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Rise up + rebel--Contact imdb, every one of you

posted 11 years ago by ciocio-2
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Hey, everyone--I, like so many others, am sick of having particular shows (whether originally created under the auspices of GREAT PERFORMANCES, or acquired by them from elsewhere) being buried, simply because of their connection to PBS's GP. It should be perfectly possible for imdb to list each item properly, separately, so that it can be found in a search of its title, and so that it has its own page and its own message board, and still make it clear that the item was shown on PBS as part of the GP series. That last part does not have to obscure everything else about the title, or cause the cast or crew to be mislabeled so that even a search on their credits doesn't reveal the property.

SO--We need to ALL contact imdb about this issue, in numbers that might really get their attention and give them impetus to fix this problem. Meanwhile, we should also contact creators, or rights-holders of various, individual pieces, AND contact PBS, and let them know how imdb's policy/practice vis-à-vis GREAT PERFORMANCES is making it difficult or even impossible to find those pieces on this important site. It does make a difference to their business and profits. If we could get cast and crew members to also let their voices be heard, so much the better. It's just such a ridiculous, muddling situation as it is, and quite contrary to the purpose and aims of a site like imdb; instead of aiding the finding and gathering information and insight on a piece, this situation buries and obscures individual pieces. Really unacceptable, and we can at least try to get it changed. Contact imdb (hopefully someone with decision authority) soon and often on this issue. Thanks

Multiplex: 100+ shows a day, NONE worth watching. John Sayles' latest: NO distribution. SAD.

[–] askilaun 10 years ago

Nah. Every stand alone work should be listed only by the umbrella title applied to it by the American company who bought the local broadcasting rights and shovelled them out again, en masse, with their own tepid, second-hand branding headlining it.

Okay, I'm kidding. If the same ludicrous model was used for other countries' broadcasters, James Whale's 'Frankenstein' (1931) and many more movies up to Freddie Francis' 'Paranoiac' (1963) -- and beyond -- could be preposterously listed under (UK broadcaster) ITV's 1970's late Friday night umbrella title, 'Night of the Demon'. Since that would be an obviously idiotic thing to do, I can't really understand why anyone but an idiot would lump together independent and unconnected works (in a way that co-incidentally makes them difficult to find on IMDB) just because a US broadcaster once slapped an arbitrary linking title over them.

Unless works were conceived as part of a series, they should not be listed as part of a series. They should be listed as individual works in their own right.

Elsewhere on these boards I notice that a contributor has posted

< Shame on PBS [...] For not making more of these [Great Performances] productions available for purchase >

Since they are independently produced and PBS has (presumably) only bought limited broadcasting rights, they obviously aren't the people to release them for purchase by the public. That -- also -- would be more clearly evident if the programmes were listed as they should be: as individual works.

[–] steven_torrey 9 years ago

I agree with you--though at this point it seems a lost cause.