On Feb 16, 6:07 am, responding to me, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. I wonder how much of an option McFarlane would be for the 9-10 block. CN doesn't have a west coast feed (that I know of), so anything that airs at 9pm Eastern is going to air at 6pm Pacific, which I personally think is way too early for anything generated by Fuzzy Door. > 2) When does Futurama's contract end at Comedy Central? Maybe Lasso could > ask Jeff Bewkes to buy Viacom instead of MGM. David's right - CC and FOX have a long-term deal to produce the next season's worth of episodes, so it seems unlikely that AS would be able to grab it back - unless they want to add some money to the kitty for future seasons. > 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") I'd love to see a revival of Justice League (Unlimited) or a DC series in a similar vein - or maybe something even darker. I'd say they could put Batman: TAS back into production, but with "Brave and Bold" doing well for the mothership, that seems unlikely. GI Joe: Resolute was one of the better GI Joe 'toons I've seen in a long time - I dare say that at points it was better than the classic '80s cartoon - although the plot went off the rails for a bit. I think we can never say never regarding future Hasbro properties on AS, depending on what kind of focus "The Hub" takes - if they go more kid/ family friendly, then a dark, bloody adaptation like "Resolute" would be inappropriate. > 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. The major problem with the Simpsons is the cost. AS got Family Guy & Futurama for a relative song because those shows were cancelled when AS picked them up. The Simpsons would probably cost the network too much - and like you said, the Simpsons rerun market is already over- saturated. > 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. In the wake of Late Night War 2 (Electric Boogaloo), I'd love to see new episodes of SG:C2C. The ghost has been on the shelf for the better part of the last decade - time to get George, Andy & Dave back into the booth for some new shows. > 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. CN could always 'redefine' it's prime time as being from 6-9. If they are leaning more toward the kidcaster side pre-9pm, it makes sense. -- 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
