Originally posted by joe7148: PB has been one of the most consistent shows around, why would it fall on the season finale? Could there have been a presidents day effect?
Very strong competition from Deal or No Deal, which is building up with its "we can't give away a million dollars" gimmick (and usually aired not in direct competition to PB later in the evening), as well as, to a lesser extent, the season finale of Dance War, which also included the announcement of the season 6 celebrities.
It will be interesting to see how MoT does away from Idol. If it has similar numbers it could be good for SCC and also show if SCC would do better with a better lead in.
Wasn't Canterbury's Law or New Amsterdam supposed to replace PB?
Also kudos has to go to Old Christine, which is performing very well and keeping an increasing percentage of its 2.5 Men lead-in. With My Dad as its competitor, and no DWTS for another month, it should have a good chance to build and maintain a good size audience.
As far as Dance War, I don't understand how Bruno's team won, everyone in the studio audience was chanting "Carrie Ann" before the announcement -- I don't think they explained it very well last week that that week's vote would actually determine the winner and that it was the last vote of the season. Not sure if would make much of a difference, because both team's "original" songs were not that great. This series' future success will depend on whether either group (or any individual) has much success on the billboard charts.
Originally posted by Holly: I think that a remake can work for TV just like it can work for movies. However, more often than not, the remake ends up as a pale reflection of the original (especially if you start with a good original).
I think there has been too few attempts at true remakes to judge either way. Plus, as I have said before. Its not that its is or is not a remake, but the entertainment value that will determine a shows success.
Originally posted by joe7148: PB has been one of the most consistent shows around, why would it fall on the season finale? Could there have been a presidents day effect?
LOL!!!
I guess it could have an impact if the demo for PB is high on Government workers, Mailmen and Bankers.
Originally posted by mackTheKnife: It will be interesting to see how MoT does away from Idol. If it has similar numbers it could be good for SCC and also show if SCC would do better with a better lead in.
Wasn't Canterbury's Law or New Amsterdam supposed to replace PB?
After next weeks special airing of MoT, SCC will have its 2 hour season finale the week after. Then House repeats will take over the 8PM slot, with New Ansterdam on at 9PM. When New Amsterdam finished its run, new episodes of Bones take over at 8PM, with Canterbury's Law on at 9.
Originally posted by Chimera: Also kudos has to go to Old Christine, which is performing very well and keeping an increasing percentage of its 2.5 Men lead-in. With My Dad as its competitor, and no DWTS for another month, it should have a good chance to build and maintain a good size audience.
Next week DOND returns to the 9PM slot, so My Dad with not be the competition for Christine. My Dad moves to 8PM. Based on last nights ratings I am guessing it will only last a couple of weeks there.
I doubt it will do 15 million + once its away from IDOL. I wouldn't be surprised though that it could do 9-11 million, depending on DOND's Prize Give away status.
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Originally posted by mackTheKnife: It will be interesting to see how MoT does away from Idol. If it has similar numbers it could be good for SCC and also show if SCC would do better with a better lead in.
Wasn't Canterbury's Law or New Amsterdam supposed to replace PB?
Originally posted by joe7148: PB has been one of the most consistent shows around, why would it fall on the season finale? Could there have been a presidents day effect?
LOL!!!
I guess it could have an impact if the demo for PB is high on Government workers, Mailmen and Bankers.
Either those or anyone in school or associated with any educational institution - but lets wait to see the finals.
Originally posted by Holly: I think that a remake can work for TV just like it can work for movies. However, more often than not, the remake ends up as a pale reflection of the original (especially if you start with a good original).
I think there has been too few attempts at true remakes to judge either way. Plus, as I have said before. Its not that its is or is not a remake, but the entertainment value that will determine a shows success.
Exactly. If NBC executes the show correctly, Knight Rider could be a success. If they do what they did with Bionic Woman, it won't be. It has nothing to do with the fact it is a remake.
Exactly. If NBC executes the show correctly, Knight Rider could be a success. If they do what they did with Bionic Woman, it won't be. It has nothing to do with the fact it is a remake.
A remake has an advantage going in, because people have heard of the earlier show or film, and part of the work in terms of selling the franchise is already done.
But people will be harsher on a remake of a show they liked that doesn't come up to snuff than they would be on a show that at least tried to be original.
Remakes frequently post excellent ratings to start with, then drop off sharply.
A lot of people simply tune in because they're curious to see how the old franchise has been updated. That doesn't translate into longterm viewership very well.
The most successful remake was probably Dragnet. No, not the one with Ed O'Neill--the original Dragnet was a radio show. Then there was a black and white TV show in the 50's--you could call that a remake, in a sense. Then Webb brought it back in color at the end of the 60's. Only lasted three seasons, but that was a good run back then, and of course that's the show that ended up in syndication forever.
However, these three shows were all done by Webb himself, and stuck pretty close to the same basic formula. There was no attempt to 'reimagine' the show until they did the unsuccessful version with Ed O'Neill. Let's just forget the movie with Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks.
If people really loved a show, they may well want to come back to it later on--as long as they don't feel it's been fundamentally altered.
With Battlestar Galactica, most people didn't really care that much about the original vision--however, while the new BSG is more successful in terms of number of episodes filmed and aired, and presumably in terms of getting to finish its story, the original series was seen by a far larger percentage of the viewing audience of the time.
The real problem with remakes is that they're limiting--and that they're a sort of creative concession to start with. Somebody is basically saying "Okay, I don't have a new idea I think the network and audience would buy, so I'm going to rework somebody else's original idea, and try to make it as good or better."
It's possible to do a creative remake--one that actually improves on the original--but it rarely happens that way.
Originally posted by TravisYanan: Sunday original finals
SHOW HH A18-49 Viewers A18-34
AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS 5.0/8 2.8/8 8,905,000
EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION 7.8/12 4.6/11 13,493,000
BROTHERS & SISTERS 5.7/9 3.0/7 8,499,000
AFHV and EM:HE have been solid and underrated performers for ABC during the strike. B&S showed that it needs the DH lead-in and is not ready to leave the nest quite yet.
