Studios really need to rethink what constitutes "shitty" ratings with genre shows if they are going to continue to make them.
CHUCK RENEWED!
- Thread starter Temis the Vorta
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Chuck = 48 episodes
Boston Legal = 101 episodes
Yeah keep whining. The only way this could be better is if I could drink your tears.
The reality shows make NBC more money.
The Founder is NOT wise in all things! Jeffster rocks!
Hearty agreement about Baldwin, tho. I imagine I'm not alone in that sentiment. They also need to keep Sarah of course plus Ellie & Awesome. That gives them a core group that could keep the show going very nicely.
Amazingly enough...I think they're starting to. I've been wondering when the ice would break, and they realize that they need to count stuff other than the Nielsens. Even tho I've been waiting for it, it's weird to see it apparently happening.
I guess it helps that they have no other choice. You got either your cult genre shows on the one hand, or the same old reality TV/police procedurals/mainstream sitcoms on the other. Genre shows are hard to keep alive but it's hard to compete in the reality TV/police procedurals/mainstream sitcoms field, because they are all the same, so what distinguishes your new entry from all the others?
There's a limit to the lowest-common-denomenator approach. Networks will want to use both strategies because neither is particularly "good" but both can be made to work.
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There might be no need to COMPLETELY get rid of whole characters as we seem to be thinking. Look at Scrubs in season 8, they had a big budget cut, and the result was reduced cast appearances per episodes.. but I don't think any main characters were actually axed. Some just didn't appear as frequently, or appeared rotationally.
The only reason I'd be sad to see the Buymore go is the change they'd have to make to the opening credits.
Damn, I did not see that coming. It's gonna be a long wait.
Huh, guess so.
One of two things will happen.
-Abscence makes the heart grow fonder. Meaning it'll have great return ratings.
-People move on tired of the wait. This was my attitude toward nuBSG
Heroes reportedly, will only get a 19 episode season, and they'll run without a break. So Chuck's 13 eps gives NBC 32 hours for the season, rather than the 44 a full season for both would generate. ..Their penny pitching pays off, at least for them...
Chick sounds like a show that should be on pay cable...
But weith the Winter Olympics airing for 2 weeks in February, I'd rather they wait, than debut it in January, then take it off until March. At least, it'll stay on Mondays, and not move to Fridays.
I should really sleep more and debug boring stuff lessChick sounds like a show that should be on pay cable...
At least, it'll stay on Mondays, and not move to Fridays.
Chick sounds like a show that should be on pay cable...
Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot.
--Ted
