Good Omens-y things

[elisi]

magnavox_23 posted loads of beautiful icons (Doctor Who, Our Flag Means Death, What We Do In The Shadows (tv), Staged, Sherlock, What We Do In The Shadows (movie), The Mandalorian, Good Omens, The Last of Us, Flight of the Conchords.) MANY SPOILERS

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And voting is now open for TV Choice Magazine's Awards. ETA: Very UK centric. *g*

There are many many categories and I realised just how little mainstream TV I watch...

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[shadowkat]

Looks like a very British list for the TV Choice Awards. I didn't recognize most of the shows. Granted due to time constraints, I'm not exactly watching that much...or that much mainstream television for that matter.

[elisi]

Oh VERY British. It's a British TV magazine, so yeah, mostly British shows. Didn't even think about that. *g*

[shadowkat]

No reason why you would. I wouldn't have - if it was an American mag. Actually more interesting, knowing it is British - it shows which US shows made it across the pond, and which British shows made it here.

You don't appear to have Daytime Soaps - or you do, but don't consider them worthy? I know there are folks in the UK watching American Daytime Soaps - because I see them on Soap Xitter.

[elisi]

You don't appear to have Daytime Soaps - or you do, but don't consider them worthy?
We have SOAPS (Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale etc), but they are on in the early evening. There are daytime shows, but they don't carry the same weight. I don't watch daytime TV, like at all, but it's mostly make-over shows, quizzes, chat shows, that kind of thing. The list off the top of my head would be Countdown, Location Location Location, Homes Under the Hammer, This Morning, Bargain Hunt etc. I have a feeling Holby City was a daytime [hospital] soap, but a quick google tells me that it has finished...

I know there are folks in the UK watching American Daytime Soaps - because I see them on Soap Xitter.
They might be watching online? If they're not in the awards, they're probably not shown on any mainstream channel.

[shadowkat]

No, they are watching them on "streaming" - Peacock and Hulu and Paramount Plus, all show them after they air, or in the case of Days of Our Lives show them exclusively.

A lot of people have cut the cable/broadcast television cord and just watch streaming. My brother has. I've not gotten myself to do it yet - but I may soon enough.

[elisi]

No, they are watching them on "streaming" - Peacock and Hulu and Paramount Plus, all show them after they air, or in the case of Days of Our Lives show them exclusively.
Hence not being nominated. :)

A lot of people have cut the cable/broadcast television cord and just watch streaming. My brother has. I've not gotten myself to do it yet - but I may soon enough.
Depends on what you watch, I guess. It's silly to pay for something you never use.

[shadowkat]

Well over here - Good Omens is only available on streaming.

I can't part with it - because of the News, and a few shows I watch on cable. But it's a steadily shrinking number.

[elisi]

It would be nice if we didn't have to subscribe to so many different things...

[shadowkat]

Yup. I'm going to have get rid of two of them soon - MAX and Disney, I think. Anything that doesn't have added benefits and I don't watch more than two shows on. It's hard to keep track. I've lost track of how many there are.

[elisi]

It's hard to keep track. I've lost track of how many there are.
*nods* And there are shows I haven't seen, because I don't want to pay a subscription for just ONE thing. So I wait...

[shadowkat]

Same. I refuse to pay for AMC + or Peacock or Showtime, Epix, Cinemax...sigh. It goes on and on and on. Cable was frankly easier.

[elisi]

I wish there was the option of just buying individual show - like renting a movie back in the day?

[shadowkat]

Oh that option does exist, actually. Itunes and Google Play both offer that. It's how I was able to see WIRE episodes that weren't available on DVD. You can also rent movies that way. Multiple platforms offer that.
It's how greenmai was watching Doctor Who, I think.

[elisi]

Alas, the one show that I would like to watch isn't available on any platform we subscribe to. I'll just have to wait for it to move onto one we have. :)

[shadowkat]

What's that?

[elisi]

S4 of What We Do In The Shadows. The first 3 are on the BBC, so at some point S4 will arrive...

[shadowkat]

Ah, the one on Hulu. Yeah, I lost interest in that after S2, but my co-worker adores it.

[elisi]

I just adore the characters. And since sitcoms are live or die by their characters I'm along for the ride. :)

[shadowkat]

I think it's available on either DVD or Itunes. I may be wrong - not sure who owns it.

Yup, shows live or die by their characters for me as well. I didn't like the characters, they irritated me. ;-)

[elisi]

Like I said, the earlier seasons are on the BBC, so I just have to be patient. *g*

And if you found them irritating, I can see why you didn't keep watching! I was hooked from 'Creepy paper' onwards. :)

[shadowkat]

It was also the format - I can't stand watching people talking to me through screens. That irritates me. I couldn't watch the other documentary show format sitcoms that folks loved either. Occasional talking to the screen doesn't bother me, but a sustained talking to me through the screen does. I have the camera turned off during all Teams and Zoom meetings at work, and if others have theirs on, I won't look at them.

I disliked the Office, Parks and Recreation, etc for the same reasons.

[elisi]

I can't stand watching people talking to me through screens. That irritates me.
In that case I am impressed you lasted two seasons. :)

[shadowkat]

It was really only one and a half. I did find segments of it hilarious - such as the film crew getting eaten or left in the well at the end of season 1.

[elisi]

And that is a detail that I have forgotten. ^_^

[kazzy_cee]

Wow - I've not heard of so many of the nominees for the TV Choice magazine. Good grief!

[elisi]

IKR? Just scrolling down and going ????

However I was very happy to put in a vote for The Woman in the Wall (BBC). We're only halfway through, but it's EXCELLENT. I'll probably do a post about it, but it's about the Magdalene Laundries, or rather reckoning with what happened back then. With a murder mystery in the middle.

(Of course I only posted b/c of Good Omens, but it was nice to find something else to support!)