On Sep 22, 2:32 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > My criticism of Sarah Seltzer and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd's article > is that they call Playboy Club, Charlie's Angels, and Pan Am the > fall's big dramas where they seem to me to be the kind of shows that > start out on the bubble and, if they don't get quick ratings heat, go > away and are quickly forgotten like the wave of serial dramas which > followed the success of Lost a few years ago. And if Playboy Club, Pan > Am, and Charlie's Angels fade quickly, then all the angst about what > it means is all for naught.
Point well taken--and so far, "The Playboy Club" premiered to yawns (although it's against two relatively-established shows and has the weakest lead-in of Monday 10 p.m. shows). "Charlie" premieres tonight and faces "Big Bang Theory" and "X Factor" (and the NBC one shakycam sitcoms, first in war, first in peace, first in MetaCritic and fourth in the Nielsens), so it doesn't have an easy time of it (although "X Factor" last night didn't act like "Idol" in the ratings). "Pam Am" has essentially "CSI Caruso" as its competition and unless lead-in "Desperate Housewives" goes off the Nielsen track in its last season, should have an easier time of it (its audience isn't the SNF audience, although it could get hurt once "Celeb Apprentice" comes back in the winter). -- 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
