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[teecer]

This is so, so sad to me.

Beverly Hills, 90210's only Emmy nomination was in 1995 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series...Milton Berle. 

[Fukui San]

Let's swap Gordon Ramsay into a show where he can yell at people who need yelling at.  Big Brother? Catfish?

Oh, no. Wait. Little Big Shots.  Gordon Ramsay's Little Big Shots.  Let's do this!

[heshy]

Shutterbleed

[David T. Cole]

2 hours ago, Fukui San said:

Is it just me or was the audio better than usual given the Skype disclaimer at the beginning?

Glad it hear it! I did some post-processing on it.

[lynny]

I'd have gone with Tatiana Maslany in any of the years that she was eligible, but that's mostly me taking her snubbing personally solely because she's from Regina.

[April Bloodgate]

9 hours ago, aethera said:

As soon as I heard the description, I immediately said aloud, 'Tara picks Julie Bowen, obviously".

Me too. It's as if Joe created this topic just so she could say that. Which I don't mind.

[SnideAsides]

Jeff Probst already has four Emmys.

[theodyssey]

So I did a search for the advertised book out of curiosity and found the link where they were collecting stories for it under the headline "How has Aaron Sorkin changed your life?" Thanks but no thanks...

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I find it difficult to believe the little Sorkin dig in the following advert was a total coincidence.

[theodyssey]

I don't think Lost really needed to plan its entire storyline in advance "like Breaking Bad" because I don't think Breaking Bad really planned itself in advance. Definitely when they talk about it, Vince Gilligan said a lot of it was motivated by things it felt like the characters would do and the ramifications of those decisions.

But what Lost REALLY needed to do was come up with a clear idea of what the island was, what it was doing, why it was doing it, what the rules were and all of the various forms that the supernatural/sci-fi aspects could take... I don't believe that the "truth" was known, even by JJ Abrams, until the last season. 

[Primetimer]

Miniseries to traumatize a new generation.

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[Aethera]

Cat Deeley deserves Emmys - at least a couple.  I'd definitely take the 2010-11 one away from Jeff Probst to give to her. Tom Bergeron and Heidi Klum/Tim Gunn can keep theirs.  Does Jane Lynch deserve the 2 in a row she's won?  I'd say take one of hers away as well, and give it to Cat.

[Actionmage]

IA with the EHG crew's picks.  I would only add Modern Family, if we could add a show, though.

Edited May 20, 2016 by Actionmage

[profreader]

I was delighted to see a supersized length EHG episode ... you all are very skilled at keeping the conversation engaging. Audio was great, so way to go with the post processing.

I was interested to hear the breakdown of the Lost pilot. I must confess, when I first watched the pilot, I was going through a pretty stressful time in my life, so I was avoiding any show that just added to the stress. Once guy met engine, I turned it off. Then of course I had to hear about all my friends having Lost viewing parties, discussing the mysteries, etc. I tried to pick it up again, I think in the episode where they find A Mysterious Hatch (but apparently they found more than one, so...) It just didn't take.

Great GameTime -- loved the choice of questions -- especially numbers of appearances of guest stars, and "in which episode did X happen?"

[Actionmage]

Let's swap:

*Anne Robinson ( The Weakest Link) with Jeff Probst (Survivor). You know he thinks that catchphrase when someone craps out on a challenge. Besides, Anne has earned the chance to go to a neat tropical locale.

*Chuck Woolery ( Love Connection) with Chris Harrison ( The Bachelor/ette). Chuck might bring a bit more humor to the whole shebang on ABC. Chris, on the other hand, might loosen up some.

*Vicki Lawrence (Win, Lose or Draw) with Alec Baldwin (Match Game). Seeing Alec explain that time's out and that what folks were trying to glean from that indecipherable "art" was 'Twinkle' would be interesting.

*Bear Grylls ( Man Vs. Wild) with Jeff Probst ( Survivor).  Grylls might have helpful advice for the tribes to attempt. Probst actually having to prove his credentials could be interesting as well.

