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I am in favor of the uniterrupted run, if that is truly the case. I would not be surprised to find ABC putting Alias on another night.
Remember all those reality TV shows have higher numbers than reruns, so like others posted we are seeing a year round schedule by the networks.
On another note, I love Alias, only show I watch weekly, but if they shrink the episode count down, I would not have a problem, sometimes they use too much filler in shows, even great shows like this one.
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I would not be terribly surprised if ABC were to put Alias Wednesday at 9pm - I gather The Bachelor isn't doing so well as it used to, there's no other action/adventure there, and it's a natural pairing with Lost.
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Jennifer Garner is under contract through Season 5, so I imagine if there is a stopping point that will be it.
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Being "under contract" means nothing more than she has a certain commitment to the show (and the show to her). If there's no show, that's that. She could be under contract for 7 years and get cancelled in season 1.
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Have some faith everybody. Even if the show doesn't appear in the top 20, I sense that the ancillaries help keep the show afloat.
Putting it on after Lost makes all kinds of sense. Holding the premiere until January does too, even if I'd rather be watching new episodes now. I know the delay was production-oriented, but I wonder if it was also put in place to give people time to catch up on the story arcs on the season 3 DVDs. This show demands knowing what's going on, so those who may have been "behind" now get a few months to catch up.
I haven't been following the ratings closely, but is The Bachelor doing anything at all this season? It doesn't have the buzz factor like it used to. (I haven't heard people talking about it or the media making a stir.) Lost has been doing well, so it makes for a good lead-in that should keep some overlapping viewers. (What played ahead of Alias on Sundays?)
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Being "under contract" means nothing more than she has a certain commitment to the show (and the show to her). If there's no show, that's that. She could be under contract for 7 years and get cancelled in season 1.
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Yes, but the difference being that Jennifer Garner is poised to be the next Julia Roberts. ABC is not in any hurry to let her go... I think that is part of the reason the show has lasted as long as it has with such low ratings is because ABC trades off the star's name by association. With
Elektra coming in January, expect lots of promos something like this: "Alias returns in January and look for Jennifer Garner's new movie, Elektra, in theatres January ??"
As for being contracted through S5: I would imagine that as much as Jennifer Garner loves doing
Alias she would be thinking about her career by then and ready to move on or contract negotiations would probably kill the series (I've heard that Garber is ready to move on).
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The Bachelor is in the toilet.
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Of course, even "in the toilet", I believe The Bachelor's ratings are still higher than anything Alias ever sustained. The difference is that it's obviously shedding audience from Lost as opposed to building on its lead-in.
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Wow. I'm just shocked at all the strangely intelligent things ABC has been doing this year - putting on good shows, using Saturday night dead time to boost them, and now putting Alias in its logical slot. And it's apparently being rewarded with success.
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) I would expect them to do something similar in order to continue uninterrupted.
