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Originally Posted by Dave Scarpa
This is an Odd Season with the strike, but if there had been no strike what does NBC see as value to replace this show with the Choir show? Yeah that'll pack in the advertisers. [bold]TV Stinks[/bold]. Hopefully Life, my other favorite show, can get past it's Next order of episodes.
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Studios, caption your internet streams.
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Originally Posted by Mikah Cerucco
John, I'm not sure why you're blaming the network execs. They bought the show and aired it. The public didn't watch in enough numbers. What are they supposed to do? They're not canceling the show because it's intelligent, they're canceling it because it isn't meeting their profit goals.
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Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
| They never promoted the show as much as they could have. |
| I fault the network execs because they are spineless wimps who can't make a decision based on anything other than the bean-counter's input. |
| Back in the days of the original Star Trek, (if I am remebering correctly), it didn't do so great at first, but they stuck with it and let it run for 3 seasons. |
Studios, caption your internet streams.
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Originally Posted by Mikah Cerucco
But you guys tell me... if you were network exec for a day, how long would you give the show to lose money before pulling it?
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Originally Posted by Joe_H
I still say that the 10PM timeslot has at least something to do with it. Quite frankly, 3 hours in a row of TV is just too much for a lot of people, not to mention that the show ends at 11, and then there's people who still watch the news nightly, that's really just too late. Add that to the fact that Mondays can be difficult for some, and it doesn't help it. I know someone before has said that there's no good timeslot, but I'd imagine if it was earlier, it at least wouldn't hurt.
I mean, this would be the second year in a row that an intelligent, well-written, and well-acted show has dyed in the 10PM timeslot on a Monday night on NBC, the other being of course Studio 60. |
But if people just aren't watching it, then what's to be done? Moving it to 25 O'Clock on Smoothsday (the mythical time and day where a deserving show can get its ratings) just isn't realistic.
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Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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| but the fact that they promoted it less than Chuck and Heroes simply says to me they promoted shows they thought had the higher probability of doing well. |
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Originally Posted by Chip_HT
Unfortunately, I can't figure out why Journeyman failed. I can understand why Studio 60 couldn't make it. It was too jarring to go from the much more serious Heroes to the lighter Studio 60, especially since the only break in between was the next week's preview. I believe Studio 60 would have benefitted more in the ER slot, following the sitcoms. Or at least, it would have been a better match thematically.
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| Basically, the point I'm trying to make is, it's harder to see why Journeyman got canned than Studio 60. |
