So Dollhouse will get the timeslot of death. Friday nights at 9pm.
Terminator will get the other timeslot of death, one hour earlier.
Get your Save-Dollhouse.com and Save-Terminator.com websites while they're still available, boys and girls.
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quote: Sci-fi shows cancelled in Fox’s Friday Death Slot:
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993) MANTIS (1994) Strange Luck (1995) Sliders (1996) Millennium (1996) The Visitor (1997) Harsh Realm (1999) Freakylinks (2000) Dark Angel (2000) The Lone Gunmen (2001) John Doe (2003) Firefly (2003)
I was mentally forming a list before I clicked on the link. I think they forgot VR-5
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Because, baby, this time I've really changed. I just love you so much that the thought of losing you makes me go a little, well, crazy. I promise I won't hit or push you anymore, even when you make me SO MAD AT YOU by producing really good sci-fi TV for a commercial audience that's largely unprepared for it.
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It seemed to me like all the shows I loved as a kid all aired on Fridays on NBC, and all got cancelled.
V (The show, not the miniseries) The Master Misfits of Science
I think Automan and Whiz Kids were part of that mix, too, but I can't quite remember.
I think it was, literally, NBC would take my favorite show off the air, replace it with my new favorite show, then take THAT off the air, replace it with my NEW favorite show, etc, etc, etc.
Then ABC came out with Sledge Hammer!, and I was all like, "See ya, NBC!"
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X-Files had that time slot for the first couple of years. And yeah, my idea of fun on Friday night in high school was to watch X-Files with my friends.
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: Why on earth is Josh working with Fox again?
Putting aside the specific reasons in this case... who else is there? Can you really imagine a Joss Whedon series getting aired on ABC, CBS, or NBC? Maybe the CW, I suppose. Or premium cable. But for unconventional series over the air, Fox is practically the only game in town.
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TNT's doing rather a lot of good drama these days. They usually do more conventional fare, but they might be talked into a cult hit that brings the intensity.
There's also the SciFi channel. They seem to be taking steps to give us good shows. Mostly paid for by other people, though.
Spike's an untapped market. I don't know if they've got the money yet to produce their own stuff, but they've got the young male demographic.
Maybe Joss needs to go write for the BBC. The guys who fund Dr Who would do fine with Whedon fare.
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quote:Originally posted by AvidReader: Spike's an untapped market. I don't know if they've got the money yet to produce their own stuff, but they've got the young male demographic.
I believe Spike's original programming runs along the lines of MANswers in lieu of anything worth watching...
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Does Spike actually have the demographic? I was intrigued by the "channel for men" thing but the only things I've run across on that channel that I've wanted to watch are: 1) A Sports Illustrated swimsuit special 3 or 4 years ago, and even those get old so it's not like they can re-run it constantly. 2) Re-runs of shows from other networks that I don't consider to be particularly targeted at the young male demographic.
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Here's what we all have to do: watch it online, as often as possible, from different computers. Hulu.com and Fox.com are the places to go. Show them online, on-demand distribution is the way of the future, and we don't subscribe to their oppressive "time slots"!
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"Show them online, on-demand distribution is the way of the future"
You forgot "impossible to monetize" jk, but only partly. I'd like to know whether hulu.com is making enough money to actually support production of new material.
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I hate to unthrow a damper on this thread, but it's slightly possible that this might not turn out to be a disaster. I mean, I think it will, but I just read something which suggested otherwise. I'll be very, very surprised if this guy turns out to be right, but it's worth considering, at least.
quote:Friday -- The Whedonverse is already in an uproar, all "Not again, FOX!" and "Woe is Joss!" and "We won't get fooled again!" And don't get me wrong, premiering the show on Friday the 13th (of February) is almost like a bad joke. But here's the reality: Dollhouse could be the best show ever made and it would have gotten crushed in the Monday 8 p.m. time slot. Between Chuck, Gossip Girl and How I Met Your Mother/ Big Bang Theory, young viewers were already spoken for, as Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was finding out on a week-to-week basis. Throw in that ABC show where alleged celebrities allegedly dance and it was a recipe for disaster, especially since a slow start for Dollhouse would have doomed 24, which FOX wouldn't have allowed, leading to an early cancellation. On Fridays, FOX can afford to be a smidge more patient, while the competition isn't nearly as stiff, going up basically against Ghost Whisperer and MyNetworkTV's wrestling. In addition, Dollhouse is paired with T:TSCC. Although most Terminator viewers would, correctly, tell you that the show has been really good for the past four or five episodes, the ratings have been dreadful, probably because of the myriad Monday 8 p.m. draws for young male viewers. Put on Friday, with an already-inked promise for a full season (not that that means much to FOX), Terminator can almost get a reboot and it's excellently matched with Dollhouse. I'm not saying this is the best chance for Dollhouse to succeed -- though maybe FOX will find a way to give it an Idol boost of some sort -- but it may be its best chance not to fail quickly. I could be totally wrong on this hunch, of course.
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