Don’t write that obituary for Big TV just yet …

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but cows get the zoomies, too.

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The report of the death of Event Television was greatly exaggerated. Or so argues The New York Times‘ James Poniewozik in this piece discussing the future of Big TV following the end of Game of Thrones.

It’s interesting: with the advent of streaming, and the decline of network and cable TV, I, like most prognosticators, believed that the moment in time when we were all watching the same show was past us. There would still be Big TV series that everyone watched, but we would watch them at our own pace, and the conversation would no longer be taking place in real-time the way it did during Lost or Mad Men or Game of Thrones. What I didn’t anticipate was that streamers for some shows would return to a week-by-week release schedule. As much as my greedy little heart wants to be able to watch an entire season of a show I enjoy over a weekend (by the way: Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netflix is wild and great fun, but you really — and I can not stress this enough — have to be able to handle some strong gore and body horror), the fact is when a show is released on a weekly time schedule, it builds a discussion among fans which in turn creates buzz. The Boys‘ creator even attributes moving to a weekly release schedule for season two for its Emmy nomination this year.

Poniewozik’s piece points to a number of big projects coming out, including The Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, and Foundation, to argue that Big TV is not dead. The flip side of that is that TV is increasingly depending on franchises, reboots, revivals, and sequels. In an ever-expanding TV market, the easiest way to make a splash is to offer something the audience is already familiar with, and original series are having a more difficult time breaking through. Where would a Lost or a Mad Men or a Sopranos fit in this world that increasingly depends on more Star Wars and Marvel and Game of Thrones? Stay tuned.

The MTV VMAs were last night, and if you, like me, couldn’t be bothered to watch, here’s who won.

The Creative Emmys also took place this weekend, too, broken up into three separate ceremonies. All of the winners can be found here, but some highlights:

Season three of The Boys is coming and there has been a lot of talk of how crazy it’s going to be.

James Gandolfini and Michael Imperioli once got so drunk on the set of The Sopranos, that they had to be chained to a tree so they wouldn’t fall off of a cliff, true story.

Not TV-related, but it’s my blog, I do what I want: SOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUY THE MAD MAX: FURY ROAD CARS. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Someone buy me the El Dorado, please, and thank you.

Feel better soon, Wendy Williams.

Hey, congratulations, Uzo Aduba!

Renewals

In Development

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Mark Your Calendar

  • Saturday Night Live will return on NBC on October 2, though it’s still unclear which cast members will be back.
  • Hawkeye will premiere on Disney+ on November 24.
  • Dexter: New Blood will debut on Showtime on November 7.
  • We’re Here will return on HBO on October 11.
  • Unidentified with Demi Lovato will premiere on Peacock on September 30.
  • Fear the Walking Dead will return on AMC on October 17.
  • The Last O.G. will return on TBS on October 26.
  • Aly Raisman: Darkness to Light will debut on Lifetime on September 24.
  • The Chicago series return on NBC on September 22.
  • CSI: Vegas premieres on CBS on October 6.
  • Nancy Drew returns on The CW on October 8.
  • Aquaman: King of Atlantis will debut on HBO Max on October 14.
  • The Haunted Museum will premiere on Discovery+ on October 2.

R.I.P.

Ben Best, Co-creator of Eastbound and Down and The Foot Fist Way

Art Metrano, Comedian and actor who appeared in Bewitched, Mannix, Mod Squad, The High Chaparral, Then Came Bronson, and co-starred in Police Academy

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Monday Night Football: Oh boy, football is back. Yay. Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas Raiders. 7 p.m., ABC

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