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Now lets see if WB ever lets anyone watch it.

Nothing is safe from WBD, but it's done filming and should release sometime in 2023.

Pending cancellation a day before its premiere to save daddy Zaslav some money.

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I'm so excited for season 2. The 1st season was a pleasant delight.

Now please just let us actually watch it and release a DVD/Blu Ray set of the first season while you’re at it.

Canceling Minx was enough bad news for a whole week.

Well now I remembered how enjoyable Minx was, and I'm mad again.

Annnnnd now it’s canceled…

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Everyone was really a delight. Hopefully it finds a new home.

> but it's done filming

Like Batgirl & Minx?

Season one is coming to BBC iPlayer in early January.

so you're telling me it's getting cancelled tomorrow?

And Scoob and The Nevers and Chad and…well we could go on and on with this for a while.

Hopefully Our Flag Means Death eventually pops up on another network when WBD inevitably cancel it.

I couldn't make it through the first episode...

Did it get entertaining at some point or was the entire show just "Look how ridiculous and self deprecating our humor can be!"

I'm not gonna sit here and say it's the best show of all time, but it certainly surpassed my expectations more than probably any other show.

I just wasn't expecting much, but it was brilliant and hilarious.

Second best queer pirate show!

Was anyone else a bit underwhelmed by season 1? I like a lot of the people involved and found it amusing at times, but it wasn't anything special. A solid background show.

At least Minx was made by a different studio so it has more chances of showing up somewhere else.

Yeah it gets better, a couple slow episodes here and there but overall genuinely good

> release a DVD/Blu Ray set

Given the removal of some shows from streaming services, physical media like Blu-ray might be popular again.

Yeah, it’s crazy that they are cancelling/removing new seasons that already in the can.

Oh please sell this to someone that will keep it streaming. It's such a great show. From now on people need to have a clause that allows them to take their show elsewhere if the company decides to not make it available online.

Black sails?

It's going to be dark.

The /s was obvious because you didn’t also say “and removed from HBO Max”.

March 3rd is the release date.

Fuck WB.

I was worried I'd ultimately feel underwhelmed when I was on the first episode, but then the rest of the show (especially the last few episodes) hit me like a truck. If anything I'd think I'd describe my emotional reaction as overwhelmed. I mostly tried it because I was craving something light and goofy, and now I'm way too invested.

Hope we’ll get the see it with Zaslav you never know

They advertised this show as a workplace comedy, but as the season unfolds you realize it’s actually a beautiful and heartbreaking romantic comedy.

All I can say is wait for Blackbeard

March 3rd was the release date for season one. Season two will likely be airing around April or May, but no date is confirmed yet.

Damn.

I couldn't make it past the first few episodes.

The one issue with that hope is Minx is technically distributed by Lionsgate, so it's easier to shop around to other companies. WBD just had the exclusive streaming rights before they decided they didn't want them anymore.

Meanwhile, OFMD is actually distributed by WBD. It's an internal project made specifically for HBO Max that would have been pitched to Warner before the new Discovery exec team came in, so it'd probably be all tangled up with legal red tape if its creative team wanted to take it somewhere else. I'm not sure if that makes it safer while it's still in production, but it certainly would be bad news if it got prematurely canned.

My main hope is that Taika Waititi is rich enough (or at least carries enough clout) as a producer that the WBD execs don't want to piss him off, but, then again, they don't seem very scared of potentially alienating anyone in the industry so

https://i.imgur.com/kCdFP1T.gifv

And Zaslav's already pulled it from the schedule and replaced it with "Tucker Carlson Presents:"

i read yesterday its being shopped to other services since the second season was well into post. I wouldnt give up on our favorite sexy magazine for intelligent and aspiring women.

Same, just wasn’t funny enough either to earn the laughs.

the last couple of episodes.... cried so much! loved this show.

I thought it was great until the last few episodes. Them being goofy friends had a great dynamic but the romantic aspects that developed toward the end just weren’t as interesting IMO.

