Simply not true. I think perhaps your bitterness towards television in general has ruined your sense of humor.
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Originally posted by xwiseguyx: Bring back Futurama and replace the Simpsons with it on Sundays. Put the Simpson's out of it's misery already. It's just not funny anymore and now these unfunny eps are going into syndication where they won't be funny for years to come.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: If you think the animation block is doing poorly now, just wait until it would hit Thursdays. It would clash with NBC's male friendly shows like Earl, the Office, and Scrubs and fall flat on its face. Sunday is where the comedies belong, they mainly need some advertising and buzz to refuel them. Perhaps a new animated comedy. I would wait til post-baseball to relaunch them next year and give them some time. Then use the Superbowl to juice up one of them and another new animated comedy to air Sundays between the Simpsons and Family Guy.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: FOX needs to be aggressive and move the Animation Block to Thursdays 8-10. It has been taking a hit on Sundays in recent months.
Move 5th Grader to Sundays at 8pm
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Originally posted by TK: Two questions about FOX's sunday night lineup. First, how do you explain how the rerun of the Simpsons consistently outdraws the new episode?
Second, why do they show a rerun of King of the Hill every week? Why not a second Simpsons rerun or a Family Guy rerun?
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I think The Simpson's is timeless. But I do not think it should run beyond another few seasons. After that, people will just start to not care about watching it on Sunday nights, miss some eps, and then watch them in repeats or syndication. And then of course there's the DVDs...
Originally posted by TV-aholic: Just 9 weeks ago (March 4) EM:HE drew a 5.3 in the demo. Last night it only produced a 3.7
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Originally posted by tv avenger: It was nice to see that Bros. and Sisters improved over last weeks not so great numbers. I also hope that abc sees the red flags regarding their sunday line-up. They need to be pro active and have a stronger show at 8 to kick start the night. I think everyone will agree,while still a strong show,Extreme Home addition needs to be moved to another time slot, it really is starting to drag down the night for the alphabet. I really feel that ugly Betty would be a much better fit leading into Desperate. This week is going to be a very interesting week for all us monday morning quarterbacks who are going to critiquing the hell out of the new upfront schedules. Should be fun!!!!
Nine weeks ago everything was performing better. The drops seemed to begin with the early change to DST and repeat programming. I can't believe everyone decided not to watch tv any longer.
Simply not true. I think perhaps your bitterness towards television in general has ruined your sense of humor.
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Originally posted by xwiseguyx: Bring back Futurama and replace the Simpsons with it on Sundays. Put the Simpson's out of it's misery already. It's just not funny anymore and now these unfunny eps are going into syndication where they won't be funny for years to come.
That is what Happens when you watch 30 Rock for a whole season.
(sarcasm) you are brilliant. great idea. you are so right on! simpsons is terrible. you should be the new head of programming for fox.
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Originally posted by xwiseguyx: Bring back Futurama and replace the Simpsons with it on Sundays. Put the Simpson's out of it's misery already. It's just not funny anymore and now these unfunny eps are going into syndication where they won't be funny for years to come.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: If you think the animation block is doing poorly now, just wait until it would hit Thursdays. It would clash with NBC's male friendly shows like Earl, the Office, and Scrubs and fall flat on its face. Sunday is where the comedies belong, they mainly need some advertising and buzz to refuel them. Perhaps a new animated comedy. I would wait til post-baseball to relaunch them next year and give them some time. Then use the Superbowl to juice up one of them and another new animated comedy to air Sundays between the Simpsons and Family Guy.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: FOX needs to be aggressive and move the Animation Block to Thursdays 8-10. It has been taking a hit on Sundays in recent months.
Move 5th Grader to Sundays at 8pm
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Originally posted by TK: Two questions about FOX's sunday night lineup. First, how do you explain how the rerun of the Simpsons consistently outdraws the new episode?
Second, why do they show a rerun of King of the Hill every week? Why not a second Simpsons rerun or a Family Guy rerun?
Yes, a lot of ABC shows are slumping from where they were in the winter, but - as for EM:HE last night - I think the 7th Heaven finale took some families away to see how the Camdens said goodbye. While the finale certainly wouldnt've made a big impact, the 2 shows do share a family audience. So while the effect was small, I'm sure one did exist.
Oh good - you pointed out first that it was a sarcastic comment and know how to talk down to the viewers. The job is yours!
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Originally posted by d: (sarcasm) you are brilliant. great idea. you are so right on! simpsons is terrible. you should be the new head of programming for fox.
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Originally posted by mrpotato531: I will say...as someone who has NEVER missed a new episode of 7th Heaven on its first airing, I was extremely pleased with last night's finale. Could it have been better? Sure. But it was 100 times better than last year's series finale. My only complaint was the lack of former characters who were not present.
We're now able to picture the Camdens doing whatever in that RV. Will they come back next week? Will they be gone 1 month? Is Simon going to join them now that he's done with college? This finale left us with plenty of stuff to envision, and that's exactly what the series finale of a family drama should do.
Nice job, 7th Heaven. You really did right with the 2nd series finale. See you in syndication.
