@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCalifornia awards over $313M in tax credits to 17 TV shows, in the second batch of TV awards since an expansion of TV/film credits to $750M annually (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/california-tax-credits-tv-2025-1236623893/
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSide note: Columbo, like some other old TV shows, is available in HD because originally it was all shot on and cut on film.
Even special effects were done on film; it looks fantastic on a big TV.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…
@cheryanne@aus.socialLights, Camera, Rant
Join me for your weekly pop culture fix, where I dish out reviews of movies, TV shows, and video games...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/lights-camera-rant/
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itIt's been a week since I watched this episode, and I still giggle at this scene about once per day.
[I read a lot of Mad Magazine in my youth.]
@paulwermer@sfba.socialThe similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialThe similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And
@cdarwin@c.imMainstream media is owned by Billionaires.
They control even small-town newspapers and TV.
Expect this belittling of your beliefs and actions:
https://bsky.app/profile/briarish.bsky.social/post/3m3koppqktc2r
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialApple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B to creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.comWhy are TV shows divided into seasons when there’s four seasons in a year but only one TV “season” a year?
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialHats are cool, hats are expressive. Wear a hat to Thanksgiving.
(I grew up in LA during the 1950s and '60s, so I saw a lot of Zorro shows on TV - so I like Californio style hats with a colorful band and a stampede string.)
https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/663/images/Aaron.jpg
@primonatura@mstdn.social"National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NationalTrust
@jake4480@c.imNew Futurama episodes today! Didn't have time to write much on it yet other than just mentioning it a couple months back over at https://animatedtvblog.wordpress.com, but this writeup at AIPT Comics (
@NFL@darktundra.xyzJ.J. Watt shows TV potential as CBS attempts Tony Romo contract mistake do-over https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6609271/2025/09/08/jj-watt-cbs-nfl-tv-romo/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSurvey: ~50% of US adults who subscribe only to sports streamers are "somewhat" or "very" satisfied by the availability of sports events they want to watch (Maya Sweedler/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/sports-stream…
@jensilber@mastodon.socialThis weekend I heard a song on the radio and had a vague recollection of having seen an episode of a TV show in which that song was used as a plot point... or maybe it was in a movie... or maybe even in a book I read (although the memory felt aural rather than textual). In trying to figure out if I could pin down the show/movie I came across https://www.wh…
@stefan@gardenstate.socialI'm so bad at remembering what TV I am currently watching I built my own site with a perfect view in to what I am currently watching.
#tv
@UP8@mastodon.socialI spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads
#television
@pre@boing.worldBeen reading some of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic-books, set after the TV shows ended.
It's a very different world with Buffy and Xander being commanders of a whole slayer army with seemingly massive resources, from a castle being attacked by various supernatural forces.
Very different pacing from the TV show too.
You know that episode of Angel where Spike and Angel are running around in Italy chasing after Buffy who now dates The Immortal?
Turns out it wasn't Buffy at all, but one of her decoys that have been deployed around the world. Andrew thought it would be funny to troll the two vampires by pretending she was dating The Immortal.
The artwork is all great, but sometimes a little rough and I find it challenging since I don't always recognize who is supposed to be who, especially as the artists and styles switch from book to book.
Some of the mini stories feel like just pulling the TV show characters back for no good reason.
I hear rumors of a new Buffy TV show starring SMG with no involvement from Joss, and wonder if it'll assume these stories of visiting the future or fighting with an army from a castle base will be retconned out entirely?
It's an entertaining read and nice to visit those characters again, but doesn't feel much like the TV show because it's such a different setting and Buffy is very different as a commander than a school girl.
#reading #comics #buffy
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… FIL: “Why doesn’t my Apple TV have the same shows you have in your Apple TV?”
Me: “Some of them are paid stuff, you need to get an Apple TV subscription for those.”
FIL: “Okay I got the subscription, but my Apple TV still doesn’t have what yours has, can you come look?”
*3 hour drive to my in-laws*
Me: “Oh. You meant on your App…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B to creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 08 - Hostage
MUTOID: Yes, Supreme Commander. Time distort ten.
SERVALAN: Mutoids. Don't you ever question anything?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/384 B7B4
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEarly Nielsen data shows that the 77th Emmys drew 7.42M viewers across CBS and Paramount , marking a four-year viewership high and up 8% YoY (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/emmys-2025-tv-ratings-1236544441/
@cdarwin@c.imA longtime TV news produced at Chicago-based station WGN on Friday was forcefully pinned to the ground and then hauled off in an unmarked van by masked federal agents.
As reported by the Chicago Tribune, WGN producer Debbie Brockman was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a law enforcement action in the city’s Lincoln Square neighborhood on Friday morning, purportedly on the grounds that she was obstructing their work.
