Four word's to save NBC - Saturday Night's Main Event.
Do you smell what Barack is cooking?
NBC Considers Cutting On-Air Time
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Do you smell what Barack is cooking?
Four word's to save NBC - Saturday Night's Main Event.
Do you smell what Barack is cooking?
Yes, smells like cabbage to me. Peee-eew!
I think Stone Cold did that in his office, actually.
Ahhh, wrestling.
Ahhh, wrestling.
I think Stone Cold did that in his office, actually.
Ahhh, wrestling.
Careful, or I'll suggest NBC replace their Saturday viewing with "JR Visits Dr. Heiney".
The People's Elbow, with The Rock and Barack - a weekly update from the oval office?
Yeah, I know.
I'm pretty sure that note was handed to him.
"Mention a wrestler!"
"Ultimate Warrior?"
"NO!"
"Mention a wrestler!"
"Ultimate Warrior?"
"NO!"
If Barack Obama had associated himself with Mr. Santa's Rapist himself he would have lost the election.
This is just another symptom of a larger truth - the broadcast industry is dieing.
Whoop-de-freaking-do.
Cable has been doing far superior work the past 5+ years. They can go further into adult realms than network. Which, gasp, people actually enjoy! For shame! Even when not going adult, they still produce better quality - look at MONK as prime example. That said, adult dramas like The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, nBSG, Burn Notice, are all non-pay-channel cable, and all have done really well for themselves, because they don't have to tip-toe around the FCC and 'broadcast standards' to the anal-retentive degree ABC, CBS, NBC, and even FOX do.
Likewise, cable has a relative lack of reality TV. Or at least prime-time high-profile "stuffed down your gullet" reality TV. Broadcast is cholk full of the shit. Why? They think it's cheaper. It may be, but it also sucks more.
I'm a TV geek. An addict. I love TV. I used to have multiple shows every damn night of the week I watched. The past 3-4 years, that's vanished. Now? I watch MSNBC prime time more than anything else. I have not picked up a single new TV show this season to watch, and am loosing at least 2 or 3 soon. I only ever watched Survivor, and I've stopped that, as even I got bored of it -- and if you knew me, and how OCD I am... I've watched Star Trek First Contact 132 times, people... I don't get bored easily. So when I get bored of something? Time to pack it in! The goose is cooked!
*Sigh*
If the networks want to survive, they must evolve! Repeating this same vicious circle for years, decades on end, will no longer work. We're a point-click-and-download society now. We don't want to schedule our entertainment, FFS! Accept the fact, abandon broadcast in favor of download-able TV like "on demand" and lets move on.
Whoop-de-freaking-do.
Cable has been doing far superior work the past 5+ years. They can go further into adult realms than network. Which, gasp, people actually enjoy! For shame! Even when not going adult, they still produce better quality - look at MONK as prime example. That said, adult dramas like The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, nBSG, Burn Notice, are all non-pay-channel cable, and all have done really well for themselves, because they don't have to tip-toe around the FCC and 'broadcast standards' to the anal-retentive degree ABC, CBS, NBC, and even FOX do.
Likewise, cable has a relative lack of reality TV. Or at least prime-time high-profile "stuffed down your gullet" reality TV. Broadcast is cholk full of the shit. Why? They think it's cheaper. It may be, but it also sucks more.
I'm a TV geek. An addict. I love TV. I used to have multiple shows every damn night of the week I watched. The past 3-4 years, that's vanished. Now? I watch MSNBC prime time more than anything else. I have not picked up a single new TV show this season to watch, and am loosing at least 2 or 3 soon. I only ever watched Survivor, and I've stopped that, as even I got bored of it -- and if you knew me, and how OCD I am... I've watched Star Trek First Contact 132 times, people... I don't get bored easily. So when I get bored of something? Time to pack it in! The goose is cooked!
*Sigh*
If the networks want to survive, they must evolve! Repeating this same vicious circle for years, decades on end, will no longer work. We're a point-click-and-download society now. We don't want to schedule our entertainment, FFS! Accept the fact, abandon broadcast in favor of download-able TV like "on demand" and lets move on.
right this Jay Leno thing, ive read a few articles I think I understand it now, Fall 2009 Jay Leno moves to 10pm 4 (or 5) nights a week, this feels like a good move
1) NBC can ditch all its under preforming shows without worrying about having nothing to air in there place.
2) NBC is still on air, it has not handed back any hours, yet has found a way to bring down the cost of primetime, whilst preventing a big name moving to another network.
A change yes, but an interesting one none the less.
1) NBC can ditch all its under preforming shows without worrying about having nothing to air in there place.
2) NBC is still on air, it has not handed back any hours, yet has found a way to bring down the cost of primetime, whilst preventing a big name moving to another network.
A change yes, but an interesting one none the less.
That describes me pretty well. And now, there are more nights in the week when I don't watch than the nights I do watch. It's pretty telling when the networks have lost an addict like myself.
Part of it is me getting older I suppose, but a lot of it has to do with the programming choices of the networks. Think back to the 80s and 90s. A solid 3 hours most nights of scripted entertainment programming. Sure some of it was bad, but it was usually bad in a fun way (The A-Team for example) and you enjoyed watching.
Now it's people dancing, singing, losing weight, and getting voted off an island. (Ok, I confess I watch Survivor but my point remains). TV has just lost its overall appeal.
If it's a new Leno show with comedy bits, celebrity guests and musical numbers, wouldn't it undermine Conan O'Brien on the Tonight Show?
Yup. NBC doesn't really seem to have thought this one through aside from the so-called cost savings not having 10pm dramas would provide.
Bring back the XFL!
Don't laugh, they should.
The first game got 54 million viewers, if they fixed the rules a little it could have stayed a huge hit.
And if Leno fails they could always have Rosie Live! back 5 nights a week.
They should do the XFL AND SNME. It could be a WWE Saturday. 