Ratings have been bad all of last week. I don't think this is an isolated case; more like an epidemic.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: That's possible. Maybe resting it during the summer and letting the legal troubles subside would be a better idea.
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Originally posted by asiancolossus: Could part of it be due to Ty Pennington's arrest for DUI? It is afterall a family show...image is everything!
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Part of that is daylight savings time. Part of it is Survivor and part of it is viewers tiring out.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: Just 9 weeks ago (March 4) EM:HE drew a 5.3 in the demo. Last night it only produced a 3.7
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Originally posted by tv avenger: It was nice to see that Bros. and Sisters improved over last weeks not so great numbers. I also hope that abc sees the red flags regarding their sunday line-up. They need to be pro active and have a stronger show at 8 to kick start the night. I think everyone will agree,while still a strong show,Extreme Home addition needs to be moved to another time slot, it really is starting to drag down the night for the alphabet. I really feel that ugly Betty would be a much better fit leading into Desperate. This week is going to be a very interesting week for all us monday morning quarterbacks who are going to critiquing the hell out of the new upfront schedules. Should be fun!!!!
yes ABC for once do the right thing if u renewed that bomb called notes from underbelly u can surely renew one of the funniest comedy's on right now GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW
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This is based on the assumption that GREY'S can hold its own no matter the lead-in. Why risk that? It's possible whatever 8pm substitution loses viewer to the NBC comedies, then viewers stick to THE OFFICE at 9pm instead of GREY'S, then they miss a couple GREY'S episodes and lose interest. Or maybe SURVIVOR rebounds, leading into CSI which gains momentum against GREY'S.
I really believe that's how ABC hurt LOST. They moved it from 8pm to 9pm and inserted the tired and consistently low-rated GEORGE LOPEZ leading off a timeslot they owned, and viewers watched other networks and their 9pm show while missing LOST episodes and got bored from not knowing what's going on and wanting it to end already.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: If you think the animation block is doing poorly now, just wait until it would hit Thursdays. It would clash with NBC's male friendly shows like Earl, the Office, and Scrubs and fall flat on its face. Sunday is where the comedies belong, they mainly need some advertising and buzz to refuel them. Perhaps a new animated comedy. I would wait til post-baseball to relaunch them next year and give them some time. Then use the Superbowl to juice up one of them and another new animated comedy to air Sundays between the Simpsons and Family Guy.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: FOX needs to be aggressive and move the Animation Block to Thursdays 8-10. It has been taking a hit on Sundays in recent months.
Move 5th Grader to Sundays at 8pm
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Originally posted by TK: Two questions about FOX's sunday night lineup. First, how do you explain how the rerun of the Simpsons consistently outdraws the new episode?
Second, why do they show a rerun of King of the Hill every week? Why not a second Simpsons rerun or a Family Guy rerun?
I agree with pisher re:The Simpsons. It's still a draw in the demo, and Fox is not going to cancel the show with the movie coming out in two months. If the movie tanks, or seriously damages the show by being awful, Fox will take a long, hard look. Then again, Fox isn't exactly flush with hits to replace it with.
But I allso agree that The Simpsons isn't what it used to be. Groening and company can still produce funny episodes, but the bad eps show up just as often, and they are not fun to watch in syndication. I sort of worry that The Simpsons will suffer the same fate as Roseanne. Roseanne was a pretty good show for the first 4 or 5 years, but the last 4 to 5 years were so terrible as to render repeats from any season unwatchable.
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Bring back Futurama and replace the Simpsons with it on Sundays. Put the Simpson's out of it's misery already. It's just not funny anymore and now these unfunny eps are going into syndication where they won't be funny for years to come.
I'm all for bringing back Futurama (though they did KINDA do that already), but c'mon--The Simpsons, even now, is funnier than all but a handful of shows on television. I still laugh when I'm watching it. Of course, I don't hesitate for one moment to skip it if there's something else I want to see, or something else I have to do.
I think people just feel like they can see it anytime, in syndication, on DVD, online, etc. It could be canceled tomorrow, and it would still be omnipresent in our culture for decades to come.
Oh, and you might recall there's a movie coming out soon?
Anytime FOX feels like they aren't getting their money's worth, you can be sure they'll be happy to get rid of Groening, whom they cordially despise (and it's mutual, I believe).
But the show is still a cash cow, and I think it'll be around for at least a few more years.
Originally posted by Frazier: This is based on the assumption that GREY'S can hold its own no matter the lead-in. Why risk that? It's possible whatever 8pm substitution loses viewer to the NBC comedies, then viewers stick to THE OFFICE at 9pm instead of GREY'S, then they miss a couple GREY'S episodes and lose interest. Or maybe SURVIVOR rebounds, leading into CSI which gains momentum against GREY'S.
I really believe that's how ABC hurt LOST. They moved it from 8pm to 9pm and inserted the tired and consistently low-rated GEORGE LOPEZ leading off a timeslot they owned, and viewers watched other networks and their 9pm show while missing LOST episodes and got bored from not knowing what's going on and wanting it to end already.
Actually GLo has not lead into Lost with original episodes once this year and it only happened about once last year as well (I believe it was GLo's higher rated season premiere).
