So I was watching "My Name Is Earl" last night and they had a commercial on announcing that they were moving both Earl and The Office to Thursday, one of the top nights for advertising dollars. Obviously the move to Thursday was obvious for Earl because it's one of the top rated comedies on the network, but The Office loses a huge chunk of the audience despite being critically acclaimed. The programming people at NBC, though, are at least trying to support The Office specifically because it's a well regarded show despite the ratings.
I only wish Fox had the vision that the NBC execs have.
I only wish Fox had the vision that the NBC execs have.
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Re: Why NBC gets it...
Wed, December 7, 2005 - 2:27 PMIt's easy to bash Fox, and I will as much as any one, but at least they brought it back after the first and second seasons, even though the last two were incomplete seasons, no one believed they would bring it back after the first season.
Don't give them too much credit though, they didn't continue to carry the show because they like to create good art, they thought that it might catch on after winning multiple emmys. If they had a crystal ball when the show was initially pitched to them, there's no way they would have given the green light, knowing how it woud end up. Screw you FOX! But thanks for the 2 1/2 seasons on DVD. -
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 3:46 PMBehind every great creative work (movie, TV, music, art, dance, book, etc) was a suit who didn't want to finance it because it wasn't like everything else -
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 3:52 PMAnother point I was trying to make was that historically NBC has been better at taking care of critically acclaimed shows that have trouble in the ratings. The only show I can think of recently that they didn't give much of a chance to get going was Freaks and Geeks.
Fox is the worst culprit. Shows like Action, Firefly, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and even Family Guy first time around, were lauded by critics and didn't do so well in the ratings. A lot of that had to do with Fox shifting the shows to different time slots every few month and pre-empting shows so that fans of the shows didn't even know they were on!
Anyway, I'm just venting. There's still a tiny chance Fox still keeps AD, but I highly doubt it. -
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 9:25 PMLove love love Freaks and Geeks. Just now, before I turned on my computer, I watched one of the episodes on DVD. One measly season. Right now I'm on DVD #4 out of 6 and am going to be sad all over again when I'm done. Such a great show. -
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 10:04 PMhow about Undeclared? Remember that Fux show?
that show owned!
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 10:16 PMNBC gets it?
What about Scrubs? -
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Wed, December 7, 2005 - 10:38 PMI love Scrubs and while they haven't been particularly good with the pre-empting of the show, last time I checked it's still on the air through the rest of this season despite lackluster ratings and this is the show's fifth season. Also NBC never cut their order for Scrubs despite the ratings.
Up until this season I've never been concerned about the future of Scrubs and this is season five. Not many shows get to season five.
Totally random aside...why the HELL is "According to Jim" still on?!
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Thu, December 8, 2005 - 4:07 PMImagine a Scubs, AD hour on Tuesday night...I fairly certain that those of us loving AD and Scrubs won't care much that American Idol is on at the same time.
The ratings have to be considered - like this...American Idol will win that hour, but what about the other half of the country, not watching American Idol? Don't we deserve some programs we like as well?
I don't like watching bad singers...I love watching AD!!!! Love it!!!!
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