Comments on: What If They Just Don’t? http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/ musings of a wannabe comedy writer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeremy http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Jeremy Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:33:51 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/#comment-18 I was most impressed when Heather Graham's vehicle "Emily's Reason's Why Not" got canceled after 1 or 2 episodes last year. I live in NYC, and there were billboards and ads on taxis EVERYWHERE. Frankly, they outlasted ths how. I guess I just find it odd that TV execs don't *know* a show is crappy by just watching it. Because, really, what data do they get when show *one* episode? The number of people who watch the first episode bears no relation to th equality of the show. Rather, it's the name of the star and whatever leads into it (and whether or not there was something compelling on that night, etc.) I guess they've already sunk the cash into them, and there's still value in selling detergent beside Taye Diggs' face.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18','Jeremy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18','Jeremy','I was most impressed when Heather Graham\'s vehicle \"Emily\'s Reason\'s Why Not\" got canceled after 1 or 2 episodes last year. I live in NYC, and there were billboards and ads on taxis EVERYWHERE. Frankly, they outlasted ths how.\r\n\r\nI guess I just find it odd that TV execs don\'t *know* a show is crappy by just watching it. Because, really, what data do they get when show *one* episode? The number of people who watch the first episode bears no relation to th equality of the show. Rather, it\'s the name of the star and whatever leads into it (and whether or not there was something compelling on that night, etc.)\r\n\r\nI guess they\'ve already sunk the cash into them, and there\'s still value in selling detergent beside Taye Diggs\' face.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I was most impressed when Heather Graham’s vehicle “Emily’s Reason’s Why Not” got canceled after 1 or 2 episodes last year. I live in NYC, and there were billboards and ads on taxis EVERYWHERE. Frankly, they outlasted ths how.

I guess I just find it odd that TV execs don’t *know* a show is crappy by just watching it. Because, really, what data do they get when show *one* episode? The number of people who watch the first episode bears no relation to th equality of the show. Rather, it’s the name of the star and whatever leads into it (and whether or not there was something compelling on that night, etc.)

I guess they’ve already sunk the cash into them, and there’s still value in selling detergent beside Taye Diggs’ face.

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]]> By: Mike http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Mike Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:12:12 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/#comment-17 Oh, and two more shows I just don't get: Battlestar Galactica and Gray's Anatomy. People love these shows ... but I just don't.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17','Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17','Mike','Oh, and two more shows I just don\'t get: Battlestar Galactica and Gray\'s Anatomy. People love these shows ... but I just don\'t.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Oh, and two more shows I just don’t get: Battlestar Galactica and Gray’s Anatomy. People love these shows … but I just don’t.
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]]> By: Mike http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Mike Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:05:53 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/12/16/what-if-they-just-dont/#comment-15 I concur with this statement. Other shows that I have tried and ultimately failed to embrace despite repeated viewings: Studio 60, My Name Is Earl, Heroes ... Actually, I've been sucked into catching up on four years of The Wire for the last month, with breaks only for The Office and 30 Rock.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15','Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15','Mike','I concur with this statement. Other shows that I have tried and ultimately failed to embrace despite repeated viewings:\r\n\r\nStudio 60, My Name Is Earl, Heroes ...\r\n\r\nActually, I\'ve been sucked into catching up on four years of The Wire for the last month, with breaks only for The Office and 30 Rock.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I concur with this statement. Other shows that I have tried and ultimately failed to embrace despite repeated viewings:

Studio 60, My Name Is Earl, Heroes …

Actually, I’ve been sucked into catching up on four years of The Wire for the last month, with breaks only for The Office and 30 Rock.

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