- Another one of the 8 million fans of Moonlight forced to watch on Amazon UnBox!

- Another one of the 8 million fans of Moonlight forced to watch on Amazon UnBox!

What is so criminal about ML getting cancelled, anyway? Most new series DO get cancelled, and there have been many SO much better cancelled prematurely. I mean, if this would have been a kurfluffle over My So Called Life umpteen years ago, I would understand. But Moonlight? Really? Who cares?

What is so criminal about ML getting cancelled, anyway? Most new series DO get cancelled, and there have been many SO much better cancelled prematurely. I mean, if this would have been a kurfluffle over My So Called Life umpteen years ago, I would understand. But Moonlight? Really? Who cares?

What is so criminal about ML getting cancelled, anyway? Most new series DO get cancelled, and there have been many SO much better cancelled prematurely. I mean, if this would have been a kurfluffle over My So Called Life umpteen years ago, I would understand. But Moonlight? Really? Who cares?

And no one betrayed and misled you. They cancelled a show that EVERYONE knew was on the bubble. Even by virtue of it being featured in those “Odds of Survival” articles that you all like to tout as proof that it was a shoe-in for renewal, it was in danger. Shows that are truly a shoe-in are not featured in the annual bubble reports. I guarantee you that C.S.I., Lost, The Office, etc., were not being given odds of renewal.

And no one betrayed and misled you. They cancelled a show that EVERYONE knew was on the bubble. Even by virtue of it being featured in those “Odds of Survival” articles that you all like to tout as proof that it was a shoe-in for renewal, it was in danger. Shows that are truly a shoe-in are not featured in the annual bubble reports. I guarantee you that C.S.I., Lost, The Office, etc., were not being given odds of renewal.

It’s understood that Eye execs were not impressed with the show’s creative development, and there was much drama and turnover behind the scenes among producers and scribes and tussling between the network and studio over budgetary issues. The final straw was the show’s sagging ratings perf during the past few weeks after its post-strike return.”

It’s understood that Eye execs were not impressed with the show’s creative development, and there was much drama and turnover behind the scenes among producers and scribes and tussling between the network and studio over budgetary issues. The final straw was the show’s sagging ratings perf during the past few weeks after its post-strike return.”

It’s understood that Eye execs were not impressed with the show’s creative development, and there was much drama and turnover behind the scenes among producers and scribes and tussling between the network and studio over budgetary issues. The final straw was the show’s sagging ratings perf during the past few weeks after its post-strike return.”

So much irony in that statement…

Why are you comparing repeats now to repeats that aired back in January? HUT levels are lower this time of the year and now series repeats as well in June as it does in January. That’s a FACT.

Compared to the year ago night:

CBS: -4% , ABC: -17%, NBC: +17%, CW: -7%, Fox: -15%

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: -13%, CBS -7%, CW -17%, NBC: 7%, Fox: -15%

CBS’s numbers are basically flat from last year. Considering it’s gotten rid of the Moonlighting crazies, i wouldn’t say it’s too concerned.

And if CBS really did drop the ball in dropping Moonlighting, why weren’t other networks chomping at the bit to pick it up?

So much irony in that statement…

Why are you comparing repeats now to repeats that aired back in January? HUT levels are lower this time of the year and now series repeats as well in June as it does in January. That’s a FACT.

Compared to the year ago night:

CBS: -4% , ABC: -17%, NBC: +17%, CW: -7%, Fox: -15%

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: -13%, CBS -7%, CW -17%, NBC: 7%, Fox: -15%

CBS’s numbers are basically flat from last year. Considering it’s gotten rid of the Moonlighting crazies, i wouldn’t say it’s too concerned.

And if CBS really did drop the ball in dropping Moonlighting, why weren’t other networks chomping at the bit to pick it up?

No promotion = Nobody knows the show is on. The stars should have been on all the late night talk shows, in various entertainment magazines doing interviews, etc. Who’s running CBS, anyway? Monkeys with pencils?[/inside joke]

No promotion = Nobody knows the show is on. The stars should have been on all the late night talk shows, in various entertainment magazines doing interviews, etc. Who’s running CBS, anyway? Monkeys with pencils?[/inside joke]

Anyone younger than Boomers, and Neilsen fails. Kinda like nobody saw Senator Obama’s campaign coming. 18-39 year olds, pretty soon, will be the death knell of network television’s current business model. We simply do not use or access media the way our parents did.

Heck, the “coveted demographic” are twenty somethings who live in colleges and apartments and move every 6-12 months from dorms to apartments to parents’ homes to new cities for jobs, use cell phones and not land lines, and are just as likely to watch programs on the internet as they are on a traditional television – and Neilsen does not, and has no way to, track these people. That Neilsen purports to know what these people are watching – other than when they are at home with the ‘rents part of the year – is laughable.

So putting any stock at all in ratings, at this point, is a frantic shell game played to impress advertisers.

TV as we currently know it will go away within a matter of years, at least the “20 minutes of ads for 40 minutes of story” method we’ve been putting up with for decades. Someday, it’ll be about paying a buck for an episode instead of watching ads.

