"HEIST" bit the dirt a few days ago.
Now that the May sweeps are starting, look for wholesale changes. Unfortunately, that means the introduction of more summertime trash. Thankfully, there's much more to entertainment life than TV, as "prime time" really goes to pot in the summer.
Canceled TV shows....
Looks as if "Conviction" is headed toward the gate. It's not a bad show, but the general public will watch only so many Dick Wolf productions. Eventually, we may end up with only Law & Order" and "L&O: SVU".
It's not that "Conviction" is a bad show: its timing was wrong. With the glut of cop/court & forensics shows, a shakeout was bound to occur.
Unfortunately, it doesn't cost a network any serious bucks to make a trashy reality show, foist it off on the public, and dump it if it flops, as most do nowadays. They don't have a lotta money invested in unaired episodes.It DOES cost serious bucks to make each episode of a scripted show, and the net is stuck with unaired episodes if the show flops & the sponsors pull their support. The net has already paid to have those episodes made, and since the show has already flopped, no one wants to buy nor sponsor them.
Often, the nets decide to burn off unaired eps of a bummed-out show as "fillers" on summer Saturday nights, thus adding to TV's rep for garbage all summer, especially on weekend nights. I believe WB & UPN are doing their burnoffs of their clinkers right now, and that's why such trash as "Survival Of The Richest" & "Modern Men" are still on.
I think "The War At Home" has concluded on Fox, & its return is very doubtful.
It's not that "Conviction" is a bad show: its timing was wrong. With the glut of cop/court & forensics shows, a shakeout was bound to occur.
Unfortunately, it doesn't cost a network any serious bucks to make a trashy reality show, foist it off on the public, and dump it if it flops, as most do nowadays. They don't have a lotta money invested in unaired episodes.It DOES cost serious bucks to make each episode of a scripted show, and the net is stuck with unaired episodes if the show flops & the sponsors pull their support. The net has already paid to have those episodes made, and since the show has already flopped, no one wants to buy nor sponsor them.
Often, the nets decide to burn off unaired eps of a bummed-out show as "fillers" on summer Saturday nights, thus adding to TV's rep for garbage all summer, especially on weekend nights. I believe WB & UPN are doing their burnoffs of their clinkers right now, and that's why such trash as "Survival Of The Richest" & "Modern Men" are still on.
I think "The War At Home" has concluded on Fox, & its return is very doubtful.
Oh, MY!
Looks as if ABC has pulled "Commander-In-Chief" from the schedule, just as Geena Davis received an award from the "White House Project", an org promoting womens' participation in govt.
There are three unaired episodes, which ABC says will prolly be broadcast in June.
This is VERY ominous, as just about every show pulled for a "sweeps" period is burned off & dropped, and the score is 100% for those who've already had their episode orders cut.
I believe the production delays early in its life, combined with the drop in quality of its scripts(not the acting) spelled doom.
Well, it was great while it lasted!
Looks as if ABC has pulled "Commander-In-Chief" from the schedule, just as Geena Davis received an award from the "White House Project", an org promoting womens' participation in govt.
There are three unaired episodes, which ABC says will prolly be broadcast in June.
This is VERY ominous, as just about every show pulled for a "sweeps" period is burned off & dropped, and the score is 100% for those who've already had their episode orders cut.
I believe the production delays early in its life, combined with the drop in quality of its scripts(not the acting) spelled doom.
Well, it was great while it lasted!
"Gilligan" was canceled while it still had respectable ratings. In Sept. 1967, CBS was faced with having to make room for some new shows. At first, it considered canceling 12-year vet "Gunsmoke", whose ratings had slipped slightly. However, a hue & cry from the public caused them to reconsider & cancel "Gilligan", whose ratings were respectable, but had slipped more during the year than "Gunsmoke's" had.
I thought for awhile that "Gilligan" would be back when some new show flopped, such as "Lancer" and "The Good Guys" since the last episode left them still stranded on the island, but.....
