Films, TV shows, and books of the 'modern' era
2023 Writers Strike Scabs
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by
TikiSoo »
September 15th, 2023, 7:03 am
I'd rather avoid getting too political here in this forum but can't believe the celebrities caving. This week we heard on the news that Drew...
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Last post by jimimac71
September 19th, 2023, 3:50 pm
"Press Your Luck" turns forty!
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Masha »
September 17th, 2023, 12:42 pm
Press Your Luck (1983-1986) premiered forty years ago.
The streaming channel: BUZZR is doing a marathon of it this weekend. That is a live channel...
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Last post by txfilmfan
September 17th, 2023, 1:08 pm
Midsomer Murders
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Arsan444 »
August 28th, 2023, 8:31 pm
I have been watching episodes of Midsomer Murders on Youtube via Bing (to avoid the ads). I think it's a good show and I'm hooked. I like the murder...
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Last post by Arsan444
August 28th, 2023, 8:31 pm
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Last post by Nellie LaRoy
July 22nd, 2023, 12:45 am
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES NEWS
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by
GaryCooper »
April 10th, 2023, 9:47 am
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I also love seeing the changing audience at the film festival. People think, Well, TCM, it's just going to be a lot of old white people. But...
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Last post by jimimac71
July 18th, 2023, 8:01 pm
Murder, She Wrote on Start TV
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jimimac71 »
July 6th, 2023, 12:49 pm
Start TV is showing episodes of Murder, She Wrote now.
They started with a 2 day marathon on July 3rd and the 4th.
It seems as if NBC/Universal will...
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Last post by jimimac71
July 14th, 2023, 2:09 pm
MATLOCK reboot starring Kathy Bates
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by
HoldenIsHere »
June 24th, 2023, 1:52 pm
I thought of the SSO's own jimimac when I saw this.
For its fall schedule, CBS plans to re-boot the legal drama MATLOCK with Kathy Bates in the...
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Last post by jimimac71
July 6th, 2023, 3:48 pm
Separated at Birth?
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by
moira finnie »
September 30th, 2013, 8:23 am
While enjoying an episode of Frasier recently, it occurred to me for the umpteenth time that Kelsey Grammar and Curt Jurgens share more than a giant...
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Last post by Sepiatone
July 3rd, 2023, 10:37 am
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Last post by GaryCooper
June 21st, 2023, 8:38 pm
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Last post by jimimac71
June 15th, 2023, 8:18 pm
All Things Streaming
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jimimac71 »
May 25th, 2023, 12:53 pm
I'm hopeful people are interested in sharing their knowledge and insight to the wonderful world of streaming.
I'm an odd duck. I have HDMI input on...
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Last post by speedracer5
June 12th, 2023, 12:02 am
The Outer Limits (1963)
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wmcclain »
April 23rd, 2023, 3:29 pm
The Outer Limits (1963)
I was eight years old when these programs were first broadcast and I remember seeing many of them then. Was I too young?...
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Last post by wmcclain
June 10th, 2023, 6:11 am
Series Finales
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by
movieman1957 »
May 21st, 2015, 9:27 am
With so many shows ending their terms and understanding that tv series didn't really have the kind of wrap up episodes until probably the 70s I...
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Last post by jamesjazzguitar
June 7th, 2023, 10:08 am
"Peter Pan & Wendy"
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Nellie LaRoy »
April 30th, 2023, 12:27 pm
A lot of us grew up watching one of the classic Peter Pan adaptations - either Disney's 1953 animated film or the 1960 Mary Martin version.
Now...
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Last post by Lomm
May 23rd, 2023, 6:33 am
HBO's Perry Mason
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by
Hoganman1 »
April 22nd, 2023, 8:39 am
Sorry, if this has been discussed elsewhere. I'm really enjoying this series. Obviously it's quite a departure from the Raymond Burr series in the...
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Last post by LiamCasey
April 25th, 2023, 7:03 pm
What is Your All - Time Favorite TV Series
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by
ken123 »
April 15th, 2007, 2:13 am
In any genre, but please do not include Talk Shows. The series can be of any Era also, but only national TV series, not local shows.Local shows can...
