I really think the networks are missing a trick when they run series like
this.
I completely understand that the desire to get to 100 episodes is enormous
for syndication, but surely the long term future of those big syndication
paydays is limited in the future? Are we still going to watch TV
I have an even better indicator of a show's potential to make it to season
two.
For the last several years, any show on the big three (I haven't liked
anything on Fox or CW enough to care) I liked enough to watch on a regular
basis was cancelled no later than mid-second season. The one
According to the boys at TV By The Numbers, Kevin was right when he warned
us, because he liked the pilot, the show would not last very long. They
have classified it as certain to be cancelled. Elsewhere they note that
ABC just approved two additional new scripts, but they point out that this
is
My feeling is that Last Resort would be the sort of show that would work
well as a 6- or 13-week miniseries where the entire narrative arc could be
plotted out by the moment you started shooting the pilot, but that kind of
show just doesn't get made that often in the US these days, and especially
n Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote:
My feeling is that Last Resort would be the sort of show that would work
well as a 6- or 13-week miniseries where the entire narrative arc could be
plotted out by the moment you started shooting the pilot, but that kind of
It's syndication--they all want to get to 100 episodes for syndication.
One of the advantages the Brits have is that they don't really have a
domestic syndication market to tend to, so the series run as long as they
have to--at least most of the time.
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:52 PM, PGage
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote:
It's syndication--they all want to get to 100 episodes for syndication.
One of the advantages the Brits have is that they don't really have a
domestic syndication market to tend to, so the series run as long as they
Dramas can get to 80, since OTA syndication for dramas is largely
weekend-only, but cable and Ion still strip. And even though serialized
dramas don't do well in syndication, Gray's and Desperate Housewives
rerun on partially-owned by Disney Lifetime and Lost is getting another
cable run, either
