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The end is not nigh, it is now

The world has gone mad.
Mad I tell ya, maaaad!
And I’m not (necessarily) talking about the coming current financial apocalypse.

A talking Chihuaha is still number one at the box-office.
A shot-by-shot remake of a Spanish horror movie is the other winner of this week’s BO.
An Oscar-nominee’s movie starring an Oscar-winner and another Oscar-nominee tanked.
And saying that City of Ember (with William Murray and Tim Robbins!) has also tanked would be the understatement of the millennium.

It’s a sad day.

Maybe there’s even going to be another H-Wood strike on our hands (in addition to B-Wood’s).

Live Long and Online

YouTube has announced today that they will start streaming “long-form professionally produced content” also known as TV Shows. The Google-owned website has inked a deal with CBS to stream such fan faves as Star Trek or Bevery Hills 90210.

What is interesting to note though is that, although current CBS shows are not included, some Showtime shows are, like Dexter and Californication.
I would guess CBS wants to keep its viewers on its own VOD website. Especially since the CBS VOD website will also stream all those shows and more.

Anyway, prepare to witness the birth of YouTube commercials, as before, during, and after the programs will be shown some ad spots.

Google is probably trying to regain some of the viewers lost to Hulu, although I’m having a hard time believing YouTube-streamed classic shows will bring in said viewers.
After all, the video quality over on YouTube is crap compared to other streaming services.

There was also this little announcement about Psych and Burn Notice being renewed.
Yay! \o/

SNL faux-censorship: A follow-up

Well it seems that NBC is going to finally release the “forbidden skit“, albeit edited.

The official reason for the sudden pull-out of the sketch is a C-SPAN banner on the bottom of the screen (cf my previous post) with the caption: “People who should be shot” (referring to the Sandlers).
“On-air death threats” obviously being not welcomed…

The skit was edited a bit and will be put back online in the next few hours.

Isn’t that still censorship though?