This is a great idea...
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lynch" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:09:26 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Now that the season is starting On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 17:12, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 21, 4:38 pm, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't see Lone Star lasting too long, but it was pretty solid. > > It probably won't. Fox was fourth in the time period last night after > "Dancing," "2.5 Men/Mike & Molly" and "The Event," which Marc "Teabag" > Berman actually called a "winner" because it hung onto "Chuck"'s lead- > in and then some. (Berman is not a "Chuck" fan and proclaimed that it > should've been cancelled--bring it up with him at www.pifeedback.com.) THR's suggesting that the numbers are so dismal that "Lone Star" may end up becoming a member of the one-and-done club. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ied4f9346f54dc08e3e0276177a7fb241 To be honest, I'd rather see it end after just the pilot than after it's had half a season to build up intrigue and hook what few loyal viewers it does have. The article mentions that people don't seem to watch continuing dramas, and, IMO, the networks' habit of pulling shows quickly is part of why they don't. I've had more than one person say to me that they don't watch continuing dramas anymore because they never know if the network is going to cancel it before there's any chance to resolve any of the plot points that are set out in the first few episodes. More shows could use the gamble that Fox took with "Glee" (or that most BBC and premium cable dramas seem to get as a matter of course.) 13 weeks (or even 6 or 8) more or less guaranteed, with the story arcs scripted so that the final episode of the initial order leaves most of them at a reasonable stopping point, if not completely resolved. -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- 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 -- 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
