In his 2010 stand-up special Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, Aziz Ansari did a joke about his nerdy 14-year-old cousin Harris, whose “favorite TV shows are hour-long dramas on USA and TNT. TNT knew drama, but only a very specific, more milquetoast version of drama. By comparison, TNT never had a show that was nominated for the Outstanding Drama Emmy, although programs like The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles were popular - and that’s not even counting reruns of other networks’ shows, like Fox’s Bones, which played on TNT so often that it almost seemed like it was a TNT original. As the traditional networks started ceding creative ground to cable, HBO programs like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Deadwood were considered the height of prestige television in the 2000s, soon followed by AMC’s Mad Men and Showtime’s Dexter. Put another way, it’s time to say goodbye to TNT’s “We Know Drama” slogan.Īs much as TNT tried to position itself as the home of drama, the spots were never taken especially seriously. Those are Animal Kingdom, which will end after its sixth season airing in June, and Snowpiercer.” What wasn’t mentioned was that this is the end of an era. In its article breaking the story, Variety reported that “TNT has only two scripted shows left on its roster. That brings us to this week’s news that TNT and TBS, which are under the Warner umbrella, will no longer be developing new series. Also, it means cost-cutting is under way. Mergers mean redundancies, though, and some folks are going to be losing their jobs. Meanwhile, over at Warner Bros., the hallowed film studio is going through some internal changes now that its parent company, WarnerMedia, has merged with Discovery to become Warner Bros. Movie theaters (especially arthouse chains) are still trying to recover after the pandemic. Netflix lost a ton of subscribers, its future no longer as rosy as it once seemed. The entertainment landscape is facing all kinds of uncertainty.
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