Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
#1Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 5:45pm
Love Aaron Tveit, have ever since NEXT TO NORMAL, but will not watch THE GOOD FIGHT, even with this great cast. I am outraged that CBS started the series on network TV, but now you have to pay to watch the rest of it on their cable station. Just think, now we can pay to watch 641 episodes of BIG BROTHER, bfd.
Aaron, come back to Broadway, we miss you!
#2Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 6:11pm
i agree, seems kind of *****y on CBS's part. Hopefully they release it on a wider platform at some point.
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#3Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 6:58pm
The Good Fight has been AMAZING!! Best show airing right now.
Tveit hasn't been on yet, but what has aired has mostly been thrilling. Who knew hearing Diane Lockhart scream FVCK would be the most fulfilling thing to happen this year!
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
Nycat63
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/16
#4Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 10:10pm
You could wait until the season ends (I believe it's 10 episodes) and get the free trial for a week ...
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#5Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 10:15pm
The Good Fight was always promoted as part of the CBS All Access service (as was their upcoming Star Trek series). Nothing shady, they just want exclusive content to get subscribers. But I agree Tveit needs to come back to the stage (as do Baranski and Cush Jumbo)
Ragged Tear
Understudy Joined: 2/4/05
#6Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 10:39pm
Yes, the premiere on CBS broadcast was merely a free peek at something always announced as an All Access exclusive. No bait and switch at all.
But go ahead and be OUTRAGED!
Nycat63
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/16
#7Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/22/17 at 11:09pm
Ragged Tear said: "Yes, the premiere on CBS broadcast was merely a free peek at something always announced as an All Access exclusive. No bait and switch at all.
But go ahead and be OUTRAGED!
I just reread the OPs post more carefully - yes, it was always clear from the start that the rest of the season would not be on broadcast television. The ads during the premiere repeated it several times. For what it's worth, it's a great show and I don't mind paying for a couple months to watch it - obviously I'd prefer it were free, but they didn't trick us into anything.
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#8Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/23/17 at 6:18am
They're doing the same thing with the new Star Trek series.
I guess this is the new business model for TV - start shows for free and then make you pay for it.
#9Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/23/17 at 8:11am
You can easy thwart their efforts by not watching the free one?
Nycat63
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/16
#10Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/23/17 at 3:20pm
As long as we are (kind of) on this topic, does anyone know what the connection between the creators of The Good Wife and the Good Fight and so many Broadway actors is? Just in a few episodes of the Good Fight we've seen JCM, Anthony Rapp, Corey Cott, Kelli O'Hara, etc. and Aaron is coming up. A lot of predominantly Broadway actors appeared on the Good Wife as well, and Braindead had Aaron, Nikki M James, Traci Thoms, Megan Hilty, and Beth Malone. I'm missing many others, of course. It's great to see but I always wondered. And they tend to get meatier parts/arcs than the "victim of the week" or "witness" roles many have had in the Law & Order franchise. Anyway, just curious!
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#11Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/23/17 at 3:51pm
Nycat63 said: "As long as we are (kind of) on this topic, does anyone know what the connection between the creators of The Good Wife and the Good Fight and so many Broadway actors is? Just in a few episodes of the Good Fight we've seen JCM, Anthony Rapp, Corey Cott, Kelli O'Hara, etc. and Aaron is coming up. A lot of predominantly Broadway actors appeared on the Good Wife as well, and Braindead had Aaron, Nikki M James, Traci Thoms, Megan Hilty, and Beth Malone. I'm missing many others, of course. It's great to see but I always wondered. And they tend to get meatier parts/arcs than the "victim of the week" or "witness" roles many have had in the Law & Order franchise. Anyway, just curious!"
The connection is the talent pool. Both THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT were filmed in NYC --- and that's where the Broadway actors are.
Nycat63
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/16
#12Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/24/17 at 6:01pm
JSquared2 said: "Nycat63 said: "As long as we are (kind of) on this topic, does anyone know what the connection between the creators of The Good Wife and the Good Fight and so many Broadway actors is? Just in a few episodes of the Good Fight we've seen JCM, Anthony Rapp, Corey Cott, Kelli O'Hara, etc. and Aaron is coming up. A lot of predominantly Broadway actors appeared on the Good Wife as well, and Braindead had Aaron, Nikki M James, Traci Thoms, Megan Hilty, and Beth Malone. I'm missing many others, of course. It's great to see but I always wondered. And they tend to get meatier parts/arcs than the "victim of the week" or "witness" roles many have had in the Law & Order franchise. Anyway, just curious!"
The connection is the talent pool. Both THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT were filmed in NYC --- and that's where the Broadway actors are.
Yes, I do understand that - I guess it always felt to me like there was something more to it. There are plenty of good actors in NY (granted obviously more working tv actors are based in LA), it just seemed like these particular shows not only utilized the Broadway talent pool, they really utilized them. And particularly musical theater actors (forgot to mention Alan Cumming in particular, who had a major role in Good Wife, and of course Tveit in Braindead). Other shows film in NY and don't showcase so many well-known Broadway types, so I guess I thought there some deeper connection that I was always curious about. But maybe not.
#13Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 3/24/17 at 6:36pm
As a huge fan of The Good Wife who hated to see it end last year, I absolutely love The Good Fight and have to admit that it's better than the last season or two of its predecessor series. For the approximately $18 it'll cost me to watch it a week at a time (less than two movie tickets and half the price of a rush ticket) for 10 hours of entertainment, I think it's worth subscribing to another service for a short ten-week period of time.
robskynyc
Broadway Star Joined: 4/17/18
#14Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 5/27/18 at 10:39pmWe can add Taylor Louderman to that list now. Just watched th season 2 finale of the good fight and Taylor was on :)
Eliza2
Broadway Star Joined: 1/7/16
#15Aaron Tveit yes, CBS All Access NO!
Posted: 5/27/18 at 10:49pm
This article
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/20wife.html
talks about The Good Wife sort of following the Law and Order model - yes, filming in NYC means lots of Broadway actors are available, but they are also flexible with the filming schedule - allowing actors to film during the day and then perform their Broadway shows at night.
It also says
“The Good Wife” is set in Chicago, yet its creators and writing team, Michelle and Robert King, said they decided to film in New York because Ms. Margulies wished to remain based there. But they added that Ms. Margulies and Mark Saks, the show’s casting director, were passionate advocates of the city’s distinguished ranks of theater actors.
