More gameshows please, and I DO mean actual game shows, not reality TV.
I enjoyed watching the floor. That ended. Now, for the summer I am enjoying shows like Lego masters (that is a game show right?) and Quiz with balls.  
The cage seems to be original. I like watching that.
Hollywood squares seems to be in reruns now. I hope there will be new ones in the fall.
I'm looking forward to the fall season.
The Canadian version of the Price is Right is going to be great to watch. 

To make matters worse, this year, there is no Olympics, Euro Cup or World Cup. Tour de France use to be on SN but now that has moved to streaming. 

Shorty Wave wrote:

Well I guess we’ll all have to find a couple of good books to read this summer then, there always seems to be a slew of new titles this time of year!

With books as with movies and television, there are some reruns that are infinitely better than the new stuff they're churning out.

Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' falls into that category for me.  A book that I can pick up, open to any page, and become immersed in the story.

mace wrote:

There is a series that isn't appointment viewing.

"What's that?"
      - Almost everyone under 40

newsguy1 wrote:

If you have Roku, you know the Roku channel itself has lots of.vintage TV shows and movies.
Right now there are free movies like Waterworld, Gosford Park and Atomic Blonde.
There are TV shows like McMillan and Wife, Have Gun Will Travel and obscure old ones like M Squad which introduce Lee Marvin.
Anyway a ton of amazing free stuff (with the Roku subscription of course).
 

You don't need a subscription to watch much of their stuff - just a VPN set to the U.S. The Roku Channel website has tons of free shows and movies and you don't even need to sign up to watch any of it. Check it out here.

mic'em wrote:

Duster was another cool show that just ended last week. 

And, apparently, ended for good. 

‘Duster’ Canceled — What Would Have Happened in Season 2

With their disappointing showing this summer, broadcast TV is hitting new lows. They are the architects of their own demise. 

Broadcast Falls Below 20 Percent of TV Use for the First Time

RadioActive wrote:

With their disappointing showing this summer, broadcast TV is hitting new lows. They are the architects of their own demise. 

Broadcast Falls Below 20 Percent of TV Use for the First Time

 
No surprises here. Back in the day, networks produced “summer relief” programming, sometimes to test new shows, but at least we usually had something to watch besides repeats. Now I pretty much watch sports on network, but not this week! Where have all the good times gone?!

This is nothing new, really, but the Emmy nominations for best in TV came out on Tuesday. There are only two broadcast TV shows represented in just a few categories - ABC's Abbott Elementary and Kathy Bates in Matlock.

Otherwise, with the exception of reality, game and talk shows, all the major nominees are from either cable or streaming. 

And network execs. wonder why the ratings are falling.

Primetime Emmy Nominations

 

They have nobody to blame but themselves, and if they keep up the subpar programming - and don't even try for three or four summer months - the audiences aren't necessarily going to be coming back.

Still, I agree with the AP writer that people will return when football comes back and new episodes of their favourite shows return. But launching programs that will eventually take the place of the stalwarts when they run their course? That's a much harder journey. And it's already starting.

"During June, viewers spent more time watching streaming services than they did for broadcast and cable television combined. That happened for the first time ever in May, by a fraction of a percentage point, but the Nielsen company said on Tuesday that gap widened considerably in June."

Broadcast TV still has a lot going for it - it's 100% free, it still features some popular shows and it reaches just about everybody. But abandoning audiences, as they've done this summer, is not a receipe for future success. 

As someone who grew up with this form of TV and loved it, I will miss it if - or maybe when - it's gone.For now, the fall awaits.

Rough times for broadcast networks illustrate changing media landscape

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

With their disappointing showing this summer, broadcast TV is hitting new lows. They are the architects of their own demise. 

Broadcast Falls Below 20 Percent of TV Use for the First Time

 
No surprises here. Back in the day, networks produced “summer relief” programming, sometimes to test new shows, but at least we usually had something to watch besides repeats. Now I pretty much watch sports on network, but not this week! Where have all the good times gone?!

Yes!  I recall a few 'failed pilots' getting airtime as summer replacements of network shows on summer break.  One was a futuristic detective show called 'Braddock'.

https://thrillingdetective.com/2021/08/31/braddock/

Over fifty five years later, I recall a scene where Braddock pulls up in his futuristic car, and the plexiglass dome slowly opens to allow passengers to exit.  Out of the blue, my mother remarked "I hope nobody had to go to the bathroom quickly."  Such is the wisdom motherhood gives. 😁

Many of CBS’s affiliates and O&O stations reportedly lost their network programming last night (July 15)  due to some network wide outage.

Several stations had no backup programming to go to, and ended up showing error slates.

https://youtu.be/xnSCAzoZqTc?si=ATPBKLh6-ZvDLItb

Just curious. What did WIVB do?

Buzzy Krumhunger wrote:

Several stations had no backup programming to go to, and ended up showing error slates.
Surprisingly the error slates earned decent numbers in the overnight ratings.  CBS has bought thirteen episodes.
 

A post absolutely worthy of The Beaverton/The Onion 👏👏👏