This Warners-Discovery deal is starting to look like the corporate version of Elon buying twitter. Everyone wants to know why the fuck did they purchase them…

“This is how they survive. You must know this. You're too smart not to know this. They paint the world full of shadows... and then tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons, their judgments. Because in the darkness, there be dragons. But it isn't true. We can prove that it isn't true. In the dark, there is discovery, there is possibility, there is freedom in the dark once someone has illuminated it. And who has been so close to doing it as we are right now?”

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Went in for the laughs, stayed for the heart 🥹

I liked it right away and then it got boring. The gay pirate plot did not play out as I expected... absolutely fabulous, darling. It was like listening to emo music in 2005... just awful.

Fucking Emo pussies!!!!! YOU RUINED ROCK MUSIC! IT DIED WITH YOUR I-GOT-DUMPED BULLSHIT!

BBC just purchased the rights to air it in the UK so its probably safe

It started off a little slow and I kinda forgot about it for a few months, but I'm glad I went back. Loved the relationship with Stede and Edward.

Yeah now when you google it, they call it a romcom.

Took like 3 episodes before I started actually getting into it. It's quite lovely once all the players finally meet up.

Everyone was great in Minx but I love how Jake Johnson just played Nick Miller again with 70s hair.

They purchased them to ruin them clearly lol

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Someone could start a streaming service on just the stuff they're tossing out alone, imagine the kind of audience you could steal if you just bought up the stuff they're tossing out

It is my greatest wish lol I am a huge fan of physical media especially when it includes extras. I’d love some behind the scenes clips or bloopers from OFMD.

Not to mention physical releases make it easier for folks to access things from their local libraries!

Finding a new home for Our Flag Means Death is not as much of an issue as one might think with the new leadership being very open to external sales. We just seen a similar example of this over at NBCU. They cancelled a Universal TV show on Peacock but we’re open to it continuing on at Netflix and happy to give Netflix the previous seasons of the show on a non-exclusive basis. Seems that selling a show rather than funding it fully yourself is something that would very much appeal to cash strapped WBD right now. Biggest issue is finding a new home! I definitely think WBD would be open to selling Warner TV shows under this current regime.

I like it but it may not fit your taste in humor and if that’s the case it might never get better for you. The humor stays about the same throughout but the story gets better and more engaging.

Annnnnnnd it’s cancelled.

Can’t wait!!!

I’m trying to speed watch WestWorld. Watched first 2 episodes of season 4 this morning

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> Someone could start a streaming service on just the stuff they're tossing out alone, imagine the kind of audience you could steal if you just bought up the stuff they're tossing out

yeah I don't think people are going to rush to join the service headlined by one good season of Westworld and Genera+ion

> Nothing is safe from WBD

Have been meaning to finish Babylon 5 but have been taking my time since I figured it would never leave HBO Max since they spent the time and money to remaster it but I'm not so sure anymore.

I couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes.

I'm interested to see how HBO markets this show now that the secret's out. Because the early trailers for this show had a totally different vibe IMO

Either they play it straight (lol) and advertise it the same way. Or they emphasize the romance and drama to get the OFMD fandom buzzing on Twitter.

If we're lucky it'll get the season 2 aired for one day before it gets taken off.

The first 3 episodes are understandably a bit difficult to get through as a first-time viewer. Even I'll admit that I stopped watching after the 2nd episode because it just didn't seem interesting.

However, 4th episode is where itstarts picking up. You get to see more of Stede's backstory, Blackbeard's introduction, and see how both of their crew members interact with each other.

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It’s a completely different show later. Basically started as Michael Scott running a pirate ship but as the show develops I ended up really loving it.

It went from background show to one that made me cry within a couple episodes. The chemistry of the leads became hard to look away for me.

Wasn't Elon buying Twitter already the corporate version of that?

Plenty is safe, Discovery and its CEO took on a company bleeding capital and have cut the unprofitable parts of the buisness

HBO is safe, any show that is marketable is safe, they have signed contracts with James Gun to lead the DC division which seems to be a popular decision

It should be a positive that Warner Brothers is being run by a media company that knows what it is doing rather than AT&T

I'm doing the same. It's off to a good start. The show lost it's way a bit but I still enjoyed it. It always sucks when they don't get to tell their full vision (with a season 5). Sucks more to have their work removed from the platform altogether, what the actual fuck on that one.

