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Studio 60 Cancelled?

TheAnswer said:
IWhich would you rather be, a cool person with powers or a plane crash survivor?
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That depends on if Evangeline Lily is among those stranded with me...;)

I'm not sure how I'm taking this yet. I loved Studio 60, how many other shows can basically give you the entire plot in next week's preview and still get you to tune in? Most others have to leave some ambiguity in them...

But on the other hand I watch too much TV and getting an hour back every week isn't something I'll regret...
 
MacNut said:
NBC could shop Crossing Jordan to another network. I can see the audience following.
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Crossing Jordan has tailed off. Its not nearly as good as it used to be and you can really see this season as tying things off.

I'll miss Studio 60. Multiple Hero's spin offs and like will kill the whole lot.

Studio 60 was probably canceled because it hit too close to home.

An IT based the Office might be funny.
 
MongoTheGeek said:
Multiple Hero's spin offs and like will kill the whole lot.
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Yeah...I'm a big Heroes fan, but I'm not quite ready for two hours a week. Plus the whole idea of a new Hero every week just stinks of some sort online casting call..."Go online and tell us what you thought of the new Hero", then the popular ones get their own series on another NBC Universal network.

MongoTheGeek said:
An IT based the Office might be funny.
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If it were by the same people, which I'm not sure it is. Sounds like someone said "hey, the Office is funny...and you know who else is around the office, IT...therefore IT people can be as funny as the Office people." Sounds like a series sold on the concept of being funny because it is like another show, not inherently funny based on the talent involved.
 
MongoTheGeek said:
An IT based the Office might be funny.
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The problem is will it be funny only to geeks (which could make it a better show) or will it be dumbed down to be funny to everyone (which would probably just end up another crappy sitcom).

The Office does very little with the industry it's based around so if they do an IT based one it's either going to be a complete clone to avoid alienating those with little tech knowledge, or it will have too much tech to be enjoyable to a broad enough audience. So we're probably going to get a bad version of The Office with computers playing a slightly larger role and it will be lucky to make a full season. I admit it could be funny but to be different enough from The Office to be worth it would probably alienate too much of the non-tech savvy audience.

What they need to do is what was once rumored for happening this season. Move Battlestar Galactica to the timeslot following Heroes. Test the public's Sci-Fi interest. Of course you'd have to restart from the beginning to pull in new viewers but if it pulls in viewers they'd have a 4 season series (already made and paid for) to fill a timeslot and it might open up a resurgence in Sci-Fi. Of course my grand unbiased plan is for Battlestar to pull Sci-Fi back into popularity and since NBC/Universal already made Serenity, they might be able to bring back Firefly for when Battlestar ends. Shows that already have rabid fan bases and the potential for wider appeal if they weren't cancelled or shoved off onto networks that some people won't even entertain the idea of watching.
 
atszyman said:
Move Battlestar Galactica to the timeslot following Heroes. Test the public's Sci-Fi interest. Of course you'd have to restart from the beginning to pull in new viewers but if it pulls in viewers they'd have a 4 season series (already made and paid for) to fill a timeslot and it might open up a resurgence in Sci-Fi.
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10 pm? (what do they even show at that time on NBC Mondays?) I'd love love love to have BSG airing on a channel that I get. :D And in HD. :D
 
apfhex said:
10 pm? (what do they even show at that time on NBC Mondays?) I'd love love love to have BSG airing on a channel that I get. :D And in HD. :D
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It's NBC, probably a Law & Order series.:D

The rumor mill had it that midseason would see BSG running after Heroes on Wednesday nights. Could have been great or it could have spelled the death of BSG if they decided to water it down for mass marketing.
 
