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Jeff Harris

@nemalki.bsky.social

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Storyteller. Artist. Media Historian/Analyst. Toonhead. INFJ. Aquarius. Fire-Snake. Zbornak. Black Xennial . Straight Dude (he/him). Glitched in the Distortion. The world's on fire, but elbows up. Fight for truth, justice & a better tomorrow. Keep creating

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 10d

I probably should have put out a #projectmtv guide yesterday, but considering I queued a lot of pages with no idea of the link parameters at the time, I couldn't.

So, a page with each section linked.

thoughtnami.blogspot.com/2025/10/proj...

The playlist is also embedded there. It's a lot.

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Kevin Shah @colorreaper.bsky.social · 9m

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Kevin Shah @colorreaper.bsky.social · 9m

The samurai.

#samuraijack

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 6m

Trans rights!

rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 33m

Trans rights!

Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 1h

trans rights!

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 10m

The Roku Channel is doing impossible things and earning accolades and awards. How they managed to put shows folks said would never air anywhere again like Dream On, Homicide, The Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, and others is amazing and should be studied by media historians. A great model.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 10m

Tubi is a fricking godsend because they picked up nearly everything out there. SO much variety. Classic & recent films. Older shows & a few modern ones. One of the biggest animation libraries on streaming media, including nearly 800 Looney Tunes shorts. Weird cult flicks & obscure stuff. Tubi rocks.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 10m

As much as I fault Paramount, they put EVERYTHING on Pluto TV. Library shows, franchises, classics, recent shows, even cable fare. You could legitimately watch Nick programming for free on Pluto TV, including their biggest show, SpongeBob SquarePants. and much of its biggest franchise, Star Trek.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 10m

And that was always Sony's weakness. Sony has a massive library of shows and movies, the second largest in the world (Warner Bros' library is far larger), and did nothing with them on Crackle. They didn't put their bigger properties on the site save small clips, and movies were a bare minimum.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 27m

Yeah... it's funny really how people like to point out that Seinfeld was successful because of that guy when, truth be told, it was big in spite of him and largely because of the folks around him.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 34m

They did.

It was called Crackle.

They were too early.

It lasted nearly 20 years and just shut down about a few months ago.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 1h

"Crunchyroll acquires a company."

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 45m

I would absolutely go for "A Month of Wonder" when that happens. Hoping it won't be any time soon, but I'd go for that.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, but Stevie Wonder gets a whole month.

Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 1h

Every couple of weeks someone great dies and we all make a big thing about how great they are (this week's is Diane Keaton) and it's always lovely because everyone is talking about fun things a cool person did. But I wish we could nominate one person a week we did that for *without* them dying.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 47m

Oh, Netflix publicly stated they're not doing that because, well, the co-CEO said these deals don't have a great track record.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

And Comcast aren't doing that either because the Administration HATES them because they own NBC.

Is Netflix Interested in Warner Bros. Discovery? Greg Peters Says Media Deals “Don’t Have an Amazing Track Record”

The Netflix co-CEO made the comments during the Bloomberg Screentime conference Wednesday evening, adding that the company must "evaluate all our options."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 58m

Rum Punch... um, Jackie Brown, yo.

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ALT: a woman says booyah with a yellow border around her face

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 16h

“i’ve always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women.

when someone says about a woman, ‘i’m sorry, that’s just wrong,’ i tend to think she must be doing something right”

rip diane keaton💔🕊️ (1946-2025)

Photograph of Diane Keaton by Norman Seeff

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 12h

Considering both legacy characters come from Charlton (as did Vigilante and Judomaster), wouldn't surprise me.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 14h

He's a-cookin' up a-somethin'.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 15h

It's a pity WB gave up on teen/young adult programming and never really had a venue for live-action shows for that demographic.

There are plenty of DC characters just rife for that market. I know they want to revisit Blue Beetle, and after watching Kamen Rider ZEZTZ so far, they really should.

a person in a blue helmet is standing in space

Alt: A shot from the 2023 Blue Beetle movie where the titular hero is hovering above the Earth's surface in space and looks in awe of the planet below him.

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 15h

Still remember the first time I played it. I was at my best bud's house, and he had that hooked up to the main TV in the front room.

Life-changing to say the least.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

They're cooking with gas there at the old Watertower.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

Horror has been very, very good for Warner Bros. And the IT TV prequel series is coming to HBO in a couple of weeks. I can imagine that's going to be huge too.

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ALT: a clown holding a red balloon in his hand

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

They're building the future of the studio and regaining the trust of so many creators in the process. Here's hoping whatever they're trying with Warner Bros Animated Pictures will do likewise for the animation industry.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

They actually put this series on the Horror Stories by WB TV FAST channel. A pretty solid selection of rarities there.

Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

Pam and Mike definitely understand the power they wield and yield at Warner Bros.

They both, as a character from a famous New Line film once said, crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

Now they have to convince their boss not to be stupid enough to sell it all.

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Jay 🦋 @jay3085.bsky.social · 17h

@nemalki.bsky.social Warner Bros. Film Chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy on Mining for Next Big Hits youtu.be/aEKGRgiF7rE?...

Warner Bros. Film Chiefs on Mining for Next Big Hits

YouTube video by Bloomberg Live

youtu.be

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