WAIT WHAT, that show was great and had good reviews. man, was looking forward to season 2. Guess it doesn't fit with Zaslav's push for "middle america". not sure how OFMD will work out with that push either

The role felt like it was meant for Marc maron and was retooled for JJ

I’m curious too. I actually started watching for the pirates in the workplace comedy but now that I know the premise of the show I’m not really that interested anymore. They did a good job convincing people like me, not into rom coms at all, to start it, but not enough to keep me into the second season

Still upset they didn’t name this show “What We Do In the Shallows”

it now enters the Schrödinger's Box stage of production, where we wait to see if it's still alive, or if it goes unreleased to collect the insurance money.

If only their flag meant entertaining.

I did NOT expect this show to be as cozy as it was. I love EVERY character, even the bad ones. And having the actors just use their normal accents adds to that. It just feels like actors acting out a story, like the old days of traveling stage plays. It’s sweet, and it’s funny and the set design and costumes, rather than being accurate, are exaggerated to mimic our modern view of who these people are. Like the king being very flamboyant and over the top and gaudy and colorful.

Though I appreciated the little details like the face patches on the French aristocrats. We almost NEVER see those in period films/shows centered around the baroque(?) period.

Cries in Westworld.

I didn't really enjoy it, though it had a few good moments. Great cast, but the writing and look of the show just didn't grab me.

The also canceled The Nevers. I don't think they'll be airing the second part.

The editors better cut as fast they can

Was easy watching light entertainment with the odd WTF thrown in that keeped your attention.

Love Black Sails, it doesn’t get the attention it deserves!

When Discovery purchased WB it was with the clause they wouldn't know the amount of debt they owed. Turns out it was a lot, so they’ve been cancelling all these shows and deleting properties as a way to make this quarter look like they cut a ton of debt off.

Not to mention the literally dozens of animated shows they ended.

My intention was “Elon is a sole person who bought twitter” while a Discovery is a corporation that bought HBO Max

As someone who bowed out after 4-5 episodes I'll return and finish the 1st season

Not a big fan of Taika so I wern't surprised I didn't enjoy this.

While I understand that aspect of it, and weirdly cancelling Batgirl thinking they will recoup more money now by not releasing it and having a write-off. Its shit like Minx wrapped filmed its second season, just to have it cancelled right after. Its the out of nowhere cancelations months after the buyout, after spending all that money on it, that is a bit puzzling and turning this into a joke.

Zaslav hates scripted TV. Cheap to make reality crap is his 90 day fiance.

Season 4 was a good rebound from season 3. Was looking forward to season 5. I'm pretty disappointed that it'll probably never be seen.

i'm well aware, he destroyed what used to be great television channels

I'll go against the grain with an unpopular opinion. I watched the first 7 episodes and never liked it. Didn't find it funny or compelling and a lot of the side characters get absolutely nothing to do. Dropped it before the finale.

Don’t you put that out there. He’ll do it too.

Tbh I thought it was truly terrible and a waste of a lot of talent I normally love to see in front of and behind the camera.

Felt like Space Force: 1620 - the horizontal years.

But I suppose to each their own, both this and Space Force have a decent following - just didn’t land with me at all.

Buttons and Olivia will have their vengeance if he does.

Internet historian made a more entertaining version of this show on YouTube for free

Safe for the UK, maybe, but could still be kicked to the curb in the US.

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S4 is good but the ending isn’t that great because they clearly tried to give it some sort of conclusion knowing they may not get a s5. S5 was supposed to be the final season and the ending but sadly we will never get that now. I still enjoyed s4 a lot and I commend them for trying to give it something that could work somewhat as an ending but it sucks we will never get the true ending

Wow. No “write off???????”

Never imagined watching two grown men fall in love would makeme cry.

gross. talked me right out of watching it, you did

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Yay

I'm generally against piracy, but in this case at least it would be out in the public for people to get. Batgirl may never see the light of day but this will live on forever.

