Fux pimping Joe Millionaire on Food Network

POSTED BY: Hardware
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 19:23
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HARDWARE

Thursday, December 26, 2002 8:43 PM

Hmm, I don't recall Firefly promos on Food Network?

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

THATGIRLISABEL

Friday, December 27, 2002 1:59 AM

Saw a couple ads for it last night, in fact. Some guy was making spring rolls, and there comes Joe Millionare. Lord.

I've seen a few promos for it on FX and even SciFi, of all the damn nerve... nope no Firefly ads anywhere. Most of the time I just tuned on on Fridays and hoped it would be on. Seeing as how it wasn't advertised that much even on Fux, at least until "Serenity."

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Them's fightin' words

ALLIANCESOLDIER

Friday, December 27, 2002 9:07 AM

What I can't understand about that Joe Millionaire trash .... is that we already KNOW the entire show. What a boring premise - a bunch of gold diggers (who for the most part are not attractive from the promos) after a guy they think has mucho credits. It's not funny, it's not even an intelligent show. Just another "Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire" rehashed with stricter legal contracts so the women can't sue FOX.

And yes, it's ads are being forced upon viewers everywhere like the stupid American Idol 2 (god, the last thing I want to watch is some off-key nitwit trying to sing a Brittany Spears tune and sounding like a strangled cat).

I guess FOX things it's viewing audience is soooo stupid that it'll watch whatever garbage it chooses to throw over the air.

I want my Firefly and my Kaylee back!

"FOX took our Kaylee,
Then screwed her fans,
And put on shows we cannot stand!

I don't care,
FOX is rutt'in lame,
Won't watch Joe or dumb Fastlane!

Take FOX Execs,
Out to the Black,
Make sure that they don't come back!"

THATGIRLISABEL

Friday, December 27, 2002 11:45 AM

Am I having a deja vu, or did you post this at the Fox board? Or am I on crack? I've been up so long I can't tell anymore.

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Them's fightin' words

HARDWARE

Friday, December 27, 2002 2:21 PM

I don't post on the network of the enemy.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

JOHNNYREB

Friday, December 27, 2002 7:34 PM

Roy Batty from Blade Runner said it best: THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

Viva Firefly

HAKEN

Friday, December 27, 2002 8:46 PM

I wonder what would happen if someone put up an Anti-Joe Millionnaire website in protest.

BOBKNAPTOR

Saturday, December 28, 2002 12:25 AM

hehehe. That's funny, Haken. Death to Joe Millionaire and all the other crap that so called "network" airs. I'm not watching them anymore.

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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

HAKEN

Saturday, December 28, 2002 12:57 AM

My gears are cranking now. I wonder just how powerful the internet really is if everyone sets their mind to it. Here's a recent quote from Berman:

Quote:

Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman knows “Joe Millionaire” will have its critics, just as “Bachelor” has its detractors. “It’ll cause some controversy and hopefully grab some viewers,” she said. “We just think it’s a great spin on these kinds of shows and reality TV in general.” What “Joe Millionaire” won’t be is a regular part of Fox’s schedule. “We cannot duplicate this show. It’s a one-time-only thing,” Berman said. Indeed, in order to ensure none of the women discovered Joe’s secret prematurely, Fox and series producer Rocket Science Prods. (“Temptation Island”) produced the series under a cloak of secrecy heavy even by the already paranoid standards of the reality TV world. Less than a half-dozen Fox execs knew of the project’s existence. The show was shot in France under the code name “The Big Choice” to further throw off competitors. Most of the production crew in France had no idea what they were really shooting, nor did a butler hired to serve as Joe’s assistant. "We had to keep it unbelievably secret,” Darnell said. “If the participants knew (the twist), then you’re screwed. And if our competitors found out, the women in the show would have found out.” While word did leak out about “Big Choice,” competitors were never certain about the details of the show, other than that it was relationship-oriented. News that Fox is developing an arranged-marriage series also may have thrown some off the scent.

Now, imagine what would happen if fans used all the resources available to them, find out who the lucky (or in this case, perhaps unlucky) girl is, send out viral emails, purchase ads in papers, and basically spread the word and spoil the ending, I'm sure it'll cause a bit of a stir at FOX. The media will get wind, interview one of us, and we'll just say that it's all because they cancelled Firefly.

Okay, I think I'm still buzzing from all the parties I went to.

SENSOU

Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:20 AM

Sounds good to me. How exactly would one find out that information? Maybe if we all sent in some money to bribe someone, and then rather than actually tell people, threaten to; hell, we don't even need to know who wins, if we can make TPTB at FOX beleive we do...

Sensou
Three things never cancel or you surely shall die:
Actually, there's only one -Firefly!!!
-"Lost" verse of Threes by Lesrac the Annoying Bard

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