors' real selves sneak out.
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Croatoan posted:Hey if you don't expect ST:D to be a shitshow check this out http://www.geekexchange.com/news/breaking-nicholas-meyer-working-on-khan-limited-series/ Does anyone who hasn't drank the kool aid at CBS really not expect it to be the hottest of garbage?
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precision posted:Older sitcoms like Taxi were blocked and acted out just like stage plays and you can really tell, and imo it enhances the experience to see them react to the audience reacting to them. Same with Seinfeld or Cheers. Don't forget Frasier, the absolute master of dis poo poo
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esperterra posted:Watching the actors crack up is always fun for me in older sitcoms, too. Like the episode of Friends where Ross is playing the bagpipes and Jennifer Aniston just can't keep a straight face any more when Phoebe starts 'singing' along. Rowan Atkinson at 1.15 in this clip.
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Aug 3, 2017 19:45
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IRQ posted:Does anyone who hasn't drank the kool aid at CBS really not expect it to be the hottest of garbage? Friend, let me tell you about the hottest new streaming platform called CBS All-Access.
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Aug 3, 2017 20:08
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it's only prayer is if it's available as an ad-on subscription for Amazon Prime for like 4 bucks a month. If that's not the case, it's loving stillborn.
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Aug 3, 2017 20:10
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CBS seems like the least likely network to have a successful streaming service given their audience and catalog. Their demo numbers are so bad.
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zoux posted:CBS seems like the least likely network to have a successful streaming service given their audience and catalog. Their demo numbers are so bad. Was it JAG that got something like 15-20 million viewers but less then a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo?
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CBS All Access seems entirely dependent on its reality TV. They don't even have full catalogues for their big shows like Big Bang Theory or Criminal Minds. Its a super bad service. I assume they just think the Star Trek crowd might be invested enough to buy in the same way the Big Brother crowd is. Their entire marketing strategy seems to be that instead of building a worthwhile service they just want to appeal to one niche audience at a time. Which seems very dumb.
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zoux posted:Is Power any good? I have a starz sub for American Gods and the now dead Black Sails, but I could get more use out of it. My coworker says the last season was the best of them all, idk. Never watched it.
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pentyne posted:Was it JAG that got something like 15-20 million viewers but less then a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo? Almost all their stuff kills the total viewer numbers but posts sub 1.0 in the demo. I mean, there's a reason they can say poo poo like "Bull is the most watched drama of the year!" and you not know literally a single person that watches it. I could be wrong, my folks have jumped feet first into being cord cutters and love it, but my suspicion is that most old people would rather watch TV the same way they've been doing it for 40 years and aren't going to be very happy when NCIS starts buffering every 30 seconds because the CBS platform is still working out kinks.
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My parents are one of those. They have every cable channel under the sun and don't give any shits about streaming. That's why I use their account for HBO Go, Cinemax, Showtime, etc on my Roku.
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I've been trying to get my mother on board with cord cutting so I can cut her costs, but she won't do it in part because the idea of changing the way she watches TV really freaks her out but also because I can't find a way to get the Hallmark Channel without cable. My research into this seems to suggest that the Hallmark Channel is specifically refusing to get on board with the streaming revolution because they know their entire audience are old people like my mother who are scared of cord cutting and will pay a premium for their lovely, SD channel.
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My mom called me to ask about cord cutting literally the day that DirecTV Now launched with a $30 month promotional price and I was like, you should try this thing. They were able to drop their cable bill by like $200 a month and I don't think they've ever had an issue where they couldn't watch something they wanted to. They pair that with a digital antenna for local stations, Amazon and Netflix and they're just fine..
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STAC Goat posted:CBS All Access seems entirely dependent on its reality TV. They don't even have full catalogues for their big shows like Big Bang Theory or Criminal Minds. Its a super bad service. I subbed to it this last season of Survivor to livewatch with friends since I have no other practical way to get CBS outside of actually paying for cable. The quality was middling, the interface was absolute dogshit, and it was behind my friend's broadcast feed by a good couple minutes. I still just filezed colbert even though I was subbed for that 2 months just because it was an easier experience.
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Aug 3, 2017 20:54
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One reason the MASH DVDs are the best is the option to remove the laugh track
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I'd watch Dexter again if they would include a laugh track.
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Aug 3, 2017 21:04
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My biggest  was when watching the Sports Night dvd commentaries and finding out that it was filmed in front of an audience and the laugh track is real people laughing. No idea how they did that.
