donutsweeper: (Default)
donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2009-10-08 06:59 pm
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry

Crap

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

NBC is *so* stupid.
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That'd be too easy and logical.

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, that you'd like to be thought of as an intelligent human being and not a demographic?

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Is hollywood capable of that?

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
If they stopped worrying about the demographics, they could focus on making a decent show.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
But, but, but... then how would they get the advertisers interested?

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Good ratings? Alas, I should know better than that, though. Advertisers want to know who to target, too.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Good ratings? Good ratings... I think I've heard tell of those....

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
They were far more common during the period we like to call "back in the day".

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Back in the day when the shows were good... when the plots were understandable and the actors cute...

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I have the sudden urge to go tell some kids to get off my lawn...

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-16 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen some icons with that. It really is the perfect sentiment

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Or, better yet, "get off the TV, you damn NBC executives!"

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
They're trying, they're trying. NBC is currently in 4th place

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'd cheer, but I feel bad for all the shows that are currently stuck there.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
The "Leno Effect" is terrible for them. Many shows are seeing their ratings drop like mad. L&O:SVU went from being in the top 10 to losing 40% of it's audience to come out in 42nd place

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
They should write a book: "How to destroy a TV network with just one show".

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
one show on 5 nights a week.. but yeah. Although their production costs are down!

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
In a key primetime slot! It's probably a good thing production costs are down, because I doubt the advertisers are lining up, right now.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-10-17 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
It is one of those things I wonder about. Their avg age of viewer has gone up 2 years and is in the mid-40s if I remember (ideal is 18-35) and number are down.

So if it costs half as much to make you're saving $$ in the short run, but aren't you losing ad money? And will continue to lose it as the numbers drop further?
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only