TV News Thread

[Edward J Grug III]

Man, Big Bird and Oscar were my favorites when I was growing up. I wonder if they will/can replace him. I remember the death of Mr. Hooper, but somehow killing Big Bird seems like a little TOO much reality for a children's educational show.

Spinney retired in 2018. His understudies Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson already perform Big Bird and Oscar respectively.

[The Lurker]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/eb90gqGYP9c" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/eb90gqGYP9c</a>

[The Lurker]

https://screencrush.com/the-griswolds-hbo-max/

[The Lurker]

Though I disagree with the article's position on the books.  It would be best if they distanced themselves from the sequel novels.
https://nerdist.com/article/lucasfilm-developing-a-willow-tv-series/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[Edward J Grug III]

Though I disagree with the article's position on the books.  It would be best if they distanced themselves from the sequel novels.
https://nerdist.com/article/lucasfilm-developing-a-willow-tv-series/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

It'd be best if it distanced itself from Willow altogether and became an adaptation of a different franchise altogether.

[Johnny Unusual]

Sounds like American Gods have been treating Orlando Jones, actor, producer and apparently the guy tasked with writing most of the black characters, pretty badly.

[The Lurker]

Some sad news if you were ever a fan of the Peanuts or Garfield specials...
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lee-mendelson-dead-dies-peanuts-charlie-brown-garfield-1203452455/?fbclid=IwAR22gr4Ld07kg0_mnxhPLTLGUuolOtpi4Wv-EK2tvMDLBPrR_XMzdjHES0w

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Some sad news if you were ever a fan of the Peanuts or Garfield specials...
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lee-mendelson-dead-dies-peanuts-charlie-brown-garfield-1203452455/?fbclid=IwAR22gr4Ld07kg0_mnxhPLTLGUuolOtpi4Wv-EK2tvMDLBPrR_XMzdjHES0w

I just watched the 4K disc of the 1965 special.

[The Lurker]

https://screencrush.com/lord-of-the-ring-tv-cast/

[The Lurker]

https://screencrush.com/jack-reacher-television-series-amazon/

[The Lurker]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/JNpXWXkKTBo" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/JNpXWXkKTBo</a>

[Johnny Unusual]

I'm pretty sure that MMORPG or whatever is not a TV series.  Also we have a Star Trek thread and a whole video game board.

[The Lurker]

I'm pretty sure that MMORPG or whatever is not a TV series.  Also we have a Star Trek thread and a whole video game board.

Yeah, meant to put that in the Trek thread.

[Johnny Unusual]

It happens.

Also, this is news from over a month ago I missed but Pendleton Ward is co-creating a TV show called The Midnight Gospel in which audio clips from the Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast are repurposed for a tale about a mystic travelling the multiverse, interviewing people from dying worlds.  Super into this.

[Darth Geek]

Man, I really want to watch that Harley Quinn show. The first episode was really fun. But I don't want to pay for yet another streaming service. Especially since there isn't much of anything else on it I would watch.