Wow. Growing up, I used to sit at my aunts' feet while they watched that. Picked up the habit myself. I'll have to tune into the last ep, for old times' sake.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:52:53 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Are Days Numbered For NBC? Another case in point: Soap Operas. Dead and dying. The venerable "As the World Turns" bites the dust (announced today). Everything eventually goes the way of the buggy whip. ~rave! --- In [email protected], "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > The big networks are just the next media domino to fall. Like major city > newspapers, they are dead entities walking. The Washington Post is currently > the most profitable old-line newspaper companies and 70% of their revenue > comes from their Kaplan education company. The NY Times which invested > heavily in other newspapers is hemorrhaging money. > > Newspapers and television networks are considered sacred cows but when this > happens in other industries - for instance, when Manpower became 90% of > Parker Pens revenue, the company became Manpower and stopped selling pens > (they sold the name to another vendor) - there isn't so much hand wringing > over the prospects. > > ~rave! > > --- In [email protected], "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote: > > > > A couple of years ago the local NBC station was up for sale. They never sold > > it. I think that its probably true that money is gone out of regular tv. > > Competition from TNT, A&E and other stations take away from the rating > > dollars. > > > > On the other hand they just might be going for the tastiest pieces and carve > > up NBC for the money maker in their quest to totally destroy entertainment. > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Tracey de Morsella < > > tdlists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It was the home of classics such as "Star Trek" and newer signature shows > > > like "Heroes" and "Chuck." > > > > > > But if some newly surfaced rumors are accurate, NBC[image: > > > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942>could > > > very well be no more. > > > > > > BNET writer Diane Mermigas warns that NBC Universal[image: > > > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942>suitor > > > Comcast, the largest cable operator in the United States, is not > > > interested in keeping NBC itself going. Falling revenues and an unsure > > > broadcast market seems to have Comcast considering putting all of its eggs > > > into the basket of cable, moving shows that survive the network axing to > > > cable properties such as USA Network or Syfy. > > > > > > However, there isn't too much to support this outside of unnamed sources. > > > And whatever direction Comcast goes likely won't be known for a while > > > since > > > it's expected to be a year before the cable giant's acquisition of NBC > > > Universal from General Electric is complete, and any action on the network > > > likely couldn't happen until 2014 at the earliest because of contractual > > > obligations. > > > > > > But losing one of the original Big Three is something that could > > > definitely > > > send ripples through the entire entertainment industry. > > > > > > It was just 15 years ago when both Paramount and Warner Bros. felt > > > broadcast television <http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942> was so > > > strong, they wanted in on the game and created UPN and The WB. UPN was > > > anchored by "Star Trek: Voyager" while The WB would become known for some > > > strong programming such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Smallville," > > > and > > > later "Supernatural[image: > > > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942>" > > > and "Angel." > > > > > > However, it seems few in the broadcast industry could predict exactly what > > > kind of effect the combined competition of cable and the Internet would > > > play > > > on broadcast television, leading to annual declines in viewership. > > > > > > http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009
