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The CW has ordered the Nancy Drew Spinoff series Tom Swift.

The character, described as a "Black, gay, billionaire inventor" previously appeared in a Season 2 backdoor pilot (Episode 15).

Given the late announcement, its likely to be a 13 episode season, with a Spring debut.

General Maximus

01-09-2021 09:58

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36091628)

The character, described as a Black, gay

right up your street then :p:

Paul	01-09-2021 13:59

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Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 36091642)

right up your street then :p:

As far as I can tell, this is indeed another case of TV blatently converting a character, PC style. In the original books he is white, and afaik, not gay.

I like the Nancy Drew series, so obviously I saw him in the backdoor pilot.
He was ok, nothing special, but interesting. Of course, they had to make a big fuss about the whole gay thing.

I will give the season a try, and hope they concentrate on the adventures, if it turns out to just another load of pc/blm/gay preach, then I'll drop it.

General Maximus

12-09-2021 10:22

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Judge Judy Sheindlin is ready to return to television. Her new court series, Judy Justice, is set to premiere on IMDb TV in November.
Court is back in session! Television icon Judge Judy Sheindlin returns to the courtroom with a new IMDb TV Original series, Judy Justice, premiering November 1. The arbitration-based program will also feature three new members of Judy Sheindlin’s courtroom staff, Kevin Rasco, Whitney Kumar, and Sarah Rose. New episodes of Judy Justice will be available every weekday exclusively on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service.
Joining Judge Judy Sheindlin in the courtroom are bailiff Kevin Rasco, a retired Los Angeles probation officer and entrepreneur, court stenographer Whitney Kumar, a board-certified court reporter in the state of California, and Sarah Rose, a law clerk and Judge Sheindlin’s granddaughter, extending the legacy of the television and courtroom pioneer by bringing in a new generation of legal analysis.

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/j...eindlin-watch/

pip08456

13-09-2021 16:14

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Hawkeye starts 24th November on Disney+

Paul	14-09-2021 03:57

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Yep, that dates been on my list for a while, its the first trailer Ive seen though. :)

pip08456

14-09-2021 12:17

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36092938)

Yep, that dates been on my list for a while, its the first trailer Ive seen though. :)

Yeh, it's the first one to be released.

denphone

14-09-2021 19:34

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Just a head up that the Blake's 7 series airs from the beginning on Forces TV from 21.00 tonight.

Chris

14-09-2021 19:55

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Wow, amazing find, thanks … the whole lot used to be on YouTube but the BBC copyright claimed it a year or so ago. I’ve set my Freesat box to series record.

denphone

14-09-2021 20:04

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l have not watched it for a eternity but remember it very fondly.

General Maximus

14-09-2021 22:12

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36092885)

Hawkeye starts 24th November on Disney+

I am not sure about this at all. He has always been a very serious character and this looks more comedic and silly.

Chris

14-09-2021 23:14

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I think the problem is we’ve never really seen as much of him as we might have liked. He’s always been the supporting character, even when he had longer sequences with Nat in Endgame. He is certainly a bit broody early on in the MCU and he’s in a very dark place at the beginning of Endgame but then he has lost his entire family in the snap. We don’t yet know what getting them back has done to him.

So far, all the MCU TV series have stayed true to the continuity, not taking liberties with the characters but allowing them to grow and develop in their own space. I have no reason to doubt they’ll manage the same here.