Post by annabelleleigh on Oct 30, 2008 11:31:21 GMT -5
The information isn't new but I like this writer's take on NBC's fall prime time disasters and its recent schedule shake-up that forced the mothership to speed up production in time for a November 5th start.
I especially enjoyed the shot at NBC Entertainment co-chiefs Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff who make all the genius programming decisions for the Peacock Network.
Boldfaces mine.
AL
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'Order' up! NBC makes unexpected changes
By Scott D. Pierce
Deseret News
October 29, 2008
Excerpt:
"That rattling noise you hear coming out of NBC might not be the network's death throes, but it does sound a lot like deck chairs being moved on the Titanic.
The once-proud Peacock is making a few moves to stop the bleeding in prime time, where last season's dreadful ratings have gotten worse.
It is not a good sign when a late-night installment of "Saturday Night Live" draws about 40 percent more viewers than anything the network aired in prime-time that same week.
Wednesdays have been pretty much a black hole for the network this fall, which explains why "Law & Order" will be returning a couple of months earlier than originally scheduled. The legal drama, which was supposed to return in January, will now begin its 19th season on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 9 p.m.
On that same night, "Life" — which as been struggling on Friday nights — moves to Wednesdays at 8 p.m. It's part of NBC's big plan to give us "creative continuity" (in the words of NBC Entertainment co-chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff ) on Wednesday nights with "Knight Rider" at 7, followed by "Life" and "Law & Order."
Yikes. "Law & Order" executive producer Dick Wolf must be thrilled to hear that his show has "creative continuity" with "Knight Rider."
Of course, Silverman and Graboff's contention that the lineup will give NBC a "night with wall-to-wall satisfying mysteries and great dramas" means one of two things. Either they've never seen the shows on their own network, or they think American viewers are stupid enough to believe their baloney.
Despite ratings that are almost as bad as the quality of the show, NBC has picked up "Knight Rider" for a full season.
To make room for the Wednesday changes, "Lipstick Jungle" — a show that wasn't good when it started and has steadily deteriorated — is being sent off to Friday nights at 9 to die. It makes the move this week, airing episodes both tonight and Friday.
The fact is that NBC can't cancel all of its low-rated shows because, if it did, the network wouldn't have enough programming to fill out its schedule."
The full piece at
deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,705258665,00.html?printView=true
E-mail: pierce@desnews.com
I especially enjoyed the shot at NBC Entertainment co-chiefs Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff who make all the genius programming decisions for the Peacock Network.
Boldfaces mine.
AL
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'Order' up! NBC makes unexpected changes
By Scott D. Pierce
Deseret News
October 29, 2008
Excerpt:
"That rattling noise you hear coming out of NBC might not be the network's death throes, but it does sound a lot like deck chairs being moved on the Titanic.
The once-proud Peacock is making a few moves to stop the bleeding in prime time, where last season's dreadful ratings have gotten worse.
It is not a good sign when a late-night installment of "Saturday Night Live" draws about 40 percent more viewers than anything the network aired in prime-time that same week.
Wednesdays have been pretty much a black hole for the network this fall, which explains why "Law & Order" will be returning a couple of months earlier than originally scheduled. The legal drama, which was supposed to return in January, will now begin its 19th season on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 9 p.m.
On that same night, "Life" — which as been struggling on Friday nights — moves to Wednesdays at 8 p.m. It's part of NBC's big plan to give us "creative continuity" (in the words of NBC Entertainment co-chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff ) on Wednesday nights with "Knight Rider" at 7, followed by "Life" and "Law & Order."
Yikes. "Law & Order" executive producer Dick Wolf must be thrilled to hear that his show has "creative continuity" with "Knight Rider."
Of course, Silverman and Graboff's contention that the lineup will give NBC a "night with wall-to-wall satisfying mysteries and great dramas" means one of two things. Either they've never seen the shows on their own network, or they think American viewers are stupid enough to believe their baloney.
Despite ratings that are almost as bad as the quality of the show, NBC has picked up "Knight Rider" for a full season.
To make room for the Wednesday changes, "Lipstick Jungle" — a show that wasn't good when it started and has steadily deteriorated — is being sent off to Friday nights at 9 to die. It makes the move this week, airing episodes both tonight and Friday.
The fact is that NBC can't cancel all of its low-rated shows because, if it did, the network wouldn't have enough programming to fill out its schedule."
The full piece at
deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,705258665,00.html?printView=true
E-mail: pierce@desnews.com