Well since there's the strike I would leave Supernanny on Wednesdays (once Idol goes down to a half hour it will improve again) and just go with Primetime, WMC repeats, and 20/20 on Fridays. They could always try out the second seaosn of National Bingo Night if they wanted to or do another edition of Duel.
Moonlight might not qualify as a 'cult' show much longer if it keeps showing strength. Little by little, Moonlight seems to be gaining on the rest of Friday. At this point, I think Moonlight is almost certain to get a second season. Friday Night Lights still qualifies as a cult show, though, and it still looks like a show in need of cancellation.
As for Moonlight's 'strong demo', that is still an aberation. Moonlight is weaker than Ghost Whisperer or Numb3rs in the demo. It just has a better 'young' percentage of viewership because it is better at driving away the older viewers.
Originally posted by robert: What on Earth is a "cult" show? Since when is FNL a cult show?
CBS would be in better shape right now if they had just left Close To Home on the air. They tried to get younger but actually blew off a lot of 45+ viewers.
Joan Of Arcadia would've done better in that slot, but they pulled that show too early.
Friday night has been a night where networks have cancelled hit shows such as "Providence," "Close To Home," and "Joan of Arcadia" thinking that the grass was greener on the other side.
So far, that theory has failed.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: What follows are the fast affiliate results for Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 in the order of the overall results by network and by half-hour by progam (ranked by most-watched network).
As always Marc, thanks for updating the site over the weekend.
I read a rumor that NBC was thinking about cancelling May upfronts if the strike is not settled very soon. NBC Universal also reported no financial ill effects from the writer's strike: NBC Universal profit report.
Originally posted by robert: What on Earth is a "cult" show? Since when is FNL a cult show?
Hardly anyone watches it, but those that do watch it seem obsessed. How is FNL not a cult show?
How is it that someone doesn't know what another meant by 'Cult show'? My guess is that Robert is feigning not knowing what was meant by it. Some movies are cult favorites, some shows are cult favorites... It's not hard to figure out if you genuinely had NO IDEA what a 'cult' show was
Absolutely, I'm sure Moonlight benefitted from the strike, as other shows have done. Most of them would have been pulled much earlier to begin with.
I still argue looking at a show that aired last year is almost irrelevant. Nobody knows how it would have done in this season's viewing climate.
"Cult" shows have one major bonus, if not for big ratings - they can bring in earnings outside of the usual ad market. There's already a ML convention planned, amazingly. That kind of devotion can grow into a nice little merchandising stream.
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Originally posted by Obveeus: NBC Universal also reported no financial ill effects from the writer's strike: NBC Universal profit report.
Should this be surprising? The effects of the strike hadn't really started showing yet on programming in the 4th quarter (with the exception of something like Journeyman getting a lot longer than it normally would have), and most scripted stuff had an entire month out of production and without those costs. So it seems like this would be almost inevitable.
How much patience is NBC going to show with Friday Night Lights? Does it have hope for another season?
There just going to burn off the episodes, they have nothing else to air during the strike.
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Which kind of calls into question the strategy of the strike, doesn't it? Can we really wait for that negative financial impact to show up in the third quarter of 08?
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Originally posted by Obveeus: NBC Universal also reported no financial ill effects from the writer's strike: NBC Universal profit report.
Should this be surprising? The effects of the strike hadn't really started showing yet on programming in the 4th quarter (with the exception of something like Journeyman getting a lot longer than it normally would have), and most scripted stuff had an entire month out of production and without those costs. So it seems like this would be almost inevitable.
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CBS should take this as a sign to move Ghost Whisperer out of Fridays, it still has people interested in it. New fans are still being attracted, just look at the obvious bump from 8 to 8:30 so why not give it a more profiled night with a better lead in like Tuesdays [NCIS] or Sundays [60 Mins].
