NBC and Bryan Fuller remaking The Munsters

[stj]

The first season ranked fifty-second out of all programs. Not what I'd call 'excellent.'

Averaged ifty second in total viewership out of two hundred twenty shows. Context is everything. If I recall, Pushing Daisies handily beat its ABC predecessor, beat its timeslot competition and did even better in the demographic. Which isn't the be-all and end-all but still is important. I'd double check but I don't want to spend more than ten minutes on my google fu.

As for the ludicrous honeymoon theory, the whole point is that Pushing Daisies' ratings did not fall off in the way that fits the honeymoon theory. Which is to say, a continual drop from the first showing. Quite often the drop is roughly the same percentage from week to week. There is no honeymoon phase that lasts an entire season, not even one truncated by the writers' strike. Wile E. Coyote runs off the cliff and stays up for a little while, but interpreting Pushing Daisies' ratings change by cartoon physics is really getting desperate.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

And saying a show is okay, just "not popular" is completely missing the point.

Nope. You need to follow the wording properly to understand the point.

 

[the G-man]

The first season ranked fifty-second out of all programs. Not what I'd call 'excellent.'

Averaged fifty second in total viewership out of two hundred twenty shows. Context is everything...

I'm more than happy to be proven incorrect but I believe that a big three network show isn't considered a hit when its not even in the top fifty.

 

[stj]

^^^Obviously it depends on what you consider excellent ratings, which I obviously consider to mean winning the time slot, especially with a favored demographic, beating the previous show in said time slot. By a network standard like yours it was merely good, as no way being in the top quartile can be bad or weak. For what it's worth it was a critical hit. I tried to muster enough interest to wrestle the internet for the stats on the time slot but still couldn't force myself to do it. Sorry.

 

[nvek86]

A new, more detailed description of the pilot episode was published by moviehole (spoilers obviously):

http://www.moviehole.net/201151033-exclusive-the-411-on-the-new-munsters-series

That sounds a lot better than the simple "shape-changing flesh eaters". Does anyone know when they plan to air the pilot/the series?

 

[Vendikarr]

A new, more detailed description of the pilot episode was published by moviehole (spoilers obviously):

http://www.moviehole.net/201151033-exclusive-the-411-on-the-new-munsters-series

That sounds a lot better than the simple "shape-changing flesh eaters". Does anyone know when they plan to air the pilot/the series?

If it moves forward the plans are for it to air as a summer series.

 

[nvek86]

Not a fall pilot then, that's nice. Probably also means we should soon be hearing about casting.

 

[Psion]

Darn. And I was hoping to launch a "MINO" boycott. But this sounds like gold, now.

Dare I say it?

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Mildly disappointed that Herman's not conceived as resembling the old Universal Frankenstein - I've got a soft spot, there. But generally this sounds charming and very much in the line of the original.

 

[RJDiogenes]

That description makes it sound better, but I still think it's a mistake to recycle the title and names of the sitcom-- it's an original idea, so it should have original names.

 

[stj]

Grandpa wanting to eat Marilyn seems kind of a dreary, hopeless "situation" to put up with. Marilyn not noticing there's anything weird is way, way weird in itself, and would be the hardest thing to pull off successfully. The description doesn't quite give Lily a personality but Fuller has done moderately well with female characters in the past, so that's probably just due to the brevity of the descriptions.

Sounds more promising than the initial versions.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

The Munsters reboot gets new title: it will be called Mockingbird Lane.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

*facepalm*

 

[Psion]

I'm cool with that. Now hurry up with the casting so we have some real info to bitch about.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I don't mind the title. This programme is clearly not going to be a straight remake of the original show but will borrow elements from it. The title makes that clear to people who know what it refers to and to those who don't, it's just a new tv show to check out.

 

[nvek86]

I thought the point of a remake was that one can use the title and brand name? Whatever, I'm still interested.
Let the casting begin!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

This ought to shut down all the predictable and trivial "if it's so different they shouldn't call it The Munsters " nonsense.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

This ought to shut down all the predictable and trivial "if it's so different they shouldn't call it The Munsters " nonsense.

You're being way too optimistic...

 

[Samurai8472]

This ought to shut down all the predictable and trivial "if it's so different they shouldn't call it The Munsters " nonsense.

They might as well call the series "Enterprise"

 

[RJDiogenes]

It's a step in the right direction. I wonder if they will rename the characters as well.