On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 5:45 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I was just finishing. Re-watch of original Leverage (commercial-free on > AMC+) in preparation for “Lev Redemption” when this was first posted; now > have completed Redemption. I want to learn more about IMBdTV. > > I have watched it a bit before (to catch a few episodes of Banacek). My > daughter did a “Fringe” rewatch there a while back. > > On the one hand, I just despise commercials, and pay on Hulu and Paramount > to avoid them. IMDb apparently does not even offer a premium, commercial > free option. I hate it. Buy, not as much as I hate the horrid Peacock, so > either the ads are less obnoxious, or there are fewer of them. OTOH, they > have a pretty decent lineup of classic shows (is Redemption their first > original?). > > Is there a reason that insisting on an ad supported model is better > financially than at least offering a subscription model? It kind of feels > to me like someone is trying to seduce me back into accepting commercials > as a fact of TV watching life, maybe hoping that will get me to watch > broadcast TV ads again (not bloody likely). >
I suspect the reason is they are throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. Cable is dying, but advertising isn’t going away, so there is interest in seeing if any form of ad-supported model will still work. > BTW, Redemption was definitely lesser Leverage, but still recognizably > Leverage, and so still preferable to many shows that are not Leverage. > The only reason I discovered Leverage was because most of the cast and creative team were from the Librarian movies and subsequent Librarians series, which I quite enjoyed. > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 9:30 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> IMDBtv is also home to the new episodes of Leverage (Timothy Bottoms the >> only original lead not involved here, Noah Wyle plays a new character on >> the team). >> >> David >> >> On Thursday, July 15, 2021, 7:27:51 PM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I’ve been using it, reluctantly (lots of ads). >> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 7:42 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> IMDb TV? >> >> I'll have to look into that. >> >> >> >> On Wed., Jul. 14, 2021, 10:27 p.m. 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV, < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Deadline: "227" and "Diff’rent Strokes" will launch on Prime Video >> tomorrow, July 15. "The Jeffersons," "Sanford & Son," and "Sanford" will >> launch on the SVOD service later in 2021. >> >> "All in the Family," "Good Times," "Maude," and "One Day at a Time" will >> also launch July 15 but on IMDb TV. This will be the first time that >> episodes of "Maude" and all seasons of "All in the Family" are available to >> stream. >> >> Most series' entire runs will be available, while some will release in >> two-year spurts. >> >> >> https://deadline.com/2021/07/good-times-all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-maude-amazon-prime-video-imdb-tv-streaming-norman-lear-1234791354/ >> (link) >> >> B >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/500237070.20166.1626409810101%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/500237070.20166.1626409810101%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . > > >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKnvNeNh9wDx0%2Bss2Gr5NkhgChXUV%3D8ReiYBq-n3b1v9g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKnvNeNh9wDx0%2Bss2Gr5NkhgChXUV%3D8ReiYBq-n3b1v9g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AkEPB5pDi62ykcTrHjCuVBuaDK-zuFtzMfyEUb68X6uQ%40mail.gmail.com.
