Comments on: The Death of Broadcast Network Series http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Avitar http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-185912 Avitar Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:03:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-185912 My Favorite Sitcom would be Eureka on the Sci-Fi channel but my favorite Sci-Fi show is NCSI. If you do not think that that is science fiction then you do not know technology or the Navy. The need of network television for simple formats understandable by a committee has crippled not just the US television market but also most of the world's television. We keep getting Battlestar Galactica which is fine acting and fair writing but the Galactica is positively primitive compared to the US Navy's VIRGINIA class of submarines or the new GEORGE H W BUSH carrier. As for why specialty channels like the Sci-Fi channel fall into airing wrestling, most media buyers for the advertisers are liberal arts majors who want to stick it to the suits as a last hurrah of their youth. Ad the economics of video or film production and there is little hope of revitalization until substantial product starts to originate from right-to-work states and foreign countries. My Favorite Sitcom would be Eureka on the Sci-Fi channel but my favorite Sci-Fi show is NCSI. If you do not think that that is science fiction then you do not know technology or the Navy.

The need of network television for simple formats understandable by a committee has crippled not just the US television market but also most of the world’s television. We keep getting Battlestar Galactica which is fine acting and fair writing but the Galactica is positively primitive compared to the US Navy’s VIRGINIA class of submarines or the new GEORGE H W BUSH carrier.

As for why specialty channels like the Sci-Fi channel fall into airing wrestling, most media buyers for the advertisers are liberal arts majors who want to stick it to the suits as a last hurrah of their youth. Ad the economics of video or film production and there is little hope of revitalization until substantial product starts to originate from right-to-work states and foreign countries.

]]> By: fugem http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-185578 fugem Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:59:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-185578 TV is gone from my home. Why allow a bunch of boorish narcissists to enter your home through a TV screen when you probably wouldn't permit them through the front door? I got tired of paying for something that I didn't find entertaining, intelligent, or enlightening. And no more loud obnoxious commercial interruptions trying to sell me something that I don't need or want. TV is gone from my home. Why allow a bunch of boorish narcissists to enter your home through a TV screen when you probably wouldn’t permit them through the front door? I got tired of paying for something that I didn’t find entertaining, intelligent, or enlightening. And no more loud obnoxious commercial interruptions trying to sell me something that I don’t need or want.

]]> By: tommyd http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-185509 tommyd Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:28:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-185509 Very seldom watch it any more. Don't even have one in my house anymore. Don't miss it. Was offered one for free last week, turned it down. It just got to where it (tv) seemed so damn irrelevant. Very seldom watch it any more. Don’t even have one in my house anymore. Don’t miss it.
Was offered one for free last week, turned it down.
It just got to where it (tv) seemed so damn irrelevant.

]]> By: Maggie http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-185086 Maggie Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:05:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-185086 24 and Lost are my favorites. If you haven't been watching be sure and start from the beginning and watch in order. 24 and Lost are my favorites. If you haven’t been watching be sure and start from the beginning and watch in order.

]]> By: TalkinKamel http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184452 TalkinKamel Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:06:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184452 locomotivebreath, you got it. Anybody who finds aging skanks pursuing metrosexuals in Manhattan, crass 'toons and lovable, cuddly serial killers entertainment needs to kill their T.V. right now! Cable, network, doesn't matter. It's all garbage. Stop supporting this stuff. locomotivebreath, you got it.

Anybody who finds aging skanks pursuing metrosexuals in Manhattan, crass ‘toons and lovable, cuddly serial killers entertainment needs to kill their T.V. right now! Cable, network, doesn’t matter. It’s all garbage. Stop supporting this stuff.

]]> By: Frank http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184363 Frank Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:47:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184363 JoshC beat me to it. THE WIRE BEATS ALL OTHER SHOWS, except maybe Dexter and the Sopranos (which I would tie it with) JoshC beat me to it. THE WIRE BEATS ALL OTHER SHOWS, except maybe Dexter and the Sopranos (which I would tie it with)

]]> By: Pat J http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184278 Pat J Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:09:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184278 I still loathe TNT for killing Babylon 5: Crusade. I still loathe TNT for killing Babylon 5: Crusade.

]]> By: Gozer the Carpathian http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184073 Gozer the Carpathian Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:40:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184073 Hmm.. I think there are good shows on both sides, but different kinds at each. What's nice about cable is you get more specalized shows and shows on different scheduels then network. USA and TNT help keep me entertained during the network off times with good old Burn Notice, The Closer, Saving Grace, In Plain Sight, Monk, Psyche, and the like. Then Sci Fi had Stargate SG1, Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica (for 3 seasons, I stopped after that. :( ). Now I'll be happier with Network TV if they keep Joss's Latest show The Dollhouse, instead of killing it like Firefly. :( Hmm.. I think there are good shows on both sides, but different kinds at each. What’s nice about cable is you get more specalized shows and shows on different scheduels then network.

USA and TNT help keep me entertained during the network off times with good old Burn Notice, The Closer, Saving Grace, In Plain Sight, Monk, Psyche, and the like. Then Sci Fi had Stargate SG1, Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica (for 3 seasons, I stopped after that. :( ).

Now I’ll be happier with Network TV if they keep Joss’s Latest show The Dollhouse, instead of killing it like Firefly. :(

]]> By: NO it doesn't http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184036 NO it doesn't Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:15:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184036 "it boils down to creative freedom." No, Einstein, it doesn't. It boils down to economics. Cable only gets watched if viewers are willing to pay to watch it. Put on crap and you go broke. Free over the air TV networks enjoy a shared monopoly, enforced by the FCC. If you want free TV its them or nothing. Every dollar they spend making a show is a dollar lost to profit. So they make the cheapest crap they can get away with. Of course this doesn't work in the long run. Thus the flight to the internet and cable. “it boils down to creative freedom.”

No, Einstein, it doesn’t. It boils down to economics.

Cable only gets watched if viewers are willing to pay to watch it. Put on crap and you go broke.

Free over the air TV networks enjoy a shared monopoly, enforced by the FCC. If you want free TV its them or nothing. Every dollar they spend making a show is a dollar lost to profit. So they make the cheapest crap they can get away with.

Of course this doesn’t work in the long run. Thus the flight to the internet and cable.

]]> By: Jim Baker http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-broadcast-network-series/#comment-184015 Jim Baker Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:03:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44023#comment-184015 What we see is the dumbing down of network programming in response to the continually decreasing viewership. They are now reduced to just putting on any cheap product that can get enough attention to sell the cat food and car commercials. This phenomenon is not limited to network entertainment programming. It involves all the news programming as well. Even the sports programming has gone to endless hyping before the events in order to sell a few more commercial spots for each sporting event they broadcast. I can't watch pro football any more because of all of the commercials required to cover the losses of the news and entertainment divisions. Network TV is like our government, when something doesn't work, throw money away on something even less likely to work. Reality TV, for crying out loud! What we see is the dumbing down of network programming in response to the continually decreasing viewership. They are now reduced to just putting on any cheap product that can get enough attention to sell the cat food and car commercials. This phenomenon is not limited to network entertainment programming. It involves all the news programming as well. Even the sports programming has gone to endless hyping before the events in order to sell a few more commercial spots for each sporting event they broadcast. I can’t watch pro football any more because of all of the commercials required to cover the losses of the news and entertainment divisions. Network TV is like our government, when something doesn’t work, throw money away on something even less likely to work. Reality TV, for crying out loud!

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