ABC

[doobrah]

Our favorite network -- NOT!! -- has decided that for its Fall season premiere week, it's going to show a re-match between the two finalists of "Dancing with the (D list) Stars" on Tuesday at 10.

Nothing like a quick and dirty, cheaply produced piece-o-crap in the BJ slot. Guess with all their ratings successes (NOT!!) on Tuesday at 10, they've got to show they can program something that will be a ratings getter.

[awlrite4now]

Guess they have to appease the masses for interrupting the crap-o-thon programming with something worthwhile like BJ. Grrr.

[maggiethecat]

awlrite4now said:

Guess they have to appease the masses for interrupting the crap-o-thon programming with something worthwhile like BJ. Grrr.

Said it before but I have to say it again. How much do we all love that everything in that time slot has just plain TANKED in the ratings since June? ;D

[hoosier]

I saw where someone said they tried watching Boston Legal and had to turn it after just a few minutes--they couldn't stand it ;D They just can't seem to get the drift ,can they, that everything since BJ has just tanked!

[mlm828]

hoosier said:

I saw where someone said they tried watching Boston Legal and had to turn it after just a few minutes--they couldn't stand it ;D They just can't seem to get the drift ,can they, that everything since BJ has just tanked!

So which actor would you rather watch -- William Shatner or Ron Eldard? I rest my case.

[hoosier]

Definitely RE--hands down ;D

[doobrah]

I just ran across this article from the Washington Post about new shows and the rationale for cancelling/sparing them.

<<Don Johnson's WB series has been shuttered.

Melanie Griffith's WB series has not.

Johnson's WB series was a can't-miss proposition, hailing as it did from the Jerry Bruckheimer hit-making machine.

Two-time-Don-ex Griffith's sitcom was a much less sure thing, being the work of David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, who, yes, brought us "Will & Grace" but also "Good Morning, Miami" and "Boston Common" (blech!).

Johnson's series averaged about 3.1 million viewers in its three broadcasts since the official start of the new TV season.

Griffith's series averaged only about 2.3 million in its two telecasts (Episode 3 airs tonight).

But the drama "Just Legal," in which Johnson played an ethically challenged lawyer, each week lost a couple million viewers off its "7th Heaven" lead-in.

Whereas the sitcom "Twins," in which Griffith plays the ditsy former lingerie-model mom of Sara Gilbert, each week built on its lousy "What I Like About You" audience.

"Just Legal," which also starred Jay Baruchel, did very poorly among WB's target age group, 12-to-34-year-olds.>>

I haven't watched either show, so I can't comment on the content. But, the Don Johnson scenario of losing ratings each week as opposed to building an audience parallels what happened with our favorite show.

[housemouse]

doobrah said:

I just ran across this article from the Washington Post about new shows and the rationale for cancelling/sparing them.

<<Don Johnson's WB series has been shuttered.

Melanie Griffith's WB series has not.

Johnson's WB series was a can't-miss proposition, hailing as it did from the Jerry Bruckheimer hit-making machine.

Two-time-Don-ex Griffith's sitcom was a much less sure thing, being the work of David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, who, yes, brought us "Will & Grace" but also "Good Morning, Miami" and "Boston Common" (blech!).

Johnson's series averaged about 3.1 million viewers in its three broadcasts since the official start of the new TV season.

Griffith's series averaged only about 2.3 million in its two telecasts (Episode 3 airs tonight).

But the drama "Just Legal," in which Johnson played an ethically challenged lawyer, each week lost a couple million viewers off its "7th Heaven" lead-in.

Whereas the sitcom "Twins," in which Griffith plays the ditsy former lingerie-model mom of Sara Gilbert, each week built on its lousy "What I Like About You" audience.

"Just Legal," which also starred Jay Baruchel, did very poorly among WB's target age group, 12-to-34-year-olds.>>

I haven't watched either show, so I can't comment on the content. But, the Don Johnson scenario of losing ratings each week as opposed to building an audience parallels what happened with our favorite show.

I made it through about 10 minutes of Twins. Blechh! I'm not sure who told Melanie Griffith she could act, but whoever it was ways lying.

[carl1951]

May I direct everyone's attention to the "What Snark Means to Me." comment from about a month ago.
I rest my case.
(Desperate Legal, Boston Anatomy, Grays Housewives or something like that.)
ABC: Always Broadcasting Cr@p.
Later, Carl