Talk:List of Showtime original programming

meadowlands
it directs to a different page, not the meadowlands television show page. Svrangerchrista (talk) 04:03, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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We Hunt Together
We Hunt Together has been acquired by Showtime from the UK network Alibi for exclusive first-run US rights to the series. However, including it in this article would mean that it goes against the recent title name change which was done because this list didn't include acquisitions. What do you guys think about this? Apd9696 (talk) 11:29, 25 June 2020 (UTC)


 * The whole purpose of the page move was to separate originals from acquisitions. So I think it is fine that it is not here, but a list of exclusive distribution programs can be created to list acquisitions if somebody has time on their hands to do the research. Picsovina (talk) 07:10, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * There's no point in making a new page for only 2 shows. I think they shouldn't be totally ignored becuase they are exclusive first-run acquisitions for Showtime. What I think is best is to move the page back to it's original title to allow for acquisitions. Apd9696 (talk) 07:27, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I believe there had to be more than 2 acquisitions in the history of Showtime, just nobody bothered to list them. Anyway, I oppose, due to above reason. Picsovina (talk) 07:32, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I understand what you're saying and I agree there are probably more than 2 acquisitions. But if no one added them before why not add them now? I'm pretty sure you did something similar with List of Lionsgate Films films - moving the page to allow for a VOD release to be included in the list. Why should this be any different? Apd9696 (talk) 14:49, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I just wanted to point out that there was a major discussion to move these pages to only include original programming with consensus to do so. So if we want to overrule that consensus then a new consensus needs to be reached for this page. I would not compare this to the Lionsgate page, as all releases are Lionsgate-related productions there, I only aligned the page with other similar pages to include not only theatrical releases, but also VOD releases, some of which were already present on the page btw. It is still incomplete, but due to a shifting trend to release movies via streaming/VOD it was sort of an actualization of that page and a standardization move, I was rather eliminating an exception there than overruling a consensus, because major studio pages also include VOD/streaming releases. So in my opinion best practice would be to create a separate page for acquisitons and include the link to it on the original programming page even if it would be incomplete yet. Picsovina (talk) 09:18, 6 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm not trying to overrule a consensus but at the time of the consensus this list was only made up of original programming. Things change all the time though and we do have to adapt to these changes in different ways. I only brought up Lionsgate because I felt it was a similar case, but if you say it wasn't then it wasn't, it was your edit after all. If we have to come to another consensus for this then it would be great if other users could get involved in this discussion, but I just don't see why we should leave out acquisitions, especially those that are exclusive first-run acquisitions like We Hunt Together. Apd9696 (talk) 14:45, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's like saying the whole List of Netflix exclusive international distribution programming page shouldn't exist (I assume that's something similar to what you propose and that does work well). We Hunt Together is a Showtime original just as say Peaky Blinders is a Netflix (US) original. The page is included in a hatnote in the List of Netflix original programming too, so it being there means it's part of the original programming in some form even if it's not in the actual list. I don't see why we should make another page for about 10–25 titles (if there are even more than the 2 mentioned). It could just be a section of this page with an explanation in writing before the table. Totally ignoring exclusive first-run acquisitions just makes zero sense to me I'm sorry. Apd9696 (talk) 14:56, 6 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Well we both said what we had to, I guess? We can wait for others to state their opinions. If you are adamant to create an "Acquisitions" section on this page until then, I am fine with it, just clearly separate it from originals. Picsovina (talk) 17:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm going to leave the page as it is for now. We can discuss further if and when a new proposal comes to light. Apd9696 (talk) 22:13, 6 October 2020 (UTC)