Re: Brian in "Men of a Certain Age"
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:11 pm
Ah, WG, I can totally sympathize with you! (Can't we all? ) I only caught a couple of episodes of this, but liked the character combo. And you're right, as someone who is not an avid viewer of either of these shows, I have to say I see The Closer advertised a lot more than MoaCA. And I guess I am always surprised when someone as huge (hit TV show-wise) as Ray R. doesn't roll right into another smash hit (ie, carry their audience along with them). Same thing happened with all the Seinfeld stars - none of their next shows succeeded. Although I will say, MoaCA would likely not appeal to the same audience as Everyone Loves Raymond. Different generations. My parents love ELR, while MoaCA is closer to my generation's sensibilities, I suspect. Just my But yeah, feel your pain. I'm still smarting from the cancellation of Terriers (and, oh h*ll, why not? Moonlight. There. I said it. ).
Carol, thanks for explaining why they do that stupid split season thing. Although, waiting one month for sweeps to pass would be better than putting 4-5-6 months in between. Do they not realize most people are too lazy to hunt these things down? If I'm watching a show (other than Moonlight and Terriers ) and one week I turn on the TV and it's not there at its usual time? I change the channel. There are 500 channels. When are they going to realize you can't build a loyal viewing audience (unless your show is truly stellar) if you don't make it easy for people to get into the viewing habit? Even Lost lost me (no pun intended) when they went on that long hiatus and then kept moving the night around. And I was hooked on that show. I quit watching it that season, and then didn't come back until the final year (which I recorded on TIVO and still have not watched, because, well, um, I kinda "lost" that "must know what happens next" rhythm).
Is there any way we can help get you promoted to network executive, Carol, so you can test out our oh-so-brilliant theories of television success?
Carol, thanks for explaining why they do that stupid split season thing. Although, waiting one month for sweeps to pass would be better than putting 4-5-6 months in between. Do they not realize most people are too lazy to hunt these things down? If I'm watching a show (other than Moonlight and Terriers ) and one week I turn on the TV and it's not there at its usual time? I change the channel. There are 500 channels. When are they going to realize you can't build a loyal viewing audience (unless your show is truly stellar) if you don't make it easy for people to get into the viewing habit? Even Lost lost me (no pun intended) when they went on that long hiatus and then kept moving the night around. And I was hooked on that show. I quit watching it that season, and then didn't come back until the final year (which I recorded on TIVO and still have not watched, because, well, um, I kinda "lost" that "must know what happens next" rhythm).
Is there any way we can help get you promoted to network executive, Carol, so you can test out our oh-so-brilliant theories of television success?