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FLASH series being developed for The CW

Kelthaz said:
davejames said:
Do people really care what time anything airs anymore? Ever since getting a DVR I pretty much watch shows in whatever time and order I want to now. And I figured that's what most other people were doing as well.
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I just torrent the episode a day or so after it airs. That's how pretty much everyone I know watches TV these days. It's a major pain in the ass to watch TV live.
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Can be a pain...but as someone mentioned, it helps ratings (and giving us the opportunity to watch more of it). I usually miss Arrow, anyways, & watch it on demand. But Flash is something i can watch with my kids before bedtime.

Out Of My Vulcan Mind said:
Morpheus 02 said:
When's Agent Carter airing? Right after Arrow?
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Arrow is on Wednesday on the CW. Agents of SHIELD will air at 9pm on Tuesdays on ABC. Agent Carter will air in the same timeslot when Agents of SHIELD takes its mid-season break.
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sojourner said:
Morpheus 02 said:
When's Agent Carter airing? Right after Arrow?

If the schedule is true, then good marketing on WB's part (as opposed to Once Upon a Time in Wonderland). I imagine a lot of cross over audience
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Agent Carter will air in Shield's timeslot while it is on break. Different network and night from Arrow.
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My point is people watching Flash will likely stay tuned to Agents of Shield...or better (for the show), returning fans of Agent of Shield will be VERY likely to tune in an hour earlier for Flash, to make Tuesday comic heroes night. (And re-runs of Flash also benefit from new Agent Carter episodes...so catching an even bigger potential audience)
 
Wow, with all these new shows and movies it is definitely a good time to be a superhero fan.

Now if only the studios would give a little more love to the space opera. :(
 
Morpheus 02 said:
Kelthaz said:
davejames said:
Do people really care what time anything airs anymore? Ever since getting a DVR I pretty much watch shows in whatever time and order I want to now. And I figured that's what most other people were doing as well.
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I just torrent the episode a day or so after it airs. That's how pretty much everyone I know watches TV these days. It's a major pain in the ass to watch TV live.
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Can be a pain...but as someone mentioned, it helps ratings (and giving us the opportunity to watch more of it). I usually miss Arrow, anyways, & watch it on demand. But Flash is something i can watch with my kids before bedtime.
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I subscribe to Crunchyroll and Netflix, so I do support TV shows that way. When companies provide me with a convenient way to watch shows legally, like those two services has done, I will happily pay to watch their shows. It's all about convenience. I can't wait until the day that all shows premiere on a Netflix like service.

I'm hoping that HBO Go will offer an online-only subscription in the near future, but since HBO is owned by Time Warner that seems unlikely.
 
Kelthaz said:
Morpheus 02 said:
Kelthaz said:
I just torrent the episode a day or so after it airs. That's how pretty much everyone I know watches TV these days. It's a major pain in the ass to watch TV live.
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Can be a pain...but as someone mentioned, it helps ratings (and giving us the opportunity to watch more of it). I usually miss Arrow, anyways, & watch it on demand. But Flash is something i can watch with my kids before bedtime.
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I subscribe to Crunchyroll and Netflix, so I do support TV shows that way. When companies provide me with a convenient way to watch shows legally, like those two services has done, I will happily pay to watch their shows. It's all about convenience. I can't wait until the day that all shows premiere on a Netflix like service.

I'm hoping that HBO Go will offer an online-only subscription in the near future, but since HBO is owned by Time Warner that seems unlikely.
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They will be adding HBO shows to Amazon Prime's lineup of free TV shows later this month.

As for The Flash, I loved the trailer. My only familiarity with The Flash comes from the DCAU and animated movies, but based on those it looks like they did a good job with the character. I had already been really looking forward to this, but now I'm really really looking forward to this.
 
TayLaLaLa said:
SMALLVILLE lasted 10 seasons. :shrug:
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And about twice as long as it should have....

