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Originally posted by vlis:
WAB is much better than CiC. If I recall, CiC tanked when it came back last year. As well, it skews older than WaB.

I usually don't get personally...but even the weakest episode of CiC was tree times better than the strongest one of WAB.

I know nuttin'! Actually, I give ABC credit for renewing What About Brian for season two. I always say a show needs time to find an audience, and ABC had enough faith to remain patient. But the loss of audience over the last two weeks concerns me, and now I am wondering if ABC will keep that full season order intact.

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Originally posted by jasonj263:
ok, my turn.
I have been reading and quite a few people have posted on the topic of "What about Brian" I love the show.

However, why is MARC keeping silent on the topic? he keeps ignoring us on the topic of Brian and keeps talking about CSI miami, himym, or studio 60. What do you know marc that we don't ?????????

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
Medium won't explode opposite CSI: Miami, but I agree it will do better back on Monday.

I didn't mean it that way...but it would have been a long time since the show had such a strong lead-in like Heroes.

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so disagree about HIMYM. Did you watch last night? I could not stop laughing. It has its down weeks, especially in the first season, but it's been so consistently hilarious this year. Slap bet? Robin's Canadian pop star video? Come on!

I don't watch the show regularly, but I did catch last night's, and it was pretty hilarious.

How many seasons do they think they can stretch out that premise, though?

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Actually, I give ABC credit for renewing What About Brian for season two. I always say a show needs time to find an audience, and ABC had enough faith to remain patient. But the loss of audience over the last two weeks concerns me, and now I am wondering if ABC will keep that full season order intact.

Well, maybe they want to make nice with JJ Abrams?

Lack of time slots for its #3 drama? I don't think so!

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Originally posted by starbase135:

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Originally posted by vlis:
Medium should go to Weds at 9 following Big Looser. Then at ten, a new show. If Medium, cannot stand the heat (of weds 9pm), get rid of it.

I beg your pardon? Medium was NBC 3rd Drama last season and has been moved to Wednesday (from its initial Monday slot) after a 2-month-hiatus due to NBC's lack of timeslots...I don't thin that NBC should get rid of one of its most powerful assets...they should just move the show back into its old timeslot and it will literally explode...you'll see.

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Originally posted by vlis:
Lack of time slots for its #3 drama? I don't think so!

Well, Medium was indeed NBC's 3rd drama last season (after L&O:SVU and ER) and they simply didn't want it to move to Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday...and at that time Studio 60 had the higher priority for NBC...so they waited to bring it back which does not change the fact that it used to be one of their highest rated shows.

Pisher, why would abc want to make nice to JJ?

Because he is the creator of Lost!

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Originally posted by vlis:
Pisher, why would abc want to make nice to JJ?

Right, creator of LOST, what would JJ have done to abc if WaB was cancelled last year?

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
Because he is the creator of Lost!

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Originally posted by vlis:
Pisher, why would abc want to make nice to JJ?

Yay for Heroes hitting the 16 million mark! NBC promoted it nonstop last week, and it was an important episode in the storyline, so I was hoping it would do well in the ratings.

It's too bad NBC doesn't have the Super Bowl until 2009 -- a special post-SB episode of Heroes would probably get the same kind of ratings bump that Grey's Anatomy received a year ago.

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Originally posted by vlis:
Right, creator of LOST, what would JJ have done to abc if WaB was cancelled last year?

I think its about a possible other hit-show created by him...what if such a "Lost 2" aired on another network like NBC or CBS...ABC wouldn't want to risk that.

I think it was showing signs of weakening. It dropped 20% from season 1 to 2:
Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Season
Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1st Monday 10:00PM January 3, 2005 to May 23, 2005 2004-2005 #19 13.9
2nd September 19, 2005 to May 22, 2006 2005-2006 #35 11.2

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Originally posted by starbase135:

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Originally posted by vlis:
Lack of time slots for its #3 drama? I don't think so!

Well, Medium was indeed NBC's 3rd drama last season (after L&O:SVU and ER) and they simply didn't want it to move to Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday...and at that time Studio 60 had the higher priority for NBC...so they waited to bring it back which does not change the fact that it used to be one of their highest rated shows.

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Because he is the creator of Lost!

Yes, but since he is also the creator of Felicity, Alias, What About Brian, and Six Degrees, one has to ask--did he REALLY create Lost? Or did he just administrate over its creation? There's a lot of info out there that makes it questionable how much of Lost really comes from Abrams--and how much he simply fine-tuned an existing concept, with a whole lot of help.

Lost is by far the most NON-Abramsesque Abrams show of all--and he's never been the showrunner on it. And since his much-ballyhoo'd return to semi-active duty on Lost this season--well, we've said a lot about this season, haven't we? Not mainly good things.

Sorkin, IMO, is a decent (overrated) writer, but a lousy showrunner.

Abrams is a more effective producer than Sorkin, but his writing is not so hot, and he gets distracted very easily. Mind you, Lost benefited from his neglect. So hopefully he'll get distracted again. Sooner the better.

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Originally posted by vlis:
I think it was showing signs of weakening. It dropped 20% from season 1 to 2:
Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Season
Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1st Monday 10:00PM January 3, 2005 to May 23, 2005 2004-2005 #19 13.9
2nd September 19, 2005 to May 22, 2006 2005-2006 #35 11.2

Yeah, it definitely lost some steam but it had never a lead-in like Heroes...by airing after it the show could return to its 1st season ratings (13-14 million viewers)...