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Last post by skimpole
February 20th, 2023, 3:06 am
What are you reading?
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moira finnie »
April 17th, 2007, 10:27 am
So, what's on your bedtable? Are you reading a good mystery, history, classic, biography, philosophical tome, poetry collection, self-help book,...
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Last post by norfious
February 8th, 2023, 5:09 pm
Censorship of Top Gear (2002-) on PlutoTV
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Masha »
January 16th, 2023, 11:40 am
The automotive/wrenchhead/self-indulgent man-cave that is: Top Gear (2002-) is available now on: PlutoTV for viewing for free with advertisements....
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Last post by Masha
January 17th, 2023, 1:40 am
The Avengers (1961-1969)
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Masha »
January 5th, 2023, 1:30 pm
I have long held a special affection for this series as it was the first British series which was available to me regularly with some degree of...
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Last post by EP Millstone
January 5th, 2023, 3:22 pm
BBC Suggestions
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by
movieman1957 »
July 17th, 2007, 2:33 pm
On the heels of the Miss Marple thread I wanted to ask for suggestions on some of your favorite BBC productions to take up.
Among those I watched...
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Last post by txfilmfan
January 5th, 2023, 12:31 am
Holiday Films
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by
movieman1957 »
December 10th, 2014, 11:14 am
I might be mistaken but I thought there might be a place for any holiday films. And for those maybe not so much what is good or bad about them but...
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Last post by Marysara1
December 26th, 2022, 2:48 am
NFL's 'Holy Grail' Recovered!
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by klondike » February 5th, 2011, 10:11 pm
Recording of Super Bowl I restored!
NewsCore --- David Roth and Jared Diamond, WSJ
Football fans know what happened in the first showdown between...
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Last post by laffite
December 22nd, 2022, 3:44 pm
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Last post by CinemaInternational
December 19th, 2022, 4:16 pm
Least favorite TV Series
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by
ken123 »
April 15th, 2007, 5:36 pm
Well, if we can have a favorite list, why not a least favorite ?
I vote for anything with David Caruso in it ! All genres, decades, over the air or...
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 18th, 2022, 9:53 am
Headline News (HLN)
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by
ElCid »
December 13th, 2022, 2:58 pm
For those who have not discovered it yet, Headline News, AKA HLN, a CNN channel is being converted. The morning news programs are gone and they are...
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Last post by Hibi
December 14th, 2022, 10:43 am
Skins
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by
EleanorPowellFan »
January 18th, 2008, 8:42 pm
Has anyone seen this good series called 'Skins' on E4?
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Last post by HoldenIsHere
November 21st, 2022, 11:11 pm
Storm Clouds in our Future?
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by
Lzcutter »
August 23rd, 2014, 11:24 am
Any way you slice it, this does not sound good:
Here's hoping our favorite movie channel -and its employees and our friends- come through...
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Last post by Dan
November 13th, 2020, 6:02 pm
Morse prequel
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by
stuart.uk »
August 5th, 2011, 9:23 am
After the sequel to Morse, Lewis, now there is to be a one off prequel. It will feature Morse, as played by John Thaw in the original, as a young man...
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Last post by Masha
January 20th, 2020, 10:33 pm
PBS
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by
movieman1957 »
July 3rd, 2009, 9:28 am
I thought we could have a place to comment on PBS shows as they might be of interest to people. While not movies they are often intereting enough to...
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Last post by movieman1957
December 31st, 2018, 3:36 pm
YOU Tube'n
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by
knitwit45 »
July 3rd, 2010, 2:25 pm
hey, guys, if you are like me, you get a lot of fun emails or video clips that you'd love to share with the people here. What do you think about a...
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Last post by ChiO
June 29th, 2017, 5:54 pm
IMDb Shutters Message Boards
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by
Professional Tourist »
February 4th, 2017, 6:28 pm
Yesterday the IMDb gave two weeks notice for the shut down of all their message boards:
IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
February 25th, 2017, 2:45 pm
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
November 26th, 2016, 10:59 pm
The Royals!
