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TNT BRINGS BACK "MOVIE OF THE WEEK"

gregg75

gregg75

If TNT follows AMC and other channels that carry movies then the following will happen.

The movie will be edited to hell.
That means five minutes of the movie, following by seven minutes of commercials and promos for the cable company.

The Movie of the Week will end up being just a small catalog of movies which will be repeated constantly. Example: The Military Channel's movies hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips.

Thanks but I will rent a DVD if I want to see a movie. Getting pretty sick of trying to watch a decent flick on cable without having it butchered to death.
 
I saw Evan Almighty on ABC Family yesterday morning at an urgent care. Yes, the whole thing.
I couldn't follow it because of all the commercials, most of which were for upcoming ABC Family Christmas movies and programs and medical products.
DVD or streaming is the only way to go, Mark. :)
 
You really need to be desperate to watch a movie on network TV. It's fine if it's one of those movies you've already seen 100 times and just want to catch bits and pieces (most holiday movies fit this category). But with all the commercials, edits, and cuts you're not even getting the real movie. The worst is when they have people commenting on the movie after every commercial break. "Did you know [actor name] was married 3 times and owns 2 houses in Maui? Now back to the show..." It's just more of a waste of time.
 
I don't see much of a difference between watching a movie and watching 2 one hour
dramas............you're gonna get commercials with both, regardless.
 
The "never" coming back--as a regular feature, specials notwithstanding--was about broadcast. TNT is hardly alone in original movies on cable; Hallmark and Lifetime are two that have an extensive track record of original movies.
 
imhomerjay said:
The "never" coming back--as a regular feature, specials notwithstanding--was about broadcast. TNT is hardly alone in original movies on cable; Hallmark and Lifetime are two that have an extensive track record of original movies.
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You just don't get it. The door has been opened and I'm sure the networks are watching.
After all you were one of the ones that said this will never happen in our lifetime again........think again.

What will be your excuse when the networks do deside to go with it?
 
the movies talked about are not theatrical releases .they are made for broadcast on TNT so there will be no edits or scenes cut out.

they will be made by the TNT network for TNT.
 
gregg75 said:
You just don't get it. The door has been opened and I'm sure the networks are watching.
After all you were one of the ones that said this will never happen in our lifetime again........think again.

What will be your excuse when the networks do deside to go with it?
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I'll be sure to work on one about the time hell gets frosty. :)

Ignoring facts doesn't change them, it just continues to demonstrate a flimsy grip on business realities. What TNT is doing is relatively new for them (at least framed as a series of genre-specific originals), but not new for cable. There's nothing new for the broadcasters to see now...and. Opting that changes the changed economics of the business.
 
flashback said:
the movies talked about are not theatrical releases .they are made for broadcast on TNT so there will be no edits or scenes cut out.
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I've seen exactly ONE TV movie worth watching - "Brian's Song".
 
Well inhomerjay be sure to email the article author so he will know that there is only one opinion on this
topic and (even though TNT is bringing back a movie of the week)........it's totally meaningless
and the article should have never been written to being with. THE END
 
imhomerjay said:
The "never" coming back--as a regular feature, specials notwithstanding--was about broadcast. TNT is hardly alone in original movies on cable; Hallmark and Lifetime are two that have an extensive track record of original movies.
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And most of those are chick flicks. My wife watches them all the time. ::)

flashback said:
the movies talked about are not theatrical releases .they are made for broadcast on TNT so there will be no edits or scenes cut out.

they will be made by the TNT network for TNT.
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And they'll probably never be seen anywhere else unless they do like Hallmark and release them on low priced DVDs at Wal Mart. ::)
 
Three things:

1. This is far from TNT's first rodeo in original movies: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (with Cuba Gooding), Andersonville (William H. Macy), King of Texas (Patrick Stewart), along with several others. In fact, TNT commissioned three movies as part of The Librarian franchise (starring Noah Wylie).

2. The broadcast networks probably don't need movies-of-the-week anymore--the Sunday nights that used to be their premiere date have been helmed by scripted programming that's much easier to promote AND control production costs on. And yet you still have CBS occasionally doing Jesse Stone or Hallmark Hall of Fame flicks as part of their slate of specials (concerts, award shows, etc.) for sweeps and/or breaks for new episode/new show production.

3. gregg75, a helpful hint when expressing your opinion: Anticipate that someone might have a counter to it, and with good reason. That disagreement in itself shouldn't be conflated as an insult.
 
Funny how Gregg75 seems to suggest opinions and facts are somehow one and the same. As a factual matter, and as stated in the article, this is not new for cable. There's no "difference of opinion" there, just simple fact.
 
All I'll say is: as long as it's TNT doing a movie of the week and not The Weather Channel doing a movie of the week, I'm all for it!
 
gregg75 said:
I don't see much of a difference between watching a movie and watching 2 one hour
dramas............you're gonna get commercials with both, regardless.
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No difference.
You just wasted two hours of your life either way.
 
ansky212 said:
You really need to be desperate to watch a movie on network TV. It's fine if it's one of those movies you've already seen 100 times and just want to catch bits and pieces (most holiday movies fit this category). But with all the commercials, edits, and cuts you're not even getting the real movie. The worst is when they have people commenting on the movie after every commercial break. "Did you know [actor name] was married 3 times and owns 2 houses in Maui? Now back to the show..." It's just more of a waste of time.
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If I watch a movie it's because I've never seen it. And one reason I watch on network TV, or local stations, is to avoid all the bad language and other content.

Plus it's cheaper than the alternatives. But one day I'll get a DVD player and I won't have to pay a thing because public libraries have DVDs.
 
landtuna said:
flashback said:
the movies talked about are not theatrical releases .they are made for broadcast on TNT so there will be no edits or scenes cut out.
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I've seen exactly ONE TV movie worth watching - "Brian's Song".
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They showed that one to us in junior high.

I've seen numerous TV movies worth watching. I have around 500 imdb reviews. Many are for TV movies because I gave up on theatrical movies. I didn't feel I had anything worthwhile to say, and I just didn't have time to review every movie I watched.
 
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