Another episode is on tonight and apparently news of the series' death was exaggerated.
I'll be watching. Who else is hanging in there?
I'll be watching. Who else is hanging in there?
Pan Am not cancelled yet...
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I'll be watching when it returns to Irish tv but mainly because the wife will be watching.
I think when Mad Men returns in March, the gap between the quality of that 1960s-set series and Pan Am's altogether fluffier and lighter take will become more apparent.
I think when Mad Men returns in March, the gap between the quality of that 1960s-set series and Pan Am's altogether fluffier and lighter take will become more apparent.
I always expect shows on cable to be much better than shows on broadcast, simply for business-related reasons. It's like comparing a four star restaurant to McDonald's. Different businesses with different audiences or at least audiences with different expectations.
I'd like the writing on Pan Am to be less I guess "obvious" is the best way to describe it, but I can see why that might not jibe with broadcast audience expectations and then the ratings would be even worse.
I'd like the writing on Pan Am to be less I guess "obvious" is the best way to describe it, but I can see why that might not jibe with broadcast audience expectations and then the ratings would be even worse.
I'll be watching it. I think this would have definitely done better on cable and gotten better support. Seems more like a cable show in terms of maturity, though there have only been two really strong episodes so far, so I dunno. Sometimes it really hits the mark, other times it falls short of what it's striving to do. If they had done more episodes of the same caliber as the Berlin and Haiti episodes, I think this show would have had more of a chance with finding an audience.
Anyhow, thanks for the heads up. I would likely have missed it if it weren't for this
Anyhow, thanks for the heads up. I would likely have missed it if it weren't for this
I'm not particularly interested in Pan Am, but I do hope the show survives, because there have been a number of cases where a network sticking with a low-rated show has paid off dividends down the line. And if it survives there's less chance of yet another reality show taking its place. Pan Am really does have a cult feel to it, so they might be willing to take a chance. Also, as I've mentioned with Once Upon a Time, there are viewers who will very soon be looking for a show to replace Desperate Housewives as their Sunday night appointment viewing. OUAT is doing that right now, but Pan Am has the potential to slip in there as well.
ABC might also be rolling the dice to see how it performs in a post-football season scenario. If NBC's post-season shows follow NBC's general pattern these days, Pan Am (and OUAT) could get a boost.
Alex
ABC might also be rolling the dice to see how it performs in a post-football season scenario. If NBC's post-season shows follow NBC's general pattern these days, Pan Am (and OUAT) could get a boost.
Alex
I think GCB is much more likely to absorb the DH audience than Pan Am ever will be. Ideally, it would be nice to have a show that could be a bridge between OUAT and GCB if it does well--a lighter supernatural soap maybe? I guess it depends on what winds up in ABC's crop of pilots this year.
I thought it was a rather good episode. Not on the same level as Berlin or Haiti, but close. Only thing was that it seemed like the lie-detector test was done too quickly considering the importance it had on that that specific storyline and as a result, the reason for how she managed to get out of it felt weaker.
I liked the episode. The show seems to be finding its tone at long last - breezy adventure-soap - which I hope it sticks to. It's disorienting the way it was veering towards realistic drama one week, then towards clumsy sitcom the next.
Of course I'm sure it's cancelled in any case. ABC has too much in development for next fall, and it's going to be aggressive about pruning.
Of course I'm sure it's cancelled in any case. ABC has too much in development for next fall, and it's going to be aggressive about pruning.
It's all sort of blending together for me now. One girl has spy angst, one girl has faux political angst, one girl has boyfriend angst, and the other is ... into photography now? I feel like they're doing less and less with the characters but it's the same stuff every ep.
I'm still watching and I'm sure I will until they stop airing eps.
I'm still watching and I'm sure I will until they stop airing eps.
I found it boring. Mad Men it aint
Funny, I find Mad Men more boring (too boring to bother with anymore). Pan Am at least has characters I can care about, even if it's squarely in the broadcast-style of TV and can't be expected to do the cable thing.
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I watched the first four or five episodes on my flight home for the holidays (iTunes had them up for free. Thanks to Top41 for alerting me to this!) and have mostly enjoyed what I've seen. In particular, I'm enjoying the character of Colette... so I'm glad the show is coming back. It may not be Mad Men, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.
I completely forgot this show existed, so yeah...
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CorporalCaptain watch every Pan Am.
Yeah, same here. And aside from them both being set in the same era, I don't really get the comparisons between the two. They both offer different things.
This week's episode was obviously out of order. And I can see why they left it out, because it was freakin' awful. Definitely the worst written episode of the series. Should have kept that one on the cutting room floor. It looks like next week will be back to the current timeline. It is the finale of the season and very likely the series. I hope it ends on a good note.
Wait what? I didn't know it was even back yet. I thought we only had one more episode in January and that was it. Didn't realize it got a full season. Either I'm out of the loop or they haven't advertised it very well.
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