Tim Roth is amazing, and just captures the very devoid of emotion feel that I’d expect from someone who reads peoples faces. This show is ten times better than American Idol, with a lot less fiction

…if it were a summer program, Chopping Block would be considered rather less of a failure than it is now – and it still might work in a summer slot…

…then again, NBC could probably make Idol and 60 Minutes into complete failures, given the way their executives are ruining things over there now.

So yeah, it’s been a while for Fox. Seems like, it’s gonna continue on that way.

I guess I don’t need to worry much anymore. Lie To Me did win the time period, but Old Christine and Gary weren’t that far behind. If I were CBS I’d be pretty happy with taking second place in the Wednesday at 8 slot.

I guess the feud between Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White just got better, because Hell’s Kitchen is a success and The Chopping Block is… well… (there really is no nice way to say it)… a failure.

FOX is really doing wonders this year fixing all their holes, aren’t they? Well, not on Fridays at 9 o’clock. But, you know, everywhere else.

And, hey, will wonders never cease… “Life on Mars” grew out of its lead-in for the very first time. Proving once and for all, it does in fact have its own audience. Granted, you need a microscope to find it. But it has it!

Its apples and oranges because as I’ve said (at least two times already) they’re completely different shows with completely different expectations. One is surprisingly cheap the other massively expensive and one airs Monday nights and the other airs on Friday nights. Trying to compare and contrast Heroes numbers with just about any other show, particularly a new show just doesn’t work.

Nick thinks NBC should be getting Heroes because its been trending down for two-years, is massively expensive, has alienated too many fans with bad writing and a budget cut is only go to gut a show that has a central concept that needs big effects shots. I don’t completely agree with him (especially not on the budget cut) but I don’t think the fact he’s telling people to be patient with Dollhouse is at odds with what he’s saying about Heroes.

On paper if a show is making enough money from international rights then it can save an on the bubble show because the production can offer it at a lower price to the US nets. Fox I believe picked up ‘Til Death for a new season recently simply because it was insanely cheap. Of course Life isn’t a show on the bubble and won’t be making that much from international rights.

I will however point out that its very rare indeed that any show is in a strong enougb position internationally to be able to save itself by slashing its price for US networks and off the top of my head I can’t really think of any, which might mean that there aren’t any.

“Life” mixes procedurals and quirky character drama, a blend Spaniards appreciate in “House,” and another freshman, “The Mentalist.”

Now enjoy!

I found an article from Variety. Below is a blurb from the article and a link to the article. Enjoy!

Can this, or should this, help Life survive in the US? A girl can dream

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000758.html?categoryId=19&cs=1

Here’s a winner.

If I had a good case of the week plot for everything I never wanted to know about Gibbs, House, Grissom or Horatio, I’d have enough good cases to fill ten seasons of a whole new show.

And I don’t quite understand why everyone is suddenly gaining respect for Fox. It’s been a force to be reckoned with in the last several years with American Idol, 24, House, Bones, and now Fringe and Lie to Me.

I don’t really care about either show, but seeing you constantly shill for DH while trashing Heroes (a series that more than doubles DH’s demos) is a bit ridiculous.

That said, maybe we should not get so hung up on the word hit? Because I don’t really thing saying Lie to Me held its own (which it did) implies it is some kid of massive hit.
If one wants to call every show that manages to stay around a hit, yes, then Fringe is a hit. As is Samatha Who in that case. Realistically maybe the word hit implies something more of the dimensions of first season Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy or CSI. In that case Fringe isn’t one and neither is Lie to Me. And that’s fine, most shows aren’t.

HEROES is a show that many thought would never drop below a 4.0 in the demo. It’s at 3.2 and all signs lead to it dropping more. HEROES is on the way down. It was once a hit. It finished what 4th in its time slot? HEROES also costs much more money. It is LOSING money at 3.2. LIE TO ME is raking in money at 3.4.

So there is most definitely a difference between the two. HEROES is a hit for NBC but it’s a seriously tainted one. That is why people like myself think NBC should just cancel it and be done with it. Why let it get worse and bring your network down worse than it already is?

Having a lead in with House, THEN American Idol? Fox might be geniuses – thats all I know. Fringe has gotton star treatment. It would be rediculous if Fringe couldnt stand alone after all this exposre with a 5.0 – 5.8. It will be able to -it has that fanbase. I’m not an avid fan, but being a minor T.V. expert, I would be shocked if it didnt have a loyal fanbase after all that exposure. To succeed on FOX, being a scripted show – I myself have noticed a trend. Yes, its the Network to beat, but you dont need huge numbers. To succeed, a scripted show needs at least a 5.2 average I would say. I dont think they would cancel a stand alone 8:00 lead in show with a 5.1 or so. Any less than that? Adios.

Or at least that’s my opinion. I think i’m ready to agree to disagree on this one.