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HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Re: HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Post by mdhen »

kombucha11 wrote: post #5
krustyburger wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Billions is not on HBO.

Oh snap you're right, how have I never noticed that?? I mean my point stands about Succesion but I have to eat my words here about Billions.

Those shows that provide entertainment are the reason hbo could show anything by vice in the first place. Do we need more sopranos? GoT? The wire? Deadwood? Carnival? Etc.

That's the whole point of HBO. Entertainment that at least tries to be high quality. Will succession meet that mark? No idea, they're only one season in. But if they fail they will not be the first hbo show to do so.

Re: HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Post by rchaud »

bradgessler wrote: post #6

Any recommendations for a 20-30 min daily international news program without advertisements?

PBS Newshour, but it's weekly.

Patriot Act on Netflix/Youtube (25 min deep dives on a single topic such as the recent elections in India), but it's delivered in a semi-comedic way, which you might not like.

"Daily" would be tough, as it takes time, money and high quality editing to put out well-researched, unique quality content. There's a reason 24/7 news channels are mostly talking heads stretching out daily minutiae into hours-long segments and panel discussions.

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Post by ushshshs »

rchaud wrote: post #12
bradgessler wrote: post #6

Any recommendations for a 20-30 min daily international news program without advertisements?

PBS Newshour, but it's weekly. Patriot Act on Netflix/Youtube (25 min deep dives on a single topic such as the recent elections in India), but it's delivered in a semi-comedic way, which you might not like. "Daily" would be tough, as it takes time, money and high quality editing to put out well-researched, unique quality content. There's a reason 24/7 news channels are mostly talking heads stretching out daily minuti…

PBS newshour is daily what are you talking about

Re: HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Post by rchaud »

ushshshs wrote: post #13
rchaud wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PBS Newshour, but it's weekly. Patriot Act on Netflix/Youtube (25 min deep dives on a single topic such as the recent elections in India), but it's delivered in a semi-comedic way, which you might not like. "Daily" would be tough, as it takes time, money and high quality editing to put out well-researched, unique quality content. There's a reason 24/7 news channels are mostly talking heads stretching out daily minuti…

PBS newshour is daily what are you talking about

My mistake, I thought it was a weekly thing.

Re: HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Post by kombucha11 »

mdhen wrote: post #11
kombucha11 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh snap you're right, how have I never noticed that?? I mean my point stands about Succesion but I have to eat my words here about Billions.

Those shows that provide entertainment are the reason hbo could show anything by vice in the first place. Do we need more sopranos? GoT? The wire? Deadwood? Carnival? Etc. That's the whole point of HBO. Entertainment that at least tries to be high quality. Will succession meet that mark? No idea, they're only one season in. But if they fail they will not be the first hbo show to do so.

I should've been more clear about what I meant, I find Billions and Succession to be in a similar vein of narratives about the upper echelons of society complaining about 1pcer 1st world problems was thinking HBO has egregiously continued footing the bill for the same content, albeit entertaining for some but woefully boring for me. But my entire point is deflated because HBO is clearly not producing both shows. In short, I'm a reactionary keyboard warrior talking about my ass about something subjective. My apologies.

Re: HBO Ending Its Nightly Newscast Produced by Vice Media

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Post by kombucha11 »

kombucha11 wrote: post #15
mdhen wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those shows that provide entertainment are the reason hbo could show anything by vice in the first place. Do we need more sopranos? GoT? The wire? Deadwood? Carnival? Etc. That's the whole point of HBO. Entertainment that at least tries to be high quality. Will succession meet that mark? No idea, they're only one season in. But if they fail they will not be the first hbo show to do so.

I should've been more clear about what I meant, I find Billions and Succession to be in a similar vein of narratives about the upper echelons of society complaining about 1pcer 1st world problems was thinking HBO has egregiously continued footing the bill for the same content, albeit entertaining for some but woefully boring for me. But my entire point is deflated because HBO is clearly not producing both shows. In s…

And I also clearly cant type.
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