Video of the arrest taken by …
@servelan@newsie.social'This party is almost over', expert says as Russia slashes 2025 forecast - A propos
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250827-this-party-is-almost-over-expert-says-as-russia-slashes-2025-forecast
@teledyn@mstdn.caFree Moon Study and Observation Program
For Windows 7 to 11 and Linux
Already downloaded near 2 millions worldwide. Used in several books, foreign observatories, by CNRS research professors, websites, TV shows, astronomical magazines and to prepare the Chandraayan 1 lunar mission. Used by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the framework of the NELIOTA program. Recommended by the French Ministry of National Education.
https://www.ap-i.net/avl/en/start
@Defiance@sfba.socialI want to watch this if for only one reason. To see if it shows any clips from an early 90s interview I swear has been scrubbed from the internet.
iirc (big if), it was an E True Hollywood Story. Could've been Howard Stern's old E show. Anyway, Charlie is clearly high, slurring his words, throughout this interview. Definitely before 1998. '93? '95? It was insane to me at the time that it got on TV.
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioLine from a show set in 1990s: "My boss wants to surprise his daughter with this monster 40-inch Mitsubishi TV."
(City on a Hill, S3 E2, 27:1.)
43" is probably the smallest size TV anyone sells/wants these days. 😀
#quotes #entertainment #TV_Shows #comparison #life #society
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialApple TV extends its deal for Peanuts content, including its library and new shows, until 2030 and continues to offer holiday specials for free on set dates (Joe Otterson/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/peanuts-apple-tv-deal-extension-2030-1236536…
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaDear Mister Language Person: I am curious about the expression, "Part of
this complete breakfast". The way it comes up is, my 5-year-old will be
watching TV cartoon shows in the morning, and they'll show a commercial for
a children's compressed breakfast compound such as "Froot Loops" or "Lucky
Charms", and they always show it sitting on a table next to some actual food
such as eggs, and the announcer always says: "Part of …
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialOne of my favorite interviews of all time... from one of my favorite TV shows, Stargate.
▶️ CHRISTOPHER JUDGE: Wild Stargate Stories, Freedom from Forgiveness & Acting out of Spite - Inside of You
https://youtube.com/watch?v=u7xzQkQI_rI&si=aT6sqFaHFQi-Abdn
@77slevin@social.linux.pizza @Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Israel's war in Gaza engulfed the entertainment industry, including popular TV shows produced in Israel going dark on US streaming platforms like Netflix (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-cul…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow video podcasts have developed distinct visual styles favoring casual and intimate aesthetics, including Joe Rogan's almost proletarian dark red drapes (Joe Coscarelli/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/12/arts/podcast-sets-design.…
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldIn which I talk about pet peeves in TV shows and how they pull you out of a story. Sorry the post is late today. Website problems.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/ow-isnt-enough-writers-we-can-do-better/
@dp@bonn.socialWer kennt es nicht? 😕
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBBC Director of Children & Education Patricia Hidalgo says YouTube predominantly directs UK children to US content, weakening their ties to British culture (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2
@cdarwin@c.imDame Stella Rimington, the first woman to head MI5,
has passed away.
The Daily Express obituary highlights her trailblazing career.
Appointed director general in 1992, she was globally recognized as the first female head of an intelligence agency.
Rimington joined MI5 in 1967 as a part-time typist at the British High Commission in New Delhi,
transitioning from what she described as a “bored housewife”.
Throughout her career, she confronted Russian spie…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLuminate: Apple TV has all but abandoned animated shows, ordering just six animated series in 2024, a 60% drop compared to 15 orders each in 2022 and 2023 (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 01 - Aftermath
AVON: So you have very little to fear from Servalan. There is no real Federation anymore. It's unlikely that anyone will come looking for you. You won't have to hide any longer.
MELLANBY: It's odd. For the last twenty years that's all I've dreamed of, freedom to do what I want, go where I want. Now that I've got it,…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialStudy: between August 2024 and June 2025, the number of women working as creators on US streaming originals hit 36%, a record and up from 27% the year prior (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2…
@cdarwin@c.imIn Hungary, the government has passed legislation limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals.
The Hungarian news site Telex reports that the Fidesz majority in the National Assembly approved the 15th amendment to the Constitution by 140 votes to 21.
Nepszava, a leading social-democratic daily in Hungary, headlines with comments from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
The human rights organisation says the amendment aims to "sow fear and divide society"…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNBC's entire primetime lineup on Sundays and Tuesdays is now reserved for sporting events through the spring, a stark example of broadcast TV's focus on live TV (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/media/broadcast-tv…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPact: streamers spent a record £850M on British TV shows in 2024, up 24% and surpassing Channel 4's annual originals budget (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/netflix-adolescence-row-channel-4-snarkiness-stream…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow Israel's war in Gaza engulfed the entertainment industry, including popular TV shows produced in Israel going dark on US streaming platforms like Netflix (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-cul…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGoogle and Comcast's NBCUniversal reach a long-term agreement to keep NBC shows, including Sunday Night Football and America's Got Talent, on YouTube TV (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioWhile you wait for the rapture:
#rapture #recommendation #entertainment #HBO #TheLeftovers #TV_Shows
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialParamount signs a 10-year lease for 285K square feet at 1888 Studios in Bayonne, NJ, making it eligible for tax credits of up to 40% for movies and TV shows (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
