I think this article from THR must define bubble show as a show where no decision has been announced yet. The have Without a Trace and Cold Case at 50-50, with one likely to survive. Eleventh Hour is considered in more grave danger. Dollhouse is 50-50 in their bubble show guide.
Chuck? Slightly worse chance than Medium according to the story.
But most surprising to me was this:
Over at the CW, "Reaper" is gone, while the prospects for "Privileged" have improved, and the show is now considered for a possible midseason order.
If Privileged is ressurected, I predict that will completely change the tenor of Renew or Cancel posts for next year. I kind of hope that it happens so I can do the historical montage (set to "The Way We Were") of all the ways Bill came up with saying you'll never see a new Privileged again, ever.
reaper gone but privileged is yellow?
hmm somebody at CW must really like that show…
3 chuck-related articles today.. thats gotta be some kinda record
I honestly think sometimes these predictions are just pulled out of the writer’s butt just so they can fill up space….Privileged is 99% not coming back most likely
Yeah, this article really doesn’t pull from much more info than the one in the San Francisco Chronicle does. Although I would agree that Medium’s chances are a little better than average, but that’s because there’s more flexibility with where that show can go in the schedule. Delaying Chuck for any length of time never helps it. I hope the article is right about Better off Ted being renewed, but I can see where people might burn out on that show quickly. It’s not designed for a long run at this point. Then again, neither was The Office originally.
Actually out of the two shows, Reaper or Privileged its should be very clear what show would stay.
Reaper more total viewers (though not much more), but the 18-34 and 18-49 demos go to Privileged. Its also produced by one of the parent companies so any (yeah) off network moneys go to them. Not the case with Reaper.
My guess both in the case of Nellie Andreeva’s article linked above, and the Goodman article last night, is that they are influenced, for good or for ill by talking to their contacts at the networks.
I can see why The CW would want to bring Privileged back from a creative stand point at least – it meshes very well with the overall tone and feel they want for the network. However from a numbers point of view its hard to see how they justify bringing it back, unless they’re intending to throw it under the Idol bus next year in place of Reaper but that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
I know this site is mostly for ratings, but I remember there was a post about how many shows’ pilots have been picked up for each network, and THR also has an article about which series are most likely to be picked up. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9adb8751e5603b1d437a9c9dd3c2268e?imw=Y Here’s what seems, according to them, to be the best contenders, with the strongest on the first line for each net, and in parentheses their comments.
ABC: Flash Forward (lock)
Happy Town, Eastwick, Inside the Box (hot)
FOX: Glee (already ordered), Human Target (shoo-in)
Maggie Hill (hot), Sons of Tucson/Cop House (front-runners)
NBC: Trauma (strong + buzz), Parenthood (well-liked + start-studded)
Legally Mad, Lost & Found (serious contention); Community (hot)
CBS: NCIS 2 (sure bet)
Three Rivers (strong)
CW: Melrose Place (go)
Gossip Girl 2 (front-runner + happy)
I hope Privileged is CANCELLED!
CW’S 6 new pilots seem more interesting than PRIVILEGED!!!
The predictions I’ve seen seem especially split about Eleventh Hour. A couple were very optimistic, a couple said it was pretty much dead, and the others were kind of in the middle. Personally, I enjoyed the show and would like to see it return. I don’t care about any of CBS’s other bubble shows. I think I watch only one of their dramas besides Eleventh Hour (The Mentalist, on occasion).
I wonder if something recent has happened to put Privileged in better standing. I don’t think it’s earned a renewal, based both on numbers and quality (the episodes were bland, inoffensive, and utterly forgettable, IMO).
NBC has a couple pilots that sound pretty good…..which I am not at all happy about. This sucks. If Chuck isn’t brought back, the only one I might even bother watching is Community. I like Joel McHale a lot.
wooooow reaper gone and privledge to stay lmao this doesnt make any sense if they cancel reaper just fire dawn
Although the Hollywood Reporter is saying Reaper is dead, early reports declared a premature death for the show last year too. There has been no official word from the CW yet, and they will never know you want the show to stay if you don’t tell them.
All info here: http://community.livejournal.com/reaperdmv/37449.html
wow!!!!!!!!great news!!!i hope privileged will come back!!!!
Have they resolved the lack of a showrunner issue for Reaper yet? If not, that would probably give Priviledged the edge.
its just a prediction guys even tho it doesnt look good for reaper the cw is not bringing back is gone unless they bring it back against idol cause they wont sacrifice a new show but that wouldnt make sense theres no way privledge could do better in that slot then reaper
Reaper is Gone? Oh My God… i can’t Believe…. This is only good show in that network.
Reaper (18-49): 0.9/2
Privileged: 0.7/2
no victor reaper is not gone its not official its just prediction but privledge is gone it did worse than reaper and it didnt ever have the 8 00 oclock slot so if they deside to bring one of those two back it would be reaper
“Reaper (18-49): 0.9/2
Privileged: 0.7/2″
Privileged is probably skewing a lot more towards what the CW wants in the women 18-34 demo. 90210 (which airs after Reaper) has a 1.1 demo among 18-49 year olds, yet has over a 2.0 in the women 18-34 demo. Reaper has like a 0.8 in that same demo. Thats what sealed the fate of Reaper, sadly.
Hibberd has sources as good as mine, so it’s nice that someone from the media has finally said my 50/50 on DOLLHOUSE is accurate (in their mind).
I really think it will get renewed.
CHUCK and MEDIUM are both likely in my mind to come back, with MEDIUM being a midseason show to go on a night’s time slot where they just couldn’t find a fit.
I hope chuck comes back.Its the only network show i actually like to watch.Well the other predictions seem dead on.