Broadcast News (1987)

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Wikidata Q1539062, film, IMDb tt0092699, TMDB 12626: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 6 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #653, Broadcast News (1987).

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Do the Right Thing: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (best-of-decade contender): Do the Right Thing → Broadcast News. Both come up as perfect movies in the best-movie-of-the-80s conversation.
    “Adam, we had a conversation on this show about Broadcast News a few months ago.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:32:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Jack Nicholson: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Jack Nicholson → Broadcast News. Nicholson also pops off in Broadcast News, another Brooks film.
    “Nicholson also pops off in broadcast news.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:16:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

James L. Brooks: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): James L. Brooks → Broadcast News. Brooks moved from sitcoms to films and had a big success with Terms of Endearment, then Broadcast News, argued to be even better.
    “makes huge success in terms of endearment, then broadcast news, which we argue is even better.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:14:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Long Shot: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (elevator pitch): Long Shot → Broadcast News. Long Shot is hard to pitch in one line, with a Broadcast News remake as the only handle.
    “What is it, is it a remake of broadcast news?”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:37:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Big Chill: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Broadcast News. Same 80s serious-comedy wave.
    “Tootsie, Big Chill, Lost in America, Pritzies on, or Baby Boom, Broadcast News.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Insider: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Insider → Broadcast News. Jokey sequel in which Wigand dates the Broadcast News lady.
    “Or a sequel where he, Jeffrey Wagan, starts dating the broadcast news lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:10 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

Working Girl: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Working Girl → Broadcast News. Grouped with Working Girl as part of the era of the professional woman on screen.
    “broadcast news in like a slightly different way.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): James L. Brooks → Broadcast News. Brooks moved from sitcoms to films and had a big success with Terms of Endearment, then Broadcast News, argued to be even better.
    “makes huge success in terms of endearment, then broadcast news, which we argue is even better.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:14:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Jack Nicholson → Broadcast News. Nicholson also pops off in Broadcast News, another Brooks film.
    “Nicholson also pops off in broadcast news.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:16:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Working Girl → Broadcast News. Grouped with Working Girl as part of the era of the professional woman on screen.
    “broadcast news in like a slightly different way.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Broadcast News. Same 80s serious-comedy wave.
    “Tootsie, Big Chill, Lost in America, Pritzies on, or Baby Boom, Broadcast News.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (elevator pitch): Long Shot → Broadcast News. Long Shot is hard to pitch in one line, with a Broadcast News remake as the only handle.
    “What is it, is it a remake of broadcast news?”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:37:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (best-of-decade contender): Do the Right Thing → Broadcast News. Both come up as perfect movies in the best-movie-of-the-80s conversation.
    “Adam, we had a conversation on this show about Broadcast News a few months ago.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:32:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Insider → Broadcast News. Jokey sequel in which Wigand dates the Broadcast News lady.
    “Or a sequel where he, Jeffrey Wagan, starts dating the broadcast news lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:10 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

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