The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
09-08-17, 10:04 AM
#1051
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
"Doctor Who" spinoff "Class" canceled after one season.
http://tvline.com/2017/09/08/class-c...r-who-spinoff/
I couldn't find a series thread for this show. Was it talked about in a Doctor Who thread?
http://tvline.com/2017/09/08/class-c...r-who-spinoff/
I couldn't find a series thread for this show. Was it talked about in a Doctor Who thread?
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09-09-17, 04:34 PM
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Amazon cancelled 2 period shows in the last 2 days.
Z: The Beginning of Everything and The Last Tycoon.
Amazon said they are changing their direction of scripted shows and going for bigger event series type programming.
Z: The Beginning of Everything and The Last Tycoon.
Amazon said they are changing their direction of scripted shows and going for bigger event series type programming.
09-13-17, 08:07 PM
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‘People of Earth,’ ‘Wrecked,’ ‘The Guest Book’ Renewed at TBS
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/peop...bs-1202557518/
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/peop...bs-1202557518/
09-15-17, 07:39 PM
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09-15-17, 08:16 PM
#1055
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After opening up a new mystery in literally the last minute or two.
Oh well, at least it wrapped everything previous up pretty well, I thought.
Oh well, at least it wrapped everything previous up pretty well, I thought.
09-22-17, 01:25 PM
#1057
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These small cable shows need tighter casts. Stitchers had far too many recurring characters running around for a series that only lasted 30 episodes.
09-22-17, 03:50 PM
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That begs the question of whether the reboots themselves caused declining ratings. I've never found season-to-season reboots to improve on the original series premise, thus to me a reboot means "kill it faster" not "give it a chance".
09-23-17, 06:22 PM
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https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com...-2017-the-end/
Dark Matter is dead for good. No other viable broadcast options found.
Dark Matter is dead for good. No other viable broadcast options found.
09-23-17, 06:31 PM
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
That really sucks.
09-24-17, 03:02 PM
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
Freeform has been in kind of a tailspin the past couple of years as Pretty Little Liars ended its run and they've moved away from their ABC Family roots. The network stands for nothing these days.
09-27-17, 05:30 PM
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 3:18pm PT by Lesley Goldberg
'The Mist' Canceled at Spike After One Season (Exclusive)
The news comes as the Viacom cable network will rebrand in January as Paramount Network.
Courtesy of Spike TV
It's one and done for Spike TV's The Mist.
The Viacom-owned cable network has canceled the freshman drama based on the Stephen King novella.
Picked up straight to series in April 2016 as part of Spike's push to re-enter the original scripted space, the drama starring Morgan Spector and Frances Conroy launched in late June to solid sampling, drawing 1.2 million viewers to the premiere with live-plus-three day Nielsen returns. However, the rest of The Mist's run could barely crack 800,000 viewers — even with DVR. Among adults 18-49, it couldn't even crack cable's top 30 scripted series.
The drama, produced by the Weinstein Co./Dimension TV, marked Spike's return to scripted after scrapping previous efforts includingRed Mars and the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Harvest, both of which were picked up straight to series.
The decision to cancel The Mist comes as Spike is set to be rebranded as Paramount Network in January as part of a larger plan to reinvigorate corporate parent Viacom.
Spike/Paramount Network president Kevin Kay told THR in March The Mist had the potential to move to Paramount Network with a second season if the first run performed well. Instead, Paramount Network will launch with a mix of high-end scripted including the Weinstein Co.-produced Taylor Sheridan drama Yellowstone and miniseries Waco, as well as TV Land-developed entries American Woman and Heathers.
'The Mist' Canceled at Spike After One Season (Exclusive)
The news comes as the Viacom cable network will rebrand in January as Paramount Network.
Courtesy of Spike TV
It's one and done for Spike TV's The Mist.
The Viacom-owned cable network has canceled the freshman drama based on the Stephen King novella.
Picked up straight to series in April 2016 as part of Spike's push to re-enter the original scripted space, the drama starring Morgan Spector and Frances Conroy launched in late June to solid sampling, drawing 1.2 million viewers to the premiere with live-plus-three day Nielsen returns. However, the rest of The Mist's run could barely crack 800,000 viewers — even with DVR. Among adults 18-49, it couldn't even crack cable's top 30 scripted series.
The drama, produced by the Weinstein Co./Dimension TV, marked Spike's return to scripted after scrapping previous efforts includingRed Mars and the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Harvest, both of which were picked up straight to series.
The decision to cancel The Mist comes as Spike is set to be rebranded as Paramount Network in January as part of a larger plan to reinvigorate corporate parent Viacom.
