I did, too, Ginger. And I have to echo what Denise said earlier about not understanding the network's strategy. The ad campaign was fabulous, and they had to spend some money on that. How is it possible that two nights of airings is enough for them to say, "Forget it." Why not at least try to recoup some of those promo dollars? Are reruns of House really going to pull in better ratings? Or attract more advertisers?
Of course, I don't know the answers to any of these things, which is just one reason no one's giving me a job at a network.
Feh. I'm pouring a drink and going to bed.
I really thought it had a chance too.
And I wish it had been given the opportunity to build word of mouth.
I was going to do a drive-by to say I'd finally watched. Apparently, I'm being all redund!ant again. Day late yada, dollar short-cakes...
And also, also? I think the phrase drive-by (Drive bye?) is ruined for me now.
So, yeah, I want a pop-up Fillion doll. (IJS)
Are reruns of House really going to pull in better ratings?
Yes. Last week's NEW episode of
House
pulled in 22 million viewers. A rerun would only have to pull in something like 15 percent of that to beat
Drive.
Maybe Tim should make a spin-off where Alex Tully solves a bizarre landscaping problem every week, and each time, he almost kills the grass with pesticide, but in the last ten minutes, he figures out what type of Miracle-Gro will work.
In fairness, I love House and I tune-in for reruns.
doesn't make me less sad about Drive.
In fairness, I love House and I tune-in for reruns.
I don't mean to knock
House.
From what I've seen, it's a good, entertaining show, and I can see why it's popular and, more importantly, why its reruns are so popular. Since I could watch an episode from the last half of season two and enjoy it perfectly fine, never having seen a full episode before. I've heard even from its fans that it's pretty formulaic, though.
We watch for the crotchety and the HoYay.
House didn't build the really strong audience until it aired after American Idol. Gee, Fox, could you have aired an ep of "Drive" after AI? Maybe given the show a good chance?
What I don't understand is this: I get why Firefly, Wonderfalls, the Inside didn't instantly become mega-hits. They were good, but I can see how they were a little much in one way or another for the average viewer. Everyone would love Drive! It's the kind of thing people like!
I'm with Jesse. While I'm used to my tastes only occasionally gibing with the mainstream public's and am generally glad if I get a whole season of something I like, Drive seemed to me to be the sort of show that both I and more than a few millions of other folks could get into. Sort of like Lost, except it wouldn't start sucking halfway through the first season.
