On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:31 PM, M-D November wrote: > My question is...what the hell are the folks at Williams Street going > to AIR in the 9pm hour? The only thing 'safe' enough to air at that > hour is King of the Hill, but that opens up a hole at 10. Does AS > have something that can be stripped in the hopper?
1) Well, given that Seth MacFarlane animated comedies are renewable natural resources, Adult Swim could ask him and Fox to greenlight a couple of dozen of them to fill out the schedule. Seriously, it's likely they'll try to snatch The Cleveland Show as well. All I see if Fox probably requesting that they don't air the shows at 9 on Sunday. 2) When does Futurama's contract end at Comedy Central? Maybe Lasso could ask Jeff Bewkes to buy Viacom instead of MGM. 3) If they thought outside of the box, they might try some animated movies. I know Warner Bros./DC Comics are a virtual assembly line of these things, though they might not go that way because then how are they different from CN 2002 or thereabouts. Though they did air GI Joe Resolute once. (Although probably never, ever, ever again -- see Discovery Channel-Hasbro joint venture, "The Hub") 4) If they can somehow get The Simpsons, they could run it for eight months at two episodes a day before they'd start rerunning (provided Fox gives them recent seasons, too)... However, there probably isn't a market in America that doesn't air The Simpsons 4 times a day. 5) If nothing else, the factories at Ghost Planet Industries must be powering up again. They probably do need an Adult Swim-lite type show. That said, the expansion of Adult Swim will most likely consign CN to permanent Children's Network status. With two hours of prime time, they could have still aired entertainment for all ages (like the films Pixar makes) or even more eclectic fare (like Miyazaki films). There's little room for that with one hour. Starting in 2011, they'll be roughly on par with Nickelodeon (7am-8pm M-Th, -9pm Fri, -10pm Sat). This might not be the wisest move given their concerns of the softness of children's TV business (and their real concern... more stringent restrictions on advertisements to children). This could be a move that weakens the whole. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" 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/tvornottv?hl=en
