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ABC NOW FEARING A MASS TUNEOUT (The Brokeback Oscars Effect)
NY Post ^ | 2/1/06 | DON KAPLAN

Posted on 02/01/2006 2:38:50 AM PST by jimbo123

"Brokeback Mountain" and a slew of other arty, less-widely seen Oscar-nominated flicks are expected to take the polish off ABC's ratings for the Academy Awards this year.

With no big-budget films like "Titanic," "Gladiator" or "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in this season's crop of nominees, ABC may be staring down the barrel of one of the lowest-rated Oscar telecasts in recent memory when it airs on March 5, say TV-industry analysts.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Of course decent people aren't going to tune into the Oscars to watch gay propaganda. Send a message to Hollyweird and tune out.
1 posted on 02/01/2006 2:38:52 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Schadenfreude.


2 posted on 02/01/2006 2:39:26 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (suffering from tagline fatigue...)
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To: Keith in Iowa
My understanding is that the majority of those who have seen this movie in the theater have snuck in through the back door.
3 posted on 02/01/2006 2:40:54 AM PST by shadeaud (Liberals suffer from acute interior cornial craniorectoitis)
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lol!

I'm going to use that.


4 posted on 02/01/2006 2:41:28 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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This is a brilliant time for some other network to counterprogram the heck out of the Oscars. Usually the other channels, nets and cable go into rerun mode. If I were FOX, I would do something huge and capitalize baby!!!!


5 posted on 02/01/2006 2:41:37 AM PST by RadioCirca1970
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Aren't they having a "Life of Snails" documentary on the Discovery channel that night?
6 posted on 02/01/2006 2:42:08 AM PST by msnimje (SAMMY for SANDY --- THAT IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD TRADE!!!)
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To: jimbo123
Next time, try nominating something people actually went to see.


7 posted on 02/01/2006 2:42:26 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
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I feel so sorry for them. I had to break out a tiny violin.

8 posted on 02/01/2006 2:43:42 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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Wow....first Alito's confirmation and now this.

The good news just keeps on coming. ;-)

9 posted on 02/01/2006 2:43:49 AM PST by Allegra (You Won't Find the Meaning of Life in This Tagline....at Least Not Today.)
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Sounds better than the Oscars - but then, I haven't watched it since my wife died.


10 posted on 02/01/2006 2:44:56 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: shadeaud

Are you accusing them of fudging the box office numbers?


11 posted on 02/01/2006 2:45:59 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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Hollywood is on a relentless March toward irrelevance to the average consumer. Look for the dramatic rise of independent movie making with new movies delivered completely digitally and directly to the consumer.


12 posted on 02/01/2006 2:46:42 AM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

they're really packin' 'em in down at our local theater


13 posted on 02/01/2006 2:48:51 AM PST by zipper
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To: RadioCirca1970
This is a brilliant time for some other network to counterprogram the heck out of the Oscars. Usually the other channels, nets and cable go into rerun mode. If I were FOX, I would do something huge and capitalize baby!!!!

You're right. FOX would rule...

14 posted on 02/01/2006 2:49:16 AM PST by GOPJ (Massachusetts: where fat drunks are elected, and reelected, and reelected and reelected and ree)
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To: zipper
I hope they have big sodas to wash down those hot dogs....from the concession stand.
15 posted on 02/01/2006 2:51:08 AM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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I was going to watch the Oscars, but I have a more exciting evening planned. I'm going to attend the Grand Opening of a new Umbrella.


16 posted on 02/01/2006 2:52:01 AM PST by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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Tough. Too bad, ABC. I feel sorry for you NOT.


17 posted on 02/01/2006 2:53:29 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
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Oscars? Never heard of 'em. And what's an ABC anyhow?

The snail documentary sounds great, I think I'll watch that one.


18 posted on 02/01/2006 2:53:46 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (DO NOT read to the end of this tagline . . . Oh, $#@%^, there you went and did it.)
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To: zipper
It's the kind of movie where someone grabs your seat and the theater isn't even crowded.

Surfing through movie boards, many gays do believe that this movie is a mandate for public acceptance of the gay lifestyle.
19 posted on 02/01/2006 2:53:56 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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I was going to tune out even before they announced the nominations because I can't stand that antisemitic Jew Jon Stewart.
20 posted on 02/01/2006 2:55:21 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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