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re: Ted Turner's Film and Television Legacy
Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:45 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:45 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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unneeded gimmick.
It is and now it has evolved into 30,000 tweets daily saying BREAKING and "so and so just DESTROYED this other person" all over insignificant shite.
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Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:15 pm to Espritdescorps
shut up loser
Posted on 5/7/26 at 6:08 pm to Fewer Kilometers
"If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect".
RIP Ted.
RIP Ted.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 9:37 pm to Chadaristic
His best role was Family Guy.....
Posted on 5/8/26 at 6:41 am to Fewer Kilometers
TBS gave me over a decade of Atlanta Braves baseball, which was a real roller coaster ride from the late 80’s through the 90’s and a staple of my teenage years. Turner also bankrolled “Gettysburg,” which is one of my GOAT war movies. I also looked forward to TCM’s Memorial Day marathon of the epic WWII movies made in the 60’s and 70’s like Patton, The Longest Day, Battle of Britain, The Great Escape, A Bridge Too Far, etc. Every year my old man and I would sit and watch those movies together all day. As loathed as CNN is today, no one can deny it was the go-to for coverage of the first Gulf War, another core memory for a young teenager like me obsessed with all things military back then.
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 6:50 am
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:07 am to Fewer Kilometers
Once you really start digging into it, you come to realize his influence is immeasurable.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 9:04 am to Cleathecat
quote:Don't sleep on Futurama's Lost City of Atlanta.
His best role was Family Guy.....
Posted on 5/8/26 at 9:13 am to udtiger
quote:I'd throw him a parade just for what Cartoon Network and Adult Swim did for my kids and I in the 90s.
Once you really start digging into it, you come to realize his influence is immeasurable.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 11:11 am to tylerdurden24
Shoot, forgot all about Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Whatever CNN turned into should not tarnish his legacy. And don't forget about HLN.
Forget about his choice of spouses, TT was a good dude.
Whatever CNN turned into should not tarnish his legacy. And don't forget about HLN.
Forget about his choice of spouses, TT was a good dude.
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/8/26 at 11:30 am to CR4090
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Shoot, forgot all about Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Another one to add was Ted's Montana Grill. Bison-related steakhouse with operations across the southeast. He was an avowed advocate for the American West, and the bison in particular. By making it a foodstuff, and reintroducing bison to the American diet, he ultimately did tremendous conservation for bison as a whole.
Legend.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 1:11 pm to Fewer Kilometers
RIP Ted.
He is a one of one as someone once said.
I grew following him and Turner Broadcasting. Wrote school reports and gave presenations on it.
His impact on society is tremendous. His impact is up there with only a few others.
He is a one of one as someone once said.
I grew following him and Turner Broadcasting. Wrote school reports and gave presenations on it.
His impact on society is tremendous. His impact is up there with only a few others.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:49 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:a curiously disappointing episode
Futurama's Lost City of Atlanta
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:59 am to Godzilla jr
quote:early TNT was essentially a dress rehearsal for TCM (I first saw The Last Flight [1931] on TNT]
who else stayed up late on TNT Saturday nights to watch MonsterVision?
After TCM started TNT quickly went to shite, showing The American President 5 times a week
Posted on 5/9/26 at 1:21 am to udtiger
Turner is the reason A Christmas Story is considered a classic. He wanted a Christmas movie and the rights to Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, and the other big titles were already owned by someone else so he found this little movie no one had ever seen and kept shoving it down our throats until people liked it. He is also responsible for keeping The Wizard of Oz relevant.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 2:31 am to Brosef Stalin
quote:Very true - I almost mentioned it myself. It's the most blatant example of manufacturing a "classic"
Turner is the reason A Christmas Story is considered a classic. He wanted a Christmas movie... so he found this little movie no one had ever seen and kept shoving it down our throats
Posted on 5/9/26 at 7:57 am to Kafka
TNT's first airing of "The Lost Flight" (1931) was in September 1989. I watched it and taped it then. The network showed all those WB Richard Barthelmess films, most of which I liked, except for the dreary, commie "Heroes for Sale" (1933).
The TNT network started the 1st week of October 1988, and my vcr went into overdrive. I watched/taped at least 50 movies that first month. It was an avalanche of old films (early RKO, WB, MGM) that I'd never encountered before. Films that had indeed been in tv-syndication fairly widely in the mid-1950s to early-1960s, but had greatly disappeared after that. Until TNT and then TCM brought them back.
The TNT network started the 1st week of October 1988, and my vcr went into overdrive. I watched/taped at least 50 movies that first month. It was an avalanche of old films (early RKO, WB, MGM) that I'd never encountered before. Films that had indeed been in tv-syndication fairly widely in the mid-1950s to early-1960s, but had greatly disappeared after that. Until TNT and then TCM brought them back.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 1:26 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Gotta mention his role in the Monday Night Wars vs Vince McMahon. What a time to be a dumbass 15 year old boy.
ETA: see it’s been covered
ETA: see it’s been covered
This post was edited on 5/9/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 5/9/26 at 1:41 pm to St Augustine
Dude was also the largest private land owner in America for a long time. Gates might have dethroned him but he really did believe in conservation.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
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Gettysburg and Gods and Generals are both quintessential films for Civil War buffs. Those do not get made without him
I don't think he financed it, but TNT aired the made for TV movie about the Hunley sub as well
As a side note Turner was a major part of the financing for the raising of the actual Hunley from off the coast of Charleston.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 7:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:A Christmas Story had been building a fan base for years. It was a slow build, but it was a known Christmas classic before the 24 hour thing changed its status to a semi-annoyance for some.
he found this little movie no one had ever seen and kept shoving it down our throats until people liked it.
quote:The Wizard of Oz was an annual TV event on CBS and had great ratings until VHS came along and allowed people to watch it whenever they wanted it. Turner leased The Wizard of Oz BACK to CBS so that they'd kill off the the hold that they had on Gone With the Wind (which Turner wanted exclusive rights to). Eventually CBS gave the rights back and Turner ran marathons of TWoO on TBS and TNT. The Wizard of Oz was never in danger of becoming a forgotten film.
He is also responsible for keeping The Wizard of Oz relevant.
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