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Will NBC Drop Original Show On Fridays? (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
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| July 5, 2007
| David Goetzl
Posted on 07/05/2007 7:22:00 AM PDT by abb
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By the end of this decade, or shortly thereafter, television networks as we know them today will cease to exist.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:22:05 AM PDT
by
abb
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:22:37 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
“By the end of this decade, or shortly thereafter, television networks as we know them today will cease to exist.”
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If you’re talking about the mainstream media — thank goodness!
To: abb
Graboff said a network simply "can't afford to pay for 19 hours a week of original high-quality programming" these days. I doubt if they can produce 19 hours of high quality programming a year!
To: abb
Graboff said a network simply "can't afford to pay for 19 hours a week of original high-quality programming" these days.Good thing they stopped doing that years ago.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:30:42 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Cottonmouth Trinity Jericho)
To: Malone LaVeigh
The high-dollar television production companies (think Aaron Sorkin, et al) have priced themselves out of business.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:34:22 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
Gee—looks like I was ahead of the game when I quit watching television back in Jan 2000! One thing’s for sure—I haven’t missed it at all!
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
basil
(Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: Petronski
Have you watched “Friday Night Lights”?
It’s a good series. I watched it last year.
However, NBC has moved it from Wednesdays to Fridays. I’m not optimistic when a show gets mopved to Friday nights.
That’s almost like the network saying “We’re looking for an excuse to cancel your show”.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:40:46 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: Malone LaVeigh
Graboff said a network simply "can't afford to pay for 19 hours a week of original high-quality programming" these days.Maybe they could afford to produce better TV if NBC decided to kill off its low-rated, biased, and expensive "news" division.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:46:06 AM PDT
by
AngryJawa
({IDPA, NRA} GO HUNTER '08)
To: abb
a network simply "can't afford to pay for 19 hours a week of original high-quality programming" these days.That's been evident for about the last 20 years..
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:48:21 AM PDT
by
Wil H
(Islam - the religion of perpetual outrage.)
To: abb
For the life of me, I can't understand why they just don't put good programing on. They would rather go under than give up their leftist, Satan worshiping, anti US, politically correct, pap.
Give Anne Coulter a call and give her an hour spot. Give Limbaugh a call and guarantee complete freedom do say what he wants. Do some investigative reports on scientists that don't believe in global warming. How about a follow up report on women that had abortions and how many are suicidal? Show why homeschoolers do better on spelling than public schoolers. Do some historical reporting on the Christian foundation of America. Do a show on McCarthy that shows he really did find commies in the government. Show the people the difference in fetal stem cells and adult stem cells and why no one wants to finance fetal stem cell research. Show the oil wells in elementary school playgrounds in Texas and Oklahoma and ask why we can't drill in ANWAR. Do a show following an illegal alien family and how much they steal from the American taxpayers while they are here. Show how it costs Americans $33,000 for every alien job paying $6 an hour.
Most people are tired of the same ole crap shoved in their face that they know is a lie. I could turn their network to number 1 in about a week. They would rather die. They are still trying to figure a way to get Rosie on prime time.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:49:14 AM PDT
by
chuckles
To: MplsSteve
That very show was on the bubble and almost wasn’t renewed. I suspect NBC might not have had anything better with which to replace it and therefore renewed it. It had marginal ratings all season. As did most all of NBC’s shows - they were in fourth place in the ratings for the second straight year. In fact, don’t be shocked if/when General Electric jettisons NBC/U altogether.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:49:19 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
It doesn't have to be high quality, just fun. Deal or no deal, is not rocket science, just fun. We are talking about entertainment here.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:49:28 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(Hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance?)
To: abb
Will NBC Drop Original Show On Fridays?
If a tree falls in the forest and...
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:50:17 AM PDT
by
adorno
To: chuckles
They would rather go under than give up their leftist, Satan worshiping, anti US, politically correct, pap. That's pretty much it. US business history is chock full of stories about companies that refused to adapt in the face of change. So they went belly up. The hardest thing in the world to change is one's way of thinking.
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posted on
07/05/2007 7:52:37 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
Shepard Smith in New Orleans was the final straw for me, my TV is now only a screen for dvd’s.
To: MplsSteve
Have you watched Friday Night Lights?
I started watching it just recently via the online web version. It is a good program. I am through about 9 hours of the 22 hours for the first season.
Networks should look at some of the cable short-season successes and consider expanding them. I like The Closer and Psyc and several others. They are relatively successful. I would like to see them expanded to 20+ episodes.
The main trouble with networks is -- they get a success and replicate it and run various versions until people get sick of it.
ABC ruined Who wants to be a millionaire because it was initially successful, and ABC was in trouble, and they ran it, sometimes times 2x per evening and 4 evenings per week.
NBC is doing the same thing with Deal or no deal.
We have several versions of CSI and Law & Order. Even the originals of those series are getting kind of stale. At least, much of the reality crap finally ran it course and networks are getting away from that.
Surprisingly, the networks quit competing some time ago. Two or three decades ago, if one ran a blockbuster, the others tried to compete and also ran blockbusters. Now, if one has a successful program or big event, the others run reruns. [And they wonder why they lose viewership.]
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posted on
07/05/2007 8:08:07 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: abb
I have no use for “reality” programs (Big Brother, Pirate Master) or game shows. But they seem to be pervasive, so I guess they must be very cheap to produce.
Frankly, the idea that there are people who can be “entertained” by this crap is downright scary.
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posted on
07/05/2007 8:11:17 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(If you don't have borders, you won't have a nation ~ Mark Steyn)
To: chuckles
BUMP to your programming idea.
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posted on
07/05/2007 8:12:09 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(If you don't have borders, you won't have a nation ~ Mark Steyn)
To: adorno
If a tree falls in the forest and...
To show the network/cable scheduling intellect, [and I still can't figure this one out] SCI FI channel started showing EWC wresting weekly.
That would be about like the Food Channel showing Dr. Quinn, MD or TBN broadcsting The Jerry Springer Show.
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posted on
07/05/2007 8:13:28 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
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