'Shells'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
How about this - we list all the shows that are getting discussion (that don't currently have their own thread) and see if there are some obvious ways to group them?
Heroes
Supernatural
Battlestar Galactica
Smallville
The Dresden Files
The Office
What else? Friday Night Lights? House?
If you make a cable/broadcast split, people are still going to have issues. If I am watching SPN on DVD and Heroes on TV, I'm still fucked.
I like Boxed Set. It's the closest thing I can imagine to a general TV thread that even slightly works. The cross-pollination is a thing of beauty, and I adore it. I have at times stayed out of the thread because I was behind, or read with one eye closed because I really wanted to get to discussion of one show without having caught up on another.
I'm okay with that. Truth is, unless I'm fired up about a show, a dedicated thread is just so much more reading for me. So I tend to skip it, or read it once every few days. But if it's right there in front of me, I get engaged more, exposed to other ideas and viewpoints, and usually end up liking the show more.
Eureka
the Stargates
Dr. Who
Torchwood
people are still going to have issues
I'm not looking for a perfect solution - just a better one. I think there's general agreeement, even among the anti-proliferistas, that Heroes is dominating Box Set and when one show does that we tend to make some room.
I'm liking the idea of joint threads over single-show threads. Ultimately, though, Theo can phrase the ballot question anyway she likes.
Bottom line for me is not whether people have issues, but whether the thread set-up generates interesting discussion.
And everything on DX's list except for Torchwood is about to come back from hiatus. For variable values of "about to".
So, I'm going to pitch some taxomony and see if its bunchable.
Heroes - Genre, Not Mediafanish, Broadcast
Supernatural - Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
Battlestar Galactica - Genre, Mediafanish, SciFi Channel, Basic Cable
Smallville - Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
The Dresden Files - Genre, Not Mediafanish, SciFi Channel, Basic Cable
The Office - Not Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
Friday Night Lights - Not Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
House - Not Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
Grey's Anatomy - Not Genre, Mediafanish, Broadcast
Torchwood - Genre, Mediafanish, Sci-Fi Channel, Basic Cable
Dr. Who - Genre, Mediafanish, Sci-Fi Channel, Basic Cable
Torchwood - Genre, Mediafanish?, Sci-Fi Channel, Basic Cable
Eureka - Genre, not sure of its media fandom status or where it airs.
Stargate - Genre, Mediafanish, Sci-Fi Channel, Basic Cable
Stargate: Aquarium - Genre, Mediafanish, Sci-Fi Channel, Basic Cable
Help? Because those seem to clump into several obvious groups to me. Show me where I'm wrong.
I like Boxed Set. It's the closest thing I can imagine to a general TV thread that even slightly works. The cross-pollination is a thing of beauty, and I adore it.
ita = me.
I'm still confused about what "mediafannish" means.
If I, clueless as I am, step into Boxed Set to discuss Supernatural, Heroes or SG-1 (I think I'm on Season 3) am I stepping on the culture?
It seems to me like there's crossover between The Office and Friday Night Lights, but that might just be Cindy's fault. Do those more realistic shows also draw from the House and GA pools?
How about reality shows? TAR? ANTM? both seem to generate regular discussion in Natter, but that seems fine (to me).
Hec, Supernatural is network.