BlackAchilles
Veteran
That's horseshyt
I'm not surprised but this show absolutely needs one more season
I'm not surprised but this show absolutely needs one more season
‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ Season 2 Thread | HBO
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KalKal
Superstar
Looks like I'm not the only person to think of this
Paramount+ with Showtime Should Save ‘Winning Time’ and Rename It ‘Showtime’
HBO canceled the basketball series about the Showtime Lakers after two seasons of refusing to call it "Showtime."
I strongly suspect this was the planned ending.
For HBO you either have to get great ratings or critically acclaimed with Emmy noms and the best shows get both (Succession/GoT)
Shows like Winning Time, Westworld, Vinyl, even Boardwalk Empire were expensive, got mediocre to average ratings and never were big Emmy shows. All of them ended prematurely because the ROI wasn’t worth it to HBO.
I’m not sure how the strike works in regards to talent talking to the studios but it had to hut the show that Adam McKay or the producers couldn’t really champion the show to HBO execs and/or working out a deal to continue the show.
Shows like Winning Time, Westworld, Vinyl, even Boardwalk Empire were expensive, got mediocre to average ratings and never were big Emmy shows. All of them ended prematurely because the ROI wasn’t worth it to HBO.
I’m not sure how the strike works in regards to talent talking to the studios but it had to hut the show that Adam McKay or the producers couldn’t really champion the show to HBO execs and/or working out a deal to continue the show.
KalKal
Superstar
The "real-life" subjects of the show coming out against it right at the start was a big problem.
That's the main reason I didn't start watching the show until I binged it a couple of weeks ago.
e.g.
"Winning Time" Isn’t Just Deliberately Dishonest, It’s Drearily Dull
How did so many talented people go so terribly wrong?
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(Ironically, other than the pilot episode I think the Kareem character came off really well)
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Damn man, I was just thinking about that Magic HIV shyt.
That shyt was the biggest shyt in the world at that time, man.
It literally stopped time
We all thought Magic was going to shrivel up & die in a few months or years.
It would've been crazy to show how Jerry, Jeanie, Kareem, Worthy, Cooper, Cookie, and everybody else dealt with that shyt at the time.
I remember Riley was in New York with the Knicks & dude straight jacked the pregame to lead the crowd in the "Lord's Prayer" for Magic.
It had to be killng him.
Larry Bird was supposedly ill before their game about it
Imagine that final season showing how his relationship with Bird evolved through that shyt & ending with them being on the "Dream Team" together.
Like, imagine we got a final season of THAT
It could've been one of the best series of episodes/seasons of all-time.
That shyt was the biggest shyt in the world at that time, man.
It literally stopped time
We all thought Magic was going to shrivel up & die in a few months or years.
It would've been crazy to show how Jerry, Jeanie, Kareem, Worthy, Cooper, Cookie, and everybody else dealt with that shyt at the time.
I remember Riley was in New York with the Knicks & dude straight jacked the pregame to lead the crowd in the "Lord's Prayer" for Magic.
It had to be killng him.
Larry Bird was supposedly ill before their game about it
Imagine that final season showing how his relationship with Bird evolved through that shyt & ending with them being on the "Dream Team" together.
Like, imagine we got a final season of THAT
It could've been one of the best series of episodes/seasons of all-time.
Boardwalk Empire went 5 seasons and got a lot of acclaim.
Boardwalk had 4 great seasons and had 1 rushed season but this board treats it like it was lumberjack Dexter status smh
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
HBO doesn't seem to think ROI is worth it for 98% of their content. Winning Time would have appreciated with time.
This is this generation's Playmakers
Nero Christ
Sniper out now on all digital platforms brev
Those first 3 seasons can hang with any shows' best
Exactly, the Lakers franchise from top to bottom wasn't even behind the show at all. They're probably popped bottles once the news broke of the show's cancelation