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quote: Originally posted by TV-aholic: Question O..... Did your computer blow up when you typed in the text to the link you posted???  We haven't heard those words, together, over the last 5-8 years or so.
Most definitely, NBC is not known for doing much of anything right in recent years. |
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quote: Originally posted by pisher: quote: Don't get too excited. The 'bombs' were on par with those networks scripted shows.
But can't be repeated, and few would want to buy them on DVD, or download them. The Game Show Channel can't pay much for syndication rights. Reality Shows have no shelf life to speak of, and if they don't hit big right out of the gate, they never do. Cheap to make, but when relied upon too exclusively, they end up costing the networks audience share over the long run. People would increasingly rather play games themselves, as opposed to watch someone else play them.
Bingo. In the long run, reality and game shows lose in a DVD and online market. Who the hell would want to spend $50 to buy a season of Deal or No Deal on DVD? I might buy Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I might buy Dexter on DVD. I've bought Supernatural, Deadwood, and Carnivale on DVD. I sure as hell am not going to buy Survivor or American Idol on DVD. The damned networks need to pony up the residuals and end this ridiculous strike. |
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"Clash of the Choirs" built throughout the night. I can see this one growing. Bring in some celebrity altar boys and I bet it'll be huge in the lucrative 49-75 male demo in every Catholic church in the country. As for "KO-Ville," good riddance. What a piece of trash that was. (Yes, I know it has an unaired episode... which is exactly how I expect it to stay.) Dear, FOX. Please don't flood the airwaves with any more bad dramas. Get it? Flood? Katrina? Hah, I kill me!
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quote: Originally posted by galveston:
Bingo. In the long run, reality and game shows lose in a DVD and online market. Who the hell would want to spend $50 to buy a season of Deal or No Deal on DVD? I might buy Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I might buy Dexter on DVD. I've bought Supernatural, Deadwood, and Carnivale on DVD. I sure as hell am not going to buy Survivor or American Idol on DVD. The damned networks need to pony up the residuals and end this ridiculous strike.
Your long list of DVD purchases is very thin on network fare. Meanwhile, those network gameshows cost 1/4 to make as their scripted fare. It could very well be that in 5 years the broadcast networks will be almost exclusively reality/gameshow while all the scripted fare moves to pay/cable channels. |
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quote: Originally posted by gdfriends: just b/c you dont like 2.5 men doesnt mean its not a well made show. it is by far the strongest comedy on tv today (and leads in syndication now)...2.5 is very funny and does not always revolve around charlie. by the way, you do sound like an elitest...although that is the word you used, i would use snob. 
Your point is valid that it is the strongest on network and syndy but the real question is WHY? The really strong shows in the past were like family shows like COSBY and intelligent comedy like CHEERS. When did that change and Sex-Coms become the hot thing? And no I'm not really elitist or I would have made some quip that I was surprised you knew what the word meant.  |
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quote: Originally posted by galveston:
Bingo. In the long run, reality and game shows lose in a DVD and online market. Who the hell would want to spend $50 to buy a season of Deal or No Deal on DVD? I might buy Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I might buy Dexter on DVD. I've bought Supernatural, Deadwood, and Carnivale on DVD. I sure as hell am not going to buy Survivor or American Idol on DVD. The damned networks need to pony up the residuals and end this ridiculous strike.
But, Game Shows now have GSN and VS as outlets to push repeats too. Just look at Hollywood Squares, Millionair, Weakest Link and Match Game. Survivor is on VS. Even Deal or No Deal gets a second run on CNBC/MSNBC Yes, Game shows do lose out on the DVD market, but it has its own Board Game, Video Game and online game martkets. One of my kids has the 5th Grader game on their cell phone. I think that show has about 7 or 8 different version of the game, in the different media formats
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| Posts: 16524 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by A.C.: Your point is valid that it is the strongest on network and syndy but the real question is WHY? The really strong shows in the past were like family shows like COSBY and intelligent comedy like CHEERS. When did that change and Sex-Coms become the hot thing? And no I'm not really elitist or I would have made some quip that I was surprised you knew what the word meant.
Three's Comapany was the hot show in the 70's and it may have been worse than 2.5 Men. In the 80's there was Too Close for Comfort. The 90's saw Married with Children. I am sure I am forgetting more than I remember, but Sex based humor is nothing new to TV.
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| Posts: 16524 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by A.C.:
Your point is valid that it is the strongest on network and syndy but the real question is WHY?
Good casting. Good chemistry. Not much else. The cast work well enough to pull off just about any yuk that's thrown at them. Of course, shows like "Cheers" had good casting and good writing, but, hey, can't have it all. Still, "Two and a Half Men" isn't even the best comedy in its own lineup. That honor goes to Chuck Lorre's other show, which airs immediately before it. (Granted, the two of them are considerably better than the two comedies that bookend them -- both of which have neither good writing nor good casting.)
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quote: Originally posted by Riff Rafferty: quote: Originally posted by A.C.:
Your point is valid that it is the strongest on network and syndy but the real question is WHY?
Good casting. Good chemistry. Not much else. The cast work well enough to pull off just about any yuk that's thrown at them. Of course, shows like "Cheers" had good casting and good writing, but, hey, can't have it all. Still, "Two and a Half Men" isn't even the best comedy in its own lineup. That honor goes to Chuck Lorre's other show, which airs immediately before it. (Granted, the two of them are considerably better than the two comedies that bookend them -- both of which have neither good writing nor good casting.)
Yeah, that Kaley Cuoco from BBT does laps around HIMYM's Neal Patrick Harris, give me a break. A lack of good casting? |
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quote: Originally posted by trebek: quote: Originally posted by Riff Rafferty: quote: Originally posted by A.C.:
Your point is valid that it is the strongest on network and syndy but the real question is WHY?
Good casting. Good chemistry. Not much else. The cast work well enough to pull off just about any yuk that's thrown at them. Of course, shows like "Cheers" had good casting and good writing, but, hey, can't have it all. Still, "Two and a Half Men" isn't even the best comedy in its own lineup. That honor goes to Chuck Lorre's other show, which airs immediately before it. (Granted, the two of them are considerably better than the two comedies that bookend them -- both of which have neither good writing nor good casting.)
Yeah, that Kaley Cuoco from BBT does laps around HIMYM's Neal Patrick Harris, give me a break. A lack of good casting?
Neil Patrick Harris? Not since Nathan Lane in "Encore! Encore!" has there been such a believable portrayal of a heterosexual playboy. Give ME a break. The extras on "Big Bang Theory" do laps around Cobie Smulders. Exactly what purpose does she serve except to give the sets something to blend in with?
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quote: Your long list of DVD purchases is very thin on network fare. Meanwhile, those network gameshows cost 1/4 to make as their scripted fare. It could very well be that in 5 years the broadcast networks will be almost exclusively reality/gameshow while all the scripted fare moves to pay/cable channels.
And that's because writers and producers of scripted shows have more freedom on cable. And the end result would be that the networks would lose what's left of their dominance over the industry. Not saying this would be a bad thing.... |
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quote: Originally posted by trebek:
Yeah, that Kaley Cuoco from BBT does laps around HIMYM's Neal Patrick Harris, give me a break. A lack of good casting?
Kaley'sd character is still trying to find her place. I wouldn't count her out, yet.
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| Posts: 16524 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by NYHunter:
Last night's Journeyman was the best so far, in my opinion, but you have to wonder if people knew it was new last night.
The real question should be "How many people knew it was still on the air?"
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| Posts: 16524 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006 | |
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