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[quote name='rustycruiser' timestamp='1336841723' post='285631']<br />
Here is a list (I stole) of what is in and what is out for the major broadcast nets in the US.<br />
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[b]ABC:[/b]<br />
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Ordered To Series:<br />
Last Resort (Sony)<br />
666 (WB)<br />
How To Live (FOX)<br />
Nashville (ABC Studios)<br />
Neighbors (ABC Studios)<br />
Zero Hour (ABC Studios)<br />
Penoza (ABC Studios)<br />
Malibu Country (ABC Studios)<br />
Red Man Van (ABC Studios)<br />
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Renewed:<br />
AFHV<br />
Body Of Proof<br />
Castle<br />
Dancing w/The Stars<br />
Don't Trust The Bitch In Apt 23<br />
Grey's Anatomy<br />
Happy Endings<br />
Last Man Standing<br />
Middle<br />
Modern Family<br />
Once Upon A Time<br />
Private Practice<br />
Revenge<br />
Scandal<br />
Shark Tank<br />
Suburgatory<br />
Wife Swap<br />
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Canceled:<br />
Desperate Housewives<br />
GCB<br />
Missing<br />
Pan AM<br />
River<br />
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[b]NBC:[/b]<br />
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New Series<br />
1600 Penn (FOX)<br />
Animal Practice (NBC)<br />
Chicago Fire (NBC)<br />
Do No Harm (NBC)<br />
Go On (NBC)<br />
Guys With Kids (NBC)<br />
Hannibal (NBC)<br />
Howie Mendel's White Elephant (NBC)<br />
Infamous (NBC)<br />
The New Normal (FOX)<br />
Next Caller Please (Lionsgate)<br />
Ready For Love (NBC)<br />
Revolution (WB)<br />
Save Me (Sony)<br />
Stars Earn Stripes (Mark Burnett)<br />
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Renewed:<br />
30 Rock<br />
Community<br />
Fashion Star<br />
Grimm<br />
LAO SVU<br />
The Office<br />
Parenthood<br />
Parks & Recreation<br />
Smash<br />
Up All Night<br />
Whitney<br />
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Canceled:<br />
Are You There Chelsea<br />
Awake<br />
Bent<br />
Best Friends Forever<br />
Chuck<br />
The Firm<br />
Free Agents<br />
Harry's Law<br />
Playboy Club<br />
Prime Suspect<br />
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[b]FOX:[/b]<br />
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New Series<br />
Axe Cop (FOX)<br />
Ben & Kate (FOX)<br />
The Following (WB)<br />
The Goodwin Games (FOX)<br />
Its Messy (NBC)<br />
The Mob Doctor (Sony)<br />
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Renewed:<br />
A. Idol<br />
American Dad<br />
Bob's Burgers<br />
Bones<br />
Cleveland Show<br />
Family Guy<br />
Fringe<br />
Glee<br />
Kitchen Nightmares<br />
New Girl<br />
Raising Hope<br />
Simpsons<br />
Touch<br />
X-Factor<br />
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Canned:<br />
Alcatraz<br />
Allen Gregory<br />
Breaking In<br />
Finder<br />
House<br />
I Hate My Teenage Daughter<br />
Terra Nova<br />
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[b]CW:[/b]<br />
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New Shows:<br />
Arrow (WB)<br />
Beauty & The Beast (CBS)<br />
Carrie Diaries (WB)<br />
Cult (WB)<br />
First Cut (CBS)<br />
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Renewed<br />
90210<br />
Top Model<br />
Gossip Girl<br />
Hart Of Dixie<br />
Nikita<br />
Supernatural<br />
Vampire Diaries<br />
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Canceled:<br />
One Tree Hill<br />
Ringer<br />
Secret Circle<br />
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Only CBS left, they have announced 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 60<br />
Minutes, Amazing Race, Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds,<br />
CSI, Good Wife, Hawaii Five-O, How I Met Your Mother, Mentalist, Mike<br />
& Molly, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Person Of Interest, Survivor, Two & Half Men<br />
& Undercover boss are coming back.<br />
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CSI Miami, CSI New York, Rob, Rules Of Engagement & Unforgettable are<br />
all up in the air.<br />
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Gifted Man & NYC 22 are Done.<br />
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Great post Rusty (even if stolen!)<br />
Some interesting shows canned, especially Terra Nova. Considering how much was spent must be rating poorly in the US?<br />
Have heard reports of CSI NY and Miami being close to been cut, would have expected both those shows to continue for a few more years yet.<br />
Also good to see Fringe has survived as it was another that i read alot about being cancelled as well. -
I read somewhere last week that another network is considering picking up Terra Nova, TR Jnr is most disappointed it has finished!<br />
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Also I dont think I saw Justified on that list Rusty??<br />
