Father of the Pride unofficially axed
11-02-04, 01:20 AM
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Father of the Pride unofficially axed
Not Much Pride Left at NBC
Source: The Hollywood Reporter November 1, 2004
NBC is pulling the new CG-animated comedy Father of the Pride off the schedule for the November sweep, says The Hollywood Reporter. The remaining episodes will air after the sweep.
During the sweep, the show's Tuesday 9 p.m. slot will be taken over by the network's new reality series The Biggest Loser, which will be expanded from 60 to 90 minutes, running from 8-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Given the long production cycle for the $2 million-per episode animated series, the network was expected to make a decision an additional nine episode order for the show shortly. In light of the show's high cost and soft ratings, that order is now considered unlikely.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter November 1, 2004
NBC is pulling the new CG-animated comedy Father of the Pride off the schedule for the November sweep, says The Hollywood Reporter. The remaining episodes will air after the sweep.
During the sweep, the show's Tuesday 9 p.m. slot will be taken over by the network's new reality series The Biggest Loser, which will be expanded from 60 to 90 minutes, running from 8-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Given the long production cycle for the $2 million-per episode animated series, the network was expected to make a decision an additional nine episode order for the show shortly. In light of the show's high cost and soft ratings, that order is now considered unlikely.
Knew it was going to happen, but it still sucks to see it in print. I really enjoyed it. It was a nice opening act for Scrubs, and some of the S&R bits were hilarious! I'm looking forward to a nice DVD release.
11-02-04, 02:20 AM
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I've only seen it twice (and both episodes I thought were only mediocre), but watching this show in HD was jaw dropping. It was the best show I've ever seen in HD, and I will definitely miss that aspect of it.
11-02-04, 05:55 AM
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Originally posted by dcprules
I've only seen it twice (and both episodes I thought were only mediocre), but watching this show in HD was jaw dropping. It was the best show I've ever seen in HD, and I will definitely miss that aspect of it.
I've only seen it twice (and both episodes I thought were only mediocre), but watching this show in HD was jaw dropping. It was the best show I've ever seen in HD, and I will definitely miss that aspect of it.
11-02-04, 07:17 AM
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...and it's being replaced with a "reality" show.
Why am I not surprised?
Why am I not surprised?
11-02-04, 08:41 AM
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Originally posted by j123vt_99
i hope they release the unaired shows at some point in the future
i hope they release the unaired shows at some point in the future
The remaining episodes will air after the sweep.
11-02-04, 12:27 PM
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So if NBC only ordered 13 originally, then this was only going to be a 13 episode season no matter what. Think about it, it takes 9 months to animate an episode, so say they ordered the back 9 in October, they wouldn't be ready until July anyway.
(By the way, 7 have aired and 6 remain unaired)
(By the way, 7 have aired and 6 remain unaired)
11-03-04, 03:03 PM
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Originally posted by rabbit77
From the original post:
The remaining episodes will air after the sweep.
From the original post:
The remaining episodes will air after the sweep.
11-03-04, 04:42 PM
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Aside from S&R, this show really lacked. It looked fancy, but I could tell that regardless of how it did in the ratings, chances were slim it would have either a long season or many of them due to the amount of money and time they had to invest in each ep.
11-03-04, 09:54 PM
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Its being shelved and in its place the Last Comic Standing final will be aired
11-03-04, 11:18 PM
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Originally posted by CarlitoBrown
Yeah it's shelved, not cancelled.
But more likely than not, it's game over.
Yeah it's shelved, not cancelled.
But more likely than not, it's game over.
11-04-04, 01:58 PM
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That's the thing. This show did have a lot of possibilities but the writing just really tanked it. I mean really really tanked it. I usually only chuckled maybe once an episode if that. I like the way it looked, characters are decent enough I just didn't laugh at all.
