I suppose this is the good thing about selling Firefly, Wonderfalls, and The Inside to FOX and seeing them mismanaged and cancelled. When someone like NBC starts pursuing you, you can just think "Well, how could it be any worse than FOX?"
It's TV evolution -- the harsh FOX environment has caused the Minearum beaglii to adapt by only producing the best quality content. Even here where nothing survives, the M. beaglii can nurture a cult following ready to defend it from predators. Some scientists theorize that if the M. beaglii can ever form a succesful symbiotic relationship with an intelligent Marketerium networkus, it could attract and sustain a vast viewing population. Sadly, M. networkus specimens seem to be almost universally stupid, particularly in the FOX environment where constant interaction with short-lived yet powerful Realitus giganticus organisms has warped their worldview.
"Well, how could it be any worse than FOX?"
The good thing about NBC is that they seem to
realize
they're in a period of rebuilding. And, hopefully, that knowledge means they'll give new shows some time to grow.
FOX doesn't seem aware that they need to rebuild. Or, if they are aware, they have a really bizarre plan.
Which network had Eyes, again?
NBC may not be such a bad place for a new Tim show. They don't have anywhere near the history of short-shrifting shows that Fox does. If anything, they tend to support quality programming even when they don't make the ratings. I.e. H:LOTS, Scrubs, Seinfeld, etc. In the drama category their upcoming shows aren't getting good buzz (Surface, Inconceivable, Three Wishes), and I think they finally hit bottom this year in ratings among the big 4 networks. The only solid genre show they have now is Medium which would be a good match with any Tim show.
Of course next to the abusive boyfriend FOX, any network looks rosier.
FOX still thinks they are the young upstart network.
FOX still thinks they are the young upstart network.
Maybe they should look into some botox so they can keep looking in the mirror and telling themselves that.
I have sort of an imagined vendetta against NBC. I maybe hate them more than I hate FOX, or at least, when I was prompted to hate them, my hate for them was stronger than my hate for FOX. Possibly. Well, Wonderfalls skews everything, because that could have been my One True Show, the second.
Share the details of the imagined vendetta, please. An unshared vendetta is not worth vendetta-ing. (It is, actually; I just want to know.)
Share the details of the imagined vendetta, please. An unshared vendetta is not worth vendetta-ing. (It is, actually; I just want to know.)
Yeah, spill. I was going to start a rumour that Cindy was a secret COP ROCK fan, but turns out that was ABC.