"Gunsmoke" lasted 8 more years, & I doubt if "Gilligan" woulda made it that long. Its ratings were beginning to fade, and another season woulda most likely been the last. But absence makes the heart grow fonder, and now "Gilligan's" old viewership, plus a whole new generation of fans, eat up the DVDs of this show whenever/wherever.
The Brady Bunch? Got boring fast.
I thought for awhile that "Gilligan" would be back when some new show flopped, such as "Lancer" and "The Good Guys" since the last episode left them still stranded on the island, but.....
"Gunsmoke" lasted 8 more years, & I doubt if "Gilligan" woulda made it that long. Its ratings were beginning to fade, and another season woulda most likely been the last. But absence makes the heart grow fonder, and now "Gilligan's" old viewership, plus a whole new generation of fans, eat up the DVDs of this show whenever/wherever.
The Brady Bunch? Got boring fast.
Fans of these shows, better rev up yer Tivos or VCRs to catch these finales:
ONE TREE HILL(Wed. May 3) Oops! Too late! But I doubt if anyone cares.
SEVENTH HEAVEN(Monday, May
MAY be back on the WC net this Fall; nothing set in stone yet.
WEST WING (Sunday, May 14) series finale
BOSTON LEGAL( Season finale) will MOST LIKELY be renewed; nothing certain yet
CHARMED(Sunday, May 21) series finale
The new WC releases its Fall lineup May 18, but I doubt if too many readers here give a hoot. But just in case you do.....
ONE TREE HILL(Wed. May 3) Oops! Too late! But I doubt if anyone cares.
SEVENTH HEAVEN(Monday, May
MAY be back on the WC net this Fall; nothing set in stone yet.
WEST WING (Sunday, May 14) series finale
BOSTON LEGAL( Season finale) will MOST LIKELY be renewed; nothing certain yet
CHARMED(Sunday, May 21) series finale
The new WC releases its Fall lineup May 18, but I doubt if too many readers here give a hoot. But just in case you do.....
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Tartanblue wrote:Misteroby, i believe one tree hill on the 3rd was just the season finale and will be back
Guess we'll know about ALL the WB/UPN shows on May 18 when the WC releases its Fall lineup.
As for VH1 & some of those other dorky network-ettes, don't know & don't care.(They're mostly reality trash which I won't watch.) However, if anyone wants info on them, I WILL try to find it.
Love, Inc., Eve, Cuts, & the Bedford Diaries, all duds, ran their courses & have (thankfully) ended, as has West Wing. While WW was canceled, it was allowed to end gracefully, with the end of Bartlet's 2-term presidency. Now while the others weren't officially canceled, it's a sure bet that none will be back except as possible summer fill-ins for some other show canceled in mid-season.
This week is Announcement Week for the nets' Fall line-ups, and there will be more shows get the green weenie. I shall post'em here as I learn of them, unless someone else does so first.
In the meantime, expect the usual summer of reruns and reality trash. Thank goodness for SPORTS!
This week is Announcement Week for the nets' Fall line-ups, and there will be more shows get the green weenie. I shall post'em here as I learn of them, unless someone else does so first.
In the meantime, expect the usual summer of reruns and reality trash. Thank goodness for SPORTS!
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Seems "Sons & Daughters" was shown the door by ABC a little while ago.
"Fear Factor" & "Conviction" are missing from NBC's just-announced Fall lineup. Maybe we're ridda another goofy reality show! But "Conviction" isn't too bad. I think it might be a vic of over-exposure of Dick Wolf shows. Three "Law & Order"s is enuff on one network. I'll letcha know of any new developments if someone else doesn't.
"Fear Factor" & "Conviction" are missing from NBC's just-announced Fall lineup. Maybe we're ridda another goofy reality show! But "Conviction" isn't too bad. I think it might be a vic of over-exposure of Dick Wolf shows. Three "Law & Order"s is enuff on one network. I'll letcha know of any new developments if someone else doesn't.