People in the Detroit area, showing a total lack of perspective I've come to know and despise, can't imagine why the show wouldn't come back: http://goo.gl/ODr51
I'd blame those 238,270 former Detroiters. http://goo.gl/CY3V6 On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:19 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I was able to view the season/series finale of Detroit 1-8-7 today, > and found it very satisfying. I can't bitch too much about it getting > canceled - the numbers justify it, and at least we got to see an entire > season, without having to wait for a summer burn-off or DVD. > > I post here about it just to take note of the meta-comment the show ended on > ("you want to get a cony and a soda?") which reveals a nice sense of humor > by the writers who were bashed early in the season for a Detroit faux pas. > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:45 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> At first glance, it borrows (in some cases shamelessly) elements from >>> "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "NYPD Blue." There is a >>> Pembleton/Bayliss relationship between the veteran cop and the rookie >>> on his first day (reversed races, though) and "the board." The >>> camerawork is more in keeping with the modern Bochco style (and James >>> McDaniel is in the cast). I cannot judge from the pilot whether the >>> chemistry works, but it does have the requisite subtle/dark comedy >>> that I appreciate in a cop show (I liked the tension breaking line, >>> "This used to be a porn shop"). >>> >>> >>> http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=388727926&s=143441 >> >> I have hung in with this show all season, and I like it more and more >> every week. Kevin was pretty accurate with his instant review (as it turns >> out, probably a little more Blue than H:LOTS, though I guess the Indian is a >> little Munch-like). This is just a good, perhaps not great show, in the same >> league as The Unusuals and Southland and Life and even in terms of tone if >> not narrative style Boomtown. It deserved more than 3/4 of a season and >> humiliatingly low ratings. Looks like though the show is on its last legs >> (see below). >> >> I read an article the other day about TV suits demanding a romantic angle >> to one hour dramas. At first I was ready to dismiss this as more stupidity, >> but then I realized that a lot of what I consider to be good network dramas >> probably did cross over into popular hit status (and thus survive more >> seasons for me to enjoy) because they were able to generate interest >> (forgive me, mostly from female viewers) with a gripping love story sub >> plot. Hill Street Blues is probably the best example of this, but it is also >> true of NYPD Blue and The West Wing. All of the shows I mention in the first >> paragraph above never really succeeded (including H:LOTS) in creating an >> effective, sexy love angle, though most of them tried. >> >> >> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/will-abc-pull-detroit-1-8-7-off-its-schedule-early/78317 >> >> "Even though Detroit 1-8-7 still has six new episodes left to air over the >> 10 weeks before it gets taken off the schedule (certainly never to return) >> on March 29 when Body of Proof premieres, might its recent woeful ratings >> (prelminary 1.1 adults 18-49 last night, a 1.2 rating last week) cause ABC >> to pull it off the schedule early? >> >> ABC pulled both My Generation and The Whole Truth off the air earlier this >> season after each hit a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating. >> And even though Detroit 1-8-7 got an additional order of 6 episodes this >> season, NBC’s Chase also got an order for additional episodes which was >> later reduced. The order for more episodes is no guarantee they’ll actually >> air. >> Last season, the poorly rated the forgotten, got an additional episode >> order, and was pulled after March 9 with two episodes left to air. >> >> The February sweeps period (2/3/11-3/2/11) approaches. Will ABC want to >> saddle its affiliates with those terrible ratings at 10pm? I have a feeling >> that like The Whole Truth (and the forgotten), Detroit 1-8-7 might suddenly >> disappear in favor of repeats or Primetime specials during sweeps." > > -- > 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
