TV Renewals, Cancellations, and Superhero News

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.com. And now, back to the show. So among some

monumental changes going on this year with television,

I thought it would be kind of nice to cover some

things happening with TV shows, some things happening

with cancellations, renewals, some movie news,

and just kind of see where things go from there.

So the last four episodes of SNL... on this season

will actually bring a very historic change according

to digital trends. They will be having, for the

first time in its 40 -year history, live airings

across the country. So there'll be no tape delays.

In mid -April and the final four episodes of

the season will air live at 11 .30 p .m. Eastern,

10 .30 Central, 9 .30 Mountain Time, and 8 .30

Pacific. So it's not a time change for Eastern

time zones, but it's earlier for everyone else

So everyone will be watching at the same exact

time so NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt

says that way everyone is in on the joke at the

same time And then they've decided for the the

remaining four hosts for the the season they're

gonna kick off the the episodes with Chris Pine,

well actually they're gonna kick off with SNL

alumni and tonight's show host Jimmy Fallon on

April 15th and followed by Chris Pine on May

6th, Melissa McCarthy on May 13th and The Rock

on May 20th. So yeah, that's kind of a monumental

change. It'll be kind of awesome to see. SNL

since season 40, his... Despite a lot of their

particular political leanings Has actually been

really good since season 40 But it's it's still

it's still entertaining there's a lot of stuff

I still don't watch in the show, but it's it's

overall still pretty well Another interesting

thing that kind of popped up is Turner Fox and

Viacom are teaming up for a new TV measurement

system And in case you're not fully aware, the

current system is the Nielsen type stuff. It

says the three major TV programmers have criticized

legacy companies, like Nielsen and stuff, to

attempt to accurately measure viewing across

devices and platforms, so they've come up with

a new plan. So it'd be dubbed OpenAP, it's Advanced

Audience Platform. which would roll out in April

with a media event planned for April 7th. The

companies call it the first open platform for

cross -publisher audience targeting and independent

measurement. So like phones, recording, live

TV, internet, everything. Which I'm kind of surprised

that they really haven't taken advantage of this

sooner. But according to Some of the ones involved

it says while demand for audience targeting has

grown significantly Adoption has been limited

by the fact that audience buying is not as transparent

as consistent and as easy as traditional guarantees

It doesn't need to be that complicated and that

changes today. So Yeah, I'm kind of wondering

what they're gonna do it says They The content

currently reaches 93 % of all TV audiences and

they're aiming to boost the number even higher

if new members come aboard, but I'm kind of wondering

what they're they're Gonna do as far as that

and how they're gonna break down the ratings,

but it'd be kind of interesting to see a new

platform Because like honestly like the Nielsen

stuff unless they send you a chip to plug into

your your TV is like a buy box kind of thing

or if you're through a cable company, like they

really have no, they send you this thing in the

mail and you fill it out and it's like an honor

system, so like, you could put whatever you want.

If, you know, you wanted to, so, most people,

like I've gotten them before, it's not, like

I told the truth on them, I mean, you did the

radio, you did the TV, and that's kind of all

there was to it. But. Yeah, it'll be kind of

interesting to see what they do in the future

on this. And in other news of Netflix, soon your

favorite Netflix shows might look different on

your phone. It says if you live in the US or

Canada, you probably primarily watch your favorite

shows or movies on your TV, or at the very least

on your laptop. But thanks to features like offline

viewing and more generous mobile data plans,

mobile usage has increased. The challenge, however,

is that nearly every TV show or movie you watch

on Netflix was designed to be viewed on a larger

screen, but that could change. It's not inconceivable

that you can make a master copy and make a different

cut for mobile, adding that it's something we

will explore over the next few years, so they

might be making smaller exports. the same stuff

for phones Specifically which kind of would be

nice because then you could get actually a lot

smaller file size and still get HD type quality

so I I'm kind of down with that. I I've Been

a big proponent of Netflix over the years. I've

tried a lot of the other services Hulu's like

second, but I still find Netflix to be like the

go -to the best user interface and As far as

the shows so Switching gears a little bit. I

try not to get too in -depth with Geeky news

because like I know that it's very rampant. I

can't help it though because a lot of the stuff.

