Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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!
I found myself a frequent participant in the non-premium thread, and was pleased to find discussion about several series that I hadn't found a place to yap about before, so I'm for this.
Especially at this time of year, since both Rescue Me and The Closer are starting their summer seasons.
For this, either way it goes. I'd like it to be with premium, because it makes sense to me, and because I don't think cable had a high enough posting volume to justify a new thread about similar topics. But I'll be happy with anything.
The cable thread had a couple of issues. I think the whitefont may have hindered things. The fact that several of what I think are the most watched shows were on hiatus is obviously another problem. So it is a little tough to gauge.
So what all are the shows that would fall in this thread? The Closer and Rescue Me, Dead Zone, Psych, Monk. One of the L&Os? What else? I'm just trying to get a feel for what's out there in the potential threadverse.
Hmm... the proposal as written is "cable television", but the previous discussion and experimental thread were cable drama. Did you mean it to be drama, or all genres on cable (yours to amend, of course, but it'll definitely affect my vote as a fan of genre buckets and a barely grumbling accepter of divisions the other way...)?
Nip/Tuck, Dirt. The Riches. That Chick From Will and Grace miniseries would probably show up in there.
I think it would be Cable Original Programming; at least, that was my sense of it. There's generally not classic comedies as one would find on the networks, and if we get a comedy thread that would probably deal with comedy well enough.
Oh yes. Drama was what I had in mind - or at least what SA said.
Well, I think it would have to be specific--"drama" really opens it up to all the re-runs shown on cable, and I think re-runs are rather more of a Natter domain. Original Programming clearly identifies that the thread is for the discussion of Brand Spankin' New tv, in the same way that Nonfic is.
Boxed Set is a slightly different animal, though it is primarily used as a vehicle for new tv talk. And SPN W&Ps.
So, original drama on cable?
I would definitely prefer a combining of the premium cable and non-network cable shows.
I think we'd lose a few folk from the non-premium side, but I suspect as a thread overall, it would take off from where the premium thread is now.
So, original drama on cable?
That sounds right for the thread I'm hoping for -- I just wanted to clarify the question early, before we get to ballot time and said, "so, wait, are we tallking about everything on cable?"