HBO removes Terrence Winter as Show runner of Vinyl
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HBO got no loyalty...
I remember he wrote one of the best Sopranos episodes, Pine Barrens.
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Expecting Vinyl to be some huge hit is just a big miscalculation. I think HBO was just like it's Winter, Scorsese this shyt will hit based off the creative team. The subject matter is just so niche it will never happen. People who were around much less into the alt music scene in the 70s are 45 + years old. Shyt better be compelling as fukk for anyone younger to be interested.
Terence Winter is an incredible writer. They should've cancelled the series if they are forcing him out. It'll be interesting to see if Winter does his next show at HBO or takes his talents to Netflix, or possibly rejoins Chris Albrecht at Starz.
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1st thing that came to my mind. We didn't get to see Rothstein getting killed and that wack Joe Harper storyline with Nucky.
HBO's 'Vinyl' Unveils Soundtrack, Weekly Release Schedule
After i heard Olivia saying she was going to be naked in one of the recent episodes I tried catching up and the first thing i notice was all the classic music they using including a whole episode about David Bowie and Elvis
and I think there was some Beach Boys in there also. No way that was cheap. Winter probably pitched some ideas about getting The Beatles, Pink Floyd and/or Zeppelin involved next season and HBO saw what it would cost 
A big reason why they got rid of Boardwalk Empire was because it wasn't critically acclaimed and wasn't getting nominated for anything. It looks like Vinyl might be in the same boat with it costing so much but not bringing anything back in return.
Winter probably wanted to keep clearing all that expensive music and HBO was probably like
After i heard Olivia saying she was going to be naked in one of the recent episodes I tried catching up and the first thing i notice was all the classic music they using including a whole episode about David Bowie and Elvis and I think there was some Beach Boys in there also. No way that was cheap. Winter probably pitched some ideas about getting The Beatles, Pink Floyd and/or Zeppelin involved next season and HBO saw what it would cost A big reason why they got rid of Boardwalk Empire was because it wasn't critically acclaimed and wasn't getting nominated for anything. It looks like Vinyl might be in the same boat with it costing so much but not bringing anything back in return.
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On AMC, the creator of Mad Men was up for his extension first and it was a pretty big deal because they had some issues in negotiating.HBO's 'Vinyl' Unveils Soundtrack, Weekly Release Schedule
Winter probably wanted to keep clearing all that expensive music and HBO was probably like
But they ended up coming to an agreement of a big raise and one of the things he did was use a Beatles song in an episode, which cost 250k.
It's one of the few times a Beatles song has ever been used in a tv show.
Mad Men's budget almost caused Vince Gilligan to take Breaking Bad somewhere else because there really wasn't much money left for him.
HBO needs to get their shyt together. You turn down David Fincher using 100M for Utopia, which is a bunch of money, but give it to Winter for a show about music
On AMC, the creator of Mad Men was up for his extension first and it was a pretty big deal because they had some issues in negotiating.
But they ended up coming to an agreement of a big raise and one of the things he did was use a Beatles song in an episode, which cost 250k.
It's one of the few times a Beatles song has ever been used in a tv show.
Mad Men's budget almost caused Vince Gilligan to take Breaking Bad somewhere else because there really wasn't much money left for him.
HBO needs to get their shyt together. You turn down David Fincher using 100M for Utopia, which is a bunch of money, but give it to Winter for a show about music
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Exactly! I wont even watch vinyl because of this. Even if it ends up great ill catch it on netflix in a few years
So in the past couple of months they've fukked over David Fincher, Steve McQueen and now Terence Winter. Scorsese may follow after this.
Scott Z Burns is pretty talented tho.
Can't say they fukked over Fincher....dude wanted $100 mill. There's no way in hell "Utopia" should cost any where near $100 mill.
HBO are some fukking morons for giving that to Winter for "Vinyl" when it had virtually no chance of mainstream acceptance. "Utopia" could easily be their next prestige drama if they play their cards right.
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