MulciberTenebras

MulciberTenebras t1_j1o3637 wrote

Reply to comment by monkeyskin in How do you define filler? by monkeyskin

One of the downsides of The Legend of Korra having shorter seasons (thanks to Nickelodeon ineptitude) was there were no "filler" episodes to show more character moments with the new cast.

They never got a "Tales of Republic City" or a "Ember Island Players" style episode... they got a damned clip show becuase Nick cut the final season's budget and said either make it or have one less episode (and a cut in staff pay).

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MulciberTenebras t1_j1ecxaq wrote

Hey Arnold! - Arnold's Christmas (S2 Ep11)

Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean

Rugrats - Chanukah (S4 Ep1) Not Christmas, but it's one of the very best Holiday episodes

Batman: TAS - Christmas with the Joker / Holiday Knights

The X-Files – How The Ghosts Stole Christmas (S6 Ep6)

Justice League - Comfort and Joy

King of the Hill - Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane (S8 Ep7)

LOST - The Constant

Barney Miller - A Christmas Story

All the Doctor Who Christmas Specials (except the Peter Capaldi one with the Superhero)

Most of the Frasier Christmas episodes too

Bottom - Holy

Home Improvement – ‘Twas The Flight Before Christmas

Cheers - Christmas Cheers

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MulciberTenebras t1_iydnzo2 wrote

Discovery has been accused in the past of racism/sexism on their shows (in some cases far worse than this).

After the WB merger, plenty of POC and women in high positions at the company were being forced out. And it doesn't take much to see a pattern of what shows they decided to cancel/erase from existence to save money.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iydh8et wrote

Yeah, they honestly thought the best way to get past Trumpers demonizing the network for over 4 years... was to sell out to them.

CBS also hired a disgraced Trump admin member to head their programming. WGN eliminated original programming and became NewsNation (to also pander to the base as a mini-Fox News). All of them assumed that "red wave" was gonna happen and that the GQP were to take over, so they readied to pander to the base.

Annnnnd then it didn't happen. Now they've pissed off the old audience and won't be aquiring that new intended audience.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iyd5c10 wrote

This started in the early 70s. They called it the "rural purge".

Shows with rural/country settings (or even had a tree on set, as actor Pat Buttram described it) were all immediately cancelled and replaced with city-focused sitcoms/dramas.

The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Lassie, Petticoat Junction, Hogan's Heroes, The Virginian, The High Chaparral, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C, Ed Sullivan, My Three Sons, Mayberry RFD, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Hee Haw... most were still hit shows, but they all got cancelled so as to eliminate the older demographic and skew more towards the lucrative younger audiences.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iy7wbvj wrote

Odds are Chapek decided to cut costs by not spending on any advertising for the film (rather than bloat the budget even more for this when it bombed). On top of that it's been speculated that the inclusion of a gay main character gave Chapek even more cause to want to bury the film (so as not to add more ammo to the anti-LGBT conservatives already mad at him after the Disney employees forced the company to speak out against the Florida bill).

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