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Peacock looking plucked as NBC cancels shows (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | October 16, 2011 | Johnathan Storm

Posted on 10/18/2011 7:42:41 AM PDT by abb

The Peacock is looking like a bedraggled starling at the start of its first fall TV season in Comcast's nest.

Three weeks in, overall viewership, according to the Nielsen Co., is up at CBS and Fox, and down less than 1 percent at ABC, vs. year-ago numbers.

But at NBC, it's down 6 percent.

More ominous: Despite a new entertainment boss and a large bump in spending on program development, NBC has seen the average viewership of its five new series drop a stunning 28 percent from levels achieved by last year's five new series in the first three weeks of the season.


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To: Buckeye McFrog
Other than Sunday Night Football I can’t think of a single program I’ve watched on NBC in many years. And I nearly dumped that when Keith Olbermann was anchoring their halftime show.

I was thinking along the same lines. Except that I don't watch Sunday Night Football. By the time Sunday night rolls around, I have had enough football.

The last NBC program that I watched was the 2010 Winter Olympics. Before that, it was when NBC broadcasted NASCAR races. I can't remember the last time I watched a NBC prime time entertainment show.


41 posted on 10/18/2011 8:48:18 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34 (Free Obama's Birth Certificate!)
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To: Cinnamontea

NCIS is my favorite show and about the only thing I watch on TV (USA reruns). I think gay/lib writers took over. I’m really disappointed in the way the show is going. They are making Gibbs into a criminal, Tony looks like a cartoon character, McGee looks weak and depressed and Ziva sits around and looks pretty. They’re going to make Gibbs cry on the program at some point or another.

I guess they are going for the female audience now. Too much family stuff for me and not enough bad guys getting theirs. They are also recycling plots. As my daughter says she likes shows and movies with guns, guts and guys, which NCIS had at the beginning. They also started out very pro-America and pro-military. Now, they have very little of that. It was fun while it lasted.


42 posted on 10/18/2011 8:49:43 AM PDT by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The network shows are universally awful. How many “tough” lady lawyers and cops can we stand? Or perverse shows with nonstop sexual content?

When are we going to be able to pick and choose which channels we want on cable? I watch sports and HGTV, and my husband watches history documentaries and movies. The rest is useless.

And it really bothers me when the networks (especially Fox!) insert inappropriate material in the ads for their sleazy shows and air them during sports programming. There are many youngsters who watch sports, and they don’t need to be exposed to this gutter humor.


43 posted on 10/18/2011 8:50:51 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: Inspectorette

You should be able to plug an external antenna into you dish receiver and pull in over the air broadcasts.


44 posted on 10/18/2011 8:53:37 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: 1malumprohibitum

true dat. Unfortunately the actors, writers, etc etc have all moved on, and it was the whole mixture that made the show what it was. Don’t think they would ever be able to recapture that.


45 posted on 10/18/2011 8:54:07 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: Cinnamontea
NCIS and Person of Interest are my favorites. Gibbs makes the series NCIS.A man's man. America is starving for real men. I love the main character in Person of Interest. Kicks as$ and takes names. No let's search our feelings metro-sexual in this series.
46 posted on 10/18/2011 8:57:24 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Advertisers pay attention to total viewership, where NBC does not have a top-40 show other than football....

Other than football, I won't watch their garbage either. Promoting jerks like Alex Baldwin and Keith Olbermann is the reason why.

47 posted on 10/18/2011 9:00:23 AM PDT by mojito
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To: abb

They can put any kind of crap on. They can take it back off too. In the meantime, we’ll be watching Gaki no Tsukai and more real entertainment on the internet.

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18491537Ja7DnKDe?h1=Downtown+Gaki+no+Tsukai+Oogiri+Daigassen+Chinko+Machine+


48 posted on 10/18/2011 9:02:39 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: Grams A

Is it national CBS? I haven’t seen anything about my local CBS.


49 posted on 10/18/2011 9:05:14 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Washington,DC is FULL of people with Political Experience... How's that Working out for you??)
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To: Pining_4_TX
And it really bothers me when the networks (especially Fox!) insert inappropriate material in the ads for their sleazy shows and air them during sports programming. There are many youngsters who watch sports, and they don’t need to be exposed to this gutter humor.

You've hit upon one of my sore spots as well. The ads for Viagra, Cialis and related products seem to run non-stop during Major League Baseball. They will even superimpose Viagra ads on that blue screen behind home plate for half an inning at a time. Really makes me glad I do not have a young son who likes baseball.
50 posted on 10/18/2011 9:11:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: NormsRevenge

UpCHUCK All Night starring Christina Applegate


I am happy that Miss Applegate lived to do another series, but it is gawdawful!


51 posted on 10/18/2011 9:15:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: napscoordinator

How can you watch NCIS for God’s sake... after all, there was a line that made fun of Sarah Palin in an episode a few years ago... (/sarcasm) :D

I get NCIS & NCIS-LA via iTunes and watch them without commercials :)


52 posted on 10/18/2011 9:17:29 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: Zeppo
Harry's Law is just another foolish NBC Communist morality play,

I watched the the first couple shows and like them.
Then Harry showed her liberal a$$ and poof, I was gone.

Same with Bones. A couple seasons ago the first two episodes featured Angela in a gay relationship and another I disapproved of and I dumped that one .

My favorites now are Dexter and Homeland (Morena Baccarin,hubba hubba). Both on Showtime If you haven't watched Homeland it's terrific. A spy/Manchurian Candidate type show.

The first 3 episodes are on this Sat at 9pm. Warning, Homeland has nudity. The aforementioned star.

53 posted on 10/18/2011 9:20:05 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Buckeye McFrog

and this morning I saw an ad for a Trojan Vibrator, complete with “testimonials” on BBC America, which I watch for Doctor Who and Top Gear. sigh..


54 posted on 10/18/2011 9:20:59 AM PDT by RainMan
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To: Keith in Iowa

I get NCIS & NCIS-LA via iTunes and watch them without commercials :)

I really should watch it that way too. I am getting pretty sick of the amount of commercials that are on now a days. I was that back in the 70’s, 1 hour tv shows were norally about 47 minutes with 13 minutes of commercials. Today the shows are around 37-42 minutes of show with 23-18 minutes of commercials. It is getting out of hand.


55 posted on 10/18/2011 9:23:58 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Vinnie
The first show (Harry's LAw) ticke me off too and I wrote an email...and I saw on their blog that alot of people wrote to complain.
Since then, I've only heard 2 more political references---but they criticized both sides of the fence... I really like the show...one of my favorites.
56 posted on 10/18/2011 9:31:57 AM PDT by Fawn (No TO PERRY!!!!!!!!!)
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To: baddog 219

have you seen BLue Bloods on cbs..now in its seciond season..Tom Selleck plays the NYC Police Commissioner, and there’s a notable lack of PC content....pretty good show..


57 posted on 10/18/2011 9:36:29 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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To: abb

NBC used to own Thursday nights.


58 posted on 10/18/2011 9:37:02 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: ken5050

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/149926/dallas-morning-news-executive-in-3-years-we-wont-print-7-days-a-week/
Dallas Morning News executive: In 3 years, we won’t print 7 days a week


59 posted on 10/18/2011 9:38:22 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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Lets show our solidarity with OWS protestors and crush crony socialism, crony capitalism.

Cut your satellite, Cable and all newspaper / magazine subscriptions. Write a letter and send copies to every corporation that make the products you use. Tell them why you cut your subscriptions. Tell the corporations that there is still the internet and talk radio to reach customers.


60 posted on 10/18/2011 9:47:07 AM PDT by listenhillary (Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
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