[Actionmage]

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Great GameTime -- loved the choice of questions -- especially numbers of appearances of guest stars, and "in which episode did X happen?"

Yes! It was tough, but a good, fun kind of tough. Thanks, Joe!

[AndreaK1041]

When Joe says All Stars during talk of Big Brother, is this wishing or truth? I fully and unapologetically loved the first BBAS, I'd love a second. I haven't heard anything either way about this season though.

[David T. Cole]

9 hours ago, theodyssey said:

Definitely when they talk about it, Vince Gilligan said a lot of it was motivated by things it felt like the characters would do and the ramifications of those decisions.

That endgame was always in play with BB. The path was loose but it was always to be a story of normal guy to Scarface. Lost? I don't get the idea they got that far... Mystery Box: The Show. Personally I think if Lost had an endgame...it was a type of purgatory and that the viewers figured that out so soon that they just added more and more mystery boxes to the mix. Then it was purgatory anyways. 

In conclusion: purgatory is a land of contrast.

[profreader]

I'm with Tara on the whole "life after an apocalypse" thing. I'll be the first to go.

[radishcake]

49 minutes ago, profreader said:

I'm with Tara on the whole "life after an apocalypse" thing. I'll be the first to go.

I already told my family that I'll be shooting them all in head in this situation. None of us will be hanging out in the dregs of the broken civilization or waiting to be eaten by zombies or wild dogs.

[Fukui San]

"President Trump" would be traumatizing thing to watch. Hopefully itd be a short, fictional miniseries and not the alternative. 

[clarkbar]

I found this especially interesting. As a child of the 60s I grew up with the Civil Defense warning system and had vivid nightmares about seeing mushroom clouds out my kitchen window. When The Day After was broadcast I was in my early 20s, still living with my parents. I remember every detail of the day of the broadcast (shopping with my mother, buying corduroy pants . . .), especially going to my room, shutting the door, and listening to records while the rest of my family watched the movie. I haven't seen it to this day.

[Primetimer]

The gang matches up other Houdini & Doyles.

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[heatherkay]

I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but just seeing the topic, which made me think of Death Comes to Pemberley, which featured Elizabeth (Anna Maxwell Martin sans bangs) and Darcy (Matthew Rhys) solving crimes. That made me wonder why we haven't seen a Jane Austen solves mystery vehicle.

Who to pair her with? How about Napoleon? He didn't die in exile?

[Jesse]

FTR: I also like it when the show goes long!

 

And that Game Time was super fun.

[Jesse]

On 5/18/2016 at 1:23 AM, SnideAsides said:

Jeff Probst already has four Emmys.

Definitely take one and give it to Cat Deeley! Which would make it 2011, but looking through the nominations,  I would even more like to take one of Jane Lynch's two (2!!!) for Hollywood Game Night. 

[Jesse]

Ha! I just said that exact thing on the other Mini topic. 

[vendredi3]

On May 17, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Fukui San said:

Is it just me or was the audio better than usual given the Skype disclaimer at the beginning?

I thought so too! Normally it sounds as if half the crew is on speaker phones (I say that with love, guys), but this Skype-recording was great! Plus the part when Skype crashed, Dave got irritated, and Tara told him that no one complains if the episodes are too long tickled me.

[David T. Cole]

2 hours ago, vendredi3 said:

I thought so too! Normally it sounds as if half the crew is on speaker phones (I say that with love, guys), but this Skype-recording was great! Plus the part when Skype crashed, Dave got irritated, and Tara told him that no one complains if the episodes are too long tickled me.

LOL, I forgot to cut that out. I made the episode longer! IRONY. Re: Audio quality, there was something causing that tinny/distance in NYC over the past couple months. Sarah said she figured it out so hopefuly next week it'll be non-Skype and non-tin.

