Where we can keep an eye on and bullshit on what may or may not be on the “death watch” this season.
Melrose Place will probably bite it. Dollhouse as well.
Smallville is toast. Friday nights = death. And as much I like that Chuck is getting a third season, I seriously doubt it lasts beyond that.
Now, the big question. When does Leno go? Ratings have been abysmal. What the fuck can NBC do?
I’m told by my sister, the world’s number one Numbers fan, that the show’s outlook is grim but I can’t confirm this.
It’d be nice if this was the season that kills Heroes. The plummeting ratings make me hopeful.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42789
This doesn’t bode well for Dollhouse. Taken off air during sweeps and running doubles in December? Sounds like they don’t have confidence that sweeps will make a difference and they want to get rid of it faster to me.
Ugly Betty is also DOA. Dumped on Friday nights where it “shockingly” tanked. A lot of the experts are saying Law & Order is probably done after this season. Just can’t see that being the case. Then again, they do this for a profession and I don’t (…yet…!)
Trauma should be gone soon too.
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THIS is the big one. Can NBC really afford to let this thing fail, though?
Dollhouse and Chuck are almost dead. In both shows there are some relatively unknown figures I would love to see again (Ivonne, Amy Acker, November, Sierra, Victor (Enver Gjokaj and Summer Glau)).
What are they gonna do? Come up with five new 10pm shows? Leno will last the season at the minimum.
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Smallville is still on? Fuck me, I hate the TV viewing public somedays.
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| Originally Posted by Jakespeare View Post I’m told by my sister, the world’s number one Numbers fan, that the show’s outlook is grim but I can’t confirm this. It’d be nice if this was the season that kills Heroes. The plummeting ratings make me hopeful. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42789 This doesn’t bode well for Dollhouse. Taken off air during sweeps and running doubles in December? Sounds like they don’t have confidence that sweeps will make a difference and they want to get rid of it faster to me. |
Heroes is stilling doing well in the younger demo (how…I will never understand) and it’s still selling a lot of DVDs. I’m surprised more heads aren’t rolling at NBC, but I think most of the shows doing awful right now outside of their new ones are Silverman projects. If I were NBC I’d be ordering lots of pilots stat.
Also, local news affiliates are getting killed because of Leno.
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| Originally Posted by Feral Akodon View Post Dollhouse and Chuck are almost dead. In both shows there are some relatively unknown figures I would love to see again (Ivonne, Amy Acker, November, Sierra, Victor (Enver Gjokaj and Summer Glau)). |
I agree, but Chuck didn’t even air yet. Sure, it was precarious, but considering how Heroes’ faring, how Leno’s doing, and the lack of quality show on the network, I wouldn’t call it dead yet.
Things won’t get any better for NBC until Zucker is gone. Silverman was certainly responsible for some colossal turkeys, but it’s not like they were in decent shape before he walked in.
I’ve read that if Comcast does buy a majority stake of NBC/Universal, Leno would be among the first things shown the door.
I’m gonna bet HANK and The Middle don’t make it till the end of the season.
Fox was full-on retard to move Fringe to the Thursday 9 P.M. slot directly against Grey’s Anatomy, CSI and The Office. Certainly explains its ratings nosedive. At the same time, I wonder if its just one of those shows people are genuinely interested in only for the first year or two and then move on. I see that happening to Glee too.
Yeah, Glee will be lucky to get 2 seasons. Fringe will have one more at best.
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I dunno. The whole High School Musical/American Idol fad has lasted way longer than I thought, and Glee taps right into that demo.
I don’t think Flash Forward will get past this season. It’s a very hollow show, and once all its cards are played (April 29!), its ratings might plummet, Laura Palmer-style.
Once Glee gets the cushy post-Idol spot in January, its ratings should go way up.
And EW is reporting that Dollhouse will not air in November during sweeps. It will return in December with double episodes on Friday night. Terrible sign.
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Fringe must be one of the few shows planned or at least with some structure which allows some further direction. With Dollhouse the first 6 episodes gave us the impression it will be “guess whore of the week”.