I could see Burton not wanting to be the guy they defaulted to after the anti-Semitic misogynist yuppie conman didn't work out, seems kind of insulting.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
Netflix saves the NBC series Manifest for a fourth and final season
. Thus, another case of streaming services appealing to vocal fandoms to revive a series.
A canceled broadcast series finding a home is extremely rare. Manifest‘s resurrection is outright improbable because it came after Warner Bros TV had already concluded its campaign to find a new network partner following the series’ cancellation by NBC. The studio made that call on June 21 after exhausting all options and following days of conversations with Netflix which ended in the streamer passing on the show after a deal between the two sides appeared out of reach.
However, united by the #Save Manifest movement, fans continued to rally behind the show, with Rake encouraging them on Twitter to “keep the faith.” Fueled by the fan campaign, Manifest Season 1 and Season 2 viewership kept surging on Netflix in the U.S. Since its launch on the streamer in June, the thriller drama logged four consecutive finishes atop the Nielsen weekly streaming ratings and a record six-week streak of more than 1 billion minutes viewed. (Season 3 was added on the U.S. service last weekend as the deal between Netflix and Warner Bros. TV was in the final stretch.)
Manifest‘s incredible ratings resilience on Netflix led to the stunning reversal, with both Netflix and NBC/Peacock last month expressing interest in picking up the show. Netflix quickly emerged as the leading contender with its offer for more episodes at a higher license fee and has been negotiating exclusively for the last couple of weeks.
I wonder if Netflix uncancelling high profile shows (Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Lucifer (2016)) actually is a better business decision that continuing their lower-key releases. I understand why they do the latter from a $$$ perspective, but surely the former ain't cheap.
According to Deadline, Ubisoft has commissioned a streaming live action television series adaptation of the Driver series. The streamer? Binge, a brand new gamer-centric service that promises "high quality content" debuting in 2022.
“Having the opportunity to adapt Driver alongside the team at Ubisoft Film & Television is a dream come true,” added Ungar. “As longtime fans of the franchise, we’re excited to deliver an original, premium and rich storytelling experience that will take fans and newcomers on a thrilling ride.”
Peacock's upcoming series, The Lost Symbol, based on the novel of the same name by The Da Vinci Code's Dan Brown and featuring Ashley Zukerman as Robert Langdon rather than Tom Hanks, is giving us a puzzle...
Figure out the missing characters in the YouTube link to find...something.
Or...you can play dirty and just click here. It's an unlisted clip of the first episode. Already it proves to be far more gore-y than the Tom Hanks movies ever were. Not sure if it's "subscribe to Peacock right now" levels of worth it, though.
David Tennant is starring in an adaption of Around the World in Eighty Days produced for PBS.
It looks like it will be an 8-episode miniseries.
Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese is coming to Disney+ as a series from the director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings!
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Congrats to those involved for pushing for the right to protest for better working conditions, and compensation, behind the scenes of TV and Film productions.
The revived tech and gaming-centric channel G4, which as recently been floating along as a YouTube channel, is expected to make a return to linear cable
on November 14. According to Deadline, Verizon Fios, Cox, Xfinity TV, and Philo are the confirmed carriers of the channel.
Josh Cella, Chief Revenue Officer of G4 and Spectacor Gaming, called the network “a pioneer for video games on television for twelve years, long before businesses were focused on gaming. The credibility that comes with that cannot be manufactured.”
G4 said its programming will be produced and delivered through a “first-of-its-kind,” 24/7 broadcast studio, featuring a collaborative workplace and professional esports and gaming environment. The space is designed by architectural firm Populous, whose credits include projects at Yankee Stadium, Red Bull HQ and Esports Stadium Arlington.
- Attack of the Show!: The original geek culture variety show returns with host Kevin Pereira and a brand new cavalcade of misfits. Irreverent and unscripted, Attack of the Show! is a welcoming place for any fan who wants to spend a couple of hours laughing, watching epic stunts and hilarious sketches, and deep-diving into the latest trends of the internet. From hilarious web videos to memes, to streaming of all types, to celebrity guests, to the weirdest tech, Attack of the Show! is still the show that gets it before it gets out.
