On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Melissa Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > > My guess is that they have plenty of episodes for syndication and don't need > to spend money making new ones.
In Bill Carter's book Desperate networks, while discussing bringing Friends back for another season, he noted that 100 episodes gets a series into daily strip syndication and 200 episodes fills a year's order. So the revenue to be gained drops after the 200th episode and as costs go up every year for a hit show it's unusual to see a show go past 200 episodes. From what I remember reading Two and a Half Men has done 177 episodes so if CBS continues the series it's only for 1 more year. If they don't make any more they'll take a financial hit but not a massive hit. If CBS thinks viewers will tune in for a season without Charlie they'll recast the role and use the money they save from his contract to pay off Lorre. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