Heh. If 8 million people paid a buck to watch an episode via the internet or an On-Demand type service via cable, and the episode cost 3 million to make, the production company just made a lot of money – even after factoring in distribution costs. The network… not so much.

A production company will be able to stand up a show, design the whole thing to last 20 or 40 or 60 episodes, contract the talent, deal with the distribution, and make money. Viewers will get series that – like your average 2 hour movie – have a beginning, a middle, and a resolution. (I admire SciFi for handling the cancellation of BSG with honesty and good grace – the show’s gonna get a proper ending.)

The networks are fighting an unwinnable fight to save a dying system. And since they’re neck-deep in the quick sand, they make decisions willy-nilly. It’s like they keep cancelling shows and trying new ones in the hopes of getting back the audience of the 70′s – 20 million people, per show, for much of the top 20 shows. That will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Shows like Firefly and Moonlight and Jericho are not the first casualties of these frantic decisions, nor will they be the last.

Anyone younger than Boomers, and Neilsen fails. Kinda like nobody saw Senator Obama’s campaign coming. 18-39 year olds, pretty soon, will be the death knell of network television’s current business model. We simply do not use or access media the way our parents did.

Heck, the “coveted demographic” are twenty somethings who live in colleges and apartments and move every 6-12 months from dorms to apartments to parents’ homes to new cities for jobs, use cell phones and not land lines, and are just as likely to watch programs on the internet as they are on a traditional television – and Neilsen does not, and has no way to, track these people. That Neilsen purports to know what these people are watching – other than when they are at home with the ‘rents part of the year – is laughable.

So putting any stock at all in ratings, at this point, is a frantic shell game played to impress advertisers.

TV as we currently know it will go away within a matter of years, at least the “20 minutes of ads for 40 minutes of story” method we’ve been putting up with for decades. Someday, it’ll be about paying a buck for an episode instead of watching ads.

Heh. If 8 million people paid a buck to watch an episode via the internet or an On-Demand type service via cable, and the episode cost 3 million to make, the production company just made a lot of money – even after factoring in distribution costs. The network… not so much.

A production company will be able to stand up a show, design the whole thing to last 20 or 40 or 60 episodes, contract the talent, deal with the distribution, and make money. Viewers will get series that – like your average 2 hour movie – have a beginning, a middle, and a resolution. (I admire SciFi for handling the cancellation of BSG with honesty and good grace – the show’s gonna get a proper ending.)

The networks are fighting an unwinnable fight to save a dying system. And since they’re neck-deep in the quick sand, they make decisions willy-nilly. It’s like they keep cancelling shows and trying new ones in the hopes of getting back the audience of the 70′s – 20 million people, per show, for much of the top 20 shows. That will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Shows like Firefly and Moonlight and Jericho are not the first casualties of these frantic decisions, nor will they be the last.

Anyone younger than Boomers, and Neilsen fails. Kinda like nobody saw Senator Obama’s campaign coming. 18-39 year olds, pretty soon, will be the death knell of network television’s current business model. We simply do not use or access media the way our parents did.

Heck, the “coveted demographic” are twenty somethings who live in colleges and apartments and move every 6-12 months from dorms to apartments to parents’ homes to new cities for jobs, use cell phones and not land lines, and are just as likely to watch programs on the internet as they are on a traditional television – and Neilsen does not, and has no way to, track these people. That Neilsen purports to know what these people are watching – other than when they are at home with the ‘rents part of the year – is laughable.

So putting any stock at all in ratings, at this point, is a frantic shell game played to impress advertisers.

TV as we currently know it will go away within a matter of years, at least the “20 minutes of ads for 40 minutes of story” method we’ve been putting up with for decades. Someday, it’ll be about paying a buck for an episode instead of watching ads.

Heh. If 8 million people paid a buck to watch an episode via the internet or an On-Demand type service via cable, and the episode cost 3 million to make, the production company just made a lot of money – even after factoring in distribution costs. The network… not so much.

A production company will be able to stand up a show, design the whole thing to last 20 or 40 or 60 episodes, contract the talent, deal with the distribution, and make money. Viewers will get series that – like your average 2 hour movie – have a beginning, a middle, and a resolution. (I admire SciFi for handling the cancellation of BSG with honesty and good grace – the show’s gonna get a proper ending.)

The networks are fighting an unwinnable fight to save a dying system. And since they’re neck-deep in the quick sand, they make decisions willy-nilly. It’s like they keep cancelling shows and trying new ones in the hopes of getting back the audience of the 70′s – 20 million people, per show, for much of the top 20 shows. That will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Shows like Firefly and Moonlight and Jericho are not the first casualties of these frantic decisions, nor will they be the last.

/I know. The last couple of sentences were a bit over the top (LOL) but I want to keep the Tribe jazzed and ready to take that hill! /

/I know. The last couple of sentences were a bit over the top (LOL) but I want to keep the Tribe jazzed and ready to take that hill! /