So it is a far more organic and ongoing process for me, not just bam-we're-done.

This is me, too.

I wish TV talk could continue in Natter -- watch & post, squeeing, etc. But for more specific or in-depth conversation, I really like the idea that the other threads are available. I can't see, for instance, W&P'ing an awards show in the non-fiction thread, even if that's what it's part of what's it there for. There's some kind of vague distinction in my head that separates social chatter about TV and other discussion.

I think that's a good distinction, AmyLiz. I agree that the whole thing is organic. I'm sure folks know I want the buckets back, but I still feel that folks should be able to talk about tv where they want to, in Natter or elsewhere.

Exactly. I'm open to the possibility of separate show threads in future if warranted. But for now, that's entirely theoretical, and I don't think we should open any single-show threads based on the experimentals.

(Personally, I'd first nominate Daily Show and Colbert and shows of that ilk, especially since there seems to be some confusion over them in the first place.)

I think they fit better in Natter as well.

Though I think, with regards to TDS/TBC, that it shouldn't be limited to just Natter--it should be Natter and Other Bucket Thread.

I'm definitely in the minority on this one, but I catch up on TDS a couple days behind everyone else because the International Edition is delayed in the UK by a day or two; so I'd at least like the option of going in to Comedy when I do and saying, whoa, Jon sure did a great Cheney impression tonight.

Are you worried that if there is a comedy thread, and you go in and post something about the Daily Show, you might get thread nannied?

That's not addressed just to SA. I guess I'm just trying to figure out if people's concept of the possible bucket threads is that they will be so precisely defined.

I think the bucket thread concept has worked well with Boxed Set, at least for me. I was able to follow/participate in the discussions I wanted to follow, and found it easy enough to ignore the discussions that didn't interest me. At the same time, skimming some of the discussions on shows I didn't watch incited me to try watching a couple of those shows (Supernatural, BSG), and that is a good thing.

Lee, I don't think they'd be out of place on a comedy thread. And I certainly wouldn't nanny anyone who discussed them there. Ditto, really, just about anything NAFDA-compliant on Natter.

The problem in having categories is that some shows aren't going to fit neatly into a single category. I'd be comfortable with discussion in any category that a show fits, and that discussion would organically settle into a particular thread of its own accord.

I agree with Fred.

That's not addressed just to SA. I guess I'm just trying to figure out if people's concept of the possible bucket threads is that they will be so precisely defined

No, I don't think they will be precisely defined. I guess I'm still caught up from six weeks ago, when this thing started, and I wanted to add discussion of The Riches to Premium. It wasn't that I thought the discussion would be nannied for being in there--it's just that I wanted the option on the table so it wouldn't *be* nannied.

Not unlike Natter, or like people want Natter to be. Have the option of discussing tv in Natter without being told the discussion is elsewhere, or explicitly is elsewhere (and not here).

I don't think bright lines challenges that--you can have a purpose for a thread, and stick to that purpose, while still allowing room for organic change and discussion, especially in something like Natter/tv threads. But I know others have different opinions on thread bright lines, so.

and that discussion would organically settle into a particular thread of its own accord.

I agree.