TheAnswer said:
If it were by the same people, which I'm not sure it is. Sounds like someone said "hey, the Office is funny...and you know who else is around the office, IT...therefore IT people can be as funny as the Office people." Sounds like a series sold on the concept of being funny because it is like another show, not inherently funny based on the talent involved.
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I don't really like The Office. Most of the humor involved I find uncomfortable rather than funny. The IT Office the more I think about it is probably a bad idea. There would be a tendency to do a torture the users, get tortured by the users shtick which would be funny for maybe an hour or two total. You could make a movie or a series of SNL skits.

What I would like to see is a prime time variety show.
 
TheAnswer said:
Yeah...I'm a big Heroes fan, but I'm not quite ready for two hours a week. Plus the whole idea of a new Hero every week just stinks of some sort online casting call..."Go online and tell us what you thought of the new Hero", then the popular ones get their own series on another NBC Universal network.
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The six (eight?) planned episodes of Heroes: Origins will be aired in Heroes' time slot during its' planned hiatus. Sounds like a good plan to keep interest going without airing reruns or some random reality show.

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balamw said:
The six (eight?) planned episodes of Heroes: Origins will be aired in Heroes' time slot during its' planned hiatus. Sounds like a good plan to keep interest going without airing reruns or some random reality show.

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Why don't they just keep filming so they don't have breaks.
 
MacNut said:
Why don't they just keep filming so they don't have breaks.
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Union rules? Rating periods (Gotta hit November and May)? Talent schedules? I don't know.

I do wish TV networks in the US were a bit more creative in their scheduling. Some shows need more episodes, others less. In a way they did this with Heroes as two half-seasons, so much so that one poster here though Chapter 2 was a new season.

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24 starts production in late summer and runs all the way until April. They don't start airing until January and don't take any breaks. Maybe if Lost did this they would keep ratings.
 
MacNut said:
Why don't they just keep filming so they don't have breaks.
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You have to remember that Heroes is on NBC, so once they sense any kind of ratings upturn, they had to stretch out what they had to hit the sweeps periods. Also, I'm not sure if the network ordered a full run when the picked it up last spring or not. If they did, I'm pretty sure they shot it all at once. But it's more likely they ordered just enough episodes to see if it would take off, then rushed back into production with the rest of the season. Since they have a full season ordered for 2007-08, I'm guessing they'll film it in one go.

Interesting about Heroes: Origins either filling the hiatus or as a follow up. Not too sure I like the American Idol sensibility of having the most popular one join the original show...but it's gotta be better than 70% of the rest of the junk NBC puts on the air. Of course, if it leads to the introduction of Mohinder's hero cousin, aka Sanjaya, then it will be a hit. :p
 
I see NBC in trouble as Heroes is still the only big show they have with a bunch of filler. They need some big blockbusters and the good shows they had (like Fox did with Arrested Development) they don't give a chance.
 
MongoTheGeek said:
What I would like to see is a prime time variety show.
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I don't know if you were kidding or not, but I'd (seriously) like to see a good one too. I'm afraid those kinds of shows are a thing of the past, though. The last attempt I remember was Wayne Brady's show a few years back, and it tanked (IIRC).

What I really want is for Carol Burnett's old bunch to get back together. For that matter, just rerun the old episodes in prime time and I'd watch. ;)
 
Lyle said:
I don't know if you were kidding or not, but I'd (seriously) like to see a good one too. I'm afraid those kinds of shows are a thing of the past, though. The last attempt I remember was Wayne Brady's show a few years back, and it tanked (IIRC).

What I really want is for Carol Burnett's old bunch to get back together. For that matter, just rerun the old episodes in prime time and I'd watch. ;)
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I was serious. I was thinking the Muppet Show, In Living Color.
 
When you say variety show you have to be careful that you don't get Donnie and Marie.:eek:
 
shecky said:
just out of curiosity, why is a cancelled show currently showing a new episode on NBC right now? (10PM EST)

is it not cancelled? or is this a remnant show?
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It is the stuff that was filmed before it got the ax.

NBC ordered a full season before it was cancelled. They never showed the full season so this is the run off of shows.
 
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