The upcoming cancellation of The Late Show has been in the news a good bit since the announcement. The network has also had to implement a bias monitor. It sounds like this will have a narrow focus and will look for specific references rather than possibilities of bias balanced across the network.

What cases of government interference in programming have you noticed or objected to in the past. How has this varied across countries? And does it depend on the type of programming? For example South Park did a very widely discussed episode on Trump at the start of its new season.

A recent article talks about the financial crisis in British TV. U.S. streamers also spent more lavishly on TV shows 5 years ago than they are now, with some shows never even being shown to an audience.

Are there things you would miss if budgets ended up being cut 30% or more from what we've seen in recent years? What sort of programming might you miss?

When person after person said they watched Penguin even when it was uncomfortable to keep going with it, it sounded rather familiar. I saw it with The Wire and especially with S2 of Andor. These were stories exploring the failures of systems, their purposes sabotaged by failing to account for personal agendas and human nature.

To me, Penguin and Andor share other similarities of the "it's so well written I had to see more" variety. Both are shows set within a franchise that do not feature the main features of that franchise, and which deal with the ruthlessness of societies in recognizable and everyday ways. ( Read more... )

In a side note, for those wanting more DC discussion, check out gotham_tv for commentary on that show.