I don't think they understand how their fan base watches TV.
I really really don't think they do. Particularly if they're subtracting DVR watchers. Hellllooooo! Gadget oriented people who will pay money for convenience? Why, no! That's not a demographic worth selling to!
I'm thinking about what kind of people watch what kind of tv, and what's likely to pay off in the long run. Fluff like Dancing with the Stars? There're no DVD sales there, there's nothing to market after the season. Are people endlessly discussing the last however many seasons? It seems like during the competition people might be talking about it, but it's not really worth rewatching. Who wants to see it in syndication?
Us culty-tv, writers bitches, fannish type people will watch over and over hoping to get a new perspective we can hop right online and share. We'll go to the toy store and buy stuff for our desks. We'll excitedly annouce that ANB Cable Channel are rerunning the first series.
So sorry for y'all Tim & Kristen, and for us.
What a phenomenal waste of talent and potential. I'm sorry for Tim and Kristen most of all, but this sucks for the rest of us, too.
Who gets the money, though? Ratings bring in advertiser dollars to the network NOW, but how else does the network get more money afterward? Syndication is one way, right? Do they get a cut of the merchandising? I thought the studio got that, as it's their property.
Pretty much, Polter-Cow. Networks worry about now. That's why Dancing With The Stars is The Awesome for them -- it generates a load of advertising money immediately. Lack of DVD sales? They don't care.
Every one of FOX's shows this year failed bar 5th Grader. They got problems.
Every one of FOX's shows this year failed bar 5th Grader. They got problems.
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I wasn't watching any of their shows beforehand. And now I'm back to that.
Are there shows being developed for the web or any sites showing web only serial content yet? I have network shows I like and watch online or via iTunes, but so many things I have liked in the past 3 - 5 years get cancelled that it seems like less expensive production and then distribution via web could be profitable with a smaller audience. right?
There's one show in development, msbelle, with Amanda Tapping. I've forgotten what it's called. NBC also had a web show called "Nobody's Watching", which moved to the web as it was popular on Youtube. However it's since been canceled.
The problem with web shows and such is you don't get the dollar backing network TV provides. So you couldn't do anything remotely expensive.
Fans are the ones producing online programming. There's a whole genre of Star Wars universe stuff, and Star Trek New Voyages.
I think Fox should give us a boxed set of The Inside and Drive.
I also agree with what people have said about a Tim show doing better on FX or another cable station. TCG and I were discussing that during the Drive premiere.
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I wasn't watching any of their shows beforehand. And now I'm back to that.
Yeah. I catch Bones once in a blue moon out of DB affection if I'm home that early on a Wednesday night and remember it's on. But Fox has burned me so many times I'm not willing to try new shows unless I have a strong emotional stake in them before the first broadcast.