It's it's stuff. I notice after While I'm like

just randomly digging through and I'll see an

article pop up and I'm like, oh save it to my

favorites I actually have it broke down in Like

an episodes favorites thing. So like I have cancelled

renewal like TV questions movies games tech miscellaneous

Star Trek Star Wars and superheroes So like I

have all these different like categories of breakdowns

of stuff So I've done like the TV part already

but getting into the Well, actually, yeah, I'm

getting into the cancellations and renewals part

of the show, but... So, Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles on Nickelodeon has been cancelled for

Season 6. And, real quick, spoilers for anybody

that has not watched the end of Season 5. I will

be delving into that information right now and

fast forward maybe like... 20 -30 seconds Splinter

gets killed by Super Shredder Super Shredder

gets killed by Leonardo So It pretty much ends

with everything kind of kosher by the end of

it, but Yeah, the series as a whole is pretty

good And I'm sad to see it go But the new reason

why it's not moving forward to season six is

because they've kind of covered a lot of the

ground that TMNT 2003 and 87 covered. But they're

gonna be rebooting and replacing it with a series

that's gonna be 2D animated. So it's gonna be

hand drawn again. Or in the very least, it'll

be like... Well, I'll read the rest of the the

information but it's gonna be called rise of

the Teenage Mutant Turtles with 26 first season

episodes debuting fall of 2018 Keeping the TMNT

franchise alive rise of the Teenage Mutant Turtles

follows the band of brothers as they encounter

new allies and villains in discovery magical

world They never knew existed beneath the streets

of New York City So Yeah The other thing I read,

and it wasn't on RenewCancelTV .com, is that

the animation style is going to be very Samurai

Jack -esque. So that could be interesting, because

you've got kind of this almost Samurai type thing

going on with the Turtles anyhow. But again,

I look forward to seeing what they do with it.

The Turtles is one of those brands that easily

can be rebooted and redone, kind of like Transformers.

You have your key characters, but then the plots

can always change or be mutated differently.

So we'll see what happens with that. So the Big

Bang Theory has been officially renewed for seasons

11 and 12 by CBS. So yeah, we'll see what happens

with that. I'm sure they're dishing out a lot

of money to the actors by now. I still like the

show. I think that Eventually, I think after

season 12. I think they need to end it, but I

think that they're kind of sending it to a natural

Progression to where all the characters went

from like these awkwardly absurd nerdy people

to actually fully functional nerds kind of like

us You know they come out of that stereotype

of how oh, it's it's nerdy Oh, we have to follow

this stereotype, and they've kind of gone away

from the stereotype and are Mutating at a normal

people so it's it's nice to see them kind of

do that and DuckTales before it's even hit season

one before it's even aired Which it's supposed

to air this summer has already been renewed for

a season two So yeah And obviously like girl

meets world season four Latest news Netflix turns

away from the show so we'll see if that ever

gets picked up somewhere else I don't think Amazon

will take it or Hulu, but if anybody's gonna

take it It might be the whatever they named ABC

Family. Can't remember the name of it right now,

but if they do, that's where they'll do it. And

then also Prison Break may get a season six in

2018. Producers want another sequel. So if the

revival is a hit, Walden says Fox is open to

another season and none of the actors rule out

returning for more. It says that it's a very

satisfying ending. It gives fans what they always

wanted. And they think there's always opportunity

to do it again. So it's gonna be a nine episode

season for season five, which premieres April

4th on Fox. So be sure to watch that if you're

a fan of Prison Break. I always found the writing

to be really good. and the acting to be really

good. It's actually continuing the brotherhood

of Lincoln and Michael Burroughs who play Heatwave

and Captain Cold on The Flash and Legends of

Tomorrow. They've basically gotten to work together

from The initial like 2005 of Prison Break through

to its cancellation in 2009 and This revival

and the flash and Legends of Tomorrow and so

it's it's kind of It's kind of nice because they

have a nice chemistry. So they work really well

together so getting into the movie stuff since

This was a little bit interesting to me. Dr.

Doolittle is about to get rebooted With Iron

Man. Yes, Robert Downey jr. It's gonna be playing

Dr. Doolittle so he's gonna be the third actor

to walk into the role talking to animals after

Eddie Murphy did it previously and Rex Harrison

the original dr. Doolittle which was From the

the 60s so yeah, I'll be interested to see what

this turns out to be especially with the The

kind of snarky sarcasm that Downey Jr. portrays,

it's gonna be called the voyage of Dr. Dolittle.

So there's no release date, but I still think

it's interesting that I like Robert Downey Jr.

as an actor, so to me that's gonna be kind of

fun to watch. And Eddie Murphy dropped something

on Twitter a little bit ago. I'm not sure exactly

when, but the slash film caught a screenshot.

If it's legit or not, I don't know. But it says,

the latest rumor to hit the movie news world

is Eddie Murphy may be in the early stages of

writing a sequel to his 1988 comedy hit, Coming

to America. Because Eddie Murphy supposedly posted

an image of the Queen in Coming to America. It

says coming to America sequel question mark,

so I I would I don't know I don't I Like Eddie

Murphy, I don't know If doing a sequel to that

would be really good, but I mean I guess if it's

something he wants to do It's always good seeing

Eddie Murphy in shows so I'd be fine with it.

I wonder whatever happened to that Beverly Hills

cop for I Just I don't know whatever happened

to that So I'm gonna have to Gonna have to look

into that a little bit more Yes, this is the

plots unknown it was updated in December of 2016

The other one cast is Eddie Murphy. My guess

is because it was supposed to film in Detroit.

