Crap

[donutsweeper]

Southland's been canceled. It's unlikely any of this season's episodes will air.

NBC is *so* stupid.

Comments

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

And they wonder why they're doing so poorly.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

utterly shocking, right? Their top rated drama right now is L&O:SVU which is in 40th place. FORTIETH!!!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's just sad.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and they are apparently locked into the Jay Leno show for TWO YEARS. God knows how bad a shape the network will be in by then

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

That's assuming they still have a network by then.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

When cable channels are beating your ratings... that's not a good sign

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Definitely not.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Saving money should never be ALL that you are aiming for. Because when you boil it all down you still need to be able to sell ad time. And if you can't it doesn't matter how little you spend to produce your shows because you won't be able to bring in enough to break even.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It makes you wonder who's in charge over there.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

whoever it is, they don't have a CLUE

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Maybe no one's in charge. It's total anarchy over at NBC.

If only.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

There's rumors that the network is going up for sale and they're trying to cut costs until it happens

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I heard something about that. Way to make it more sellable, guys.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

short term vs long term thinking at work

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I think far too many people fail to anticipate the long term.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. It's why I'm always so impressed with shows like Babylon 5 and SPN that have a well thought out multiseason arc

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

You know they had to be fans before they became creators.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

exactly. and they were SMART ones too

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

The kind that actually paid attention.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think you had to have been a fan that got annoyed when canon contradicted itself to keep an eye on the kind of details that they are. Especially to keep filling in backstories and whatnot. (I mean, the fact we're *still* finding out about Dean's amulet makes me giddy

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Definitely. If only more of us were in charge.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It makes a huge difference. Even if it's just someone writing stories *they* want to see as opposed to what they think the target audience wants to see.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'd actually rather see more of that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'm going for something actually watchable. Lord knows there's so little of that these days

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

So true.