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[thedarkangel1975]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

Wasting 4 hours of your life on something that ultimately doesn't pay off for you is commendable.

Now if Lost were even half as good as BSG, I'd hack on him a bit for it, but all Lost does is ask questions, and more questions, and then they go back to the original questions and ask more questions about them.

Plus there's the ever so fun bits about "Hey, someone we know got kidnapped, let's all sit around on the beach and let things sort themselves out about it" that really made no sense when you looked at them later.

I made it through the entire first season before realizing that all that Lost will ever do is keep asking questions and setting up pointless plotlines that look as if they got a group of writers together and set up a wall of plot ideas and got each one of them to throw a dart at said wall, whatever the darts hit, they put in the show.

Like Sea Manatees but with less intelligence.

Logan

What is BSG?

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by thedarkangel1975

What is BSG?

Battlestar Galactica

[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?

[thecroshow]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

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.

Which shows change each week as you say? I watch the following shows: Lost, The Office, Supernatural, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Lie To Me, Hell's Kitchen, Parks and Recreation (starting this Thurs), and maybe 1 or 2 others. None of these shows juggle their start times/days. The only exception is when there is a major event like a new president, superbowl sunday...etc. The closest I can think of? When a show takes a week or two off...but I have no idea what ur talking about

[pBLU-RAYs3]

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.

[KenThompson]

I'm tired and frustrated with getting hooked on shows just for the damn network to cancel them. Why bother watching anymore. There are way to many options for people with cable and satellite to get real numbers on viewers and why doesn't recorded episodes get counted. How many people watch shows when they want to and zap the commercials. Networks, try this, leave the shows in their time slots where people get use to watching them.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by KenThompson

I'm tired and frustrated with getting hooked on shows just for the damn network to cancel them. Why bother watching anymore. There are way to many options for people with cable and satellite to get real numbers on viewers and why doesn't recorded episodes get counted. How many people watch shows when they want to and zap the commercials. Networks, try this, leave the shows in their time slots where people get use to watching them.

I think if they just factored in DVR ratings almost all shows would have huge jumps in what are perceived as actual viewers. I don't watch anything live.

[WyldeMan45]

STATUS UPDATES (Friday, April 10)

Chuck Update: Chuck executive producer Chris Fedak tells us exclusively, "Currently we're talking with the studio and the network and everybody's really positive about the show. The network and the studio have been big fans throughout the process through both seasons. We have high hopes. But on the other side of things, we definitely want our fans out there telling their friends and family, as well as blogging and talking about how much they like the show. That's super important."

Dollhouse Update: Contrary what you might have heard this week, Dollhouse has not already been canceled. Sources tell us that Fox is "100 percent in the decision phase" regarding a renewal.

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