Aethera February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 I couldn't help but think of the show Sisters. And I would have probably put the Sugarbakers up too, for Best. By the way, I think probably the submitter was talking about when you were up visiting for a while, and doing the Face Off (or was it Master Chef Jr at that time?) reports together with them. I thought your family dynamic was adorable too! Link to comment
Primetimer February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Mark Blankenship returns to the Blankenship chair to talk about Empire, Roseanne, and much more. Read the story 1 Link to comment
Joseph Finn February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 American Horror Story is an ongoing series, not a limited series or mini series. I am not a crackpot. Link to comment
DanMSchro February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 If I didn't know any better, I'd think that the phrase that doesn't pay is the ringing of Dave's phone. 5 Link to comment
mylesgordon9 February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Is the phrase "Laugh it up, fuzzball?"<br /><br />Also, Mark's story is just as funny the second time around. 1 Link to comment
MarkBlankenship February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 @mylesgordon9 -- Listening to it again, I felt my blood pressure spike just like before! Link to comment
Tara Ariano February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 American Horror Story is an ongoing series, not a limited series or mini series. I am not a crackpot. After the latest season it certainly is! Characters exist in more than one season! Link to comment
MarkBlankenship February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Oh come ON, y'all! AHS is not an going series just because of a few characters reappear. It's an anthology series that purposely reinvents itself every year. It has narrative echoes, certainly, but it's not, per the Emmy's new rules, following a consistent set of characters/stories over a consistent period of time. Put this show next to Homeland, which also completely rebooted itself this season. Despite the new setting and many new characters, the show is still dominated by the extension of Carrie, Saul, and Quinn's ongoing stories, whereas the callbacks in AHS were Easter Egg-y ornaments in an otherwise unrelated story. It's incredibly cool that the callbacks happened, but I cannot --- nay, WILL NOT --- accept that they turn AHS into a continuing drama. 1 Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Dramaturgically speaking. 3 Link to comment
Joseph Finn February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Yes, it's an anthology series; an ongoing, in it's fourth season anthology series. So yes, I think the new Emmy rules still have a big giant loophole for AHS to exploit. (Then there's the silliness about how Sherlock, which REALLY is an ongoing series, is eligible for TV movie.) ALL THAT SAID, I do agree in appreciating the Emmys are trying to adapt (and I especially like the new Guest Actor rules). 1 Link to comment
sinnerforhire February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 So, my username is sinnerforhire, not sinnerforpay, but you guys made me laugh with that, so it's all good. Also, hearing it out loud made me realize for the first time just how close it is to a weird euphemism for "whore." Certainly wasn't thinking that when I chose it! 2 Link to comment
MuuMuuChainsmoker February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 I swear I was going to guess this before the above post, but was TPTDP "horse whinny"? Link to comment
smrou February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 (edited) I was totally screaming at my phone "Chuck Mangione. You're talking about CHUCK MANGIONE!" A name I'm pretty sure I only know because of King of the Hill. Edited February 25, 2015 by smrou 3 Link to comment
David T. Cole February 25, 2015 Author Share February 25, 2015 So, my username is sinnerforhire, not sinnerforpay... Oops! My bad! I swear I was going to guess this before the above post, but was TPTDP "horse whinny"? Neigh. 1 Link to comment
SnideAsides February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 "Let's call the whole thing off"? Or "lying liar who lies"? 1 Link to comment
David T. Cole February 25, 2015 Author Share February 25, 2015 Yep, it is the latter. Link to comment
SnideAsides February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 HOLY CRAP I GOT IT? I was just picking things near the start because I thought you'd compensate for last time. (Wait, this means I'm a part of history now too!) 4 Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 Hey, is the new reward for the PTDP retroactive? ... Yeah, didn't think so. Just checking.... Link to comment
SnideAsides February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 If I hadn't already messaged Dave, I'd have let you suggest one for me to take the credit for. :P Link to comment
David T. Cole February 25, 2015 Author Share February 25, 2015 Crazed, you can give me a mini topic, I am short two. ehg@previously.tv Link to comment
Primetimer February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 Celebrating TV subversion. Read the story Link to comment
TaibasJones February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 Oh boy, I've had Empire at the back of my mind and this is my impetus to get to it. I'm late here but I came looking for Drip Drop in Show Notes as promised but it is not there. Obviously it was easy to find on YT. 1 Link to comment
Kat February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 I loved Sarah's idea about rebooting "Mr. Broadway". A NYC press agent who Jessica-Fletchers his way into and out of crime situations with the help of a spunky assistant and his cop buddy? SIGN ME UP. 2 Link to comment
Corgi-ears February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 (edited) I guess it would be petty of me to feel like Taraji P. Henson should be disqualified from any Emmys based on how atrocious she was on Hollywood Game Night? And yet I FEEL WHAT I FEEL. Edited February 26, 2015 by Corgi-ears 2 Link to comment
MuuMuuChainsmoker February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 Speaking of our beloved pal Joe Reid, is there any chance of a triumphant EHG co-hosting return in our near future? Specifically, can you name the number and type of small animals I need to sacrifice to make that happen? 3 Link to comment
ApathyMonger February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 Oh come ON, y'all! AHS is not an going series just because of a few characters reappear. It's an anthology series that purposely reinvents itself every year. It has narrative echoes, certainly, but it's not, per the Emmy's new rules, following a consistent set of characters/stories over a consistent period of time. Put this show next to Homeland, which also completely rebooted itself this season. Despite the new setting and many new characters, the show is still dominated by the extension of Carrie, Saul, and Quinn's ongoing stories, whereas the callbacks in AHS were Easter Egg-y ornaments in an otherwise unrelated story. It's incredibly cool that the callbacks happened, but I cannot --- nay, WILL NOT --- accept that they turn AHS into a continuing drama. How about Fargo? The second season will have an entirely new cast, but the Lou Solverson character will carry over from the first season. Link to comment
