100 episodes used to be magical from a syndication perspective, but that is no longer the case. I don't think it has any particular value anymore, and if there is a syndication number it is now 88, but shows have also made it to syndication with significantly fewer. Three and a half seasons gets you to just eighty four episodes if my arithmetic is correct, which is neither. So why would there be any particular benefit to Sony?
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
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§ ita § - May 19, 2012 7:52:36 am PDT #5631 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - May 19, 2012 7:58:28 am PDT #5632 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
fyi. the last remaining writer on the show from S1 is leaving also.
Yeah, and Chris McKenna is responsible for such classics as "Paradigms of Human Memory" and "Remedial Chaos Theory." That's going to hurt.
I just feel some despair in thinking the creative minds behind "Just Shoot Me" are now the showrunners for "Community."
Aren't they also the creative minds behind Happy Endings, which I've heard is pretty awesome?
le nubian - May 19, 2012 8:12:46 am PDT #5633 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
as I understand it, Sony likes to get blood from rocks.
P-C,
Have not watched "Happy Endings."
-t - May 19, 2012 8:44:45 am PDT #5634 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like Happy Endings, but I don't want Community to become more like Happy Endings.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 9:05:42 am PDT #5635 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
as I understand it, Sony likes to get blood from rocks
I'm still not understanding...they won't get 100 episodes from this move, so what does this move have to do with 100 episodes?
I'm reading a comical amount of people saying "What were they thinking?? Why are they messing with the proven formula?"
Didn't they notice the part where the ratings are for shit, and NBC doesn't seem to like the show? Why would anyone in charge be tied to the status quo?
le nubian - May 19, 2012 9:12:40 am PDT #5636 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
I think they are holding the possibility they may try to get as close to 100 as they can. maybe they want to get 88? I think it is reasonable to think that they might want to get past the initial 13.
-t - May 19, 2012 9:28:36 am PDT #5637 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know, knowing that Sony and NBC are also negotiating with/maneuvering around each other makes the whole thing make more sense in my head. I don't know why that was so hard for me to grasp.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 9:36:11 am PDT #5638 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it is reasonable to think that they might want to get past the initial 13.
You're actually the first person I've seen suggest that so far.
They may have a specific deal in mind that they're trying to hit a given number of eps for, but my point was that not only is 100 not magical, neither is 88 anymore. Maybe "as many as possible" is a target, but there's no obvious reason they can't go into syndication right now.
erikaj - May 19, 2012 9:41:25 am PDT #5639 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
sorry to hear about Harmon, but not surprised.
le nubian - May 19, 2012 9:44:30 am PDT #5640 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
it has come up in a few articles I have read.