Furthermore, ABC is also known lately for cancelling genre shows after one season -- Invasion, Night Stalker, Flashforward, No Ordinary Family...
On Aug 29, 12:20 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > You mean like Dollhouse did? > > Fox gave that show WAY longer than it deserved considering it's > exceptionally low ratings. I love this attitude that Fox cancels > genre shows too soon. You realize that TV networks cancel shows when > they are no longer profitable, right? When your programming literally > drives away viewers, you can't keep ordering new episodes, folks. > > They did the same thing with Sarah Conner Chronicles, which started > off strong and then free-fell in the ratings but still got brought > back for another season; similarly, Human Target, (which I enjoyed) > was a ratings bomb which was carried over for a second season. > > And then of course there is Fringe, which has been airing on the > network since 2008. > > The plug was pulled early on Firefly because it was a train wreck > ratings-wise. It could not compete, and the show itself was was > expensive, hence, it got the axe. If the show had been pulling the > kind of ratings which Buffy or Angel pulled, it would have survived. > If the show had been on basic cable (read: Sci-Fi), it would have > survived. But it wasn't and it didn't. > > On Aug 29, 10:44 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think the most interesting thing is that he is working with Disney (ABC). > > That means his next show might make it past one season! (Yes Fox, we're all > > looking at you...) > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jennifer M. Smith < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/29/abc-orders-joss-whedons-s-h-i... > > > > Interesting... > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