Primetimer February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 Celebrating the TV episodes that changed whole series. Read the story 1 Link to comment
Jesse February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 Maybe it's just because of their names, but I always remember Donnie Pfaster and Eddie van Blundt. Van Blundt mostly for Duchovny looking in the mirror and saying "F...B...I" Link to comment
LiveFromKevin February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 Shocked Dave didn't pick the colonization/occupation of New Caprica in Battlestar Galactica.<br /><br />There's also about two episodes in every season of Game of Thrones that would qualify. Link to comment
Monty February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 I don't care if there are ongoing characters, and I think that's a red herring. Anthologies aren't miniseries. Proper anthology shows like The Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories got nominations as Drama. Or Comedy, in the case of Love, American Style. If there's another season with the same title, like "American Horror Story," or "Fargo," or "Sherlock," it's a regular series with short seasons. Link to comment
ApathyMonger February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 If there's another season with the same title, like "American Horror Story," or "Fargo," or "Sherlock," it's a regular series with short seasons. Sherlock always goes in the TV Movie category rather than miniseries for some reason. The 90-minute episodes, I guess? Link to comment
Actionmage February 26, 2015 Share February 26, 2015 The classic anthologies you name were different everything, every week-- story, cast, writers, and directors. (Not that some weren't rotated, but they weren't the same character in a continuing story.) The way that AHS and (supposedly) Fargo are being touted is as one self-contained story in a season. That's a mini-/ limited series. Less episodes than the usual, open-ended series' season and a complete story told in those episodes. Those classic shows? Twilight Zone had five seasons of between 18 and 39 episodes. Amazing Stories has a 24 episode 1st season and a 21 episode second. Love, American Style had 15 to 24 episode seasons with usually three stories told in each half hour. I can see a case that these , if made currently, should meet the "anthology= mini" criteria, but I also see where they legitimately could ask for on-going series consideration due to the sheer amount of product for broadcast. Link to comment
April Bloodgate February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 Since there's now a prize involved, does this mean that "doesn't" is removed from TPTDP? :) Link to comment
David T. Cole February 27, 2015 Author Share February 27, 2015 The Phrase That Donates Presents? 1 Link to comment
SnideAsides February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 In my official capacity as current TPTDP champion, I hereby deem it The Phrase That Didn't Pay. :P 1 Link to comment
Primetimer February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 Giving TV tropes a break and replacing them with new ones. Read the story Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 M*A*S*H did a dream episode as well. It was a pretty good one, too. Personally, I say we can do without that age-old trope that says that the most prominent male and female characters in a given show will inevitably hook up. And to replace it? How about mutual respect? Or how about a straightforward, no-strings-attached intergender friendship? Link to comment
lynny February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 That game was awesome! If I had been playing, I would have gotten 14,000 points. But it was still awesome. 3 Link to comment
ApathyMonger February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 That game was awesome! If I had been playing, I would have gotten 14,000 points. But it was still awesome. The Curb Your Enthusiasm questions would have killed my chances. 1 Link to comment
radishcake February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 I was the other person watching Boss! That makes me want to watch this now. I wasn't on board but I think I can try it out since I have my fill of dour machinations on House of Cards. :D Link to comment
sinnerforhire February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 I got a couple more bullseyes than the actual players in Game Time, mostly in the Emmy questions, which is weird, since I almost never watch the Emmys, especially when I was a kid/teenager, which is when a lot of those shows were on. But I would have lost big on the fourth round, because I never watched most of those shows. Although I just watched Melrose Place, so I did pretty well on the wig question. I swear Melrose has the longest seasons known to man. There's like 34 episodes in one season. 1 Link to comment
Actionmage February 27, 2015 Share February 27, 2015 Take: Groundhog Day scenarios. I'd be surprised if Elmo from Sesame Street hasn't had one by now. Leave: Opening Theme Songs (Gilligan's Island , Love Boat, Wonder Woman) Link to comment
Actionmage February 28, 2015 Share February 28, 2015 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 2, Episodes 1- 3. It was a Trek story where Starfleet personnel did take sides, got involved, and dealt with consequences from that point on to the end of the series. Link to comment
sinnerforhire February 28, 2015 Share February 28, 2015 Take: Main cast members of medical shows having brain tumors (Grey's, ER) Leave: Premise recaps at the top of speculative fiction shows (The Flash, Arrow, seasons 1-2 of Supernatural) Link to comment
Moo February 28, 2015 Share February 28, 2015 Buffy: Surprise/Innocence. It turned the show from monster of the week to all out soap opera from hell. Amazing. Link to comment
gpgurl50 March 1, 2015 Share March 1, 2015 In regards to the music on Nashville, I was actually interested in this topic when the show first came out. I think they said that T Bone Burnett was friends with a lot of songwriters who were willing to have their music on the show. Several of the songs in the first season were released by bands before getting onto the show. Even songs that were written for the show still got performed by the people who wrote them in their own sets. Then in later seasons they talked about how the actors had started writing/co-writing their own music but I don't know how often their own music was used. And they do tour as everyone said, so they are making money for themselves. Link to comment
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