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by
mrsl »
April 22nd, 2011, 6:46 pm
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This is a query to our friends across the pond. When John Kennedy Jr., and his fiancee Caroline were married, was your TV filled with their lives,...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
June 11th, 2016, 6:58 pm
"Lost" Movies Found on YouTube
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by
moira finnie »
February 3rd, 2009, 7:49 am
Here's a spot to post links to some very rare videos of entire movies that seem to have fallen off the radar. A few, like The Story of Temple Drake ,...
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Last post by Jezebel38
May 30th, 2016, 9:16 pm
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Last post by movieman1957
February 24th, 2016, 11:25 am
Sherlock on PBS
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by
Masha »
January 3rd, 2016, 2:43 am
Our local PBS stations have begun airing new Sherlock season as part of: Masterpiece Theater. The first episode has them in 1890s. It is very...
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Last post by Masha
January 25th, 2016, 12:20 pm
POLITICAL CORRECTION
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mrsl »
January 21st, 2016, 10:19 pm
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At first I was surprised to hear about the possibility of many actors not attending the Oscar program because of the failure to offer more black...
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Last post by mrsl
January 21st, 2016, 10:19 pm
FaceOff - Movie make-up series
by
Masha »
January 13th, 2016, 3:24 pm
On SyFy network beginning tonight is new season of: FaceOff . It shows how movie make-up is created and applied. It is presented as competition among...
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Last post by Masha
January 13th, 2016, 3:24 pm
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Last post by Masha
January 3rd, 2016, 6:47 am
Downton Abbey
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by
mrsl »
December 27th, 2012, 7:10 pm
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I'm sorry, I must have misspelled something when I searched because there are a lot of references to Downton Abbey, but it's so good, I figure we...
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Last post by knitwit45
January 2nd, 2016, 11:52 am
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Last post by Vienna
December 26th, 2015, 5:15 pm
Name That Classic Film Figure?
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by
moira finnie »
March 28th, 2014, 3:18 pm
Hi all--
One of our members from France, Georges (who posts here as Sterling ) asked us to take a look at a photo of an actress who looks very...
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Last post by sterling
November 23rd, 2015, 4:09 am
Combining yesterday and today
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mrsl »
October 1st, 2015, 5:35 pm
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I'm probably talking off the top of my head here but I saw a Murder She Wrote episode, the other day which I had never seen before. Now that I...
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Last post by Western Guy
October 2nd, 2015, 2:55 pm
Returning shows and new shows
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by
mrsl »
December 27th, 2013, 6:21 am
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Naturally I'm counting the days until both Downton Abbey and Longmire return in the same week.
But I've seen the ads for some of the newer shows...
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Last post by mrsl
September 22nd, 2015, 7:07 pm
Tom Baker on BBC
by
Masha »
September 18th, 2015, 12:55 pm
BBCAmerica is airing Tom Baker episodes of: DW each morning beginning Saturday and continuing through next week.
Most people consider him the best...
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Last post by Masha
September 18th, 2015, 12:55 pm
Detective Superintendant Foyle
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by
mrsl »
June 4th, 2014, 6:13 pm
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For those who are interested, if you have channel WYCC (Channel 20 on the Uverse system), the original Foyle series is starting up as far as I can...
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Last post by movieman1957
August 10th, 2015, 11:03 am
Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries
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mrsl »
June 4th, 2015, 5:48 pm
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Two Weeks ago I ordered the first season of this series and it arrived on Thursday. I was so thrilled that I sat down and had a little marathon of...
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Last post by knitwit45
June 4th, 2015, 11:39 pm
2014 tv shows new and continuing
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by
Lzcutter »
April 30th, 2014, 2:55 pm
Hey guys,
Wanted to start this thread about television and what is happening with some of our favorite tv shows.
The network upfronts are coming...
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Last post by RedRiver
May 26th, 2015, 12:23 pm
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Last post by RedRiver
April 15th, 2015, 12:13 pm
CALL THE MIDWIFE
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mrsl »
May 19th, 2014, 3:41 pm
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This is just too good a show to be lumped in with the other various offerings on PBS much like Downton Abbey is so I'm giving it it's own topic...
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Last post by tinker
April 6th, 2015, 7:38 pm
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