FOX Chairman, Sandy Grushow, stepping down...

POSTED BY: mrgreen
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 6, 2004 14:30
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11THHOUR

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 8:20 AM

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Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
The only shows worth my time on Fox are "24" and "The Simpsons". All of that reality crap blows donkey dick.

Careful, that last one could give FOX an idea for a new show...

11thHour

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CALHOUN

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 10:29 AM

"24"? seriously?

My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

BOOMERGOODHEART

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 11:26 AM

I like Keifer Sutherland. Sue me. LMAO...

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 1:59 PM

From the article:

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The results in Grushow's final year at FOX have been mixed. After the network scored consecutive demographic victories during the last February and November sweeps periods, prospects were bright. The successful summer launch of "The O.C." and revitalized baseball ratings set FOX up for a strong fall, but a succession of failed series -- including the disastrous "The Next Joe Millionaire," "Luis" and "Skin" -- have the network stuck in fourth place overall and barely clinging to third in the demographic race.

What a shame. Guess people got tired of that piece of garbage they call a reality show, "Joe Millionaire". What an obviously scripted little soap opera that turned out to be. There is no "reality" in reality shows. It would appear that Fox's 15 minutes of fame are gone.

Now all we need is a successful movie, a network to pick up the new series, and for it to become a leader in its time slot and bury Fox program that appears opposite Firefly. That would be poetic justice.

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

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 2:07 PM

Doesn't look like he's getting "the boot." Doesn't even say "We wish him well in his future endeavors" which at my former slave-driving company was code for "asked to leave." Basically this article says he's gotten his fill of murdering quality TV and is going to go start his own production company so he can keep right on doing it.

Is he THE serial killer of our beloved Firefly and other quality Fox programming? Who knows? This kind of thing - chairmen leaving - doesn't necessarily change the company being left. I'd think that if an Executive Producer were to ditch, that might have some stronger impact, but I'd be willing to accept input on that.

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THOREAU

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 2:30 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:

Now all we need is a successful movie, a network to pick up the new series, and for it to become a leader in its time slot and bury Fox program that appears opposite Firefly. That would be poetic justice.

I agree, but I don't see it happening. Intelligent television doesn't get good ratings, never has. The closest to a smart hit was probably x-files, and I don't remember it ever being a ratings champ. I think you have to go all the way back to M*A*S*H to find the last intelligent television series that fared well in the ratings. The American television viewing populace doesn't want smart tv, they want gimmicks and stereotypes and canned emotional pieces read to them by old people. Lawyer shows, cop shows, and 60 minutes. Nothing that assumes any intelligence in the viewer.

But I'm not bitter or anything.

t

Jayne: "These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me."

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