Good TV Series

[drifter379]

Anyone watching battle creek?

 

[Silverback]

Yes.. I like it. Although they are pissing my off by running that fucking retarded "The Good Wife" long and therefor fucking up my recording of Battlecreek. Any show called "The Good Wife" needs to have a smoking hot woman on her knees... that is all that needs to be said about that.

 

[drifter379]

I like it a lot. It's smart and funny with good writing. Probably won't make it to season 2

 

[bakerla]

We recently cut the cable cord, so a couple nights ago we were browsing Amazon Prime to watch something and found The Man In the High Castle. It's an Amazon original and was freaking good. Only 1 episode out now, so I'm anxiously awaiting the rest of the season which is due this fall.

 

[tx_shooter]

Hell on Wheels is coming back...

 

[Silverback]

Sadly it's the last season. I heard its 7 episodes now and 7 episodes next year. But at least we get something.

 

[tx_shooter]

They are going to run out of story line once the two railroad lines are joined together. I would rather see it end well than limp along broken and pointless.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

We recently cut the cable cord, so a couple nights ago we were browsing Amazon Prime to watch something and found The Man In the High Castle. It's an Amazon original and was freaking good. Only 1 episode out now, so I'm anxiously awaiting the rest of the season which is due this fall.

I watched that a while back. They confirmed a season?

 

[bakerla]

I watched that a while back. They confirmed a season?

Apparently yes, but can't find a release date.

 

[Silverback]

Hell On Wheels -- Saturday. Fuck yeah.


Ray Donovan.. so far.. Fuck yeah.


If you don't watch them... you should. Fuck yeah.

 

[Silverback]

I like it a lot. It's smart and funny with good writing. Probably won't make it to season 2

You are a prophet my friend... I heard it was cancelled.

 

[Oswego]

Anyone watching Blacksails on Starz? I binge watched the first 2 seasons over the winter and it was pretty good.

 

[Silverback]

I watched season 1 and liked it. Haven't seen season 2. If its like season 1 it has lots of titties in it.

 

[Oswego]

I watched season 1 and liked it. Haven't seen season 2. If its like season 1 it has lots of titties in it.

Oh season two got titties galore in it. Don't want to ruin it but a TON more scenes were devoted to the brothel

 

[Silverback]

Nice!! Time to find it on demand.

 

[Silverback]

Could it be true? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d56a21ac-36a7-11e5-bdbb-35e55cbae175.html

Amazon has won the race to sign the departing presenters of BBC’s Top Gear show, as internet groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters by securing big deals to produce original content.
The world’s largest online retailer said it had signed a deal with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to present a television series that will premiere in 2016.

The show will be produced by Andy Wilman, Top Gear’s long-time executive producer who left the BBC with the presenters.
The move will pit the trio against the BBC’s relaunched Top Gear show, led by Chris Evans, while boosting Amazon’s video-streaming service in its battle with Netflix, which is estimated to have four times as many subscribers in the UK.
In March, the BBC sacked Mr Clarkson for physically and verbally abusing Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon, which has left the BBC to reinvent its flagship automobiles show. The series generates an estimated £150m in commercial revenues each year from global sales but had depended heavily on the presenters’ personality for its appeal.
Amazon is likely to look to tap the hosts’ popularity in countries such as the US and Australia. However, some in the television industry have questioned whether the trio will be able to replicate their success — pointing out that one Top Gear imitator, Fifth Gear, largely flopped, and another former BBC presenter Jonathan Ross had become less prominent since switching to ITV.
The presenters’ deal is for three series of an as yet untitled car show that will be available only to subscribers of Amazon Prime, the company’s service that offers perks such as next-day deliveries, online photo-storage and video and music streaming.
Amazon’s video streaming service is included with the £79 a year Prime service. That compares with Netflix’s UK prices of between £72 and £108 a year.
Enders Analysis estimates that 4 per cent of British homes have Amazon Prime, compared with 16 per cent that have Netflix.
In an attempt to reflect the group’s blokish charm, the men released co-ordinated statements.

Mr Hammond added: “Amazon? Oh yes. I have already been there. I got bitten by a bullet ant.”Mr Clarkson said: “I feel like I’ve climbed out of a biplane and into a spaceship.”
Mr May said: “We have become part of the new age of smart TV. Ironic, isn’t it?”
The BBC had offered multimillion-pound contracts to Mr May and Mr Hammond to continue to work on Top Gear. But the two presenters refused, citing their longstanding connection with Mr Clarkson.
Amazon did not reveal the commercial terms for the deal.
It is the second time in recent months that the BBC has lost high-profile talent to a streaming service, highlighting the challenge to traditional broadcasters from digital platforms. In March, former DJ Zane Lowe quit Radio 1 to join Apple Music’s new radio station.
In contrast to traditional broadcasters, which are focused on attracting large audiences for programmes, streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix have looked to invest in a handful of big-budget winners that will boost subscriptions globally.
This “tent-pole” strategy has led to House of Cards, Transparent and other shows with famous casts, whose cost is a large multiple of what the BBC and ITV could pay.
But it has also led Amazon to make shows with a niche fan club such as crime drama Ripper Street, which originally appeared on the BBC where it ceased because overall ratings were too small.

 

[Silverback]

Looks like it's true. But it may just be Amazon Prime UK streaming!!! Noooooooooooo. I doubt it. But the Amazon ad I saw was for the UK version.

 

[Silverback]

Found a nice surprise on the DVR... seems season 5 of Strike Back has started.

 

[tx_shooter]

Pretty interesting that streaming media is tackling traditional media in content and talent. Well, "talent". I hope Amazon will let the new Top Gear stream in the US.

Anyone keeping up with this season of Hell on Wheels? I'm trying to decide if they are jumping the shark or just walking on it with the race wars again. Cullen is not the great uniter.

 

[Silverback]

I'm watching Hell on Wheels... I'll say one thing about Bohannan, he makes friends where ever he goes. LOL I like the show though.