'The Message'
[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.
I'd go for 'are', so it might well be a Brit thing.
Quick question: anybody remember if any specifics were announced about Fillion's development deal with FOX? I'm a bit worried they'll have him presenting 'Are You Smarter Than A Turtle?' in the fall.
If you're talking about it as a unified entity, then "is".
If you're talking about varieties of assholery in different parts of the entity, then "are"
There are a bunch of assholes at Fox TV!
Use "is" - they've only got one brain (and not a very good one) among them.
Question:
why do you think Heroes worked and found an audience, but Drive did not?
Edited because I saw Heroes but read House.
why do you think Heroes worked and found an audience, but Drive did not?
A) It premiered in the fall, when people are used to shows premiering.
B) People think superpowers are cool?
Heroes was a megahit straight out of the gate, so it's hard to know what's responsible. There was also a lot of positive media buzz, but I don't know how much attention the average Joe pays to that.
It just occurs to me that Fox expected a megahit out of the gate. They hadn't any plans to keep it on the air and cultivate an audience.
That's why I asked about "Heroes" because that's the most recent drama to be a hit out of the gate.
A higher budget and better special effects.
Heroes also has characters that can be more easily categorized as good or bad. Tully may be a good guy, but the show keeps reminding us that he's been a bad guy too. One of the things I like about Tim is that he creates heroes that have a dark side, but that may have less mass appeal these days.