[Demian]

Here's an article on the baseball player Sarah references.  (And "Green-Wood Beach" is also the apocalyptic scenario I keep dreading. I hope to have moved to higher ground inland before that happens.)

[Actionmage]

I would take Michael Learned's 1982 Emmy for Lead Actress/ Drama  for Nurse and give it to Debbie Allen/ Fame. The other three actresses in the category that year were : Veronica Hamel ( Hill Street Blues), Michele Lee ( Knots Landing) and Stephanie Powers ( Hart To Hart.)

Ms. Learned is a very good actress, but at this point her Olivia Walton had got her a couple of Emmys already.

[Actionmage]

P.I. series: BelWest ; the name of the eventual detective partnership between Beatrice "Trixie" Belden and Honey West. Set in the 70s, the pilot sets up Bea, in her early twenties, and Honey, in her thirties, and how they became partners. It modernizes both characters and we keep Bruce, Honey's ocelot.

Time-Travel Dramedy: Hedy Business; Hedy Lamarr is almost killed by a rogue Time Master, but Bonnie Baxter- an associate of Rip Hunter's- sweeps in and rescues her! Knowing that the great lady deserves to see what she began scientifically, Bonnie asks if she wants a "tour" of the future. Promising to just take a quick peek at one example, Hedy  and Bonnie stumble across another Time Lord group up to no good. They agree to help the lady, Henrietta Lacks, but Bonnie makes Hedy promise not to give their game away.  After helping Ms. Lacks, they return to Bonnie's ship. Hedy, energized by the encounter, asks if she can travel with Bonnie for a while.

Historical Drama: The Soong Sisters; focusing on their years at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, USA ( we'll cheat and keep Mei-Ling, future Madame Chang Kai Shek, in Georgia instead of Massachusets, unless the writing can juggle the split well). [The Wikipedia entry on them:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_sisters] They came from money and power. They ended up three of the most powerful women in China during the first half of the 20th century. They should have their amazing stories told.

eta: Yes, I know about the movie titled The Soong Sisters, but it's such a rich story/ three rich stories, that it could go long form and still be very interesting.

Edited May 24, 2016 by Actionmage

[SnideAsides]

Is it now canonical (sorry) that a two-parter can be submitted to the Canon/Nonac as one episode? Like hypothetically, since The Simpsons has somehow never been pitched in Mark II (...I KNOW), could someone pitch both parts of Who Shot Mr. Burns together?

[Primetimer]

Mo' better spinoffs for CW shows.

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[Aethera]

I was super happy with a longer episode, too, and I thought the sound quality was excellent.

Lost is one of those shows I'll never go back and watch, because the later seasons ruined the first season's goodness, but that pilot was really good. Great submission!

[Dave in Chicago]

I have said it before, but I'll say it again: the CW missed their chance for a Paris Gellar spin-off from "Gilmore Girls". My pitch: Paris realizes she technically can't run for president until age 35, so she decides to spend time until then diversifying her resume - by purchasing a cruise ship, becoming the on-board manager, and traveling the world to check items off her endless to-do list of accomplishments! That's right, it's Paris Gellar's Love Boat, she has flirty "Moonlighting" style banter with the ship's actual captain who doesn't like that the ship is under new ownership, and she probably hires Michel and Sookie to be on staff.

[heshy]

Julie Andrews vs. Jack Warner re: My Fair Lady & Mary Poppins:
"And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."

[Cekrypton1]

I'm still laughing at the Esther Rolle joke 3 days later.

[Aethera]

I was trying to think of a pairing of YA authors and stumbled my way to Oh the Places They'll Go - A supernatural travel show with Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein where they go to all sorts of weird places, and, of course, bump into crimes and odd situations, and then write their fictionalized stories and poems based on what they see.

[Kip]

Slayers Chronicles
Anthology series spin off of Buffy the vampire Slayer. Each season follows a different Slayer from history (German Jew in WWII, 1960's Swinging London, 1980's Soviet Russia, etc.) The Slayers would not continue from season to season (at least as a Slayer, could certainly have a former become a Vampire big bad in a later season), but the Watchers Council characters can carry over from season to season (but not always the actors, depending on the time jumps). Seasons may Chronicle the short career of a slayer, or just an important time in her life.

