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[shadowkat]

1. So out of curiosity, I'm checking out Eurovision 2018 Playlist -- which is sort of interesting. It's a global song competition, where various countries compete for best song. At least that's what I think it is about. They don't air it on US broadcast or cable television. But you can see it on Youtube and online, apparently.

2. Okay, according to this site Fox has quietly renewed Lucifer for Season 4

FOX has quietly renewed Lucifer for Season 4, to premiere fall 2018, sources exclusively inform RenewCancelTV.

(I agree with the comments, it needs to get away from the love triangles and romances and back to the dark supernatural underpinings of the prior seasons.)

But no one on Reddit is sure if it is true or not.

This site says not renewed yet - https://premieredate.news/tv-series/2893-lucifer.html

And this one isn't sure either: https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/lucifer-season-three-ratings/

Sigh.

Tom Welling and the story arc really hurt the ratings. They dived during his story arc, lifted up briefly for stand-a-lones, then dived again. Because the show suddenly became a boring cop show, with a boring love triangle, and a boring villain.

I think if it gets renewed they need to go back to the comics and jump away from the procedural angle. Also get rid of the love triangles and Pierce. Apparently the commentators agree with me.

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[elisi]

It's a global song competition
European song competition. Don't ask why Australia is included. (OK, it's because they are obsessed with it, and they decided to let them have a go. Twice.) And yes, there's Russia and Israel, but generally it's European. And is broadcast live throughout Europe. :)

[shadowkat]

From what I read, it appears that they started broadening it to include countries in Eastern Europe, Australia, and Israel. The big countries (with populations above 200 million or world powers are still outside the loop --- China, US, and India, apparently. Also all of Asia) are outside of it. It's not broadcast in US, China nor I think India for some reason. Although people in the US have found it and are watching it. There's a man who is holding Eurovision nights in his bar in Manhattan. I think Australia is in this year's contest as well. Australia airs it and it gets better ratings in Australia weirdly than elsewhere. So, the article I read, which I can't find..was calling it a global song competition, probably because of the three countries outside of Europe that have competed? (shrugs)

A couple of writers in the US are obsessed with it and you can find it here, but it requires work.

[elisi]

Yes, it's been going since 1956 (with only 7 countries!) Everyone in Europe has grown up with it. I still remember after the Soviet Union broke up and suddenly there was an influx of lots of new countries.

I've had a quick look back at my own posts and this one is pretty good - the video is utterly perfect. ETA: Or just follow my Eurovision tag, there's a good number of posts and a few live blogging ones too. :)