What Happened to People Magazine?

Re:What Happened to People Magazine? by onlypassingthru on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:54PM (#40826988)

US OTA prime time is largely low budget unscripted nowadays. Game shows and "reality" shows dominate. For the few scripted series, they're largely spinoffs of established series. CSI:Lodi[0] or Law & Order:Parking Enforcement have probably been pitched at this point.

It's circling the drain as viewership evaporates with the disappearance of rooftop aerials.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfQNB5WXmY

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Re:What Happened to People Magazine? by jonhohle on Saturday June 29, 2024 @12:03AM (#40827813)

This past season was fallout from last years writer and actor strikes. It remains to be seen what the fall season will look like.

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Re:What Happened to People Magazine? by dredmorbius on Saturday June 29, 2024 @06:10AM (#40829125)

See Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun! for a history of reality television. It's older than you think (antecdants to 1940s radio), and has often been driven by budgetary considerations and writer work actions.

NPR review: <https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5017620/book-review-cue...>

LARB review: <https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-be-real-on-emily-nuss...>

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Re:What Happened to People Magazine? by dsjoerg on Saturday June 29, 2024 @10:08AM (#40830710)

Not the link you intended, I think. That's a link to "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (Official Lyric Video)".

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Re:What Happened to People Magazine? by onlypassingthru on Saturday June 29, 2024 @11:45AM (#40831381)

If you've ever been to Lodi, or any number of dead end towns, you would understand why John Fogarty got lucky picking that city as a fill in for being stuck somewhere.

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