I'm getting excited now. And I've stopped following this thread...but it sounds like Minear wrote me a show. And we've hardly talked at all(blush) If I like it, I'll put you on my friends-list, Tim.;)
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
erikaj - Feb 10, 2005 5:14:08 am PST #4736 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Allyson - Feb 10, 2005 7:53:28 am PST #4737 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is there a referrer program for The Inside? If I tempt x amount of people into watching the show, do I get a coupon for a free Blizzard at Dairy Queen?
Kristen is exempt because she's Official Make Minear Look Great Gurl.
Like how I just decided that? Wasn't that AWESOME?
Kat - Feb 10, 2005 7:56:25 am PST #4738 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
If I tempt x amount of people into watching the show, do I get a coupon for a free Blizzard at Dairy Queen?
No.
But you do get a free treat from Cold Stone Creamery. Dairy Queen (which I love) is so 70s.
Allyson - Feb 10, 2005 8:00:29 am PST #4739 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Well, are we talking about FOX putting together the referrer program, or The Tim Minear Fund for Little Wanderer Fans?
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2005 8:02:11 am PST #4740 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Tim should do it. We gave him his own thread, after all.
Payback time!
msbelle - Feb 10, 2005 8:02:37 am PST #4741 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
What's a good Nielson rating? And when does this thing premiere again?
DavidS - Feb 10, 2005 8:04:50 am PST #4742 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is there a Who song left that Jerry Bruckheimer hasn't robbed of its dignity?
"Pictures of Lilly('s slingbacks)"
joe boucher - Feb 10, 2005 8:10:47 am PST #4743 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
"Pictures of Lilly('s slingbacks)"
I used to wake up in the morning
I used to feel so bad
I got so sick of having sleepless nights
I went and told my dad
What a great song.
I think Bruckheimer is trying to decide whether to use it for the Joycelyn Elders or the Paul Reubens biopic. Tough choice, too.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2005 8:13:37 am PST #4744 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What a great song.
It is. Let us not forget Entwhistle's entirely evocative French horn solo either.
Allyson - Feb 10, 2005 8:18:31 am PST #4745 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
What's a good Nielson rating? And when does this thing premiere again?
CSI got a 15.9 last week, and Apprentice got a 9.5.
But what really matters is how the show was sold. FOX will make a guestimate at the expected number of people who will watch based on past performance, wishful thinking, and whether the fourth house of Saturn is in Capricorn. It's all very scientific and involves throwing chicken bones into a blessed fire.
They will tell the advertisers taht they expect to score a 7.6 rating amongst boys who like video games and wet t-shirt contests, and women who buy SUVs with DVD players for their one spoiled, soon-to-be-fucked-up-kid.
Advertisers pay x-amount of money based on those numbers. If it scores a 7.6 or above, that's GREAT! Means the show is doing what it is expected to do and making the money required to continue on. A little below is pretty okay, too, because the network firgures the audience could grow. They'll watch every week, see if the numbers decline, stay steady, or grow a bit.
Also have to watch whether the numbers decline at the half, which, like in the case of Firefly says to the network that people tuned in and lost interest, which is what I think really killed it.
ETA: And I don't know when it will premiere. Which makes my eyeballs itch.