Originally posted by lopez: Fox Gives 'Death' a Rest "Death" is about to take a holiday on Fox.
The network on Wednesday pulled low-rated Brad Garrett comedy "'Til Death" from its lineup, effective immediately. The show will be off the air for at least two weeks, according to program listings released by the network.
During those two weeks, Fox is planning to air repeats of "House" in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot currently occupied by "Death." Earlier this month, Fox pulled the plug on "Death" companion "Do Not Disturb."
A Fox spokesman said "Death" would return after the November sweeps.
Sony Pictures Television produces "'Til Death," which is currently in its third season.
Seriously? 2 weeks? Ugh... At least it will be back during November Sweeps! I can't wait for the episode with Nathan Lane as Brad Garrett's brother.
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It's about time. This show has never delivered the goods, with exception of the first few times it followed AI.
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Originally posted by lopez: Fox Gives 'Death' a Rest "Death" is about to take a holiday on Fox.
The network on Wednesday pulled low-rated Brad Garrett comedy "'Til Death" from its lineup, effective immediately. The show will be off the air for at least two weeks, according to program listings released by the network.
During those two weeks, Fox is planning to air repeats of "House" in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot currently occupied by "Death." Earlier this month, Fox pulled the plug on "Death" companion "Do Not Disturb."
A Fox spokesman said "Death" would return after the November sweeps.
Sony Pictures Television produces "'Til Death," which is currently in its third season.
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It did fine last fall but the hiatus and then the stupid decision by Fox to air the comedies at 8pm instead of after Idol at 9pm last spring gave them no chance at all.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: It's about time. This show has never delivered the goods, with exception of the first few times it followed AI.
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Originally posted by lopez: Fox Gives 'Death' a Rest "Death" is about to take a holiday on Fox.
The network on Wednesday pulled low-rated Brad Garrett comedy "'Til Death" from its lineup, effective immediately. The show will be off the air for at least two weeks, according to program listings released by the network.
During those two weeks, Fox is planning to air repeats of "House" in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot currently occupied by "Death." Earlier this month, Fox pulled the plug on "Death" companion "Do Not Disturb."
A Fox spokesman said "Death" would return after the November sweeps.
Sony Pictures Television produces "'Til Death," which is currently in its third season.
Originally posted by mushu_jj: Why waste the viewers time with House repeats? Why not just move Kitchen Nightmares to Wednesdays and ship those gameshows back to Thursdays. Its not like Fridays with Til Death and Hole in the Wall or Moment of Truth would do any worse year to year than Next Great American Band did.
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Originally posted by lopez: Fox Gives 'Death' a Rest "Death" is about to take a holiday on Fox.
The network on Wednesday pulled low-rated Brad Garrett comedy "'Til Death" from its lineup, effective immediately. The show will be off the air for at least two weeks, according to program listings released by the network.
During those two weeks, Fox is planning to air repeats of "House" in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot currently occupied by "Death." Earlier this month, Fox pulled the plug on "Death" companion "Do Not Disturb."
A Fox spokesman said "Death" would return after the November sweeps.
Sony Pictures Television produces "'Til Death," which is currently in its third season.
Good scheduling ideas for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, mush. 'Kitchen Nightmares' did so good on Wednesdays last year, and it doesn't run the risk of overexposing the weakening 'House'.
I think the death knell for the unfunny 'Til Death' was heard this past Saturday night, when with a huge 'World Series' audience hovering around FOX waiting for the rain delay to end, all that 'Til Death' could accomplish was a measley 1.0 A18-49. 'Til Death' did more to drive rain-delay-watchers away from FOX, and over to ABC for college football or NBC for the 'SNL Thursday Weekend Update' encores. Once the rain delay ended, and 'Til Death' got pulled off, millions of viewers suddenly re-appeared.
'Til Death' died at a moment of need, and I don't expect that FOX will ever give it a serious shot on its schedule again.
Thanks dumont. I agree on Til Death's final straw being the World Series encores. I think the creative tinkering by Fox, an inconsistent timeslot/schedule, and now some downright stupid episodes this fall sunk this show. Its too bad too because at times last season it showed signs of creative brilliance before the net decide it and Back to You were too expensive so they just hacked up Til Death and brought it back with less than half the cast this fall. People often mention the neighbors being gone, but the teachers that Eddie worked with are also no longer around and the ex-wife for Kenny isn't funny at all and makes Joy seem like she has absolutely nothing to do.
