Must See TV Thread

[imref]

History channel was pretty much the WW2 channel until they created the military channel and then History channel lost all its viewers and started down the awful reality tv route.

Such a shame because  the only show I truly enjoy on there is American pickers but they have gotten too far away from the original premise of the show.

history of the gun was a good show.  one of the experts who was regularly on the show ran the ordnance museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds when I was stationed there.

[Mathguy]

Are there any other folks here who are also obsessed with the PBS Newshour ?  2IPAs & I tape each show to see when we aren't home at dinnertime.

Last night's show (Friday the 13th) was particularly good.  Besides the regular great political discussion with Mark Shields & David Brooks, there was a piece about misinformation that is spread on the Internet through some social organizations.  One very interesting aspects was interviews with those who spread misinformation and the system or plan they use to fo this.  Here is a link:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/are-social-media-giants-doing-enough-to-prevent-the-spread-of-misinformation

Then to change gears, there was a piece on this Moslem musical group invited by Winston-Salem NC town council to perform in the US:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-this-nomadic-music-group-is-bridging-cultural-divides

[Slateman]

HBO continues to prove they are the kings of worldbuilding

[HalfSmokes]

Netflix has Witcher out today, Amazon is filming wheel of time- everyone is upping their world building game

[skippy1999]

Eddie Murphy killing it on SNL, makes me so sad he isn’t on every week!

[Natsinpwc]

Eddie Murphy killing it on SNL, makes me so sad he isn’t on every week!

Cmon. You’ve had thirty years or more to get over that.

[skippy1999]

Cmon. You’ve had thirty years or more to get over that.

I did! Then he showed up and confirmed none of the current cast members can hold a candle to him!

[Natsinpwc]

I did! Then he showed up and confirmed none of the current cast members can hold a candle to him!

I don’t watch it anymore.  They go up and down over the years. Seems down now.

[Slateman]

Netflix has Witcher out today, Amazon is filming wheel of time- everyone is upping their world building game

Witcher is really good if you read the books/played the game. New people are going to feel lost.

Cavill nails Geralt though.

[sixthree175]

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Eddie Murphy killing it on SNL, makes me so sad he isn’t on every week!

Last night he admitted that he has 10 children.  Not cool.

[bluestreak]

Last night he admitted that he has 10 children.  Not cool.

I can’t really get upset if he supports all of them. Plus I have zero idea of the circumstances of how they were born.

[sixthree175]

Are there any other folks here who are also obsessed with the PBS Newshour ?  2IPAs & I tape each show to see when we aren't home at dinnertime.

Last night's show (Friday the 13th) was particularly good.  Besides the regular great political discussion with Mark Shields & David Brooks, there was a piece about misinformation that is spread on the Internet through some social organizations.  One very interesting aspects was interviews with those who spread misinformation and the system or plan they use to fo this.  Here is a link:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/are-social-media-giants-doing-enough-to-prevent-the-spread-of-misinformation

Then to change gears, there was a piece on this Moslem musical group invited by Winston-Salem NC town council to perform in the US:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-this-nomadic-music-group-is-bridging-cultural-divides

I would've switched the channel after the social media disinformation story, but that's just me.  Seriously, I like David Brooks for his truly independent thinking.  We need more of that in this society we live in. 

[bluestreak]

I would've switched the channel after the social media disinformation story, but that's just me.

Why? The next story looked interesting.

[sixthree175]

Why? The next story looked interesting.

It's mostly about religious persecution.  A legitimate topic.  Not sure how good the music is, because they didn't play more than 5-second bites.

[skippy1999]

I can’t really get upset if he supports all of them. Plus I have zero idea of the circumstances of how they were born.

Exactly, no clue why that is “not cool”?

[imref]

Finishes Ep6 of the Mandalorian last night, will be watching 7 and 8 tomorrow.

Moss from The IT Crowd as a droid has been a highlight so far.

[imref]

Fantastic ending to the Mandalorian.  Can't wait for season 2.

[Natsinpwc]

Fantastic ending to the Mandalorian.  Can't wait for season 2.

Shhh.  No details please.  I'm up to episode 6.  Have to wait until we return to daughter's house in a  few days to watch the rest.  I have enjoyed so far.

[imref]

Shhh.  No details please.  I'm up to episode 6.  Have to wait until we return to daughter's house in a  few days to watch the rest.  I have enjoyed so far.

Enjoy. Season 2 is coming in fall of 2020

[Copecwby20]

Fantastic ending to the Mandalorian.  Can't wait for season 2.

Quasi Spoiler Alert.


I was about to crawl through the damn screen and whoop that scout trooper’s ass if he didn’t stop hitting Baby Yoda.

[imref]

Quasi Spoiler Alert.


I was about to crawl through the damn screen and whoop that surge trooper’s ass if he didn’t stop hitting Baby Yoda.

https://www.cnet.com/news/jason-sudeikis-punched-baby-yoda-and-the-internet-does-not-approve/

[GburgNatsFan]

Curiosity Stream is on sale for $11.99 a year.  For HD. It's more if you want 4K.

[Slateman]

Curiosity Stream is on sale for $11.99 a year.  For HD. It's more if you want 4K.

Someone needs to wise up and start packaging these services together.

[GburgNatsFan]

Someone needs to wise up and start packaging these services together.

Curiosity Stream and YouTube for me, PBS and Acorn for Mrs. GburgNatsFan, and we'd be done. Except MASN... goddamn Angelos.

[nats2playoffs]

Cable TV's SyFy channel has been airing its annual Twilight Zone marathon New Year's Eve 2019 and New Year's Day 2020 (until 4:00 AM Thursday morning.)

At 11:00 PM they will air Season 5, Episode 3: Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (10/11/1963) starring Wiliam Shatner (before Star Trek was created.).