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xp It's useful to make the case that they exist because they were able to cut into Netflix's territory over thelast five years. Also interesting that 14% share from "other" networks is the same - assuming this includes stuff like Tubi Originals, imdbTV, dead-ass Quibi, etc.

Keep in mind that chart isn't looking at viewing share (as in, hours watched)

Looks like there are other attempts to track that

Yeah, if people watched as much Netflix as ever but also added other shit into their viewing time then that is very different from watching less netflix, more Disney, but both would look the same on those charts.

Completely missed the recommendations upthread but have just burned through the first two seasons of Me Inbetween on Disney+ and loving it

Me I am just wondering how many people had Disney+ already and how many just got it for this Beatles doc.

They probably have all the Star Wars and Marvel fans by now, so gotta branch out somehow

^^Disney attempting to corner 75% of psycho fandoms.

By 2025 they'll own Phish, The Dead, Dr. Who, and a percentage of Taylor Swift, for 85% of that market.

Other 15% is Juggalos

I’m watching The Sex Lives of College Girls, the new Mindy Kaling–(co-)created show on HBO Max. It’s lightweight, but cute, and has some real laughs. Good characters and performances, too. (Kind of an odd format… a sitcom with “mature” elements.)

(Oh, as a side note… Rob Huebel plays someone’s dad; he got old! OMG)

We visited my wife alma mater Vassar on a Hudson valley road trip and their were all these signs for a totally different college. Too a while to figure out why, that’s where it was filmed.

Yeah, this is a Good Show. Questionable title aside, it’s a perfect mix of silly-but-smart humor and emotional weight. (Some of the writers worked on Never Have I Ever, and it has a similar vibe.)

I love a good sitcom……

I'll be watching this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgR0skiaVSo

good casting! cena is due for a breakout role.
is that vigilante i guess?

this is like a million years old but i'm binging halt and catch fire since it's leaving netflix on the 13th but this is a really good show

scoot mcnairy forever

i love h&cf so much honestly

^this. I watched myself and then again with the family. Brilliant show. There’s a thread in here somewhere specific to H&CF.

This is gonna be TERRRRRIBLE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSycMV-_Csw

yeesh

Who's the nondescript hunk?

they couldnt find someone with even an inkling of charisma to play the lead?

From what I've heard that's a far more accurate representation of the character from the original books (that is, giant generic good 'ol boy meathead but smaht?)

yeah maybe but that doesnt make for good tv

seems too young to play Reacher

whatever, I guess he's 39. Looks younger though.

Yeah all the book fans complained Cruise was too short, so guess they got their wish (lol)

Alan Ritchson(?). He played Aquaman in Smallville, and Hawk in the new Titans series. He's got the bulk for it.

i liked cruise’s reacher personally
im willing to sacrifice height for character

this guy looks like a sackful of walnuts
ok so he’s tall now, great. good luck america

being mostly blind to the property, just from what I've heard from fans of the book - this is definitely giving the people what they want. it's super pulpy

That Reacher show looks about as good as the Bourne-less Bourne show. Which was a televisual wet fart.

exactly

i have read a couple of the reacher books, and i had no problem with cruises portrayal.

i dunno why anyone would enjoy reacher as a dull meathead but ppl are fuckin stupid so good luck to them

First episode of "Landscapers" on HBO (with Olivia Colman and David Thewlis) was much weirder than I expected.

trying a bit too hard I thought

Yeah, that's fair. I've only seen the first one, though.

the jack reacher books are incredibly absurd and dumb, but kinda fun paperback trash

I do like that they are fairly low stakes. Like Reacher always shows up in some town and ends up fighting the local hotel franchise owner and his thugs

lol exactly

Sounds good. I'm in.

They are massively padded.

so is he lol

I liked the first ep of Landscapers quite a bit, I definitely get the "trying too hard" thing, but Colman and Thewlis are pretty great to watch. I also didn't expect it to be quite as funny as it is in parts, for some reason I expected the typical HBO dour crime thing and was pleasantly surprised by the laughs.

Ok, maybe I have to order Peacock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qftSkeoyFk

Don't encourage Peacock.

Jack Reacher books are a Little Free Library classics, grab one on your next walk

"College Girls" is 10 eps in; the show is good as hell. The emotional/character moments are so effective (and affecting). Conflicts resolve quickly (within a few episodes), and the storylines continuously shift; but the pacing doesn't feel rushed, and the resolutions are satisfying and feel "earned." Some of the cast is so great. After watching a few episodes, I feel like I want to keep hanging out with these characters... it's that kind of show.

ok that MacGruber bit was great

“The report detailed your penchant for cruel, guerrilla-style executions”

“Sounds like me”

I fire this up and scroll to a random spot to get some lols:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-MoiIQTMkE