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Aug 3, 2017 21:13
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The Will and Grace comeback show just got renewed for season 2. Also adding 4 more episodes to season 1.
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pentyne posted:Was it JAG that got something like 15-20 million viewers but less then a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo? It's a bit like how The Beverley Hillbillies and Green Acres were top-rated shows right to the end but they were all cancelled because they were only popular with old people.
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GreenNight posted:The Will and Grace comeback show just got renewed for season 2. Also adding 4 more episodes to season 1. poo poo, did it start already?
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Nope.
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Okay, good. I was worried I missed it.
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precision posted:Older sitcoms like Taxi were blocked and acted out just like stage plays and you can really tell, and imo it enhances the experience to see them react to the audience reacting to them. Same with Seinfeld or Cheers. Yeah there are plenty of sitcoms where I do think the audience does actually really fit with the show. Most of them are older sitcoms like a Taxi, Cheers, Seinfeld, -redacted-, Frasier, Fresh Prince, Roseanne, etc. And most of them feature actors that can really milk the reactions from a live crowd. You rarely see sitcoms with audience laughter like that today.
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Escobarbarian posted:Don't forget Frasier, the absolute master of dis poo poo "By the way, I've met David Hyde Pierce, and he's fantastic" e: talking of TV shows filmed as stage plays, I still need to finish Horace and Pete but goddamn it can be hard to watch
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I think timing is an issue too. The continual erosion of the half hour timeslot means runtimes and shorter than ever and no one has time to cheer for Kramer's entrance anymore.
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IRQ posted:I subbed to it this last season of Survivor to livewatch with friends since I have no other practical way to get CBS outside of actually paying for cable. The quality was middling, the interface was absolute dogshit, and it was behind my friend's broadcast feed by a good couple minutes. I don't know about your area, but where I live CBS is available on PlayStation Vue. Although I decided to give Sling another try since they offered me another trial week begging me to come back, and boy have they improved their interface. Starting up in 2-3 seconds instead of Vue's 30-60 with crashing immediately 50% of the time is refreshing too.
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precision posted:"By the way, I've met David Hyde Pierce, and he's fantastic" DO IT DO IT still one of the absolute best shows of this decade so far
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Amazon has announced that Prime subscribers can now enjoy their own batch of old ‘80s and ‘90s sitcoms. As reported by Variety, the shows are Roseanne, 3rd Rock From The Sun, A Different World, Grace Under Fire, Cybill, and Grounded For Life, with the complete run of each show being dropped throughout August.
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GreenNight posted:Amazon has announced that Prime subscribers can now enjoy their own batch of old ‘80s and ‘90s sitcoms. As reported by Variety, the shows are Roseanne, 3rd Rock From The Sun, A Different World, Grace Under Fire, Cybill, and Grounded For Life, with the complete run of each show being dropped throughout August. Apparently the version of Roseanne on prime is the same as syndicated, with parts cut to fit a normal tv commercial schedule, and cropped into widescreen from the original framing. Still watchable though.
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Wow, gently caress that. I can't imagine enough people will throw a fit about it where Amazon will fix it.
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I've had The Dick Van Dyke Show on in the background for the last three days so referring to anything in color as an older sitcom is kinda throwing me, but it's certainly put this laugh track discussion into perspective.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dark-tower-tv-series-sets-walking-dead-grad-as-showrunner-1026382 Glen Mazzara of The Shield and The Walking Dead fame is going to be running the Dark Tower TV series. Idris Elba from the Dark Tower movie is going to show up as the same character. You'd think after the savage reviews they'd put the show on hold.
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I'm not going to make a thread for this season because the last two didn't get much activity, but the third season of Difficult People starts on Hulu starting on August 8. It's really funny, Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner are peaches, and there will probably be excellent guests this season. Maybe this time, the trans truther will have more lines than ones where she makes a joke about her gender identity or a 9/11 conspiracy theory (she's the only bad part, I swear!). Please watch it.
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Difficult People is amazing. James Urbaniak's quiet and calm misery is another highlight of the show
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I decided to watch random Frasier and holy poo poo the episode where Diane shows her play to Frasier is so money
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precision posted:Difficult People is amazing. James Urbaniak's quiet and calm misery is another highlight of the show
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That show has a crazy number of really inside NPR/PBS jokes that you'd really have to be familiar with public media to get. But that show kind of trades in extremely esoteric references.
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