10 Stories You Should Know: 09/19/2022
There are things happening today that aren't related to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Here is a rundown of the stories that should be on your radar this morning:
No, Your TV Series Isn’t An Eight-Hour Movie, It’s A TV Series (The Guardian)
And so one starts to see the condescension in this line of thinking that alienates anybody invested in respect and appreciation for TV. Even if the “X-hour movie” line hadn’t been used as an excuse for plodding episode-by-episode plotting with flagrant disregard for the subtle art of pacing, it would still be fundamentally inaccurate. Using one entire season to tell an overarching story broken up into segments isn’t fitting cinema into the mold of TV, but the very definition of TV itself. Those writers subscribing to that flawed philosophy haven’t rejected serialization, just resolved to be bad at it. Every great TV show has found a way to tell stories contained within the space of an episode that nonetheless coalesce into a larger narrative structure. Streaming allows us to eliminate the time between installments, and too many have taken that as implicit permission to abandon the building blocks of the art.
WWE Content To Get Pulled From Hulu Saturday, Deal Set To Expire (Wrestling Observer)
All WWE content on Hulu will be pulled on Saturday, September 25th as their deal for next day rights for Raw & SmackDown is set to expire.
That content includes episodes of Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Main Event, Total Divas, Total Bellas, and more. Currently, nearly all WWE content on Hulu has a 'Exp. Sat' flag.
Channel 5 Opts For The Emoji Movie Instead Of Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral (The Mirror)
Channel 5 was the only major UK broadcaster not to air royal-related content during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, choosing to show The Emoji Movie followed by a string of other children's films.
The funeral, which is expected to become the most watched global broadcast of all time, has been covered by BBC and ITV. Channel 4 did not broadcast the funeral, but did show 1953 documentary A Queen Is Crowned.
Channel 5, however, opted for something different and aired The Emoji Movie as well as Stuart Little, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Sing.
Spanish TV Animation Experiences Historic Growth (Variety)
This year, the animation TV industry has released six TV series and is preparing at least 26 more projects at different production stages, with nationwide public broadcaster RTVE and Catalonia’s TV3 as essential driving forces.
‘Insane Rightwing Misogynist? I’m None Of Those Things!’ Steven Moffat On Doctor Who, His Baftas And His Critics (The Guardian)
When I remind him of these criticisms, Moffat says some coverage has him pegged as “an insane, rightwing misogynist. I’m really none of those things. And I’m certainly no proselytiser for docile women, this heavily subscribed-to myth. I don’t know where it came from. I have never known a docile woman. You step through the front door and you accept your junior status. You think: ‘I can still beat the dog.’”
Netflix: 5 Million French Households Use The Platform Without Paying (Les Numeriques)
In addition to the 10 million subscriptions it has in France, Netflix estimates that 5 million households watch its programs without paying thanks to the sharing of identifiers, according to one of its managers in France.
A Look At Last Week’s Ratings In Australia (Infogram)
This is a real nice breakdown of various ratings data points from last week. I’m fascinated by the fact that one of the demo categories is “Shopper With Child.”
Netflix Renews Deal With Millimages For Seasons 2, 3, 4 Of Hit Series ‘Molang’ (Variety)
“Molang” will be rolling out in all territories except Scandinavia and China from Nov. 1, said Millimages general manager Marina Narishkin, adding that the deal bore testimony to the fluffy character’s popularity with audiences of all ages and from all continents.
Failure Of The TF1-M6 Merger. Who Will Take Over Nicolas de Tavernost's Network? (Pure Medias)
Now, the situation is getting more complicated for the M6 group as it enters a race against time. Next November, Nicolas de Tavernost's audiovisual company must have its frequencies reassigned; its authorization to broadcast ends in May 2023. If this reattribution takes place, RTL Group will be forced to keep the M6 group at least until 2028, as the majority shareholder.