The very first prominent critic has led off a campaign putting pressure on ABC to save the Cavemen series, which apparently is in trouble because it skews too much to the elusive young male demographic.

Please, ABC, Don't Cancel ‘Cavemen’!

I shall lend my name to the very first Save Our Show campaign of the 2007-8 season, for I feel too many viewers were steered clear of this funny series by prejudicial critics who saw only the first pilot or clips of it and thereafter bad-mouthed the series before it had even aired.

Cavemen has evolved into a humourous look at cavemen in a society that relishes in stereotypes. This series is profound social commentary under the guise of comedy, and ABC should consider scheduling it later in the evening and/or together with their other male-demo-skewing programs (Big Shots, Boston Legal).

When it comes time to re-launch the series, I would suggest sandwiching it in between one of the college bowl games around the New Year so that more of the male demographic gets exposed to it.

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The very first prominent critic has led off a campaign putting pressure on ABC to save the Cavemen series, which apparently is in trouble because it skews too much to the elusive young male demographic.

I think it's in trouble because its raw viewer and 18-49 numbers are flat-out bad. With those numbers, it'd be in trouble no matter how it skewed.

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I shall lend my name to the very first Save Our Show campaign of the 2007-8 season, for I feel too many viewers were steered clear of this funny series by prejudicial critics who saw only the first pilot or clips of it and thereafter bad-mouthed the series before it had even aired.

I have always agreed with this, but I've never been able to muster up the same enthusiasm you have for the show itself. It is pretty delicious, though, that a show all about stereotypes has likely been sunk in part because of all the early prejudice against it. Maybe the story OF the show is even more poignant than the story IN the show.

LOL at the graphic. Did you make that dumont?

The one positive thing I can say about Cavemen is that it is a much better series than Carpoolers.

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LOL at the graphic. Did you make that dumont?

The one positive thing I can say about Cavemen is that it is a much better series than Carpoolers.

The one positive thing I can say about Cavemen is that it out lasted Viva Laughlin.

According to The New York Times, there is a growing swell of critics and television opinion leaders who have come around to appreciate Cavemen as exemplary comedy.

New York Times: "A Sitcom Battles Its Own Prehistory"

As someone who enjoyed every episode broadcast so far of this series, one can only hope that someone at ABC is monitoring this wellspring of critical acclaim for Cavemen. We anxiously await the remaining seven unaired episodes as a New Years comedy treat.

I'm guessing they could be used as either Saturday burnoff (although ABC does seem to stray from that sort of activity and rather just throws the episodes online) or it could be used as Idol snack food and let out to die on Tuesdays at 8 with maybe Jim repeats at 8:30 so ABC can claim growth at the half hour mark. Then new Jim and Carpoolers at 9.

Dear Dumont,

Please keep my name off of any petitions to save this show.

Thank you.
xwiseguyx

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
Dear Dumont,

Please keep my name off of any petitions to save this show.

Thank you.
xwiseguyx

Your request shall be honoured.

Going forward, I shall limit references to your episode re-caps to cocktail party conversation only.

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Originally posted by dumont:

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
Dear Dumont,

Please keep my name off of any petitions to save this show.

Thank you.
xwiseguyx

Your request shall be honoured.

Going forward, I shall limit references to your episode re-caps to cocktail party conversation only.

That was just funnier than the show itself!

That New York Times story has engendered a buzzstorm of internet discussion about Cavemen, and speculation on when and where ABC plans to deploy the remaining seven or eight episodes.

I have a hunch that Cavemen is being saved to counter-program American Idol.

Save the Cave, ABC!

Well I would say that it probably doesn't skew all the same as American Idol, but its far from a success and will not have any real positive effect for ABC in the hour. I think it will get another chance and then likley bomb and get pulled for online duty.

I think the NYT writer should credit this thread as a source for his article, as the very first thing he quoted was The Oregonian article unearthed weeks before by dumont. And most ideas in the article were ideas already discussed in this thread.

I think ABC should pick a Saturday night in January and run six back-to-back episodes of Cavemen. Reminiscent of what Fox did with Arrested Development (they put the last four of the series back-to-back against the Olympics, I think).

Completely agree. Let the fans see the episodes and then pretend it never aired. If the upcoming Duel draws some interest, ABC should slate it Tuesdays at 8. It won't do overly hot against what will a monster and unattacked Death Star but it may draw some older folks who are tired of NCIS repeats.

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I think the NYT writer should credit this thread as a source for his article, as the very first thing he quoted was The Oregonian article unearthed weeks before by dumont. And most ideas in the article were ideas already discussed in this thread.

I think ABC should pick a Saturday night in January and run six back-to-back episodes of Cavemen. Reminiscent of what Fox did with Arrested Development (they put the last four of the series back-to-back against the Olympics, I think).

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Originally posted by spotupj:
I think the NYT writer should credit this thread as a source for his article, as the very first thing he quoted was The Oregonian article unearthed weeks before by dumont. And most ideas in the article were ideas already discussed in this thread.

I think ABC should pick a Saturday night in January and run six back-to-back episodes of Cavemen. Reminiscent of what Fox did with Arrested Development (they put the last four of the series back-to-back against the Olympics, I think).

Excellent idea, spotupj. A Saturday play-off would please me.

Perhaps ABC might want to open up the 8-9 pm hour on Saturday to broadcast the remaining Cavemen episodes as well as those two remaining unaired Masters of Science Fiction episodes.

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Originally posted by dumont:

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Originally posted by spotupj:
I think the NYT writer should credit this thread as a source for his article, as the very first thing he quoted was The Oregonian article unearthed weeks before by dumont. And most ideas in the article were ideas already discussed in this thread.

I think ABC should pick a Saturday night in January and run six back-to-back episodes of Cavemen. Reminiscent of what Fox did with Arrested Development (they put the last four of the series back-to-back against the Olympics, I think).

Excellent idea, spotupj. A Saturday play-off would please me.

Perhaps ABC might want to open up the 8-9 pm hour on Saturday to broadcast the remaining Cavemen episodes as well as those two remaining unaired Masters of Science Fiction episodes.

And you think the Saturday Repeats of 30 Rock are bad.....