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The ads…yeah that’s a killer.
I’m hating a repellent horror movie being shoved in my face.Time was those things were rated x or whatever category applied and kept away from general view.
...the Spider-Man series would have worked in a similar manner, but CBS' PTB dragging their feet ordering new episodes (despite the strong ratings), and moving its time slot did not allow it to have a regular, captive audience like The Incredible Hulk.
Some have complained about the lack of...
https://x.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1934260554564063243
83.7M 3-day weekend at US #BoxOffice Breakdown:2.5M WED Fan Screenings 8.6M THU Previews24.5M PURE FRI (35.6M FRI Opening Day including WED+THU)26.5M SAT +8.2% from PURE FRI (-25.6% from FRI incl Previews)21.6M SUN* -18.5% from SAT*Could...
Neat, I didn't exist at that time, so it's not surprising that I didn't know of that iteration.
But it's cool that it did exist. Did you get to see it live on TV while it was on its original Broadcast run?
The Amazing Spider-Man ran on CBS from 1977-79, and had--according to the book Age of TV Heroes (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2010) strong ratings (among a younger demographic), but then-CBS president William Paley did not renew the series thanks to his thin skin over a joke that CBS was no longer the...
50 Years Ago This Week
June 15
Wallace D. Muhammad, who had recently become leader of the American Nation of Islam organization (known popularly as the Black Muslims), told NOI members at a convention in Chicago that the group would accept white people into its membership. Rejecting the...
Well, it was canceled at the time Nielson was starting to track viewer demographics anf while overall it was low rated - for its timeslot it was a top rated show with the 18-34 age group.
Reports are mixed as to whether NBC had access to the demographics from Nielsen when they decided to cancel...
Broadcast and especially linear cable are in a catastrophic decline, with almost no one who isn't AARP-eligible watching anything now (other than sports). The highest-rated shows now pull less viewers than TNG at its height.
I think Paramount would have been better off going the Sony route and...
...Scripted tv is pretty much hopeless unless it’s modern procedural shows with cheap/no set costs, with a changing cast if they get picky over their contracts. Viewing figures and advertising revenue that flops in the 00s were cancelled for would be top ratings today, but still make less money.
The mortgage thing seems a little forced, like they wanted something for both characters. They should have given Archie a promotion or something.
:rommie:
That's very odd. He's their best buddy.
I wonder if it's just been standing empty all this time.
Quite a roster for Mike's graduation. He...
...Orville, and that only got the greenlight because its creator had pull with the network it aired on. And even then, it only managed two seasons of a dozen episodes each. Star Trek on a network can't be expected to do much more than that, even with Kirk and Spock and even if it did get good...
There is a youth TV series called Outer Banks which has been approved for a 5th and final season and is being considered for a spin-off, although the viewership has dropped significantly in the last season. The leading actors are all social media phenomena and the most popular actors have...
This will be a bit of a late comment but I still want to write. As an American production, yes Netflix has series that it cancels after two seasons, either because the viewing rates are low. Or they cannot agree with their producers on the budget. That is why Netflix has very few high budget...
If the show got stellar ratings, that would have absolutely happened.
Jeri Ryan wasn't the problem. The problem was Matalas wanting to make the show Star Trek: Memberberries.
So one would think that if they continued, that viewership would just increase. Yet CBS/P+ didn't do that.
Because they weren't getting the ratings that SNW and STD were getting and with respect to Picard, going forward it was never going to be TNG 2.0 assuming they went beyond season 3 which is the only thing that got Picard any real ratings.
This feels like a recipe for a ratings disaster, imo. I truly do not believe that something like Star Trek stands a chance on network television anymore. Not with Kirk and Spock, even.
Obviously, I can only prove it if they do it, which I would be shocked by. So, I guess it’s a moot point.
Post-50th Anniversary Viewing
All in the Family
"Mike Makes His Move"
Originally aired March 8, 1975
Season finale
The Bunker-Stivics are preparing a party for the dual occasion of burning the paid-off mortgage on the Bunker house and Mike having graduated and gotten a college teaching job...
You're talking to a guy that has raised two self-sufficient daughters to adulthood.
You're also talking to a guy that laments why his daughters aren't dating or even thinks about dating at all.
I am not going to force them to, they are perfectly capable of deciding who and when to date, but...