And Brockheimer was supposed to produce. My guess

is nothing's gonna come out of that. It's gonna

be a dead show. So Skydance Media is planning

a major Terminator announcement 2017. But they're

not saying what. And it's not gonna be a continuation

of Genesis continuity. My guess is they'll probably

actually reboot it The The announcement says

I will say we have resolved the future of the

Terminator franchise and Believe me. It's an

incredible bright future I think where it's going

will be the continuation of what the fans really

wanted since Terminator 2 We have something that

year that We will be announcing for the franchise.

It's something we're incredibly excited about

we think it's the direction it needs to head

Yeah, I don't know But if they don't do something

the rights will revert back to James Cameron

Who intends to produce in a movie in the series

with Tim Miller directing so I don't know This

is really the right direction? It's like a lot

of sequels. They just don't pan out as well as

As they kind of portray themselves to be So I'm

gonna move into superheroes because the latest

Episodes of of the flash and legends of tomorrow

been actually really good They're also teasing

that in Season 4 of The Flash, no speedster villain

in Season 4, which is actually kind of refreshing

because we've had it for the last three seasons.

I kind of felt that they needed to do that anyway,

but especially with doing Zoom and doing... ...Savatar?

They kind of... I don't know who would be more

powerful. Like, I don't know if they had, you

know, would have like... an entire, like, rogues

gallery fighting him. But, I mean, now he's got

pretty much his own Flash League, so... But I

guess the episode for episode 19 was revealed

to be the once -in -future Flash, which kind

of reminds me of the once -in -future thing from

Justice League Unlimited. So it says the basic

plot will have Barry time traveling to the future

to find out what he needs to know about how to

defeat Saboteur and stop Iris' death. They're

also kind of teasing that the Abracadabra character

that's going to be showing up in next week's

episode of The Flash will be kind of teasing,

hey, let me go, or if you want to know who Savitar

really is. And I'm kind of wondering if you guys

know who Savitar might be. I think it could be

Julian. Could be. Could be. Don't actually think

it is though. Because remember, he did want powers.

So, there's also, it could be a future Barry

Allen. And, although it wouldn't make much sense

if he locked himself up. The other thing is,

it could be like a future Wally West. It could

be HR. Don't know like it's there's a lot of

It could be just completely new character. I

don't know who he's actually supposed to be I

that's one of the nice things about not reading

the comics is I get to kind of Play along on

a clean slate kind of like I've gotten to do

with the Marvel films and and learn the characters

through the films or through the the media so

Yeah, I'm I'm kind of excited for that. They're

also saying that next year They're gonna have

huge crossover episodes, an actual four -way

crossover between Supergirl Legends, Arrow, and

The Flash. The Music Meister bit with the Flash

and Supergirl crossover was actually really well

done, and the twist they gave to Music Meister

actually made him not as much of a douche as

what I thought they were gonna do. So... Yeah,

there's a lot that they're not saying as far

as this episode anyway. Lena Luthor, series regular

in season three of Supergirl. Man of Steel actor

Michael Shannon is now the front runner to play

Cable in Deadpool 2. I've also heard that in

addition to him Brad Pitt may be in the running

Patrick Stewart wants to make an appearance on

Legion and possibly Deadpool 2 So I'm excited

for Deadpool 2, but it's gonna be kind of hard

to beat Logan Which funny enough Marvel is returning

Logan to the comics They're not saying who yet,

and I was unaware that they have X -Men Blue

and X -Men Gold, but they're teasing and unveiling,

and they've got the face and the claws blurred

out, and he's wearing brown on these graphics,

and it's supposed to be a younger version. They're

teasing a clawed heroes return, but they're concealing

the identity so it could either be the regular

Logan Wolverine or it could be Dakin who I'm

not very familiar with But I guess they're saying

that if it's Dakin, I guess he's got two claws

so But Yeah, they're not saying whether it's

it's Wolverine free from an adamantium cocoon

or clone anew or his son It could be the the

Hulk -Wolverine hybrid, you know like pre -Hulked

out so hard to say Justice League trailer will

land on Saturday They've dropped a sneak peek

at it and the new poster which looks pretty sweet

Mark Guggenheim has concept art for next week's

Legends of Tomorrow which If you haven't watched

the Legion Heatwave who joins Captain Cold gets

the Spear of Destiny and in the teaser he's supposedly

retracing basically regathering the legends to

reverse what the the Legion has done and most

of them work for like Damien Dark and you know

whatnot but they have a Felicity in a purple

hood with a techno mask and a wrist gadget Looks

pretty sweet and it's for For next week's legends,

so kind of excited to see that And it says a

establishing shot from next week's legends of

tomorrow they have the legion of doom bubble

ship. So that looks pretty sweet too. So yeah,

that about rounds up all the stuff I have. So

stay tuned to the next episode and I'll have

a lot more content. It'll be more Star Wars,

Star Trek, tech -based content. So until next

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