I read the CBS was intending to OK for a second season. They encouraged the producers to write a season finale and not series finale. Regarding the finale, then I accidentally saw it. Gee whiz, stuck out in limbo again.
Read the following if you get chance. Great reading: Robert Hewett Wolfe's Coda for Andromeda - How the story was SUPPOSED to flow on Andromeda. http://www.rhwolfe.com/Coda/Andromeda___Coda.pdf There is a 20 page discussion with Robert Hewett Wolfe and fans on Ex Isle Forums <http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?act=idx> Industry Insider Updates section which is a news and discussions from people working in sci fi. I do not know exactly where the thread is, but it is located at: http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?showforum=32 I only read about 8 pages but his answers are interesting. I really like that forum and hope to read it more. Back to your thoughts about arcs, I think arcs are the most effective way to draw audiences in without worrying about losing audiences. In the past, I think Buffy, Angel, X-files, Some of the Treks B-5, Jag, Gallactica and a view others have used it effectively. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think the series finale of "Jericho" actually aired last week. I've > read some of Hewitt's feelings on "Andromeda", nothing by the DS9 > folks. What's the gist of both of those? > > When you say the producers of "Jericho" will share their vision, do > you mean that they'll just tell us what the ultimate answers to the > mysteries will be, how they were going to end it, etc? I really wish > networks would commit to finishing shows that are cancelled. Sometimes > a TV movie could do it, but not for a show like "Jericho". But still, > it'd be great if we could get a six-episode arc of shows that at least > completed the major mysteries. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > > > I'm not giving up on watching doomed shows. I just can't bring myself > > to watch the last cliff hanger of Jericho coming on next week. > > Producers are increasingly communicating with audiences. Have you read > > Hewitt's original vision of Andrameda's before it was destroyed by > Sorbo > > or the open posts by DS9 producers? They are awesome. So, I have a > > little hope that the producers of Jericho will share their vision for > > the show. > > > > Tracey > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > I've said this before to you, I know. But back in the late '80s and > > > early to mid '90s, I was so fed up with scifi on TV I actually > > > abandoned it for a while. The networks kept putting out crap shows > > > like "Hard Time on Planet Earth" and cancelling them to no one's > > > surprise. But good shows--like "Wolf" on Fox--were cancelled quickly > > > too. Between the bad shows that disappointed me, and the pain of good > > > shows getting yanked before they could find a rhythmn, it became too > > > much. I avoided several quality shows for years. I could tell the > > > quality was good on many of them, but I was so afraid of them being > > > cancelled once I was a fan, i stayed away. So, other than Trek (which > > > I know had major committments), I missed the early days of things > like > > > "The X-Files", "Space: Above and Beyond", "Strange Luck", and many > > > others. But one day, after several people had talked about "Space: > > > Above and Beyond", I start ed watching it and loved it. Of course it > > > was cancelled. Of course it hurt. But, I w > > > as glad for having seen it, and regretted not having been there from > > > its start. > > > > > > After a while I decided that even one season of a good show was > better > > > than never having seen that show. So over the years my mental > > > landscape is littered with the bitter memories of good to fantastic > > > shows that never got a chance: shows like "John Doe", "Jeremiah", > > > "Odyssey 5", "G vs. E", "The Chronicle", "Witchblade", "Now and > > > Again", "Tru Calling", "American Gothic", "Invasion", "Threshold", > > > "Dead Last". And "Jericho". > > > > > > It still hurts to think of every single one of those series. And once > > > again i'm finding myself getting skittish about coming to love a new > > > scifi/speculative fiction series. But I think I'll persevere this > > > time, 'cause at least I have some good memories... > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > > > > > > > > > > > > > I posted this for you most of all. I think this would have grown > to be > > > > a great show. Sometimes first seasons have growing pains and I > think > > > > Jericho fits into this category of show. I only saw a few > episodes as > > > > they did not show it in Mexico, but i was becoming a fan. After > hearing > > > > this, I do not think I will watch the last episode. Will will only > > > > serve to frustrate me. I hope the ratin.gs losses that Heroes, Lost > > > > and Jericho suffered as a result of extended Hiatuses will > convince the > > > > networks not to play fast and loose with audience loyalty and more. > > > > Somehow I doubt they will learn from this. > > > > > > > > Tracey > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Tracey. > > > > > > > > > > Amazing. Monday night I started an essay, "Why I like > Jericho". After > > > > > disparaging what I thought was a cliched, post-apocalyptic