- Xplay: Xplay used an extra life! The ultimate video game review show returns as a digital-first content brand that balances an authoritative loudmouth confidence with the absurdity of a public-access comedy sketch show, all while (somehow) maintaining enough credibility to book interviews with top industry luminaries. Xplay is expanding the conversation with insightful and irreverent explorations into every game worth your time: AAA, indie, mobile, VR, retro… it’s all on the table. Adam Sessler is back, joined by a group of hilarious experts, to bring a brutally honest voice to the modern gaming scene.
- Ninja Warrior: The quest to summit Mt. Midoriyama returns as G4 attains the exclusive linear broadcasting rights to SASUKE, better known as Ninja Warrior in the United States, from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS). G4 will air all 167 episodes of the legendary competition series that pits heroic athletes of all types from pro gymnasts, to fishermen, to comedians against a four-stage, formidable, and/or impossible obstacle course. G4 will also present three tournaments never-before-seen in the United States, SASUKE 35, 36, and 37.
- ESL Gaming: G4 has partnered with ESL Gaming, the world’s leading esports and gaming lifestyle company, to produce and broadcast several prime-time esports programs, a first for ESL Gaming in the US and Canada. G4’s exclusive linear broadcast rights make it the premier destination for ESL Pro Tour events including the IEM Katowice 2022.
- Dungeons & Dragons Limited Series: Coming off the immense success of D&D Live 2021 featuring notable celebrities like Jack Black, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Smith, and Dr Lupo, G4 will continue its partnership with Wizards of the Coast with an all-new, limited-run series to premiere on G4 this Fall. The series will follow four campaigns with a mix of G4 talent, veteran D&D players, and celebrities for a new generation of D&D fans.
On a related note, YouTube game reviewer personality Scott The Woz recently announced that his catalog will be airing on television! Announced at this past weekend's Too Many Games convention, Scott revealed the special intro made for the televised airings. For now, as he's under NDA, he can not share the specific channel it'll be airing at the moment. (Though people believe it will be the aforementioned G4.)
The series announcement start at 7:24:
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Netflix and Kinsey Locke present The Splattering!
PSYCH! Nah, just kidding about that splattering nonsense. The real news is that the second season of Locke and Key is dropping on October 22, 2021!
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In addition to Driver, the upcoming "gamer-centric" streaming service Binge will be adapting System Shock as a live action series.
“I’ve always believed that a live action adaptation of System Shock would be the perfect medium to retell the harrowing story of Citadel station and its rogue AI that subjects the crew to unimaginable horror,” added Kick. “We’re very excited to see the talented team at Binge bring System Shock to life in horrifyingly real and new ways.”
“System Shock is an iconic franchise adored by gamers for more than two decades and a series that helped redefine what it meant to play an FPS,” said Ungar, Binge’s Chief Content Officer. “We’re excited to do right by the franchise – and the genre – in bringing System Shock to life. Get ready for SHODAN.”
The series joins Binge’s original content slate ahead of its 2022 launch. Binge will also adapt Ubisoft’s Driver into a live-action series and has teamed with El Rubius for his upcoming series Rubius Checkpoint. System Shock will stream exclusively on Binge, which seeks to create high-quality content for gamers.
According to The Verge, ViacomCBS is backing new projects from Wattpad. Hoping to draw from the success of The Kissing Booth and After from the writing platform, Viacom is confident to attract more of the Millennial and Generation Z demographics.
Viacom CBS plans to work with the publisher’s entertainment arm to mine stories from Wattpad and its sister site Webtoon, whose parent company Naver snapped up Wattpad for more than $600 million dollars earlier this year. Wattpad Webtoon Studios will work with Viacom CBS to develop originals for its various networks and properties, including Paramount Plus, the companies announced today.
“Wattpad Webtoon Studios is home to some of the most exciting new voices in comics and literature,” Aron Levitz, president of Wattpad Webtoon Studios, said in a statement. “Between our massive global IP catalogue with built-in fandoms, and a roster of superstar comic artists and indie authors, we’re fueling a new era of data-backed entertainment.”
What's a good show on television right now that's not an adaptation?
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
i am begging someone on these forums to watch Succession
Any genres you like?
