TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Vidor]

that hardly seems like a deterrent but i dont watch GoT either

It's pretty tiresome to have every post hidden. Not to mention that when I click on those "spoilers" when using my ipad, it always kicks me back to the top of the page and I have to scroll down.

[robbotis]

that hardly seems like a deterrent but i dont watch GoT either

It's pretty tiresome to have every post hidden. Not to mention that when I click on those "spoilers" when using my ipad, it always kicks me back to the top of the page and I have to scroll down.

That's Apple's fault, not GRB

[ghostrunner]

that hardly seems like a deterrent but i dont watch GoT either

It's pretty tiresome to have every post hidden. Not to mention that when I click on those "spoilers" when using my ipad, it always kicks me back to the top of the page and I have to scroll down.

Weird. This doesn't happen for me.

It's a general tv thread, so the spoiler tags are going to have to be there. If anyone wants to make a "current GOT" thread that's all "spoilers", I don't see why that can't happen.

[robbotis]

that hardly seems like a deterrent but i dont watch GoT either

It's pretty tiresome to have every post hidden. Not to mention that when I click on those "spoilers" when using my ipad, it always kicks me back to the top of the page and I have to scroll down.

Weird. This doesn't happen for me.

It's a general tv thread, so the spoiler tags are going to have to be there. If anyone wants to make a "current GOT" thread that's all "spoilers", I don't see why that can't happen.

It happened...
But is that Game of Thrones thread for the TV Show? Or the books?
I haven't read past the first book, but am watching the show.

[Jocephus]

apparently d'angelo barksdale is joining the walking dead for season 4

[Jocephus]

MAD MEN IS A SHAM!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... oan-444681

[Vidor]

"The Americans": still killing it. Season finale next week. Season 2 is booked but beyond that it's iffy thanks to mediocre ratings.

[MrSaigon]

apparently d'angelo barksdale is joining the walking dead for season 4

Man.

[SHOW]

His death on The Wire is a fresh wound for me. I thought for sure he wasn't dead the way they panned to the bottom of the door like that. He was the heart and soul of one half of the show. I hate that he's dead. Death for that character makes sense to me in terms of this show, but it was too soon. Hopefully he goes to WD as the zombie of D.

[robbotis]

"The Americans": still killing it. Season finale next week. Season 2 is booked but beyond that it's iffy thanks to mediocre ratings.

A whole slew of Emmy's would change that.
It's certainly worthy.

[ghostrunner]

Did anyone post about the FX network changes? Did I? You could argue it's the best network out there right now. They're splitting it up into 3 networks. The network names are lame - FX, FXX and FXM - but the ideas sound good. Part of it is a push to attract top-talent to make limited series and mini-series - sort of a BBC approach.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... arlie.html

One of the most interesting nuggets from Landgraf’s presentation was a noticeable emphasis on “miniseries and limited series.” (The distinction, he said, is that a miniseries has a singled closed-ended run, while a limited series might go as long as two or three seasons.) Fargo, a 10-episode series inspired by the Oscar-winning Coen Bros. movie, will be the first to air, and according to FX, it “will follow a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and ‘Minnesota nice’ that has made the film an enduring classic.” Joel and Ethan Coen will executive produce, along with former NBC executive and author of the 2012 book Top of the Rock, Warren Littlefield. Other limited series announced were Mayflower, “an unflinching portrait of the Puritan settlers at Plymouth Colony and their uneasy alliance with the local Native Americans”; Grand Hotel, in which a luxury Paris hotel is hit by a terrorist attack; Mad Dogs, based on a British show, in which four fortysomething guys have adventures in Belize; and Sutton, based on the life of bank robber Willie Sutton.

This news is music to Slate’s ears, of course. A recent article by David Haglund dubbed the miniseries “the ideal form for television.” Landgraf said the FX Networks were betting on short-run series because they don’t want business imperatives to shape storytelling. The broadcast networks’ appetite for episodes creates an illusion of convergence, so that network procedurals begin to look alike. The dream of landing a longrunning show becomes “its own golden handcuffs,” he said. FX is telling creative talent to “put the story first; we’ll figure out the business model.”

And, of course, shorter commitments help networks to attract more prestigious talent. Recent TV turns by movie directors like David Fincher and Martin Scorsese are often less time-consuming than they first seem—Fincher directed two episodes of Netflix’s House of Cards, while Scorsese helmed only the pilot of Boardwalk Empire. Among the glittering names dropped in FX’s announcements this morning were Ang Lee, who will be directing the pilot of Tyrant, a Middle East thriller from the men behind Homeland; Guillermo del Toro, who has created The Strain, which offers “a unique biological approach to vampirism”; Charlie Kaufman, who is writing a comedy series called How & Why; Sam Mendes, who will be one of the executive producers of Grand Hotel; Alexander Payne, who is involved with Sutton; and the aforementioned Coen Bros.