Lone Star

[Landed]

Did anybody watch this? It came highly recommended, but the ratings were crapola, so I'm thinking that I must of been the only one who saw it last night.

I thought James Wolk was great in the lead role and he and David Keith worked really well together as father and son. The show dragged a little in the middle, but overall, I liked it. Somehow, I think the premise is unsustainable, even if Fox keeps the show around, which I know looks doubtful.

 

[Harvey]

The billboard advertising here in Los Angeles has heavily emphasized the angle of a man getting to sleep with two different gorgeous women, and that immediately lost my interest, so it hasn't been on my radar at all. Actually, with that kind of advertising, I'm surprised it did so poorly in the ratings. A big shame that it's actually worthwhile, but struggling in the ratings.

 

[bigdaddy]

Will be canceled REALLY soon, so I hope you didn't like it too much.

 

[Starbreaker]

It was my favorite pilot over the last two days, so I'm disappointed nobody (the Nielsens households that may or may not exist) watched it. They probably should have put it on a week before the Event.

 

[Dream]

Lone Star? Is this show about Space Balls or something?

 

[Jack Bauer]

There's buzz that the show is going to be cancelled very soon. It totally bombed.

 

[Trekker4747]

Lone Star? Is this show about Space Balls or something?

Nope. But I'm afraid people, even young people, will hear that whenever this title is said. It's all I heard when I heard the commercials were the characters in the movie saying "Lone Star!"

 

[Chaos Descending]

I thought that it was actually quite terrible.

I don't think the hype accurately portrayed the nature of the show correctly.

I was expecting something much more exciting.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I thought it was something like Hustle or The Riches after reading the description, but it turned out to be something much more boring and predictable than that.

 

[Jack Bauer]

This shows that no matter how much critical acclaim something gets it doesn't mean it'll do well. Maybe no one's in the mood to watch a show about a con man.

 

[Landed]

This shows that no matter how much critical acclaim something gets it doesn't mean it'll do well. Maybe no one's in the mood to watch a show about a con man.

Maybe.

Or maybe it's just on in a bad time slot.

I hadn't seen any promotional material for the show aside from a review I had read on Aint It Cool a few hours before the show actually aired. Like I said, I enjoyed it, hoping Fox gives it a chance.

 

[Dream]

Like I said, I enjoyed it, hoping Fox gives it a chance.

Not with those ratings. They've killed shows that have gotten better numbers.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Lone Star? Is this show about Space Balls or something?

Nope. But I'm afraid people, even young people, will hear that whenever this title is said. It's all I heard when I heard the commercials were the characters in the movie saying "Lone Star!"

I thought of the murder mystery starring Chris Cooper when I heard of that phrase.

 

[Jack Bauer]

It aired opposite The Event, right? That may have hurt it some. I dunno. The ads just didn't seem appealing at all.

 

[bigdaddy]

This shows that no matter how much critical acclaim something gets it doesn't mean it'll do well. Maybe no one's in the mood to watch a show about a con man.

Maybe.

Or maybe it's just on in a bad time slot.

I hadn't seen any promotional material for the show aside from a review I had read on Aint It Cool a few hours before the show actually aired. Like I said, I enjoyed it, hoping Fox gives it a chance.

Really? Do your eyes work? The ads were EVERYWHERE! Fox had more ads for the show than any other show all summer long.

 

[Starbreaker]

I didn't see anything either. I thought Lone Star was the one with Jimmy Smits.

 

[bigdaddy]

I didn't see anything either. I thought Lone Star was the one with Jimmy Smits.

That's Outlaw, it's on Fridays on NBC. It's as good as dead too.

 

[RedShirt]

We saw it. It didn't light any fires but it was decent enough; we'll tune in again.

 

[Starbreaker]

I didn't see anything either. I thought Lone Star was the one with Jimmy Smits.

That's Outlaw, it's on Fridays on NBC. It's as good as dead too.

Yeah, they didn't have any faith in it to begin with apparently. Poor Jimmy can't catch a break except for Dexter.

 

[auntiehill]

The ads for it put me right off. It looked like something from the 80s---some over-directed show about slick con men/crooked businessmen who get all the girls/cars/etc.

Bleh. No thanks.