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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Selected programming for Dec. 28-Jan. 3, 2024
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 18:19:19 -0800
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On 1/3/2025 10:27 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 1/3/25 7:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
> 
>>>>>> Broadcast and cable:
> 
>>>>>> Only Murders in the Building (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)
> 
>>>>>> Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.
> 
>>>>>> https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
>>>>>> [score 79]
> 
>>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/ [rating 8.1]
> 
>>>>> Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p
> 
>>>> Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?
> 
>>> And what is a "linear premiere"?
> 
>> "Linear" = broadcast (or cable) TV. As opposed to "streaming".
> 
> "Linear" is meaningless industry jargon. D.T. is asking you not to use
> the term at all.
> No, I wasn't.  Because I didn't know what it meant.  Personally I 
suspect a better division would be between interval release (1 episode a 
week like traditional TV) and batch release (all episodes released at 
once for immediate binging).

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