Thanks to TVG for the Beckman post. > I read that this morning. Not too impressed with his analysis (if you can > call it that). He seems to write something like this everytime Fox cancels a > show popular with some critics. He believes that approval from elite critics > actually hurts the ratings of shows with "regular" people. So I guess the > failure is not the fault of Fox executives, but the elite critics whose > praise caused a backlash in the heartland.
My impression of what he said was less that critics' raves lead to audience rejection than that critics' opinions are actually irrelevant. It looks like their research says that ads with critics' quotes don't work. I was also struck by the idea that all the industry people in LA who are anxiously awaiting the beginning of the season are obsessing over everything, including reviews, that might give them a hint about what's going to happen, while the rest of the country will take a look at whatever strikes their (our) fancy in a much less intense manner and then decide whether or not to continue watching. William Goldman's quote comes to mind: "Nobody knows anything." -- 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
