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So anyone got a heads up on any of the series starting on Atlantic that should be recorded on a series link.
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Well I would be series linking these two if Sky was not keeping it as an Exclusive :mad::(:mad::(:mad::(
Uncle Rupert is having a larf.
Boardwalk Empire - takes quite a lot of effort to watch as there is a large cast and a lot stuff going on even though it can appear quite slow at times. Everything about the production is quality.
Treme - Set in New Orleans post-Katrina. looks interesting but I was unable to really get into it.
Blue Bloods is very good with the potential to be great.
I see they're starting The X-Files from the beginning too. I'd be interested to go back and see how it holds up today.
Some channels would kill for a couple of hours of decent output a day - especially if those shows are on in the best paying ad slots.
It is less that they could not have placed these shows on existing channels and more that a new channel lets them have more shows on at 9-11pm weeknights.
And I'll also be series linking Curb Your Enthusiasm. One of those series that I was recommended about 3 or 4 series in, but then avoided watching as I waited for it to be shown from the start, or like The Sopranos, waited for the boxset to be available at an affordable price. Neither of which happened.
It’s clearly a vanity showcase for HBO and probably one of the key factors that swung the deal for Sky but it’s ludicrous to look down the listings of this supposedly prestige channel and see Star Trek Voyager repeats!
Thanks Uncle Rupert for lessening the pain of waiting for the Boardwalk Empire DVDs. For a minute back there I thought I was actually missing out on a decent channel.
Ian.
That's pretty much what TV is like in the US. Good stuff between 9-11pm and trash for the rest of the day.
Ian.
yeah pure evil really a free new channel with top quality content.
sorry but when compared to say itv the channel is on top with ease, itv barely have 30mins a day worth watching.
Advertising a new channel as if it’s The Second Coming then once the full schedule is revealed it transpires it’s 90% ancient repeats strikes me as pretty ridiculous.
I don’t see the comparison with ITV. You might not like what they do. I might not like what they do (and I don’t) but they easily have more original first-run programming on just their main channel every single day than do Sky Atlantic and most of it they’ll have made themselves, not just bought-in.
Sight unseen I’m not saying that Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire etc. are crap, just that starting a new channel for them is akin to giving a nice watch to someone as a present but packaging it in a HUUUUUGE box, most of what’s inside being padding that they’ll tear through to get to the item of value.
Yes from the advertising on Sky you would think Sky Atlantic is the biggest new channel since the start of BBC1 and ITV!!
Its not free.
You have to pay the basic Sky subscrition to get it.
It would only be free it it was part of the free to air group of channels.
Since Sky Digital launched, the novelty had worn off from new channels launching.
But it's good to see they are going back to basics a bit, and opting for quality over quantity.
It is free for all Sky customers, even on the very basic package. Some of the programmes look pretty top-notch. I think Sky is really coming back, after years of mediocrity.
I've been with Sky for nearly 20 years, and for the first time in a long time, I feel happy with it. The movies are better, the programming better, the customer service (from recent experience) has improved a lot. It's all good - although they need to review the £10.25 for HD. Maybe £5 would be a bit more reasonable.
i can kind of see your point but most digital channels feature repeats and when compared to sky ones out put or livings it fits a similar model.
plus some people might of missed one or two of the shows there repeating plus some of there shows will get to new episodes.
but if youre saying you rather see them produce crap (like itv) just as long as its new then it doesnt really make sense.
well it is prefixed with the word sky
but to me its free as i dont have to pay any extra to get it.
I don’t see that much to celebrate in a supposed new channel that fills over 20 hours a day of it’s output with repeats of X-Files, ER, 24, Star Trek Voyager etc.
There are as yet undiscovered Amazonian tribes that do not even know what a television is that have seen every episode of all those shows!
Which would be fine if they weren’t publicising it like they are. Should be done for false advertising IMO.
You might like something I don’t and vice versa. Does that automatically make it “crap” and easily dismissed? I daresay some of ITV1’s lower rated shows will get more viewers than even Boardwalk Empire and as it’s impossible to arbitrate taste who’s to say one channel is doing a better job than the other in catering to it’s audiences needs?
Sky have scored an own goal with this channel I reckon. I was aghast when I first clapped eyes on the full listings and that massive chasm between expectation and actuality was entirely down to Sky’s own arrogance in starting a new 24 hour channel merely to show off a couple hours of programming and then going on to advertise it like God himself had personally endorsed Uncle Rupert’s folly.
Now Sky Arts 1&2....There are two channels that they should promote more. I cry inside every time I read their listings, so packed with good stuff are they but I, as a Freeviewer, am locked out of seeing them. Curse you Uncle Rupert!!!!
They moved to the Variety pack today so now even more can watch them.
There are 24 hours in a day and only THREE of them are "prime viewing hours." There is no reason why the other 21 hours should have anything but filler -- and that is exactly what the other channels have in those off-peak hours. It seems to me that when it comes to what you call the "chasm between expectation and actuality," the fault lies in your expectation, not the new channel's actuality.
The fact that there's many genre's that HBO covers as well - Drama, War, Documentaries, Comedy etc.
I have no problem with Sky Atlantic repeating shows from the late 90's and 00's, hell the BBC are wasting the license fee repeating shows from the 60's, 70's etc.