Ratings/Timeslot Analysis + Speculation

POSTED BY: millernate
UPDATED: Monday, July 1, 2002 19:46
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ZICSOFT

Sunday, June 30, 2002 10:26 PM

I was trying to be funny actually. Lame joke, based on the fact that Anzacland seems to be turning into a refuge for SF and Fantasy productions.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Buffy doesn't seem to do as much location shooting as other TV shoes. Given a choice, Whedon seems to like to shoot on a set, where he can control all the details. I think the main appeal of Vancouver is that the locations are cheaper to use than SoCal, not the production facilities -- of which there are not that many. This goes double for FireFly, were they've gone and built the entire spaceship in their sound stages.

MOJOECA

Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:33 PM

I'm sure there will be a lot of location shooting for FIREFLY, judging by the screen caps, and basic gist of the series. Rainy Vancouver doesn't have old west style locales.

--- Joe

TABITHA

Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
I'm sure there will be a lot of location shooting for FIREFLY, judging by the screen caps, and basic gist of the series. Rainy Vancouver doesn't have old west style locales.

--- Joe

Actually - there is a desert up here somewheres - all the sg1 desert scenes are shot there.
Andromeda is also filmed in Vancouver, and (not that I watch it much) they don't ever seem to do any location shooting. So there must be more to it that simple on-location production costs.

Oh, and d'uh me, not get joke

ZICSOFT

Monday, July 1, 2002 1:08 PM

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Originally posted by Tabitha:

Oh, and d'uh me, not get joke

I said it was lame. Obviously you're not stupid enough!

TLSMITH1963

Monday, July 1, 2002 2:16 PM

Twin Peaks died because they didn't seem to know what to do after Laura's murder was solved (also, solving the murder seemed to take forever). It was a decline in story--not just ratings.

As for Firefly, also airing it on Sci-Fi could only help, since it opens the series up to more viewers.

Tammy

PANDORA

Monday, July 1, 2002 5:03 PM

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Originally posted by Tabitha:

Andromeda is also filmed in Vancouver, and (not that I watch it much) they don't ever seem to do any location shooting. So there must be more to it that simple on-location production costs.

Well, I'm not sure about other series, but I'm pretty sure that Andromeda's production company, Tribune Entertainment, is Canadian in origin, which is why their production is done in Canada. I think it's also cheaper, but I'm not sure what the correlation is there.

Pandora
no wonder their heads are so flappy...

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MILLERNATE

Monday, July 1, 2002 5:21 PM

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Twin Peaks died because they didn't seem to know what to do after Laura's murder was solved (also, solving the murder seemed to take forever). It was a decline in story--not just ratings.

I remember that right after TP was cancelled one commentator said it was "moved to death", that all the timeslot changes killed the ratings. I don't know that this is entirely accurate but I thought I'd add it anyway.

INARASNEWTOY

Monday, July 1, 2002 7:46 PM

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Originally posted by Pandora:

Well, I'm not sure about other series, but I'm pretty sure that Andromeda's production company, Tribune Entertainment, is Canadian in origin, which is why their production is done in Canada. I think it's also cheaper, but I'm not sure what the correlation is there.

Pandora

Close....

Tribune is a US company that distributes the show but Andromeda's production comapany, Fireworks is a Candian company.

My local TV station WB56 that shows Andromeda is a Tribune owned TV station.

INT

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