[whyjoshua]

I'm sure it just slipped Tara's mind, but The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow are both CW spin-offs—the former of Arrow, and the latter of both Arrow and The Flash.

That said, I would happily take a Jane the Virgin spin-off focused on Jane's rarely seen "best friend" Lina. The actress is adorable, and I like the idea of having two shows about very different friends whose lives only intertwine in occasional catch-up episodes where they recap their shows to each other over drinks, each giving her take on the other's crazy situations.

Edited May 21, 2016 by whyjoshua

[HeatherinThailand]

Hey, Kim, et al, great news! If you fly to England for the weekend, you can watch Thirteen on BBC3! It aired back in February. In case you want to smile condescendingly while the rest of the country is just watching episode one...

[Actionmage]

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 Oh the Places They'll Go - A supernatural travel show with Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein

Why isn't this on my TV?! :D

[Actionmage]

Aliens In America: Next Wave--  Dan Byrd (Cougar Town) and Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement) reprise their roles from the original show, but it focuses on their kids helping out  Raja Musharraf's just arrived cousin and her family; actually the kids with the grown-ups helping each other too.

Half & Half Again-- Mona (Rachel True) and Dee Dee (Essence Atkins) get together for a sisterly retreat; they find out that each of them are in another transitional period in their lives and decide to move to another building their father still owns.  Dee Dee and Mona's current families show how another kind of modern family gets along! Big Dee Dee , Phyllis and Charles will pop up here and there.

[Primetimer]

Which actor besides 'Tatslany' (tm David T. Cole) would we cast as a buttload of clones of him-/herself?

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[Actionmage]

Anna Devere Smith, Margaret Cho and David Hyde Pierce are clones in a Dyson sphere, but they don't know it's a) a Dyson sphere and b) there are others in the sphere as well. ( Actually, the viewers don't either.)  The clones believe they are part of a space mission, they are alone, something bad had happened and that if they leave their part of the complex, more bad stuff will happen.

About half way through the season, we meet another group of clones played by Carlos Ponce, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Eva Longoria.

The season ends as clones of Leslie Jones finds both groups and tells them that her group needs help!

It's  a half- hour dramedy called Spaced Out . Or Space Is Clonely.

Edited May 23, 2016 by Actionmage

[Primetimer]

Eve Batey returns, but will it be to worship AMC's new drama Preacher, or to condemn it to Hell?

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[John Potts]

Having read the Preacher comics I want to know if they're going to introduce "The Saint of Killers" whose impressive kill list includes

 

The Angel of Death, the Devil and GOD

I'd also like to see if they include the scene where Jesse meets

 

Jesus Christ, who puts his eye out!

I guess it will depend on how long it takes the protests to get it canned.

ETA: It also has the scene where the closest thing to an antagonist in the series sends an armoured brigade of the Texas National Guard to stop the Saint of Killers. It escalates to the point where

they fire a (small) NUKE at him. When the dust clears... he's still standing and his sardonic response is "NOT ENOUGH GUN"

...it's pretty crazy!

Edited May 24, 2016 by John Potts

[TeeVee329]

When I saw Joe was going to talk about "Grey's Anatomy", I was legit expecting a rant about Alex.

[profreader]

I remember that ER episode so clearly -- the choice of Romano and Corday to be Lucy's team -- perfect. And I recall bursting into tears of relief, just like Sarah mentioned.

Really fun Gametime, too -- tough one!

[David T. Cole]

@John Potts:

Spoiler

Yes, The Saint Of Killers intro starts in episode 2 or 3 (not sure, very tired!) with just the start of his medicine trek origin story but hasn't been picked back up as of episode 4.

Also Herr Starr is glimpsed from behind in episode 4.