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mnightshamalama2 t1_iy8bqrq wrote

I hear ya, sooner or later I'm going to lose this holiday weight.

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_iy8j0rh wrote

With the prices for groceries that may be easier than you realize.

Had to pay $10 for half a gallon of eggnog yesterday.

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1PantSuit2Nation t1_iy8narz wrote

Where? Which grocery store?? That’s wild.

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_iy8qn8l wrote

Walmart. Cheapest I could find.

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1PantSuit2Nation t1_iy918n0 wrote

Well damn. I always jack a glass or two whenever I visit my sister. Now I feel bad. 😬 Unbelievable.

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SgtBaxter t1_iy92aye wrote

I paid $4.50 for a half gallon at Wegmans, so yeah I don't actually believe it.

Unless they were talking the Walker Evans with booze in it.

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1PantSuit2Nation t1_iy95qtl wrote

I mean does the state matter? I could believe something at Walmart in like New York would cost more than the same thing at Walmart in some other cheaper fill in the blank state.

But I’m gonna google what this Walker Evans is though. 🤔

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SgtBaxter t1_iy9gh43 wrote

My bad, it's Evan Williams:

https://evanwilliams.com/eggnog

If you order online and sign up for the emails you get $5 off, making it $5.49.

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Q_Fandango t1_iy9usj6 wrote

Sorry so you called this man a liar for saying he paid $10 for eggnog at the store… and then just said that your brand at non-discounted price is $10.49

Bruh

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Crowquillx t1_iya03jw wrote

i mean they literally said “unless it was this specific brand with booze in it”

it’s not even regular egg nog

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SgtBaxter t1_iya79g1 wrote

He said he paid $10 for non alcoholic egg nog. Perhaps you could comprehend before commenting, bruh.

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RedSorceressIsIt t1_iy9851r wrote

I keep telling myself this but the older I get, it's like the tastier food becomes lol.

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Thetimmybaby t1_iy8ik3a wrote

Oh no all my favorite Showtime shows!

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cinemamystic t1_iy8vwa7 wrote

Like Twin Peaks season 3! And, uh…well, I think they have the first 2 seasons now as well…

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MonolithJones t1_iy9x7c7 wrote

Yellowjackets is really good.

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MountainBogWitch t1_iy9xgou wrote

I would be heartbroken if Yellow Jackets got canceled.

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Wise_Mongoose_3930 t1_iya9623 wrote

It’s showtime. Feels inevitable they cancel their one good show and keep making all the crap.

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Mentoman72 t1_iyaphk9 wrote

Its a hit for showtime. They won't cancel it unless people lose interest.

That said, I've heard there's a 3-5 season story planned and while I could probably see three working I really don't know about five seasons.

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stumpcity t1_iy8vv36 wrote

Right now, Showtime is basically "The Yellowjackets Channel"

Which is fine. I think they're going to fully become a brand tab on Paramount+ and nothing else within the next couple years. Same with MTV, honestly. They've already made both moves and noises that those two brands are probably going to just become part of Paramount+ entirely very soon.

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lord_pizzabird t1_iy8syws wrote

They sort of have done this already, but as a premium expansion within Paramount.

I think the issue is that Showtime has a long history of standing on it's own, with it's own revenue model. It's also Paramounts prestige machine. I think there's concerns over disrupting what the do too much, given how good they are at it.

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lord_pizzabird t1_iya5g7m wrote

I don't think you understand what Prestige means. It's not about ratings or spectacle, but farming industry awards to insinuate a premium brand.

Should point out as a sidenote, that Showtime's boxing promotions bring in pretty big numbers, often measuring in the hundreds of millions of dollars in PPV buys. (The record was $410 million for Mayweather vs Pacquiao that was a joint promotion with HBO and Showtime).

Now, all that being said they've obviously not reached the same levels of prestige as something like HBO, but that's irrelevant. Regardless of how well they perform, the entire point of showtime is that it's CBS's Premium network and longtime competitor to HBO.

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aw-un t1_iybmtzf wrote

Prestige is usually associated with awards…. And of all the shows you listed, Yellowjackets is the one with nominations

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LiveFromNewYork95 t1_iy8emly wrote

If studios are tightening their belts I think the more traditonal sitcom jumps off the page as a solution. They're cheaper and faster. Look at the buzz a show like Abbott Elementary has created and I would have to guess it's made for a fraction of what some of the other Outstanding Comedy Series nominees were made for.

I think streaming is starting to figure out sitcoms too when they realized it's ok for some shows to just be comedies and not everything needed to be a comedy drama. Reboot on Hulu is awesome, Sex Lives of College Girls is super underrated, and I would almso guarantee with Girls5Eva moving to Netflix it's going to blow up.

