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US OTA prime time is largely low budget unscripted nowadays. Game shows and "reality" shows dominate. For the few scripted series, they're largely spinoffs of
by onlypassingthru 2y ago
US OTA prime time is largely low budget unscripted nowadays. Game shows and "reality" shows dominate. For the few scripted series, they're largely spinoffs of established series. CSI:Lodi[0] or Law & Order:Parking Enforcement have probably been pitched at this point.
It's circling the drain as viewership evaporates with the disappearance of rooftop aerials.
[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfQNB5WXmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfQNB5WXmY
- jonhohle 2y agoThis past season was fallout from last years writer and actor strikes. It remains to be seen what the fall season will look like.
- dredmorbius 2y agoSee Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun! for a history of reality television. It's older than you think (antecdants to 1940s radio), and has often been driven by budgetary considerations and writer work actions. NPR review: <https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5017620/book-review-cue-the-sun-emily-nussbaum https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5017620/book-review-cue...> LARB review: <https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-be-real-on-emily-nussbaums-cue-the-sun/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-be-real-on-emily-nuss...>
- dsjoerg 2y agoNot the link you intended, I think. That's a link to "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (Official Lyric Video)".
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- onlypassingthru 2y agoIf you've ever been to Lodi, or any number of dead end towns, you would understand why John Fogarty got lucky picking that city as a fill in for being stuck somewhere.