Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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It is indeed huge at Ole Miss. Not small at Mississippi State, either, but not quite as dauntingly important.
My sister goes to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and apparently it's quite horrendous there, especially the sororities. WAY too many Southern Belle princesses.
I'm not sure how I feel about a season of stand-alones. Actually, yeah, I am sure -- I don't like it. I like this mini-arc thing better -- maybe a bit shorter than the rape one, but not by much.
I understand what RT means about it being harder to draw viewers in that way, but a season of stand-alones gives them no good reason to come back, aside from the ongoing relationships. And the ongoing relationships have (so far) been very much affected by the mysteries, which I think is a good thing.
Angel season 5 was supposed to be stand-alone heavy, too, and it wasn't. I figure I'll worry about what that looks like in execution, when it happens. I'm not convinced enough there be a fourth season of Veronica Mars, to even worry about it, right now. And I do understand that losing 2 episodes off the end of their already-shortest season 3 arc means they need to make some big changes.
I'm still not sure what losing two episodes is supposed to prove. It can't be saving that much money for the network, can it?
I think with Angel S5, there were so many individual arcs to complete, so many characters' journeys still to explore, that it never could have been completely arc-less. I don't know what the season looked like to viewers who had never tuned in before, though -- maybe it seemed more stand-alone-y?
My sister goes to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and apparently it's quite horrendous there, especially the sororities. WAY too many Southern Belle princesses.
Er...yeah.
It can't be saving that much money for the network, can it?
It saves them 3.3 million dollars.
Is that per episode, P-C, or total?
I'm wondering if they'll run the final set of episodes for this season during May sweeps, or if they'll try to squish 'em in, before or after, then, and if that didn't contribute to the trimmed order.
That said, the ratings were good (for VM and for The CW), last week.
It saves them 3.3 million dollars.
For two episodes?! Wow. Then again, they do have a big regular cast, and all those locations to arrange and pay for. I imagine, aside from the cast's salaries, a sitcom is much cheaper.
Is that per episode, P-C, or total?
Total.
That might be pretty reasonable. I saw a thing recently where they said the average cost of producing a one hour drama was $2M-4M per episode.
Yeah, $3.3M is really cheap for two episodes.
I'm wondering if they'll run the final set of episodes for this season during May sweeps, or if they'll try to squish 'em in, before or after, then, and if that didn't contribute to the trimmed order.
I remember reading something about The CW wanting to try a new show in VM's time slot sometime when VM's on hiatus. Maybe that would be post-Feb. sweeps, so that VM would return for May sweeps.