There is a statement to make here about live theater, TV, and the financial ramifications of diminishing audiences
Something like that. Or... it's just the price I pay for not having a real job.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 4:04:53 pm PDT #753 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:06:44 pm PDT #754 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Unfortunately, that is the metric for staying on the air.
Is it? Define "air". 200 hundred eps is hard to beat. Other than soaps or talk-shows, has any other genre hit that metirc?
Allyson - Aug 14, 2006 4:15:48 pm PDT #755 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
The Simpsons.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:19:33 pm PDT #756 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
The Simpsons.
Dang Allyson, with her fact-having.
amych - Aug 14, 2006 4:21:22 pm PDT #757 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Long-running TV shows: [link]
Jesse - Aug 14, 2006 4:21:32 pm PDT #758 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frasier, Married With Children, Baywatch. [link]
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:27:01 pm PDT #759 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Dang again. The first SF/F thing on amych's list was Bewitched, at #28.
I am going to fall back on "Sure, SF/F ... but what have you done for me lately?"
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 4:28:07 pm PDT #760 of 10001
Gus, you said the numbers confused you, and Jessica said that the numbers (that is, the audience numbers) determine if something continues to air. Not a particular number.
But anyway: westerns. Rawhide had 217 episodes. The Virginian, 249. Gunsmoke, 341. Bonanza, 430.
More recently, I'm pretty sure NYPD Blue made it past 200.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:31:29 pm PDT #761 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
t Note to self: Do not do numbers with Buffistas. They will chew off your leg to the hip-socket.
Cashmere - Aug 14, 2006 4:32:27 pm PDT #762 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I went from a 40 pant to a 33 since then.
Dude, that's impressive. Although when DH was in 33's, I found that they were wicked hard to find in most stores. although that could have just been because of the 30 inseam. (We are short, round people.)
I always try to explain to non-scifi people that it's the story that counts--the aliens, robots and spaceships are just a bonus.
edited--that first sentence just ran on and on....