Spike/Paramount Network president Kevin Kay told THR in March The Mist had the potential to move to Paramount Network with a second season if the first run performed well. Instead, Paramount Network will launch with a mix of high-end scripted including the Weinstein Co.-produced Taylor Sheridan drama Yellowstone and miniseries Waco, as well as TV Land-developed entries American Woman and Heathers.
09-27-17, 05:51 PM
#1064
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
That show was awful. Just awful.
09-27-17, 06:03 PM
#1065
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That's a good point. Personally, I never thought the show was as good as it was in Season 1. Giving the lead a fictional disease in which she couldn't feel emotions, as well as making her so intelligent that she didn't understand many people and situations was a bold choice, but I was glad to see some groups not often mentioned in tv brought up. Of course they completely reversed course in S2 by curing her of that. I wouldn't be surprised if that alienated some portion of the original audience, and I don't know that they did anything to bring more people in.
09-27-17, 07:12 PM
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That's a good point. Personally, I never thought the show was as good as it was in Season 1. Giving the lead a fictional disease in which she couldn't feel emotions, as well as making her so intelligent that she didn't understand many people and situations was a bold choice, but I was glad to see some groups not often mentioned in tv brought up. Of course they completely reversed course in S2 by curing her of that. I wouldn't be surprised if that alienated some portion of the original audience, and I don't know that they did anything to bring more people in.
network exec: "genre show strongly skews male, bad!"
showrunner: "We'll get the female viewers you demand by eliminating the lead character's social deficits and putting her in a romance!"
network exec: "Perfect!"
Unsurprising side effect: more male viewers (who liked the original premise, don't care about romance plots, or active avoid shows with them) leave than female viewers added
This effect on genre shows (make change in an effort to attract women, followed by lower overall ratings) is very consistent in the (admittedly limited) data I've seen. I've never understood, other than for reasons of political correctness, why male-skewed audiences are bad.
09-28-17, 12:10 PM
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Re: The One and Only TV FAQ Thread Plus Renewal and Cancellation News
09-28-17, 12:34 PM
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Was Chicago Med cancelled? I don't see any info about the new season starting.
09-28-17, 12:36 PM
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09-28-17, 12:39 PM
#1070
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Gotcha, thanks. Glad to hear it's not dead like Justice.
09-28-17, 12:45 PM
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09-28-17, 03:18 PM
#1072
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Here's my take on Stitchers:
network exec: "genre show strongly skews male, bad!"
showrunner: "We'll get the female viewers you demand by eliminating the lead character's social deficits and putting her in a romance!"
network exec: "Perfect!"
Unsurprising side effect: more male viewers (who liked the original premise, don't care about romance plots, or active avoid shows with them) leave than female viewers added
This effect on genre shows (make change in an effort to attract women, followed by lower overall ratings) is very consistent in the (admittedly limited) data I've seen. I've never understood, other than for reasons of political correctness, why male-skewed audiences are bad.
network exec: "genre show strongly skews male, bad!"
showrunner: "We'll get the female viewers you demand by eliminating the lead character's social deficits and putting her in a romance!"
network exec: "Perfect!"
Unsurprising side effect: more male viewers (who liked the original premise, don't care about romance plots, or active avoid shows with them) leave than female viewers added
This effect on genre shows (make change in an effort to attract women, followed by lower overall ratings) is very consistent in the (admittedly limited) data I've seen. I've never understood, other than for reasons of political correctness, why male-skewed audiences are bad.
09-28-17, 04:04 PM
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It happens more often than you think. Most commercial advertising outside of very niche audiences (sports) is aimed at women. Practically the only big advertisers that aim at men are Viagra-like drugs and beer. Scripted television that skews male is anathema to most network executives.
The only hard sci-fi show I can think of right now is The Expanse. I'm somewhat surprised it's still going. Ascension was another recent attempt.
09-29-17, 03:38 AM
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10-03-17, 12:23 PM
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Since it's that time of the season. Some 2nd week results for last night (demo ratings):
Big Bang Theory went from a 4.1 last week to a 3.0 last night, 9JKL pulled a 1.6, Kevin Can Wait a 1.4, and Me Myself and I a 1.0
The Voice was down .1 from 2.6 to 2.5, The Brave pulled a 1.2 (Down 0.1)
The Good Doctor went up .2 to 2.4, Dancing with the Stars got a 1.6
Lucifer had a 1.1, The Gifted got a 1.5
Big Bang Theory went from a 4.1 last week to a 3.0 last night, 9JKL pulled a 1.6, Kevin Can Wait a 1.4, and Me Myself and I a 1.0
The Voice was down .1 from 2.6 to 2.5, The Brave pulled a 1.2 (Down 0.1)
The Good Doctor went up .2 to 2.4, Dancing with the Stars got a 1.6
Lucifer had a 1.1, The Gifted got a 1.5