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Apparently Game of Thrones is the most pirated series of the year, and may become the highest of all time.<br />
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[url="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10805754"]http://www.nzherald....jectid=10805754[/url]<br />
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[quote]The fifth episode of the show was being downloaded approximately 2.5 million times a day after it aired, the report suggested.[/quote]<br />
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[url="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/05/09/hbos-game-of-thrones-on-track-to-be-crowned-most-pirated-show-of-2012/"]http://www.forbes.co...d-show-of-2012/[/url]<br />
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Interestingly, Dexter was the most pirated show from 2011... -
[quote name='Don Frye' timestamp='1336998784' post='286077']<br />
So I was watching Spartacus: Vengeance (yeah it's awful, don't).<br />
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And I happened to notice a former French (possibly Japanese) test player. Anyone else spot the resemblance?<br />
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I've watched all of them Don Frye. They were unashamedly B grade and I loved them. I enjoyed them more than Homeland (where I didn't like a single character or care what happened to them). At least the Spartacus crew aren't pretentious and there are some fine looking honeys in there. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':yes:' /> -
[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1336982922' post='286047']<br />
I read somewhere last week that another network is considering picking up Terra Nova, TR Jnr is most disappointed it has finished!<br />
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Also I dont think I saw Justified on that list Rusty??<br />
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Apparently Game of Thrones is the most pirated series of the year, and may become the highest of all time.<br />
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[url="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10805754"]http://www.nzherald....jectid=10805754[/url]<br />
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[url="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/05/09/hbos-game-of-thrones-on-track-to-be-crowned-most-pirated-show-of-2012/"]http://www.forbes.co...d-show-of-2012/[/url]<br />
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Interestingly, Dexter was the most pirated show from 2011...<br />
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would it be more benefiial for cable studio's to make episodes available, outside of the us, immediately for a small fee (say $4 similar to itunes) rather than wait till it gets picked up by o/s networks 6 months later? sure, people would still pirate it but the revenue must be worth it and i am sure it would still be picked u[p by o/s networks just for a slightly smaller fee.<br />
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say 1mil people d/l it for $4 an episode (the majority will still DL illegally). across a 12 part series that is still $48mil. -
I think that is the way it is likely to go eventually but in the short-to-medium term content providers like HBO have to honour their contracts with the cable companies which (I imagine) have clauses regarding bypassing them and selling content direct to customers simultaneously.<br />
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Once people can buy only the shows they want with no delay, many will choose to cancel subscriptions to HBO and Showtime. Management are rightly concerned about cannibalisation of their existing (fairly predictable) revenue streams for new risky and probably unpredictable revenue streams. I can see why no one wants to be the guy who jumps first. -
The selling direct should only be an option where no other options exist. In the USA that is not the case, you can get hbo starz, amc, etc, in regions where there is no such option, provide the direct option. <br />
In the modern world people desire to watch and discuss online the latest show and participate in forums etc so waiting 6 month to see an episode is not cutting in anymore. <br />
Lost was a great example of the fan ecosystem that was created. Fans discussed and debated and length and in intricate detail all the plot twists and possible scenarios, there were dozens of fan forums, it was more than just a tv show. If you in NZ watched it on network tv, you had no real ability to be involved in the lost universe. <br />
This a real time world. consumers want real time content. -
[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1336982922' post='286047']I read somewhere last week that another network is considering picking up Terra Nova, TR Jnr is most disappointed it has finished!<br />
