Posted on 05/15/2014 12:46:24 PM PDT by PoloSec
The network shows are trash, no matter what time of year they premier.
This is not new. They often have new shows in summer.
What rock has this guy been living under? The TV schedule has been year round for a long time. Yeah the broadcast networks lean towards the lower rent schedule in summer, but even they’ve been putting dramas in the summer schedule for a few years.
I remember network television.
Summer used to be the exclusive domain of comedy/variety replacement series featuring The Starland Vocal Band, or Pink Lady and Jeff.
I second that.
AMC’s “Turn” has been really impressive. Being history based makes for a limited run but its really nice to see solid pro American patriotism on the screen.
Turn has become my favorite short term show.
I wish AMC would pick up James Riley’s “Courage New Hampshire”. It takes place a few years earlier which leaves room for a longer series about the growing resistance and rebellion.
Riley wrote a great critique of Turn.
http://www.colonybay.net/w/index.php/2014/05/take-turn/
And who would have thought two cover song singing Japanese women who cant speak English and a forgetful comedian would actually be more entertaining than 99% of what we watch today?
perhaps it’s what CNN will try next
About 5 yrs too late for me. TV; no have.
Thank you Øbama !
another job well done you pos
One thing they need to do is to stop the practice of split seasons with such a long gap that the viewer loses interest or forgets the story arc. It kills viewer loyalty and promotes cancellations IMO.
I haven’t watched a network show, beyond a Sunday morning show(and those are bad too) , in many years.
I don’t have to, I have FIOS
Ya, I remember summer replacement series being on TV. What is this guy talking about?
I’m about ready to throw in the towel on TV.
Too many sex jokes on comedy shows, too many homosexual characters, too many dumbed down plots, too much political correctness.
I’m reading more books, and getting news from the internet. I enjoy sports, but, don’t really sit down and watch an entire game anymore. I think I’m good with just a good book and an internet connection.
Some 29 programs were cancelled last year and nearly 40 have been cancelled this year. Several were pulled only after a couple of episodes were aired.
If the content of the summer venue are similar, many of them may not survive very long either.
Networks are having a difficult time determining what gains an audience and what doesn’t.
“I remember network television.”
Me too, they cancelled every show I liked.
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