 |
 |
Future of Commercial TV
| September 30th, 2015 at 3:10:41 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Well, the show stinks. Bad writing and soap opera acting. The bad reviews are really really bad. This is one of the nicer ones: "You have powerhouse actors like Terrence and Tajiri, and this is what you do with them? You have them portray over-stereotyped, dull, insipid buffoons who lack depth, character or intelligence? This is what Fox gives us as an interesting story involving Black America? When you think about the wit, creativity, artistry, hard work and brain power that goes into the business of Hip Hop, this show is a slap in the face. The characters are uninspired, poorly written, predictable and hackneyed. I expected far more. This was a MAJOR let down." If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| September 30th, 2015 at 4:48:50 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2980053273/ Dancing in September (2000) was a drama about black writers and network executives in television. It's about ambition and success and stereotypes and what sells on TV.  At the time DL Hughley had a sitcom about a family from the "old neighborhood" who moved up to a middle class mostly white and Asian suburb. Which seemed to be a common theme of most black sitcoms from The Jefferson's to Good Times to The Hughley's to Blackish. |
| September 30th, 2015 at 5:45:25 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
What's very common now is blacks in positions of power on TV. They're mayors and police commissioners, and heads of the FBI and CIA. And more women than men. You're far more likely to see blacks either as drug dealers, or as someone in charge. For some reason, we don't see them in middle of the road jobs. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 27th, 2015 at 2:36:43 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Fargo. I can't decide if I like Fargo or not. I missed the first season. The 2nd season is, well, odd. It has people acting in really strange ways and we're supposed to think that's normal for them. A woman hits a man with her car and drives home with him sticking thru the windshield. She's parks in the garage and makes dinner like nothing is wrong. Later her husband hears something in the garage and is attacked by the 'not dead' man and the husband stabs him with lawn shears. Rather than call the cops, they stick him in the deep freeze and go on with their lives. The whole show is like this, bizarre things happen and nobody reacts to them in the traditional way. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 27th, 2015 at 3:34:25 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 |
I watched the first 7 episodes of season 2 yesterday and I don't know what to think about it. I almost turned it of during episode 2 but powered through it. I also did not see season 1 but heard it is not relevant to season 2. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| November 27th, 2015 at 3:45:21 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It reminds me of a Cohn Bros movie, like Burn After Reading. Nobody reacts to anything in a normal fashion. The CIA and FBI would rather cover up crimes because of the paperwork involved if they prosecute them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 8th, 2015 at 7:45:35 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director, Verizon FiOS TV talks about the future of commercial TV. She talks a lot about tablets. She got some headlines for admitting that she has pretty much cut the cord in her own life. She does mention the big 40 networks, which I assume are these.  |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 10:00:07 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Teenagers try to identify sitcom themes from 20 years ago. There is one theme song that everyone knows. |
| October 13th, 2017 at 9:01:52 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18211 | Layoffs Hit ABC as Rumors About the Network's Future Swirl Is it possible Disney thinks there is little future? Would they spin it off with ESPN as a package? The President is a fink. |
| October 13th, 2017 at 10:13:49 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Average viewers in Millions 5.158 ABC average 6.195 NBC average 3.517 FOX average 9.172 CBS average With the Average viewers of broadcast at record low, and ABC without any sports has revenue way below YouTube, discussions of selling broadcast have continued for some time. With Disney there is a lot of speculation that they should start by selling the owned and operated ABC stations to Bloomburg WABC-TV New York News at abc7ny.com KABC-TV Los Angeles News at abc7.com WLS-TV Chicago News at abc7chicago.com KGO-TV San Francisco News at abc7news.com WPVI-TV Philadelphia News at 6abc.com WTVD-TV Raleigh/Durham News at abc11.com KTRK-TV Houston News at abc13.com KFSN-TV Fresno News at abc30.com 5.158 ABC average 10.943 The Good Doctor (new) 8.039 Grey's Anatomy 6.545 Modern Family (renewed) 6.070 The Middle (ending) 5.884 The Goldbergs (renewed) 5.286 Scandal (ending) 5.212 American Housewife 4.969 Designated Survivor 4.632 Speechless 4.568 Black-ish 4.295 Fresh Off the Boat 3.900 How to Get Away w Murder 3.887 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (new) 3.762 The Mayor (new) 3.428 Marvel's Inhumans (new) 3.257 Once Upon a Time 3.017 Ten Days in the Valley (new) 9.172 CBS average 17.209 Young Sheldon 14.949 The Big Bang Theory (renewed) 13.465 NCIS 10.702 Bull 9.763 Blue Bloods 9.178 NCIS: New Orleans 8.760 SEAL Team 8.702 NCIS: Los Angeles 8.585 Hawaii Five-0 8.332 Wisdom of the Crowd 7.642 Kevin Can Wait 7.625 9JKL 7.207 Madam Secretary 6.538 MacGyver 6.345 Criminal Minds 5.644 Me, Myself & I 5.282 Scorpion 6.195 NBC average 11.671 This Is Us (renewed) 7.974 Will & Grace (renewed) 6.442 Chicago Fire 6.126 Chicago PD 6.017 The Blacklist 5.749 Law & Order: SVU 5.421 The Brave 5.200 Law & Order True Crime 4.676 The Good Place 4.440 Superstore 4.428 Great News 3.517 FOX average 6.291 Empire 4.958 The Orville 4.824 Star 4.347 The Gifted 4.253 The Simpsons (renewed) 4.119 Lethal Weapon 3.629 Lucifer 3.582 Ghosted 2.930 Bob's Burgers 2.923 Family Guy 2.923 Gotham 2.439 The Mick 2.257 The Last Man on Earth 1.806 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.470 The Exorcist |