Christopher said:
Sure, the 1990 series had Barry partnered with Tina McGee, but she was the only one at STAR who knew his secret, and she was assisting him, whereas here it looks more like he's assisting them.
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Did anyone else even work at STAR Labs on that show? As I recall, they always seemed to have the run of the place. Sort of like the Daily Planet staff consisting of four people on the old TV show.

Morpheus 02 said:
Can be a pain...but as someone mentioned, it helps ratings (and giving us the opportunity to watch more of it).
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Don't you have to be a Nielsen household for that?

My point is people watching Flash will likely stay tuned to Agents of Shield...or better (for the show), returning fans of Agent of Shield will be VERY likely to tune in an hour earlier for Flash, to make Tuesday comic heroes night. (And re-runs of Flash also benefit from new Agent Carter episodes...so catching an even bigger potential audience)
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Not sure I follow the logic of that...."Stay tuned" traditionally refers to staying tuned to the same channel. Either network would rather you watch the show before/after their show than hop over to their rival.
 
The Old Mixer said:
TayLaLaLa said:
SMALLVILLE lasted 10 seasons. :shrug:
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And about twice as long as it should have....
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I don't know...I liked the 2nd half, with a lot more references to the greater DC universe (and Superman mythos), rather than just Kryponite Freak of the Week.

Morpheus 02 said:
Can be a pain...but as someone mentioned, it helps ratings (and giving us the opportunity to watch more of it).
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The Old Mixer said:
Don't you have to be a Nielsen household for that?
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Not necessarily. Comcast digital boxes, I believe, can provide ratings info. I don't believe they make those numbers public,however.


My point is people watching Flash will likely stay tuned to Agents of Shield...or better (for the show), returning fans of Agent of Shield will be VERY likely to tune in an hour earlier for Flash, to make Tuesday comic heroes night. (And re-runs of Flash also benefit from new Agent Carter episodes...so catching an even bigger potential audience)
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The Old Mixer said:
Not sure I follow the logic of that...."Stay tuned" traditionally refers to staying tuned to the same channel. Either network would rather you watch the show before/after their show than hop over to their rival.
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You're right -- it's not good for the network. But for the viewer...one can make Tuesday "comics hero night", kinda like how Thursday was "must see TV" with NBC comedies. ANd it'd be a good night for TrekBBS -- the Sci-Fi forum will be jumpin' that night!
 
Corran Horn said:
The less characters 'in the know' the less true interactions there can be. Eventually you start to wonder about the intelligence of some of these people if you can't suspend disbelief enough.
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Right. I've been listening to the '40s Superman radio series on the Internet Archive lately, and what's amusing is that the radio version of Clark Kent is really, really bad at keeping his secret identity, constantly making slips of the tongue or taking credit for doing things that are inexplicable without super powers (like getting from one city to another in minutes), and Jimmy and Lois are routinely asking him suspicious questions about how he did X or how he knew Y or what he meant when he said Z, but it never occurs to them to wonder if he's actually Superman.
 
Morpheus 02 said:
You're right -- it's not good for the network. But for the viewer...one can make Tuesday "comics hero night", kinda like how Thursday was "must see TV" with NBC comedies. ANd it'd be a good night for TrekBBS -- the Sci-Fi forum will be jumpin' that night!
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Certainly, it's good for my Tuesdays. But I probably would have been happy with my Wednesdays being Arrow and Flash instead. I'm glad Agents of SHIELD and Flash aren't directly competing, but I'm not sure why Flash and Arrow aren't on the same night.
 
Alidar Jarok said:
but I'm not sure why Flash and Arrow aren't on the same night.
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Probably because they're confident that The Flash will perform strongly enough that it doesn't need a lead-in and can be a self-starter at 8pm, leaving the post-Arrow timeslot to shows that do need a strong lead-in (The 100 in the fall and whatever airs there, maybe iZombie, in mid-season).
 
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