TV.com Top 10: Shows in Danger

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

The big problem I see with TV shows these days are the following :

Too many network and channels. Back 25 to 30 years ago Neilsen ratings had some meanings since they were calculated from very limited TV channels. Of course the numbers watching All In The Family or MASH or Happy Days were huge, there were no other options. Now a days CBS, NBC, ABC no longer rule alone, with the tons of possibilities out there it spread's out the numbers. What they should do is stop using the numbers for 30 years ago as to what make's a succesful show and revise it for today's world.

DVD or BD. Many people are tired of network messing around with the broadcasting of their favorite show, it's on Monday night at 9 pm one week, then Sunday at 8 pm, to finaly go to Thursday at 10 pm. It's annoying! So let's wait for the series to be on DVD or BD and watch it when we want it too and as often as we want it too. But if you got quite a good numbers of viewers doing this, you end up with shows that get cancel.

Also certain networks are just not the right place for certain shows. I understand the appeal for studios to want their shows on ABC, NBC, CBS or FOX, more exposure and thus more money. Problem is, a show like Chuck for example, how is it very likely to appeal to huge mass of the viewing audience on NBC? Or Battlestar Galactica? With channels like scifi and others this is where these show should be and evaluated for their success, not on ABC where 70% of the viewers are grandma and grandpa who want the Golden Girls, Matlock or more showing of American Funniest Video.

The big cheese need to review how and where they release their shows, until that time a lot more shows will get cancel within 1 or 2 seasons, making more and more fans angry and driving them more and more away from watching the next series of TV shows, what's the point they will cancel it anyway?

Truth hurts.