I am a lover of traditional sitcoms, and watch most of them. However, I just could never get into TD. I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes, because I loved Brad Garrett on Everyone Loves Raymond. However, I just never really could watch this show. I just never liked it. I guess it has its fans, but this one was never for me.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
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Originally posted by dumont:
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Why waste the viewers time with House repeats? Why not just move Kitchen Nightmares to Wednesdays and ship those gameshows back to Thursdays. Its not like Fridays with Til Death and Hole in the Wall or Moment of Truth would do any worse year to year than Next Great American Band did.
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Originally posted by lopez: Fox Gives 'Death' a Rest "Death" is about to take a holiday on Fox.
The network on Wednesday pulled low-rated Brad Garrett comedy "'Til Death" from its lineup, effective immediately. The show will be off the air for at least two weeks, according to program listings released by the network.
During those two weeks, Fox is planning to air repeats of "House" in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot currently occupied by "Death." Earlier this month, Fox pulled the plug on "Death" companion "Do Not Disturb."
A Fox spokesman said "Death" would return after the November sweeps.
Sony Pictures Television produces "'Til Death," which is currently in its third season.
Good scheduling ideas for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, mush. 'Kitchen Nightmares' did so good on Wednesdays last year, and it doesn't run the risk of overexposing the weakening 'House'.
I think the death knell for the unfunny 'Til Death' was heard this past Saturday night, when with a huge 'World Series' audience hovering around FOX waiting for the rain delay to end, all that 'Til Death' could accomplish was a measley 1.0 A18-49. 'Til Death' did more to drive rain-delay-watchers away from FOX, and over to ABC for college football or NBC for the 'SNL Thursday Weekend Update' encores. Once the rain delay ended, and 'Til Death' got pulled off, millions of viewers suddenly re-appeared.
'Til Death' died at a moment of need, and I don't expect that FOX will ever give it a serious shot on its schedule again.
Thanks dumont. I agree on Til Death's final straw being the World Series encores. I think the creative tinkering by Fox, an inconsistent timeslot/schedule, and now some downright stupid episodes this fall sunk this show. Its too bad too because at times last season it showed signs of creative brilliance before the net decide it and Back to You were too expensive so they just hacked up Til Death and brought it back with less than half the cast this fall. People often mention the neighbors being gone, but the teachers that Eddie worked with are also no longer around and the ex-wife for Kenny isn't funny at all and makes Joy seem like she has absolutely nothing to do.
Originally posted by Twins12: I am a lover of traditional sitcoms, and watch most of them. However, I just could never get into TD. I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes, because I loved Brad Garrett on Everyone Loves Raymond. However, I just never really could watch this show. I just never liked it. I guess it has its fans, but this one was never for me.
Season one episodes were downright terrible. I tried it out season two when Back to You came around and found a show that (at least in the fall) was much much funnier than Back to You as that show tried to find itself. Come spring, they added Kenny and while he was really funny for a few eps, especially when he was his Big Brother, the storyline is just starting to get old now.
The second half of Season 1, the show was finding itself and the momentum was gaining thru Season 2. (But the show was off the schedule most of the season.) Adding Kenny was the show's Jump The Shark moment. They should have done a cross over episode with South Park and had Cartman kill him. The ratings would have been yuge. Another example of FOX messing with a good thing.
The only thing going for it to last an extra season was that Dumont did not like the show.
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Originally posted by Twins12: I am a lover of traditional sitcoms, and watch most of them. However, I just could never get into TD. I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes, because I loved Brad Garrett on Everyone Loves Raymond. However, I just never really could watch this show. I just never liked it. I guess it has its fans, but this one was never for me.
Season one episodes were downright terrible. I tried it out season two when Back to You came around and found a show that (at least in the fall) was much much funnier than Back to You as that show tried to find itself. Come spring, they added Kenny and while he was really funny for a few eps, especially when he was his Big Brother, the storyline is just starting to get old now.
In total, that came to an impressive 17.8 rating/29 share in the 8 p.m. half-hour. Although ABC was hoping facing Barack Obama on three networks would benefit Pushing Daisies, the struggling drama could only muster a fourth-place 4.2/ 7 in the overnights. Comparably, that was down by 29 percent from one year earlier (5.9/10 on Oct. 31, 2007). Fifth overall in the 8 p.m. hour was America’s Next Top Model on the CW, with a 3.0/ 5 -- seven percent above the year-ago clips edition (2.8/ 5).
Honestly, it's one thing to ask Barack Obama to save the economy, save Democracy, or even save the world itself.
But asking him to save Pushing Daisies?
That's just not reasonable.
I mean, why not ask him to fly out into space and stop giant asteroids from crashing into us?
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