Something that is a fictional narrative, not a reality show.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
I think most of the original TV shows I watched this year have been comedies and that it's been a great year for female-led ones. Heartily recommend We Are Lady Parts. Only Murders in the Building and Girls5eva are really charming, though very steeped in the pop-culture zeitgeist. I'm enjoying The Great and Dickinson (which are technically historical fiction, but with heavy emphasis on the 'fiction'). What We Do in the Shadows is reliably a ton of fun.
If you like "rich people suck" type of TV I genuinely think Succession deserves the hype it gets. The White Lotus less so but still enjoyable.
I also really liked Reservation Dogs. Not a lot of shows with that topic.
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A show inspired by The Goonies is in development at Disney+. It’s not a sequel or remake. It’s about some kids making their own remake of the film.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/goonies-film-re-enactment-drama-development-disney-plus-fox-pass-1234891797/
Disney+ has previously done the "Meta Fiction remake" gimmick with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
I'll check out Only Murders in the Building.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.Variety does its yearly analysis of Nielsen television viewership in the United States for 2021, for network and paid television. Inside the link contain a table of the Top 153 most-watched networks overall, along with the Top 50 networks among the 18-49 demographic.
Generally, sports networks, CBS and NBC, and the Western-focused INSP are perceived as being the standout winners.
Meanwhile, news networks, the rebrands of WGN America (NewsNation) and GAC Family, and "The Cowboy Network" suffered declines on average.
On a related note, Deadline
has covered the top 10 most watched programs in the UK for 2021.
- Line of Duty – 15.2M
- Oprah With Meghan and Harry - 13.9M
- Strictly Come Dancing - 12.2M
- I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 10.8M
- Vigil 10.4M
- The Masked Singer – 9.9M
- The Pembrokeshire Murders – 9.5M
- The Great British Bake Off – 9.3M
- Call The Midwife – 8.7m
- Death in Paradise – 8.5M
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Here's something that sounds promising: Murderville, a procedural where a detective played by Will Arnett solves murders with a different celebrity guest every episode. Said celebrity guest does not have the script and has to improvise their way through the murder. Confirmed guests so far include Kumail Nanjiani, Annie Murphy, Conan O'Brien, and Sharon Stone.
NBC has ordered a pilot for a Quantum Leap sequel series.
X2: Murderville's concept sounds ripe for funny improv moments, so I'm keeping an eye on it.
Tim Allen, alongside returning creatives from his last series Last Man Standing, are helming a Sequel Series to The Santa Clause films for Disney+. (Deadline
)
On the series, Allen is reuniting with Jack Burditt, creator of Allen’s hit sitcom Last Man Standing, who will serve as executive producer and showrunner on The Last Clause. Last Man Standing writer-executive producer Kevin Hench will executive produce the new series, alongside Allen’s managers, Richard Baker and Rick Messina who also had EP credits on LMS.
In Disney Branded Television’s The Santa Clause series, produced by 20th Television, Scott Calvin (Allen) is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s starting to lose a step in his Santa duties, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the Pole. With a lot of elves, children, and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole.
Production on the series is set to begin in March in Los Angeles.
Netflix subscriptions are getting another price hike in the United States.
- Basic: $10 per month from $9
- Standard: 15.50 per month from $14
- 4K: $20 per month from $18
. For existing subscribers, the changes will be rolled out “gradually,” with Netflix promising to email members 30 days before the price hike goes into effect.
Prices for a Netflix plan have steadily gone up in recent years. The standard plan went to $14 per month from $13 in late 2020, after previously rising to $13 from from $11 in 2019. Prior to that, Netflix raised prices in 2017 and 2015. When Netflix announced its first wide-scale price increase in 2014, the company was so worried about losing subscribers over a $1 per month bump that it let existing members keep their price for two years. It hasn’t offered such a generous perk in the years since.
The TV License fee in the UK is expected to be retired around 2027, according to The Guardian
. The fee has generally been a source of funding for BBC programming, but has attracted some controversy in the past due to its enforcement among other issues. The website has also detailed its own alternatives on how the BBC can secure funding when that time comes.
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It did, evidently
.
Don't know if he'll stay in his BTS role.