If I had to guess, those David E. Kelley Boston shows (The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal) would be native New England productions ITTL.
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If I had to guess, those David E. Kelley Boston shows (The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal) would be native New England productions ITTL.
This is correct, they are New England productions. As for a New England version of Hollywood, "Kinda." Brooklyn and Centre County, Long Island are known for producing movies and television shows, although they have a symbiotic relationship with the New York City movie scene. Given the stipulation for "New England content" in both film and television, New England movies will mostly be shot in Long Island, Connecticut, or Adirondack (There is a Brooklyn-Albany Ferry that runs daily, which film crews will use to travel north to Albany and back south to Brooklyn - and you think you had a terrible commute!).
NECN is sort of an "all around" channel. Think of the BBC, except with less soap operas, comedy shows, ect. They do news, documentaries, they run foreign-imported television shows, but also have a few serials that are funded by taxpayers (NECN, despite its origins as 'Cable News' was nationalised in 1993). As for popular movies, much to the chagrin of many arts fans in New England, the most popular movies are from the United States or Britain.
While not related per say, the current Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire, Kenneth Burns, was a highly accomplished historian and documentary maker. His most notable series being "New England," which detailed the history of the Commonwealth from the First Nations inhabitants to 1990, when it was released. While one may believe it to be boring, it also acts as a wider history of the British Empire, giving New Englander's a true sense of their place in the world, by detailing such things as Admiral Perry's daring assault on Sevastopol to break the Russian resistance, Clara Barton's tireless work caring for wounded British soldiers during the Maori wars, Admiral George Dewey's ascension from the New England Navy to the commander of the entire British South Atlantic Fleet, General Charles Doyen's daring Semois Offensive during The Great War, as well as many more.
The United States never contested it. They were more focused on land for slavery (i/e warm), so expansionism was to the south (see all the OTL Mexican territory the US captured), instead of seriously contesting Columbia, the pro-South, pro-Slavery government was having none of this "free land" nonsense, so really liked the idea of places where slaves could work, not the dingy, foggy, northwest which only had some beavers.
It's done modestly well. It's no powerhouse, and it will field a fair number of athletes per sport (both winter and summer), but New England is much better in the Winter Olympics. During the Summer New England will occasionally break into the top 10 for medal count, but during the winter Olympics they always place within the top 5, their main rivals being Norway, Canada, and Germany.
I'll do New Zealand next!
I had an article for this, but I fell asleep last night before I could finish it
The Boston Globe is running a poll for their readers to see who they want to win today's leadership election.
Since Bill Gates and Paul Allen are both Canadians ITTL, is Microsoft a Canadian company or is it still American?
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If I may make a request: A news updtate talking about something happening in Brazil would make my day. We know it's still a Empire and Bolsonaro is President of the Chamber of Ministers(may God have mercy on all brazilians), the equivalent to PM.
Maybe a political scandal, a state visit, something about the monarch, political parties, anything really.
Ps: Glad to offer info on Brazilian politics if you wish.
Maybe a political scandal, a state visit, something about the monarch, political parties, anything really.
Ps: Glad to offer info on Brazilian politics if you wish.
Never was much of a fan of Regan. IOTL he's an overrated Speaker of the House at best, and one who's content with the current status of the HoC at worst.
It might be for the best that Bernie lost, I've played one too many games of HoI4 Red World to trust that man.
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New to this thread, but is there any explanation as to why Maine is its own state?
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