another mention of bitcoin on primetime TV

[franky1]

ok seems like these shows are giving it a bad name instead of making a plot a person makes a game and then becomes successful using bitcoin will bring in more oportunist instead of promoting negativity asscociated with it.

maybe you should watch some of the shows.

EG
almost human, set in the future where bitcoin is THE currency everyone uses.
simpsons, taking about it as part of Krusties investment portfolio.

both of these never mentioned drugs, underground uses etc.

it takes time for media to catch up with reality, mostly due to the fact that shows are recorded upto 6 months prior to being broadcast. so anything recorded after summer 2013, (after silk road died) should now start to be talking about bitcoin without mentioning drugs websites.

shows recorded today, (after the US/UK tax announcements) should when aired this autumn, be mentioning laundering money less often.

it takes time, so be patient

[Bitcoin Magazine]

ok seems like these shows are giving it a bad name instead of making a plot a person makes a game and then becomes successful using bitcoin will bring in more oportunist instead of promoting negativity asscociated with it.

maybe you should watch some of the shows.

EG
almost human, set in the future where bitcoin is THE currency everyone uses.
simpsons, taking about it as part of Krusties investment portfolio.

both of these never mentioned drugs, underground uses etc.

it takes time for media to catch up with reality, mostly due to the fact that shows are recorded upto 6 months prior to being broadcast. so anything recorded after summer 2013, (after silk road died) should now start to be talking about bitcoin without mentioning drugs websites.

shows recorded today, (after the US/UK tax announcements) should when aired this autumn, be mentioning laundering money less often.

it takes time, so be patient

http://silkroad6ownowfk.onion.  = dead

well i'm glad we're all smoking tobacco and not weed.  GOOD WORK CREW
NOW WERE ALL LIVING IN HEAVEN

[BittBurger]

The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Parks and Recreation

[gweedo]

"At midnight" made fun of bitcoins.

[amspir]

None of them can touch The Good Wife though. First it debuted a full two years before any of the other shows mentioning Bitcoin, but it was also completely dedicated to Bitcoin too.

I really like the "NSA Parallel Construction" issue that was presented a few episodes ago.

[amspir]

Edit: I'll try to keep this top post updated with primetime TV shows mentioning bitcoin

so thats:
The Goodwife
Simpsons
Almost Human
Criminal Minds
Person of Interest.
Justified
Law & Order
BlackList

big named TV shows mentioning bitcoin. please keep posting any shows you come across

I missed the mention in Blacklist.  Could you elaborate?

There was a mention in Portlandia on IFC.   It was a snarky statement, about inviting over a guest who only talks about bitcoin.

[franky1]

I missed the mention in Blacklist.  Could you elaborate?

heres a link
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19n27t_blacklist-mentions-ripple-and-bitcoin_lifestyle

i have already found episode numbers or links to videos to see the bitcoin mentions on the TV shows listed. but which series/episode number  of portlandia do you speak of. as ive never watched the show.. if episode number details are unknown do you know rough airdates the episode in question was, so that it narrows down my search

[Bit_Happy]

Edit: I'll try to keep this top post updated with primetime TV shows mentioning bitcoin

so thats:
The Goodwife
Simpsons
Almost Human
Criminal Minds
Person of Interest.
Justified
Law & Order
BlackList

big named TV shows mentioning bitcoin. please keep posting any shows you come across

Almost Human
"Bitcoin...totally untraceable"  (...LOL?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8LqlMzEe-I

Simpsons here (very short)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV5haSCooHs

[amspir]

but which series/episode number  of portlandia do you speak of. as ive never watched the show.. if episode number details are unknown do you know rough airdates the episode in question was, so that it narrows down my search

Portlandia s02e05, the 2nd to last skit.

[edd]

The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Parks and Recreation

I'm sure no one is surprised that Stewart and Colbert would mention Bitcoin but Parks and Recreation came out of nowhere.

PayPal me some bitcoins: http://youtu.be/o8d3Qdzxwys

[jonald_fyookball]

a few years back i was watching some dateline NBC with Chris Hanson,
they were investigating credit card fraudsters , and they were showing
some electronic bulletin board type site , and the show said that
the fraudsters were selling people's credit card details for as little
as $5.

