Originally posted by heighteye: Probably a lot of people were just coming in from The Summer Place and didn't even know there was a new ep. of "Prison Break" and "Gossip Girl." Worse, maybe they didn't even have their DVRs set.
I suppose, if they have been gone all summer at their summer place, their DVR might be shut off, but for most people, wouldn't the DVR still be set from last season to capture new episodes of these shows? Why would it need to be reporgrammed?
Originally posted by TV-aholic: Well, the CW would have to purchase time on TBS/TNT. I would guess the CW doesn't have the Advert. budget to do that too often,if at all.
If Disney can force ABC to pick up Scrubs or keep airing that Highschool Musical reality show, there is no reason that CW/TNT can't swap some commercial time and do some cross promotion.
Originally posted by TV-aholic: Well, the CW would have to purchase time on TBS/TNT. I would guess the CW doesn't have the Advert. budget to do that too often,if at all.
If Disney can force ABC to pick up Scrubs or keep airing that Highschool Musical reality show, there is no reason that CW/TNT can't swap some commercial time and do some cross promotion.
I agree. It seems Time Warner needs to learn a thing or two about synergy. I see ABC Family and Disney Channel promos on ABC, I don't see why the CW couldn't do the same with it's corporate cousins.
Originally posted by heighteye: Probably a lot of people were just coming in from The Summer Place and didn't even know there was a new ep. of "Prison Break" and "Gossip Girl." Worse, maybe they didn't even have their DVRs set.
I suppose, if they have been gone all summer at their summer place, their DVR might be shut off, but for most people, wouldn't the DVR still be set from last season to capture new episodes of these shows? Why would it need to be reporgrammed?
I can't speak for everybody, but we cancel our scheduled recordings when the season's over ... it makes it easier to figure out what's actually going to tape on a week to week basis (I of course keep very close tabs on return dates so I don't miss the premieres).
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Originally posted by ChrTh: I can't speak for everybody, but we cancel our scheduled recordings when the season's over ... it makes it easier to figure out what's actually going to tape on a week to week basis (I of course keep very close tabs on return dates so I don't miss the premieres).
Originally posted by ChrTh: I can't speak for everybody, but we cancel our scheduled recordings when the season's over ...
If you are only taping new episodes, why cancel out shows that will be back?
I can't speak for every DVR system, but mine keeps shows in the Scheduled Recordings list even when not airing (if it's set to tape only new episodes). So by midsummer there would be 20+ shows listed to tape each week, of which only 4-5 would be taping actively. I guess we could keep them in and concentrate more when viewing the list, but we rather keep it uncluttered. It's easier to plan your week that way.
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Having watched the 2-hour preem of '90210', I have only good things to say for what the creators-producers-actors have fashioned.
Yes, it was nice to see Kelly, Brenda and Nate back again, but the next generation of characters are even more compelling to watch than their predecessors. And the new version doesn't even have an Andrea Zuckerman to be the point of conscience...yesterdays school newspaper is todays weblog, and the editor of that is no Andrea Zuckerman.
The CW were wise to withhold screeners to build anticipation and suspense around the preem, and I have a sense the television press will be mostly positive. As to the Nielsens, I think we'll see nice building in the half-hourlies tomorrow, which is always a good sign for a new freshperson series.
A job well done, The CW. This series may very well keep Ms Ostroff in the executive suite, and will help to keep those recalcitrant Tribune affiliates from deserting the network.
dumont, I completley disagree. I thought the show was terrible. It was very boring and I thought the 2 hours would never end. I wont be watching again.
Originally posted by dumont: Having watched the 2-hour preem of '90210', I have only good things to say for what the creators-producers-actors have fashioned.
Yes, it was nice to see Kelly, Brenda and Nate back again, but the next generation of characters are even more compelling to watch than their predecessors. And the new version doesn't even have an Andrea Zuckerman to be the point of conscience...yesterdays school newspaper is todays weblog, and the editor of that is no Andrea Zuckerman.
The CW were wise to withhold screeners to build anticipation and suspense around the preem, and I have a sense the television press will be mostly positive. As to the Nielsens, I think we'll see nice building in the half-hourlies tomorrow, which is always a good sign for a new freshperson series.
A job well done, The CW. This series may very well keep Ms Ostroff in the executive suite, and will help to keep those recalcitrant Tribune affiliates from deserting the network.
I have to agree, I enjoyed the show so far. I will watch again and see where it goes. The characters are pretty good so far. I think Darcy from Degrassi was a good choice to lead the show and I am really enjoyed Silver (good spinoff character from the original series) as well. It will be interesting to see where they take these characters in the weeks to come. Also wish they would bring Andrea's daughter more into the mix. My only fear is that it will turn too much into the OC. Definitely one of the better teen dramas I have seen in recent years.
Concerning the Top 20 (plus Indianapolis?) Markets...
Perhaps it has to do with its NYC locale, but CW's "Gossip Girl" did very well in the Big Apple, finishing behind only NBC's "Deal or No Deal". GG also finished second in Chicago, easily besting the competition on Fox, CBS, and ABC.
Given its demographic victories last night, the CW executive suite has to be encouraged by the results for GG and "One Tree Hill".
Those top market returns for MyNetworkTV's special Monday movie "Detroit 9000" (a 1973 movie!) were all over the map last night, but generally behind the Big Four + CW. It went from a high of 1.7 in the Cleveland, OH market (#17) where it actually placed ahead of ABC's dud reality series "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" to being upstaged by a decades old rerun of NBC's "Quantum Leap" on virtually invisible ION in Dallas (#5), Tampa (#13), and Seattle (#14), where it pulled in its lowest top market rating of a 0.2
MNT still has a ways to go before it can seriously challenge CW as the fifth largest (English speaking) network with programming other than the WWE.
Interesting how GG is huge in New York and Chicago. It got roughly double the ratings of everywhere else in New York and Chicago. I guess it is a big city show.
