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lightsongtheold t1_j6jhzsm wrote

Reply to My (very early) 2023 Emmy predictions by Scdsco

It does seem a fairly predictable year. Dahmer will almost certainly earn a limited series nomination at the expense of stuff like The English and This Is Going To Hurt. Masters of the Air is a lock as well if Apple air it in time.

I think you are spot on with the drama predictions but I still think it a shame they completely ignore shows like P-Valley from the networks that cannot afford to properly campaign those shows.

I will be interested to see if 1923 on Paramount garners any love. It has a gig budget and awards darling Helen Mirren in there with Harrison Ford. It has also been a big viewership hit by all accounts for Paramount+.

As for Comedy? I think Wednesday will earn a nomination even if Abbot Elementary, The Bear, and Ted Lasso look to be fighting it out for the actual win. Wednesday was a smash viewership hit and one of Netflix’s most popular shows ever. They will back it with a massive campaign as they have nothing else except the ultra niche Mo to get behind this year.

I’ll be sad to see the excellent Reservation Dogs likely getting ignored in Comedy.

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saysonder t1_j6jgoif wrote

Reply to Which shows do you think needs a "warning" before watching? i.e. Bad first season, skip X, Y is bad etc by alienfreaks04

I like the first season of Parks and Recreation. It makes me sad when people tell others to skip it. It’s only about two hours total, so “suffering through it” isn’t even a big deal. The only reason I watched the series was because I randomly caught the first two episodes on TV one day and thought they were hilarious.

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MarvelsGrantMan136 OP t1_j6jfgjg wrote

Reply to ‘Tuca & Bertie‘ Creator and More Condemn Warner Bros Discovery Merger: It ’Cost Us the Support We Needed to Thrive’ by MarvelsGrantMan136

Lisa Hanawalt, Creator and Executive Producer of Tuca & Bertie:

>“I originally created Tuca & Bertie for Netflix, but when they cancelled it after just one season, we fought to get the series picked up at Warner’s Adult Swim network. The women-led series had been a cult hit and a critical darling—the Warner execs knew it needed advertising support and time to grow viewers in the male-dominated adult animation space. But the merger went through right before the most recent season launched, and almost everyone who worked on the Tuca & Bertie marketing team was laid off. Then several of the show’s main executives at Adult Swim and HBO Max left in the turmoil. Planned marketing projects to promote the new season didn’t happen. Then we learned the show had been cancelled. It’s already harder for shows centered on women, and this merger cost us the support we needed to thrive.”

Claudia Forestieri, Creator and Executive Producer of Gordita Chronicles:

>“I got into television to counter the negative mainstream stereotypes about Latino communities and tell stories like Gordita Chronicles, which features a young Dominican girl who immigrates with her family to Miami. The showrunner and I did everything in our power to set the show up for success, and the first season was showered with positive reviews and strong viewership numbers. But after the merger, HBO Max was given a new mandate from its Discovery leadership to cut costs and Gordita Chronicles was cancelled just five weeks after first airing, and will now even be removed from the platform. The studio executives claimed the cancellation reflected HBO ‘rebranding’—by implication, away from shows about Latino families. This merger has provided pretty stark and immediate evidence that industry consolidation not only harms diversity and inclusion, but can also contribute to the erasure of U.S. Latinos.”

Moisés Zamora, Creator and Executive Producer of Whistleblower:

>“I created a drama that focused on women lawyers and advocates who fought against a culture of sexual harassment and corruption in the U.S. military, achieving historic gains after the murder of Mexican American soldier Vanessa Guillén at Fort Hood. After a competitive bidding process with multiple outlets, I sold Whistleblower to HBO Max in February 2021. During development, we received only compliments from our executives. The leads were three BIPOC women, and it was a story I was excited to tell. Despite it all, the series was cancelled soon after the merger, before it went into production. The press speculation is that the new company is focusing more on what’s seen as ‘Middle America’ content. But Black, Asian, and Latinx communities are Middle America too.”

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