| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | The things that bug me with US TV is the continual moving the program schedules, the continued shortening of the episode length and the lead characters hopping in bed.
Most of today's one hour shows are less than 40 minutes by the time you subtract the credits. That is about 20 minutes of commercials per hour. I just profiled Flashpoint season 4, 42.3 minutes average per episode. Just finished watching Police Woman, season 2, 1975, 50.2 minutes per episode. I have enjoyed the NHZ Network European crime dramas that are 90 to 100 minutes long.
A pretty good show that came out the same time as The Untouchables , 50.3 minutes per episode, but didn't rate as well was The Lawless Years, 1959, a half hour show, 25.9 minutes per episode and it would have been much better if it was an hour show and had spent some money on production.
It seems like the writers run out of gas and have to have the leads jump into bed. I don't want to watch a crime drama with bickering of somebody's marriage problems unless it has something to do with the crime.
A good example, Twin Peaks the creators left and the show tanked. Today's Bones is another.
If the show started out with married couples that is different, McMillan & Wife, it tanked when Susan Saint James left the show.
Studies show management cause 85% of the problems and there is also some egotistical executive that thinks he knows more than the creators of a show. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln | | | | Last edited: by Srehtims |
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| | Posted: | | | | Here is the lists for this year...
ABC:
Canceled:
666 Park Avenue
Don’t Trust the B—– in Apartment 23
Last Resort
Private Practice
Zero Hour
Renewed:
None as of Yet
No Official Word Yet:
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Body of Proof
Castle: A safe bet
Dancing With the Stars
Grey’s Anatomy
Happy Endings
How To Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)
Last Man Standing
Malibu Country
The Middle
Modern Family
Nashville
The Neighbors
Once Upon a Time
Red Widow
Revenge
Scandal
Shark Tank
Suburgatory
CBS
Canceled:
Made In Jersey
Partners
Renewed:
2 Broke Girls
The Amazing Race
The Big Bang Theory
Blue Bloods
CSI
Elementary
The Good Wife
Hawaii Five-0
How I Met Your Mother
The Mentalist
Mike & Molly
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Person of Interest
Survivor
Undercover Boss
No Official Word Yet:
Criminal Minds
CSI: NY
Golden Boy
Rules of Engagement
Two and a Half Men
Vegas
FOX
Canceled:
Ben and Kate
Fringe
The Mob Doctor
Renewed:
American Dad
Bob’s Burgers
Bones
Family Guy
The Following
The Mindy Project
New Girl
Raising Hope
The Simpsons
The X Factor
No Official Word Yet:
American Idol
The Cleveland Show
Glee
Kitchen Nightmares
Touch
NBC
Canceled:
30 Rock
Animal Practice
Do No Harm
The Office
Smash
Up All Night
Renewed:
The Voice
No Official Word Yet:
1600 Penn
Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
The Biggest Loser
Celebrity Apprentice
Chicago Fire
Community
Deception
Fashion Star
Go On
Grimm
Guys With Kids
Hannibal
Law & Order: SVU
The New Normal
Parenthood
Parks and Recreation
Revolution
Whitney
THE CW
Canceled:
90210
Emily Owens, M.D.
Gossip Girl
Renewed:
Arrow
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
No Official Word Yet:
America’s Next Top Model
Beauty and the Beast
The Carrie Diaries
Cult
Hart of Dixie
Nikita | | | | Pete |
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