Personally, I hope we see them move some of these shows back to 22 episode seasons, realizing it's more cost effective to produce 22 episodes of a popular and cheaper sitcom than to try and make 8 episodes of 4 shows that are never gonna last.

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Woznyakxm9103 t1_iy8z3cv wrote

They won’t resort to sitcoms, they’ll resort to reality tv shows.

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VirinR t1_iy8h8tt wrote

You can add Minx, Mythic Quest, Trying, Breeders, Only Murders in the Building and the iCarly revival to that list. All of these shows are doing well and are renewed for new seasons while not all shows have been given the big spotlight like Abbott but they’re all doing quite well.

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Wistful_HERBz t1_iy8qiol wrote

Is Minx any good? got it on my watch list and was thinking about giving it a go.

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VintageJane t1_iy9cgmw wrote

I really loved it. It’s got a fun cast of characters who get up to some fun/hilarious hijinx and the overarching struggle between creating media that will have a positive social impact vs. something that will be profitable is very relevant.

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goldybear t1_iybi0yu wrote

I loved it. Went into it with no expectations and I finished it within a week.

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BadKittydotexe t1_iy97x7s wrote

Traditional sitcoms are fine as long as they don’t have a laugh track.

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dangil t1_iy8og8m wrote

“Haha. Not MY belt”

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majorminorminor t1_iy8mr9t wrote

After turning Let The Right One In into a b-rate The Strain I hope it all burns.

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ScalpelBurn2 t1_iy8x0ez wrote

Showtime's belt was already pretty tight to begin with...

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jelatinman t1_iy8yyc1 wrote

Halo gonna be made out of cardboard for season 2. You can't spend $200m on streaming projects no matter how big the franchise is.

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ggroover97 OP t1_iy98tix wrote

Master Chief's costume will be bought at Party City and all the guns will just be painted Nerf guns.

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inquirer t1_iya7gcq wrote

No one wants to see the garbage anyway

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ascagnel____ t1_iy9zs0w wrote

I don't know how much Showtime was involved in production, but it was moved to P+ for its first run, so it can't have done very good numbers for the cable channel.

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jblanch3 t1_iyclxbm wrote

I only watched the first few episodes of Halo, but I remember seeing the Showtime logo at the beginning. To clarify, it was originally supposed to air on Showtime, but Viacom wanted to boost the Paramount Plus service so they moved it over there.

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cabose7 t1_iydw59h wrote

Season 3 it'll just be Red vs Blue machinma

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lightsongtheold t1_iy921oz wrote

”There will be belt tightening,” said Winograde, referring to the global cost-of-living crisis that will no doubt impact TV over the coming years. “Nobody wants to reduce the amount of content they are doing so hopefully people will find creative ways.”

That is something at least. Not like Showtime were high volume to begin with. You are lucky if they have one or two shows airing weekly as it is!

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paolocase t1_iy8rhvu wrote

The pelts that the girls at Yellowjackets are wearing cost like what $20 a pop?

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lightsongtheold t1_iy91k33 wrote

In season 2 they will be nude. Probably boost the ratings as well as getting the costume budget down to a more reasonable $0!

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DarkGlum408 t1_iy8wb8t wrote

Not for her though, right?

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TorqueWheelmaker t1_iy97lbk wrote

It's about time they reigned in that extravagant advertising budget.

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Krypto_Kane t1_iya3eon wrote

Pretty soon it will be just the Ceo and a robot working.

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Strange-Effort1305 t1_iyb0zqs wrote

Not for the executives, mind you. They will be getting 8 figure bonuses for their failures.

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spencerlevey t1_iybeoe0 wrote

Where is I Love That For You’s season renewal?!

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braundiggity t1_iy8mdyq wrote

TV content spend has been astronomical for the last ten years or so thanks to streaming. This is ultimately just a correction back to a more sane level as many of those streaming services aren’t making money, and some could start to fold in the next few years.

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Nmilne23 t1_iyad7e0 wrote

Me watching the industry I want to join tighten and shrink: 🤡

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Daisy_LaRue t1_iyb6h2j wrote

Doesn't it have to? Way more shows than anyone can watch, people are cutting back on subscriptions the way they used to cut cable, and they're so out of ideas they're remaking Easy Rider

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LowBadger3622 t1_iybn0cq wrote

Falling inline with the employees not being able to afford things will curb inflation pack… cool, because who consumes at a 1000:1 ratio, the guy trying to figure out where the money will come from to have his work trucks transmission serviced last week

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thrillhouse83 t1_iybz4br wrote

Maybe they’ll end their shows in an appropriate amount of seasons now

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