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Terra Nova? I watched a few episodes, but God it was corny and cheesy behind belief. Poorly acted. <br />
The only reason it lasted a season was the set in Oz cost so damn much that Fox were pretty muchforced to pick it up for a full season with out knowing how well the pilot went. It was a lemon. <br />
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Wish "the event " had gotten pick up though, that was an interesting show. "v" aswell. -
OK so after reading a few good write-ups both on this thread and elsewhere, I have downloaded the first season of Justified. I watched the first three episodes, and frankly I'm underwhelmed. It's a bit cliche, a bit cheesy and doesn't seem to have much of an ongoing plot.<br />
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My question is this- does it get better? Is it worth sticking with, or is it just not the series for me?<br />
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If it stays like the first three episodes then I probably won't continue. Then again the first three episodes of the Wire were pretty shit as well, and that turned out pretty nicely... -
[quote name='barbarian' timestamp='1337919630' post='287626']<br />
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If it stays like the first three episodes then I probably won't continue. Then again the first three episodes of the Wire were pretty shit as well, and that turned out pretty nicely...<br />
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I am 3 episodes into the wire and massively underwhelmed... but everybody, bar none, tells to me keep going because it's so frickin amzingly awesome.<br />
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haha, I got to about 6 of the Wire and chose to give it a break to try again another day....<br />
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I guess like everything, our tastes differ, although I guess Barbarian is probably a bit further removed than most, liking the Wobblies and all <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
[quote name='Toddy' timestamp='1337925190' post='287635']<br />
Keep going MR. Probably the best series Ive watched.<br />
[/quote]Watch Breaking Bad or Generation Kill then <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I quite like Justified, pretty clichÃ
d but often a few laughs. I wasn't sure after the first couple of episodes but kept going and am now up to season 3...<br />
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I watched the first episode of The Wire years ago and hated it. After seeing so many recommend it here I grabbed it again this year and finished the whole lot within a matter of a couple of months! -
It is hard to take advice from a Bieber avatar.
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[quote name='Kehua o Jury' timestamp='1337195886' post='286459']<br />
I've watched all of them Don Frye. They were unashamedly B grade and I loved them. I enjoyed them more than Homeland (where I didn't like a single character or care what happened to them). At least the Spartacus crew aren't pretentious and there are some fine looking honeys in there. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':yes:' /><br />
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The endless "Have you lost mind?" moments and dialogue became very tedious in the third season. Very, very tedious.<br />
I found the first two seasons to be fine.<br />
Ok, I still got through the third season but fast forwarded a LOT.<br />
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The new actor they got to replace Andy Whitfield is pretty shit too I thought. -
One of my fave shows (and a few others here) the past year-or-so was ESPN's documentary series "30 For 30." ESPN/Grantland announced last week a 2nd series - short docs. The first one just posted online is about Pete Rose selling autographs in Las Vegas. It humanizes him in a way I haven't previously seen, it's semi-pathetic and kinda funny in a way you usually only see with retired pro-wrestlers on the Comic-Con circuit, and you find yourself liking the guy. The doc runs 8 minutes and can be seen here (with story about the new "30 For 30" season):<br />
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[url="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7930049/another-30-films-subjects-stories-captured-our-attention"]http://www.grantland...d-our-attention[/url]<br />
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Website w/ trailer for new season and the Rose film can be seen here:<br />
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[url="http://espn.go.com/30for30/"]http://espn.go.com/30for30/[/url]<br />
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(Bookmark.)
