The networks are still two months away from announcing their fall schedules, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate on the future of your favorite-well, statistically speaking, they might actually be your least favorite-shows. Here's what WE THINK:
NBC: The netwrok will likely bring back 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights, which earn strong critical praise but weak ratings, NBC execs simply love Lights, and programming VP Mitch Metcalf defends Rock as "a show, like The Office, that can benefit from patience." As for Studio 60, its upscale audience means nothing if they don't watch this season's remaining six episodes, slated to air-when was that, Mitch?- "We'll make a judgment on that LATER!"
CBS: Ah, The Class. You started the season getting kicked by critics, so what did you do? You actually listened to them, tightened up the action around midseason, and pulled in a slightly improved 8.7 million viewers. You might have had a larger chance-had Rules Of Engagement not come along-in the scheduling time! Sorry Class, your chance of coming back is about 75% NO, just no time!
The CW: Veronica Mars has had a good run, but the Pussycat Dolls' well-ratd reality series probably just ended it. And this last one's real easy: If Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel sign contracts, Gilmore Girls WILL come back. If they don't, it WON'T. If only Loreai's love life were this easy.
ABC: What About Brian's 5.8 million viewers may not save it from a noticeable lack of buss. As for ABC's comedy lineup? It's not very funny, not at all: Wedding sitcom Big Day was a BIG disaster, The Knights of Prosperity was yanked on Feb. 28 and Help Me Help You is long gone. We plead Fifth on According to Jim...on the other hand though, George Lopez is their upscale.
FOX: Standoff id 99.9% dead-its last 7 episodes move to the Friday-night wasteland on April 6. 'Til Death is now running post-Idol in what seems like a vote of confidence. And while Michael Rapaport just landed a role in CBS' proposed fall pilot Fugly, don't count out The War at Home. That is a fill in the whole program, but, Til Death is still undergo, seeing as how it holds.
Posts: 2112 | Location: Los Angeles, CA | Registered: 27 January 2007
I bet 'Til Death comes back and The War at Home goes. ABC should rid us of everything but GLo (and Knights...but since they pulled it, I'm not holding my breath). The Class has failed, NBC likes to be patient with their low rated programs, and enough has already been said about Veronica.
Agreed and I'll add Standoff, Jericho (I'll miss this one), and Wedding Bells to the death list.
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Originally posted by tvfan300: I bet 'Til Death comes back and The War at Home goes. ABC should rid us of everything but GLo (and Knights...but since they pulled it, I'm not holding my breath). The Class has failed, NBC likes to be patient with their low rated programs, and enough has already been said about Veronica.
I agree with you on Wedding Bells, that's a gonner!
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Agreed and I'll add Standoff, Jericho (I'll miss this one), and Wedding Bells to the death list.
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Originally posted by tvfan300: I bet 'Til Death comes back and The War at Home goes. ABC should rid us of everything but GLo (and Knights...but since they pulled it, I'm not holding my breath). The Class has failed, NBC likes to be patient with their low rated programs, and enough has already been said about Veronica.
Posts: 2112 | Location: Los Angeles, CA | Registered: 27 January 2007
Networks need to stop greenlighting all these idiotic show ideas.
Daybreak, The Wedding Bells, Drive, Big Day, Vanished, etc. I don't care how good they are. I'm not going to watch a show that seems more geared to be a mini-series or movie.
Posts: 521 | Location: Ohio | Registered: 22 September 2006
At one time, a lot of network execs thought that greenlighting American Idol was an idiotic idea as all 4 networks originally passed on it.
Critics originally thought Greenlighting CSI was an bad idea (and praised the ill-fated Fugitive remake). 24 also had a hard time seeing the light of day at first and a lot of folks thought Greenlighting that was idiotic (and doesn't that sound like it should have been a mini-series)? Or Prison Break?
Hindsight is 20-20 as they say.
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Originally posted by RussTC3: Networks need to stop greenlighting all these idiotic show ideas.
Daybreak, The Wedding Bells, Drive, Big Day, Vanished, etc. I don't care how good they are. I'm not going to watch a show that seems more geared to be a mini-series or movie.
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Posts: 5743 | Location: Chicago, IL | Registered: 20 September 2006
Well, what sounds idiotic is a matter of opinion of course.
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Originally posted by RussTC3: Networks need to stop greenlighting all these idiotic show ideas.
Daybreak, The Wedding Bells, Drive, Big Day, Vanished, etc. I don't care how good they are. I'm not going to watch a show that seems more geared to be a mini-series or movie.
Posts: 1539 | Location: NY | Registered: 17 November 2006
Whether or not the actors, writers, network suits, & others involved in the TV business wanna believe it, the success or failure of a show is often a matter of luck. AI is a classic case. For many years, we had the Major Bowes/Ted Mack original Amateur Hour, then the Gong Show, & a few little wannabees which all did all right, but not spectacularly with the talent competition theme. And AI coulda easily been in that same groove, maybe dead by now. But it quickly became addictive, & no one can really explain why. Cowell's commentary coulda just-as-easily repelled viewers insteada entertaining them.
So why not be brave with new themes & at least give'em a try, avoiding such overused genres as cops/forensics, docs, cowboys, & family sitcoms?
I hope to never see another dating-relationship show, PERIOD! I won't even consider watching the newest 'Bachelor'. IMO it's a pieca trash, as are all other shows of that genre. (That includes "Big Brudder" also.)
But there is a difference between CSI and American Idol and the shows I named. Mainly their respective premises allow for more than 1 season of content.
American Idol was designed to last for many years, with a new winner and a fresh slate after each season finale.
CSI is set up with individual episodes in mind. The show is only limited to the ideas generated by the writers.
24 is structured with a new "event" to occur each year. And then the event is slowly unraveled over the course of 24 episodes. When it returns the following year, the slate is (for the most part) wiped clean and you start anew.
Posts: 521 | Location: Ohio | Registered: 22 September 2006
Originally posted by RussTC3: But there is a difference between CSI and American Idol and the shows I named. Mainly their respective premises allow for more than 1 season of content.
American Idol was designed to last for many years, with a new winner and a fresh slate after each season finale.
CSI is set up with individual episodes in mind. The show is only limited to the ideas generated by the writers.
24 is structured with a new "event" to occur each year. And then the event is slowly unraveled over the course of 24 episodes. When it returns the following year, the slate is (for the most part) wiped clean and you start anew.
I don't think they'll be able to do that with Friday Night Lights.
