Point Pleasant - New F*X show by ME grads starts tomorrow night.

POSTED BY: bikisdad
UPDATED: Monday, January 24, 2005 17:55
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BIKISDAD

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:51 PM

Try to catch the new show, "Point Pleasant", tomorrow night on F*X. It's being produced by several ex-Mutant Enemy people, including Marti Noxon, Ben Edlund, Mike Massa and others. I don't know much about the show, other than that it will center around a girl who is half-human and half-demon (sound somewhat familiar?) and involves the whole good vs. evil thing. It hasn't been promoted much by F*X and they are putting it up against "The West Wing" and "Alias", so it will probably be cancelled after four or five episodes - as is normal per F*X.

Most people probably don't even know this show is starting tomorrow, so we should spread the word as much as possible to try to get as much viewership as we can from the start. Otherwise, well, it's on F*X. The quality of the show means nothing to them. All they care about is ratings. Low ratings = no show. Let's do what we can to support our ex-Buffy/Angel/Firefly friends.

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DIETCOKE

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:45 PM

I'll be there. Problem is a lot of Whedon fans are watching Alias. Which one will they choose?

I wonder what they were thinking when they put it up against Alias and West Wing....

Let it get a following first and then put it up against the big ones.

BIKISDAD

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:53 PM

Well, you know how F*X operates. It looks to me like they're setting it up to fail right from the start (just like they did with Firefly and Wonderfalls) - next to no promotion and putting it up against ABC's and NBC's strongest shows... I think it's (unfortunately) doomed before it even gets started. But I'll be watching anyway. Hopefully, we'll at least get another nice dvd set, like Firefly, out of it.

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SPARRONI

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:45 PM

The show will actually run on Thursdays. I'm not quite sure why they decided to premiere it on Wednesday, but the second episode will run in it's usual spot the following night. I hope the show is good, I've been a big fan of Ben Edlund since he started doing his comic book 'The Tick.'

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BIKISDAD

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:34 PM

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Originally posted by SPARRONI:
The show will actually run on Thursdays. I'm not quite sure why they decided to premiere it on Wednesday, but the second episode will run in it's usual spot the following night. I hope the show is good, I've been a big fan of Ben Edlund since he started doing his comic book 'The Tick.'

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I didn't know that, but it's great news - much less competition on Thursday. Maybe it will have a chance after all.

And yes, Ben is a great writer. He wrote a couple of the Firefly eps and also a few of the really good eps from Angel's last season. "The Tick" dvd set is also hilarious and well worth the modest cost. Only, like Firefly, it was cancelled too early and there are only nine episodes.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

HJERMSTED

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by bikisdad:
Well, you know how F*X operates. It looks to me like they're setting it up to fail right from the start (just like they did with Firefly and Wonderfalls) - next to no promotion and putting it up against ABC's and NBC's strongest shows... I think it's (unfortunately) doomed before it even gets started. But I'll be watching anyway. Hopefully, we'll at least get another nice dvd set, like Firefly, out of it.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

I've been seeing tons of commercials for Point Pleasant... on Fox and on its subsidiary stations (Fox Sports, FX, etc.)

Now that reality TV shows are dying in droves, perhaps Fox will recognize the need to nurture their one-hour dramas for a time.

Point Pleasant will be on Thursdays when it begins its regular run so Alias and Lost fans are encouraged to check PP out.

mattro

BIKISDAD

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:44 PM

Wow. I've only seen maybe three commercials over the last month for it on the actual F*X network (which I admittedly don't watch much because, well, why would I?). Maybe they're promoting it more on the cable channels (which I don't get at all).

I hope you're right and they do give it a chance. This is probably going to be the closest thing we get to the "Whedon-verse" on tv again. Most of the ME talent is spread out on other shows and Joss doesn't seem interested in doing tv anymore. Who could blame him after the way he was treated by the WB and F*X?

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

OLDFAN45

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:28 AM

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Originally posted by bikisdad:
This is probably going to be the closest thing we get to the "Whedon-verse" on tv again. Most of the ME talent is spread out on other shows and Joss doesn't seem interested in doing tv anymore. Who could blame him after the way he was treated by the WB and F*X?

Gods please forfend that we get all hooked and have nowhere to go with it again. The comment about no interest in TV strikes terror into my heart. I can't wait two years between Firefly movies! Back to the small screen!! Hup!!

SITTINGDUCK

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:20 PM

There's a fair amount of advertising for it during NFC football. IIRC there was also a full-length article in TV Guide. Not sure if I'd watch it myself. From the description in the above mentioned article, it sounds a bit too soap opera-ish for my tastes.

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CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:13 PM

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Originally posted by SPARRONI:
The show will actually run on Thursdays. I'm not quite sure why they decided to premiere it on Wednesday

Isn't it obvious? They're trying to make as many people miss the premiere as possible, and catch the second ep going "WTF?". SOP for Fox, it seems.

Hopefully I can catch it on Global (Fox's Canadian b*tch), so as not to deal with them directly.

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