Yes! One of my new favorite shows.

So this show not get cancelled like other , why.

This show is awful

If only there was a way to still watch it that would be in the spirit of the show...

Yas!!

No, it's shelved, for tax purposes. Really horrible for all involved.

This was a fun show but I hope next season have less black beard. I wasn't a fan when he showed up and stayed a bit too long.

> HBO is safe

Tell that to Westworld and Minx.

It's not owned by WB so they can't do that. It's a Lionsgate property and is most definitely already being shopped.

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As an animator I am simply horrified by the amount of man hours that were removed from the culture. millions, if not billions of hours of work from thousands of people just... gone... shows that were already FINISHED were removed from the app for no reason except it somehow affects their bottom line.

Yes! Now HBO MAX do NOT drop this one

I will burn this mother fucker to the ground if season 1 was the only season I get of this masterpiece. So excited for season 2.

Countdown to when HBO max cancels ………

Indeed. Some deeply gay method of watching this show. A fuckery, perhaps.

Yo, if Jim is dead, we riot.

why did Taika Waititi take on an acting role? He seems too busy for this.

Please do! Once Blackbeard becomes a more prominent part, it really takes off

There was a similar concern over HBO Max not renewing the series, and the creator, David Jenkins, said that he would shop it around until it found a home. He's not gonna let it die.

HBO gonna cancel it now

The romance was there from the very beginning. They literally played a love song in the scene where Ed and Stede first meet.

Four good seasons of Westworld.

We cancelled over the animation loss. Yar har fiddle dee dee.

Awful to me but each their own

I loved the first couple seasons of WestWorld but they lost me in season 3 and I thought season 4 was fucking terrible. I have a tendency to finish anything I start watching but I gave up on the show during season 4 and my only regret is that I ever watched more than the first season.

I love this show! I can’t wait! I just rewatched season 1!

Thank god

Wait …. What happened? I thought hbo renewed it?

At first glance, I thought the headline was talking about republicans.

Canceled

Went in for the laughs, left because I found very few and it turned into a weird romantic story which I've always found dull.

I’ve yet to see Jake Johnson play a different character.

There’s probably some good family guy re runs on basic cable for people like you.

You should actually look into his acting career and stop assuming you know his schedule.

I imagine with all the couples broken up they may go for the route 1 workplace comedy advertising again

Well I made a good show for you if you’re interested

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That's why he's my favorite!

You missed a lot. It’s not just that.

Did you finish the first season? Because the comedy doesn’t exactly go away. The romance just gets added in.

That was quick, I bet they were extremely concerned about being dropped by the new WB CEO in his quest to cancel anything good.

minx was hbo max there is a difference

Definitely interpreted that as more of a bromance. The explicit romance just didn’t seem believable for the characters they developed.

It was a raucous comedy, I truly enjoyed the other layers they added in.

They’re so clever and so wickedly funny, I would be devastated but also unsurprised if they cancelled it.

You can cancel something any time.

😂💀

It’s easily the best romance-comedy I’ve ever seen on comedy, personally

They did. This was pre-renewal, back in April.

Man for saaaale

>with the clause they wouldn't know the amount of debt they owed.

>Turns out it was a lot

I'm no highly educated businessman, but this seems kinda obvious though.

And the beauty of tv right now is you can find the thing that suits YOUR fancy and you can let people enjoy what suits them. I'm sure there are shows you find funny that I find dull. So on that note, what was the point of your comment?

Fun Fact : They shot this show on a soundstage. The ship set is in front of a giant TV screen that displays the ocean backdrop. Kinda like The Volume but less fancy.

I was just stating my opinion.

The beauty of opinions is that I can have mine and you can have yours and we can both state them.

I never said you can't enjoy the show. I said I didn't.

No need to get in a tizzy about discussion on a discussion website.

I love this show, I can’t wait for the next season!

HBO pls

That was quick.

Please stop making it so, "everything and everyone is gay" and in your face.

The show completely went to shit when suddenly it was a bad 90s late night HBO gays show...