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The Sofa (General Chat Thread)

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    #1382
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,815 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Watched some of Richard Osman's World Cup Of The Decade last night, and that was good fun...despite some questionable choices IMO (i.e
    GoT winning TV Show Of The Decade
    ).


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    #1383
    Martin Tyler AgueroooOO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭Martin Tyler AgueroooOO


    Basq wrote: »
    Yeah, was advertising close to airing.

    Was on St Stephens Night.. watched it earlier. Not close to being as good as it was in it's prime.




    Thank you i will check it out on the 4 website.


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    #1384
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,323 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790310228/episode-960-the-writers-revolt

    Planet Money is the last place is I expected to hear David Simon. Good to hear him in audio form.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    #1385
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,505 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    WTF did I just watch in The Masked Singer :rolleyes::eek:
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1386
    CastorTroy
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    I watched it, skipping through. Just more interested in hearing them and seeing who they are than trying to guess.

    I watched the American version as well. As with all these shows "celebrity" is a broad term, though it seems it became popular enough for more recognisable names to appear.

    I know they got him from the US version to try and add comedy, but having Ken there is pointless, especially when he acts excited at who is revealed.


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    #1387
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,473 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    There were 10 shows on last night that I'm actively watching. Yikes. 7 hours without ads.


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    #1388
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    I had heard on a podcast, and not sure how I'd even google to confirm it, that on some regional US stations, they'll play episodes of popular shows at a speed just faster than 1x, with the idea to make the episode run juussssst a little shorter - but not so much it'd be noticeable by most watching. The purpose being of course that shaving a minute off the run time allows for more ad-time.

    If that's true, that's nuts, and quite happy in some ways that Subscription channels are a thing now (the glut notwithstanding)


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    #1389
    CastorTroy
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    Mr E wrote: »
    There were 10 shows on last night that I'm actively watching. Yikes. 7 hours without ads.

    How'd you manage to have that many? Arrow and Legends for me just. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist started last week but second episode isn't until next month.


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    #1390
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,473 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Those two, plus The Resident, New Amsterdam, the two FBI shows, Ink Master, Emergence, This is Us (I'm a few behind on that) and a Gordon Ramsey show.


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    #1391
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,415 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Cinemax won't be making anymore originals they will see out there currant slate of shows and that's it from them :(

    Strike Back, Banshee, Quarry, The Knick, Jett, Warrior it made some great drama & action shows!

    Hopefully HBO Max will take on the mantle and continue to make shows like the above.


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    #1392
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,873 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    So the next season of Warrior will be the last or will they stuck with it as long as they can?


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    #1393
    brian_t
    Registered Users Posts: 6,666 ✭✭✭brian_t


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Crackerjack is coming back!

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/11/bbc-to-bring-back-crackerjack-sam-and-mark-cbbc-iplayer

    Back this evening (6pm) - repeated tomorrow (11.10am and 7.30pm)

    Crackerjack returns with hosts Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. They are joined in the studio by Stu Francis, Bernie Clifton, Jan Hunt, Basil Brush and Don Maclean to help kick the series off in style.

    I don't recall ever watching an episode of the original though.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ddhl


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    #1394
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,947 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    brian_t wrote: »
    Back this evening (6pm) - repeated tomorrow (11.10am and 7.30pm)

    Crackerjack returns with hosts Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. They are joined in the studio by Stu Francis, Bernie Clifton, Jan Hunt, Basil Brush and Don Maclean to help kick the series off in style.

    I don't recall ever watching an episode of the original though.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ddhl

    I used to watch in Stu Francis era "oooh I could crush a grape". Kids used to end up with decent prizes sometimes (in my eyes back then) or an armful of cabbages.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #1395
    Martin Tyler AgueroooOO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭Martin Tyler AgueroooOO


    The Audience Network that makes Mr Mercedes and Condor is also stopping making its own shows now that HBO Max taking the lead.


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    #1396
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,323 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Dick Cavett again.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE6xHUjwdI

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    #1397
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    https://twitter.com/ProfBrianCox/status/1221575427027849218


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    #1398
    Agent Coulson
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    Apple TV+'s Foundation based on Isaac Asmiov's novel will be the largest production ever to be filmed in Ireland starting later this year in Limericks Troy Studio's.


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    #1399
    Agent Coulson
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    The Simpsons did it again.

    https://twitter.com/CryptoWhale/status/1222966124117200901?s=20


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    #1400
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,426 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Did the Simpsons predict the Corona virus... alas no :(
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predict-coronavirus/

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #1401
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Yeah. They didn't even do a good job overlaying the text, you can clearly see the original "apocalypse meow" line. Man, who's so lazy that they can't wipe out red text on a black background? :D


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    #1402
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    I was pleased to see every episode of Seinfeld is coming to All4 (the free Channel 4 streaming service which works in Ireland)


    https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/02/04/45338/seinfeld_comes_to_all_4


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    #1403
    Basq
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    Skid X wrote: »
    I was pleased to see every episode of Seinfeld is coming to All4 (the free Channel 4 streaming service which works in Ireland)


    https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/02/04/45338/seinfeld_comes_to_all_4
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    Awesome news!


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    #1404
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,415 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Oh Boy!

    Scott Bakula is talking about rebooting Quantum Leap
    “I don’t know, I don’t know,” Bakula said. “But I know the fans would love to have a reboot.” What would the 2020 version look like? “There are so many things going on right now that need to be put right, that are currently going wrong, that (Beckett) would be very, very busy. Lots to do.”

    One thing a reboot would do is resolve the ambiguous ending to the series. While the “official” version indicated that Sam never returned home, there were potential alternate endings filmed

    https://deadline.com/2020/02/quantum-leap-star-scott-bakula-possible-series-reboot-1202859711/


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    #1405
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Re-watching Psych on Amazon Prime. It was such a fun show, loads of knowing digs at other actors, popular culture and other shows. Also had a great soundtrack, The Longpigs and The Sundays featuring at the end of a couple of episodes.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #1406
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Me last year: whew.. so many new episodes each week
    Me this year: whew.. so many new TV shows each week :eek:


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    #1407
    FFVII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    Slydice wrote: »
    Me last year: whew.. so many new episodes each week
    Me this year: whew.. so many new TV shows each week :eek:

    Any good ones?


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    #1408
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    FFVII wrote: »
    Any good ones?

    I had a think about this and the biggest recommend I could think of most recently would be for the Watchmen tv show for people into comics/scifi.


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    #1409
    The Black Oil
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    I see The Shield's on RTE Player, if you're looking for an auld rewatch.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    #1410
    The Black Oil
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    Watched an episode of Tom and Jerry on Prime. Timeless and the movement is great, of course.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #1411
    Agent Coulson
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    All 15 seasons of ER are on the RTE player as well.

    All seasons of Frasier as well.

    It also seems to have a lot of Hulu's original shows on it.

    The RTE player catalogue is actually very good.


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