I kept thinking -- yeah but how are these people sending the $5??

Now that I look back on it, it was probably bitcoins and darkweb.

Not a mention of bitcoin directly, but still kinda cool (not condoning criminality)
in an indirect way.

[Rannasha]

Interesting that there are so many mentions on primetime TV shows and few if any in big budget movies. Just another indication that TV is more relevant than movies these days.

Movies have a far longer production time than TV shows. So TV shows can incorporate news and world events into their story much more rapidly. And since Bitcoin has only been in the media on a larger scale for less than a year, there simply hasn't been enough time for it to sneak into movie-scripts of new releases.

In other news, there was a brief mention of Bitcoin on NCIS. The whole episode centered around bringing down a Silkroad-esque website.

[hilariousandco]

College Humour just did a sketch on it: http://youtu.be/vqNEdDaFLCM

[franky1]

College Humour just did a sketch on it: http://youtu.be/vqNEdDaFLCM

hmmm i dont class this as a PRIME TIME TV show. but just for the hilarity of us talking about prime time TV. then that sketch probably is a great dramatisation of what happens in the writers offices of most prime time shows who have not yet featured bitcoin.

[hilariousandco]

College Humour just did a sketch on it: http://youtu.be/vqNEdDaFLCM

hmmm i dont class this as a PRIME TIME TV show. but just for the hilarity of us talking about prime time TV. then that sketch probably is a great dramatisation of what happens in the writers offices of most prime time shows who have not yet featured bitcoin.

Yeah I know, but I didn't think it warranted its own thread, though I'm sure there'll be a few.

[huanix]

but which series/episode number  of portlandia do you speak of. as ive never watched the show.. if episode number details are unknown do you know rough airdates the episode in question was, so that it narrows down my search

Portlandia s02e05, the 2nd to last skit.

The mention of bitcoin in Portlandia is actually S04E05, not season 2.

See the script here:

http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=portlandia-2011&episode=s04e05

Context:

"[Drum roll] Why did you do that? Tom and Stacey are so annoying, tom only talks about Bitcoins and Stacey only wants to tell me about her new line of jeans, bad boy."

[zimmah]

I'm pretty sure TBBT will mention it in the next season, if a next season comes. But that will take a while.

Sadly, GoT is not likely to mention it ever. Unless there's a commercial break that mentions bitcoin for some reason.

Interesting that there are so many mentions on primetime TV shows and few if any in big budget movies. Just another indication that TV is more relevant than movies these days.

movies are shot a couple of months before being shown in cinemas i guess. Maybe longer.

It will take a while, but then a lot of movies will mention bitcoin at some point.

[franky1]

I'm pretty sure TBBT will mention it in the next season, if a next season comes. But that will take a while.

Sadly, GoT is not likely to mention it ever. Unless there's a commercial break that mentions bitcoin for some reason.

Interesting that there are so many mentions on primetime TV shows and few if any in big budget movies. Just another indication that TV is more relevant than movies these days.

movies are shot a couple of months before being shown in cinemas i guess. Maybe longer.

It will take a while, but then a lot of movies will mention bitcoin at some point.

movies are shot alot longer then just a couple months.. they take upto 9 months after shooting the movie to have time to add all the CG effects.
need proof.. look into Jennifer Lawrence (xmen: mystique - hunger games: katniss)
after filming xmen, she managed to then go on and film 'serena', then she went onto filming 'hungergames: mockingjay p1', and start filming 'hungergames: mockingjay p2'.. all before the xmen movie got released to cinema's.

but i agree intime there will b mentions of bitcoin in movies. but it would be subtle such as how movies talk about dollars, euro's etc. im yt to be convinced of a big budget high profile movie having a whole storyline revolving around bitcoin

[_Miracle]

It's not primetime...it's Amazon Prime - Betas 2nd episode @ about -13 minutes

Jon Stewart was funny as heck...

"who's the new currency?"