Yeah, somehow I don't think the number of people who swore off ever watching Fox again after Firefly got cancelled are really making a dent in the American Idol audience.
Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2007 4:52:37 am PDT #5823 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sean K - Apr 19, 2007 4:53:55 am PDT #5824 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
and damaging future shows
Also, while you personally may have the fortitude to never watch another FOX show again, your loss will be offset by the three hundred and seventy five people who talk about never watching another FOX show again but who chicken out, and FOX knows it.
They not afraid of you, and they never will be.
The history of shows that have been saved by fan intervention consists of about three shows, and pretty much every last one of them that got a reprieve was cancelled a season or two later anyway.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2007 4:54:11 am PDT #5825 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, somehow I don't think the number of people who swore off ever watching Fox again after Firefly got cancelled are really making a dent in the American Idol audience.
Jesse and I are sharing a brain this morning. Except hers is working faster.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2007 4:54:30 am PDT #5826 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Woo hoo!
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2007 4:57:15 am PDT #5827 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
while you personally may have the fortitude to never watch another FOX show again
And since you don't watch them legally, you count for even less than we do.
Kevin - Apr 19, 2007 5:13:21 am PDT #5828 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Woah now. Okay, I'm not saying I won't watch FOX any more. Not that I could in the first place. I'm not throwing my toys out the pram. I understand the commercial realities of network TV a little.
All I'm saying is that viewership of serial drama is likely effected by the number of dramas being cancelled -- as in, people will resist getting in to new serial drama shows when so many fall by the way side, in my opinion. Not in massive numbers, obviously, because shows like Betty and Heroes are proof of that, but each FOX is having less and less success with drama development, and there has to be a reason for that. Or indeed, many reasons.
Myself? Anything interesting comes on TV, I'll watch it.
Sean K - Apr 19, 2007 5:16:09 am PDT #5829 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
FOX is having less and less success with drama development, and there has to be a reason for that.
Knowing FOX, they'll probably decide to try airing bear baiting instead.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2007 5:18:27 am PDT #5830 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm saying is that viewership of serial drama is likely effected by the number of dramas being cancelled
I'm pretty sure Fox doesn't look at it your way.
Worst comes to worst, why worry over serial dramas anyway? Especially if they're not what earns them advertising dollars as a genre.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 19, 2007 5:19:56 am PDT #5831 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Knowing FOX, they'll probably decide to try airing bear baiting instead.
How about "Celebrity Running with the Bulls"? It would probably only last one episode, but it would be an entertaining one episode (especially if viewers can vote in the celebrity of their choice).
Allyson - Apr 19, 2007 5:21:40 am PDT #5832 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
I don't think the American/Canadian viewing public thinks, "hmmm. Serial dramas aren't doing so well as a genre. I better not watch."
There isn't a particular formula to it, or every show developed would be a hit.