Fox keeps cranking out the hits in Firefly's old slot!

POSTED BY: captaincdc
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 19:56
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BELASERA

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:41 PM

I don't even know what channel fox is on my tv, anymore. Seriously, I'v given up on network tv entirely. I am sick to death of feeling queasy and insulted every time I sit down with a mind to be entertained. Sitcoms with jokes you see coming a mile down the rode, dramas running on the fuel of dead bodies alone, characters who ain't, and the concept that if a show works, make ten of 'em just the same. Show me something I haven't seen, please I'm begging you!! Actaully, tonight I'm going to watch the History channel, they are following crazed people in classic cars driving from peking to paris. That's reality I can stomach. If anyone else is watching interesting odd-ball shows, let me know and I'll tune in.

"I'll be in my bunk."

LTNOWIS

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:46 PM

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Originally posted by captaincdc:

Animal mating habits?!? This is what they gave up on Firefly, John Doe, and Fastlane for?

Actually, they had an article about this in the Washington Post. Paraphrased, it started out something like this:

"After Temptation Island and World's naughtiest TV blunders, is there anything too smutty for Fox to air? Apparantly so. Fox execs have turned down National Geographics "Wild Sex," a show about the mating habits of various animals..."

It goes on to say that the title "Wild Sex" wasn't set in stone and the program was to be aired the weekend before Valentines day.

CAPTAINCDC

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:53 PM

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Originally posted by belasera:
I don't even know what channel fox is on my tv, anymore. Seriously, I'v given up on network tv entirely. I am sick to death of feeling queasy and insulted every time I sit down with a mind to be entertained. Sitcoms with jokes you see coming a mile down the rode, dramas running on the fuel of dead bodies alone, characters who ain't, and the concept that if a show works, make ten of 'em just the same. Show me something I haven't seen, please I'm begging you!!

I couldn't agree more Belasera. I think NBC could slap Law & Order on anything and it would be ratings gold. They have like 5 shows under that banner. CBS is about to spin off CSI for the second time. Add in that Mark Harmon snoozer NCIS and the net will have 4 shows that are basically the same. The networks make me sick.

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

BOOMERGOODHEART

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:39 PM

I have to say, I like NCIS. Then again, my 2 faves on the show are Ducky (the coroner) & Abby (the goth lab chick). They don't show nearly enough of these two.

We don't have cable or dish, so I'm pretty much stuck with network TV. The shows I watch every week are:
Charmed
CSI:Miami
24
NCIS
West Wing
Smallville
Angel (of course!)
CSI
Joan of Arcadia

It seems like a lot of people here are anti-network with a passion. I, unfortunately, cannot afford to be. I choose to try and find one or two things I like about a show and watch for that alone. As my house is not a Nielson house, it hardly matters what I'm watching anyway.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

HEX20

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:13 AM

I have to agree with most people here. I am sick and tired of this reality TV show crap I can't believe they are doing another Simple Life And My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, well I am not going to get started with that. I wish the networks just stop with the reality tv.

Some reality TV is actually entertaining and educational, I speak mainly of the shows on the Discovery channel like American Chopper. I heard that Scifi was going to do a reality show and I was like "OMG!! Please save us!!!"

Well that is all i have to say about that.

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SADLITTLEKING

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:01 AM

As long as there are people willing to make fools of themselves just to say they're on TV, there will always be Reality TV...unfortunately. Reality TV is cheap to produce and usually pulls in solid ratings (God knows why, I certainly don't). The bottom line is that networks only care about the bottom line.

I can't find very many network shows that are solid and appeal to me. Right now, the only network shows that are must-see for me are Joan of Arcadia, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, and Angel. The only reasons I had to watch Fox over the past few years were Firefly and Dark Angel. But apparently the Fox executives were too smart to keep those shows going.

LADYJAYNE

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:30 AM

Unfortunately, ratings wise, these shows will very likely be more successful in the Friday night slot than Firefly. This is because most people with real lives and interests have more important things to do on Friday evenings. When Firefly was on the air I always watched it taped because 1) I hate commercials and didn't have Replay then and 2) I had w-a-y better things to do on Friday nights.

The mentality for the average-joe-loser who never has anything remotely important to do for an entire weekend goes along just dandy with a Friday night full of lowest-common-denominator reality programming.

Firefly never should have been a Friday night show. Its viewership just doesn't watch television on Friday. It was a no-brainer and they still stuck in on Friday. It was black-balled from the get go.

--Kala

VETERAN

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:15 AM

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Firefly never should have been a Friday night show. Its viewership just doesn't watch television on Friday. It was a no-brainer and they still stuck in on Friday. It was black-balled from the get go.

I think you nailed it right there. I think I've seen posts suggesting a conspiracy to put Joss in his place.

I think the only thing worth watching on Fox is Bernie Mac (and Football). But if fellow Browncoats called for a boycott, I'd have to convey my regrets to Bernie.

CAPTAINCDC

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:54 PM

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Originally posted by ladyjayne:
Unfortunately, ratings wise, these shows will very likely be more successful in the Friday night slot than Firefly. This is because most people with real lives and interests have more important things to do on Friday evenings. When Firefly was on the air I always watched it taped because 1) I hate commercials and didn't have Replay then and 2) I had w-a-y better things to do on Friday nights.

The mentality for the average-joe-loser who never has anything remotely important to do for an entire weekend goes along just dandy with a Friday night full of lowest-common-denominator reality programming.

Firefly never should have been a Friday night show. Its viewership just doesn't watch television on Friday. It was a no-brainer and they still stuck in on Friday. It was black-balled from the get go.

--Kala

I agree. Unfortunately, Wonderfalls is going to premiere in March Friday nights on Faux. I'm really afraid that it is doomed.

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

NOXIOUS

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:56 PM

I think two of the reasons I don’t like Reality TV is:

1. I’m not a big fan of reality.
2. I’m not a big fan of TV.

I’ve been in a bit of a rut when it comes to TV since Firefly was cancelled, I don’t watch much of it. I especially don’t watch Fox, since they have cancelled everything I liked on their network, excluding The Simpsons. (Glad the new episodes haven’t been good, as then I’ve not missed anything.)

Back to Reality TV though, Fox’s big one American Idol has been going all week from what I’ve heard on the radio, and I have to ponder how fleeting an audience is if a show has to be shown multiple times in one week to keep their attention. My wife watches some of it, I usually run from the room, accusing it of killing more brain cells than snorting gasoline.

I heard awhile back that TV was loosing a lot of their male audience to video games and internet porn. This is easy for me to believe since I spend a lot of time playing video games. Which, much like porn, has a better plot than any reality show.

I think that’s it for my disjointed rant. I'm sure Fox will inspire more at any moment.

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