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Original title of the headline: Criterion Finally Gives Americans the Chance to See Kubrick’s Preferred Cut of ‘The Shining’ — but Which Version Is Better?

It's BS, Stanley considered both the U.S. and International Cuts director's cuts and kept both cuts in circulation.

I'm Canadian, we have no way to watch the show right now outside of a Pluto TV channel which doesn't let you choose which episode you wanna watch and a Prime Video paid add-on channel that 1. nobody has and 2. only has the first 2 seasons (and before you say the DVDs, the Sony DVDs got rid of Love and Marriage after Season 2 and the Mill Creek DVDs have terrible compression because they put too many episodes onto a disc). They just took it off the only service where they actually had the entire show so hope you Americans enjoy while we Canadians suffer.

Over the past 3 Thursdays, TCM has been showing Stanley's complete filmography (minus The Seafarers). Tonight, they finish the job with:
8PM ET: THE TCM PREMIERE OF THE SHINING (1980), YES, IN 32 YEARS, TCM HAS NEVER AIRED THE SHINING, THAT CHANGES TONIGHT.
Before the next film, at 10:30PM ET, they will show a short musical from 1941 called Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra.
And then at 10:45PM ET: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Before the finale, at 12:45AM ET, we will have an amazing Chuck Jones Looney Tunes short from 1953 titled Bully for Bugs.
And then last but certainly not least, at 1AM ET: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)*
*Like Barry Lyndon last week, unfortunately Eyes Wide Shut will not be seen in Canada and will be replaced by Battle of the Bulge (1965).

There was a post here a week or two ago saying that the show was coming to Netflix here in Canada on October 5th, but we didn't know what seasons they were gonna be until the full list of what's coming came out. Well, the list came out today and it said that it will be Seasons 1-14. 489 of the show's 635 episodes will be arriving on Netflix here in Canada next Monday. The 146 episodes of Seasons 15-20 hopefully will come join them at some point.

8PM EST: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
11:45PM EST: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
1:15AM EST: Barry Lyndon (1975)*
*Barry Lyndon will only be seen in the U.S. and will unfortunately be blacked out for Canadian viewers (which I'm one of) and will be replaced by Around The World in 80 Days (1956).

Posting this banger because of recent events (TEAM MACKLEMORE)

Hope y'all have been enjoying Completely Kubrick on Thursday nights. I know I have, but my enjoyment's been soured and the last 2 weeks are, uh, not gonna be complete here in Canada.
This Thursday, we here in Canada will get to enjoy 2001 and A Clockwork Orange but we will not get to enjoy Barry Lyndon. YIKES.
Personally, an even bigger yikes is the fact that EYES WIDE SHUT'S GETTING BLACKED OUT NEXT THURSDAY. WE DON'T EVEN GET TO WATCH HIS LAST FILM.

It's been nearly a year since MeTV added Everybody Loves Raymond and nearly 6 months since they added The Golden Girls. I personally believe that they both fit the mission statement of MeTV, but there is a loud minority that doesn't. MeTV is EXTREMELY calculated in what shows they decide to add, and they have to fit the mission statement:

If a show is on MeTV, it has to be timeless, memorable, character-driven, have good storylines and can resonate with younger and older viewers alike.

Even during those 9 months where they had Monk, Monk fit that mission statement.
Everybody Loves Raymond and The Golden Girls also fit that mission statement, but it feels like a lot of us MeTV fans are being more closed-minded just because of the time period in which they aired.
Yes, MeTV considers the time period in which a show aired when they decide to add new shows, but they consider more than that, and it feels like a lot of y'all don't understand that because I have seen suggestions for shows that really don't fit the factors in the mission statement and only consider the time period.
In short, don't worry, they're not going down the Nick at Nite and TV Land route, and I genuinely believe that they NEVER will.

(P.S. M*A*S*H is one of the most important shows in television history, and is MeTV's most popular show. The only way M*A*S*H leaves MeTV is if they lose the rights to it.)

8PM EST: Spartacus (1960)
11:30PM EST: Lolita (1962)
2:15AM EST: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1964)

I've had 2 people from markets where the show's aired already tonight confirm to me that that sick-son-of-a-bitch's voice was in tonight's rerun. I really never wanted to hear his voice again, goddamn it.

I don't know if y'all remember the ABC obstacle course show Wipeout (2008-2014). I do and I genuinely think it's one of the most fun shows ever put on US television. The rips I've found, the movement is much slower than I remember it being when it was airing on ABC. Turns out the show was shot at and aired at 59.94fps, and all the rips have slowed it down to either 25fps or 29.97fps. I've looked everywhere I possibly could for the show at 59.94fps and have gotten nowhere. I'm posting here hoping that maybe I can get somewhere because I genuinely don't know where else to ask. Any help would be most appreciated.

Wipeout was shot at 59.94fps, and it aired on ABC at that frame rate. I can't find rips at 59.94fps despite the show being made at that frame rate and airing at that frame rate. I've found rips at 25fps and 29.97fps, and they are not how I remember the show looking on ABC. If anybody can help me find the show at 59.94fps, please do.

8PM EST: Killer's Kiss (1955)
9:15PM EST: Day of the Fight (1951)
9:45PM EST: The Killing (1956)
11:15PM EST: Flying Padre (1951)
11:30PM EST: Paths of Glory (1957)
1:15AM EST: Fear and Desire (1952)

Fun fact: Super Sci-Fi Saturday Night is one of the only two places you can watch Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in HD.
The only other place you can is MeTV+ weeknights at 2am EST and barely anybody gets MeTV+ so for most people the only option is Super Sci-Fi Saturday Night at 2AM/1C, so savor it.
At least Lost in Space which airs before Voyage was put on Blu-ray (even though the Blu-ray is out-of-print).
Disney really shouldn't have bought Fox man.

Hogan's Heroes is moving to weekdays at 6:30AM/5:30C starting September 7th on MeTV, right before Toon In with Me.
M*A*S*H will be returning to weeknights at 6PM/5C.