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kirsclin t1_jacj2cq wrote

Reply to Finally giving LOST a watch in 2023. by shadowdra126

I recently got done a rewatch and it solidified for me this is the greatest tv show ever made. I am much more at peace with the ending than I was back in 2010. It's a great binge watch show. You won't have to wait weeks or months to find out what happened like we had to back then.

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Jack_Q_Frost_Jr t1_jacgl1e wrote

Reply to comment by takeitassaid in Just a short question about the extras on Star Trek. Is there a reason that they always change? by takeitassaid

There's not a regulation or obligation for upping an extra to a semi-regular extra, or for promoting a day player to a cast member. It's all up to the producers to make those decisions. Colm Meaney is a good example of someone that started out as a day player with an unnamed character that was later given a name and promoted to full cast member. Sometimes it happens like that, but there's no official process for that to happen to every actor.

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St1834 t1_jacgcwm wrote

Reply to comment by GETtotheCHOPPPAAAAAA in Nearly 60% of PBS Documentary Programming in 2022 Featured BIPOC Talent or Was “Diversity-Related,” According to Network’s Second Annual DEI Report by Neo2199

Isn't the whole point of PBS learning, not just experiencing stuff they already know about? And last year's documentary slate notably benefited from this initiative and had great documentaries like The Last Out, Shut Up and Paint, Scenes from the Glittering World, Let the Little Light Shine, Midwives, Delikado, When Claude Got Shot, Owned, Happiness is 4 Million, An Act of Worship, etc.

This is all off the top of my head just from POV and Independent Lens btw, not even getting into Ken Burns's documentary about Muhammad Ali, America Reframed, etc.

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bernsteinschroeder t1_jacfy7q wrote

Reply to Have you ever let a show pile up so you can binge rather than watch weekly? What does that say about our viewing habits? by TimeTraveler3056

Video Cassettes, that's how we did it.

Pre-video recorders, there was repeats if you missed some episodes, but TV was less linear and there were often 'previously on [tv show]' clips at the start so you knew what themes were being touched, so if you missed the episode you at least had some clue what things were built on.

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