How the hell is REAPER still on the air ?

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Saturday, April 11, 2009 14:32
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KAREL

Friday, April 10, 2009 6:54 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
How the hell is REAPER still on the air?

Because it sounds like "reaver"?

*goes through puberty again*

OH, THAT TOO!

AURAPTOR

Friday, April 10, 2009 1:18 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
It's only had 24 episodes so far, so it can't seem like it has been on that long can it? There were 18 in the strike shortened season last year, and only 6 out of 13 so far this year.

There are much worse shows that have gone on much too long - Heroes anyone?

I thought this show started in the fall of '07. Some shows didn't even survive the strike ( Pushing Daisies ) and this show is still around ?

I'm not trying to completely diss a show I've never really watched, but based on the premise and all I just find it odd that it's still on. I guess it fills a niche, that's kinda sorta out there, but not so much so. Like 'Charmed'?

I got nothin'.

KWICKO

Friday, April 10, 2009 2:09 PM

That's not a bad comparison, but not quite right, either.

Reaper is an awful lot like Chuck in many ways, but more like if Chuck were set in the Buffyverse. But in comparing it to Chuck, the Charmed comparo makes sense, too. Reaper is to Chuck as Charmed is to Buffy. There are similarities, but one is clearly superior to the other.

What makes me say that your comparison isn't quite right is this: Reaper is WAY better than Charmed ever was!

Try Reaper sometime. Pick up Season 1, or rent the first disk; I bet you'd like it.

Mike

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CYBERSNARK

Friday, April 10, 2009 4:15 PM

Basically, Reaper is to the horror/fantasy genre (Supernatural, Charmed, the Whedonverse, etc) as Chuck is to the spy/action genre. They're both parodies that approach a fairly straight concept (Sam's soul is sold to the Devil, who puts him to work as Hell's Bounty Hunter. Chuck ends up with a government supercomputer in his head) with genre-breaking humour (Sam isn't a badass Hunter, he's a slacker drop-out whose best friends are fellow slackers. Chuck isn't a trained agent, he's a geek and computer nerd).

These are the guys Dean Winchester and Jack Bauer probably beat up in High School.

Chuck has Chuck's fellow BuyMoreans, the two highly-trained federal agents assigned to guard him, and an overarching conspiracy that he has to unravel. Reaper has Sam's loser friends, his dopey dad, the Devil, demonic bureaucrats, gay demons, and Ted, who even the Devil considers to be "a douchebag."

Plus, yeah, Ray Wise is the best portrayal of Satan there's ever been. He's just so likeable.

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THATWEIRDGIRL

Friday, April 10, 2009 4:57 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Some shows didn't even survive the strike ( Pushing Daisies )

Don't get me started on the death of Pushing Daisies. I will harm an executive for that one if pushed enough. I"m a nice person..ish...I don't want to hurt anyone, but I will.

Sigh. I love that show.

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ECGORDON

Friday, April 10, 2009 11:17 PM

A lot of it has to do with the network it is on. ABC needed a lot more in ratings for Pushing Daisies, but The CW is the new UPN, not in as many markets and hardly any show that draws more than 4 million viewers. Reaper, Supernatural and Everybody Hates Chris are the only shows they have worth watching.

KWICKO

Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:01 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
A lot of it has to do with the network it is on. ABC needed a lot more in ratings for Pushing Daisies, but The CW is the new UPN, not in as many markets and hardly any show that draws more than 4 million viewers. Reaper, Supernatural and Everybody Hates Chris are the only shows they have worth watching.

Bingo. It's why Buffy could be a standout on the fledgling WB with numbers that a "real" network would have scoffed at.

It's also the reason that a lot of the best TV, at least in scripted dramas, is no longer on the Big Four networks, but instead is being found on USA, TNT, and FX, as well as on premium-cable networks like HBO and Showtime.

How many viewers, on average, was Battlestar Gallactica getting on SciFi when it was on? Enough that it stuck around for quite a while - and probably not enough that it would have made it on NBC or Fox.

There might be some viability for a show that couldn't make it on the Big Four being sold off to one of the "second-tier" networks. Personally, I'd have LOVED to see Firefly make its way to SciFi as an original series. Eli Stone would be a fantastic fit for ABC Family. Pushing Daisies would go well with USA's lineup - quirky stuff like Monk or Psyche, fun stuff like Burn Notice. T:SCC would be a great fit for SyFy, as would Chuck, and even Dollhouse. And those three shows would be a quantum leap forward over what that besotted network normally offers! :)

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:16 AM

You have a problem with wrestling and ghost hunting?

Heh.

I"ll keep watching Reaper as long as it's on the air. But they need to figure out wtf is up with Andi and Sam. She cant keep breaking up with him every other week. It gets old real fast.

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DARTHBRAUNER

Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:32 PM

It has defied the odds in staying on through it's second season. But that will be all. Rumors are it is Kaput! In all honesty I have really enjoyed its run, in fact I would take it over Boss Joss new creation any day.

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