show > > > set in > > > > > my least favorite setting--a small town in Kansas--I found myself > > > > > watching week after week. I kept trying to scoff at the homespun > > > > > location, the family problems, but I couldn't. Even things > like a man > > > > > cheating on his wife took on a new importance in a world that may > > > > > never be the same. An election of a mayor in that small town > took on > > > > > huge importance, as later revealed when the new mayor found > out he > > > > > wasn't as tough as he thought in dealing with things liek > rogue army > > > > > units and an invasion by t he neighboring town. The whole fact > that > > > > > the nukes were setoff by an American group bent on "rebuilding > > > AMerica > > > > > to what it *should* be" and that this group included *Blacks* > caught > > > > > my attention. the fact that a Balck man was fighting that > conspiracy > > > > > and given such an important role in teh series kept me coming > back. > > > > > > > > > > "Jericho" kept pulling me in week after week. About how it was > > > > > touching but not overly sentimental, exciting but not > over-the-top, > > > > > realistic, but not mediocre and boring. It was as close to > realistic > > > > > as I guess a post-nuclear show set in Kansas could be. Despite > > > myself, > > > > > I liked the show's balance of drama, action, intrigue, and family > > > > > matters. Yeah, I was going to write that essay about how > "Jericho" > > > > > moved me from critic to a real fan. > > > > > > > > > > I'll still write that essay, but I guess now it'll be a > > > post-mortem. Damn. > > > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > > > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CBS Ends `Jericho' in New Schedule > > > > > > > > > > > > By DAVID BAUDER > > > > > > The Associated Press > > > > > > Wednesday, May 16, 2007; 2:14 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > NEW YORK -- CBS canceled the nuclear apocalypse drama, > > > "Jericho," on > > > > > > Wednesday, another sign that TV networks are shying away from > > > serial > > > > > > dramas after overloading on them last season. > > > > > > > > > > > > The network unveiled a fall schedule with five new shows, three > > > of them > > > > > > dramas. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Jericho" started out strong last fall for CBS. However, like > > > "Lost" on > > > > > > ABC and "Heroes" on NBC, many viewers abandoned the show after > > > it went > > > > > > on a long midseason hiatus. > > > > > > > > > > > > "We lost a lot of steam," said Kelly Kahl, CBS' chief > scheduling > > > > > > executive. "I know we had loyal viewers ... but the show > sort of > > > lost > > > > > > its engine and wasn't performing." > > > > > > > > > > > > CBS' only new show that is heavily serialized, "Swingtown," > will > > > start > > > > > > in midseason and run uninterrupted until the end of the > season. The > > > > > > series is set in the shag-carpeted 1970s, with Chicago-area > couples > > > > > > navigating the sexual freedom of the era. > > > > > > > > > > > > To counter its stodgy image, CBS has scheduled a handful of > edgy > > > new > > > > > > shows for the fall: a musical, a drama about a vampire and a > drama > > > > > about > > > > > > a Cuban-American family running a sugar business in Florida. > > > > > > > > > > > > "For those of you who accuse CBS of being too conservative, you > > > will > > > > > > feel differently when you see the shows we have lined up," said > > > Leslie > > > > > > Moonves, chairman of CBS Corp. > > > > > > > > > > > > A new reality show, "Kid Nation," will take 40 children and set > > > them up > > > > > > in an abandoned New Mexico town. Cameras will follow them as > they > > > > > try to > > > > > > set up their own society without adult supervision. > > > > > > > > > > > > Veteran actor Jimmy Smits is the patriarch in "Cane," about the > > > family > > > > > > sugar business. "Moonlight," about a vampire in modern > society, is > > > > > > another one of a handful of high-concept ideas networks are > > > trying out > > > > > > next year. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hugh Jackman produces "Viva Laughlin," an adaptation of the BBC > > > show > > > > > > "Viva Blackpool," about a shady businessman. Music plays a > > > central part > > > > > > in driving the series along. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Monday comedy "The Big Bang Theory" seems like a sitcom > > > version of > > > > > > "Beauty and the Geek," with two brainy guys flustered by a > sexy new > > > > > > neighbor. > > > > > > > > > > > > CBS canceled the comedy "The Class" and drama "Close to > Home." The > > > > > > comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" was left off > the fall > > > > > > schedule but will be used at midseason. > > > > > > > > > > > > (This version CORRECTS that Hugh Jackman produces, not > stars, in > > > `Viva > > > > > > Laughlin,' and that `Close to Home' is a drama, not a > comedy.) ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600598_ > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600598_> > > > > > > > > _> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _> > > > > > > > > > > > pf.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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