I'm sorry to hear about Roadies - I didn't know it was cancelled :( I truly enjoyed it - such a great array of seemingly real characters.
I must say, no matter how well written or acted, I'm really, really, REALLY getting tired of DEATH (of well liked characters) and killing and non-stop misery/severe hardship that constitutes much of 'quality' TV.
I get that these subjects provide "DRAMA" but now it seems like writers are just using these devices to shortcut actual quality writing - ie: how to get that emotional punch without killing some character that's known and cared about. [I'm looking at you Walking Dead... and so interesting that it's so often women or POC, no?]
Sometimes I stop watching a show for months after an particular episode before I feel ready to go back to seeing how the season turns out. In two cases I actually went online and read a detailed recap of an ep (instead of ever watching) to stay on top of the plot because I really DID NOT want to go there. Not a good result for a visual medium like TV I'm thinking, coz, look ma, no commercials (not that I watch them, even if I'm viewing in real-time).
This whole trend is not a good thing for me coz I _love_ TV. but life is tough enough, and may be getting a WHOLE LOT TOUGHER in the near future (please god, NO), that providing so much of this seemingly endless deeply negative crap is just not ENTERTAINMENT in my eyes.
I'm sorry to hear about Roadies - I didn't know it was cancelled :(
Showtime's President didn't say it was outright but gave every intimation that it was by saying that it didn't catch on with viewers and it's "probably at the end of its run". I'm hanging on to that "probably" but I know it really didn't have the eyes it needed.
I truly enjoyed it - such a great array of seemingly real characters.
I completely agree. They didn't overwrite the characters and make them too broad for film or TV. They were perfectly relatable and human and humane.
I get that these subjects provide "DRAMA" but now it seems like writers are just using these devices to shortcut actual quality writing - ie: how to get that emotional punch without killing some character that's known and cared about. [I'm looking at you Walking Dead... and so interesting that it's so often women or POC, no?]
Oh, yeah they follow the news format of "if it bleeds it leads". They want to be shocking and edgy by killing characters instead of servicing them. And act dismayed when fans revolt or people stop watching TV.
sometimes I stop watching a show for months after an particular episode before I feel ready to go back to seeing how the season turns out. In two cases I actually went online and read a detailed recap of an ep (instead of ever watching) to stay on top of the plot because I really DID NOT want to go there. Not a good result for a visual medium like TV I'm thinking, coz, look ma, no commercials (not that I watch them, even if I'm viewing in real-time).
One would think that traditional networks would try to right the ship since they're losing viewers to streaming platforms who really don't have the need to go long-term (five seasons or more). Networks have to gain back the trust of viewers.
This whole trend is not a good thing for me coz I _love_ TV.
I was so sad to read the Emmy nominees because I don't watch nearly any of those nominated shows. So many new shows come and go without me even seeing an episode and that was never the case as recent as 5 years ago.
but life is tough enough, and may be getting a WHOLE LOT TOUGHER in the near future (please god, NO),
NEVER!!
that providing so much of this seemingly endless deeply negative crap is just not ENTERTAINMENT in my eyes.
Which is why I loved "Roadies". It wasn't trendy or edgey, just comforting and good. I think more viewers want that nowadays.
I'm sorry to hear about Roadies - I didn't know it was cancelled :( I truly enjoyed it - such a great array of seemingly real characters.
I must say, no matter how well written or acted, I'm really, really, REALLY getting tired of DEATH (of well liked characters) and killing and non-stop misery/severe hardship that constitutes much of 'quality' TV.
I get that these subjects provide "DRAMA" but now it seems like writers are just using these devices to shortcut actual quality writing - ie: how to get that emotional punch without killing some character that's known and cared about. [I'm looking at you Walking Dead... and so interesting that it's so often women or POC, no?]
Sometimes I stop watching a show for months after an particular episode before I feel ready to go back to seeing how the season turns out. In two cases I actually went online and read a detailed recap of an ep (instead of ever watching) to stay on top of the plot because I really DID NOT want to go there. Not a good result for a visual medium like TV I'm thinking, coz, look ma, no commercials (not that I watch them, even if I'm viewing in real-time).
This whole trend is not a good thing for me coz I _love_ TV. but life is tough enough, and may be getting a WHOLE LOT TOUGHER in the near future (please god, NO), that providing so much of this seemingly endless deeply negative crap is just not ENTERTAINMENT in my eyes.
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I'm sorry to hear about Roadies - I didn't know it was cancelled :(
Showtime's President didn't say it was outright but gave every intimation that it was by saying that it didn't catch on with viewers and it's "probably at the end of its run". I'm hanging on to that "probably" but I know it really didn't have the eyes it needed.
I truly enjoyed it - such a great array of seemingly real characters.
I completely agree. They didn't overwrite the characters and make them too broad for film or TV. They were perfectly relatable and human and humane.
I get that these subjects provide "DRAMA" but now it seems like writers are just using these devices to shortcut actual quality writing - ie: how to get that emotional punch without killing some character that's known and cared about. [I'm looking at you Walking Dead... and so interesting that it's so often women or POC, no?]
Oh, yeah they follow the news format of "if it bleeds it leads". They want to be shocking and edgy by killing characters instead of servicing them. And act dismayed when fans revolt or people stop watching TV.
sometimes I stop watching a show for months after an particular episode before I feel ready to go back to seeing how the season turns out. In two cases I actually went online and read a detailed recap of an ep (instead of ever watching) to stay on top of the plot because I really DID NOT want to go there. Not a good result for a visual medium like TV I'm thinking, coz, look ma, no commercials (not that I watch them, even if I'm viewing in real-time).
One would think that traditional networks would try to right the ship since they're losing viewers to streaming platforms who really don't have the need to go long-term (five seasons or more). Networks have to gain back the trust of viewers.
This whole trend is not a good thing for me coz I _love_ TV.
I was so sad to read the Emmy nominees because I don't watch nearly any of those nominated shows. So many new shows come and go without me even seeing an episode and that was never the case as recent as 5 years ago.
but life is tough enough, and may be getting a WHOLE LOT TOUGHER in the near future (please god, NO),
NEVER!!
that providing so much of this seemingly endless deeply negative crap is just not ENTERTAINMENT in my eyes.
Which is why I loved "Roadies". It wasn't trendy or edgey, just comforting and good. I think more viewers want that nowadays.
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