It’s nothing new that things aren’t really going well at NBC, anybody can see that, and it’s been a while now that people have said how they disliked both Silverman & Zucker. And with a fall schedule that looks very much like crap, it seems only logical that something has to be done before it’s too late, if that’s not already the case.
Their overall attitude is crap, the supposedly “innovative” ways of ordering new series based from a script without first ordering a pilot was a pretty stupid idea, especially if, as NBC, you never trust the creative people behind shows and still try to “control” everything and force your ways on everything. As a result, a very poor fall schedule, many creators/showrunners stepping back even before the first episode is completed, and lots of so-called “spinoff” and imports from other countries to try and hide the lack of new ideas.
Do you remember the famous Lost video, summing up the first three seasons in 8:15 ? It was a great video, a nice success online, and ever since everybody wants to do their little video to sum up something in a few minutes only.
Latest to join the game is Fox : as you all know Prison Break is back tonight at 8.00 for a two-hour season premiere, everybody is very excited about it and seeing Sara back, and so here comes this video to recap all the three past seasons of Prison Break in 3 minutes or so (more like 3:50 but who cares!). It may not have that unique thing the original video for Lost had, but I think it’s still very well done and quite funny — what do you think?
Again, don’t miss tonight’s special event as Michael & co returns in a two-hour season premiere on Fox at 8.00 !
It’s happening… fall season is around the corner, some series are already returning, so let’s use this week to have yet again a look at our future fall schedule. Sunday night is usually a big night, and there’s no reason to change that. We still need to get ready for the huge Monday night that follows…
First, a look at what’s to come…
* At 8.00 The CW launches Valentine on September 21st; and of course Homer and his family returns on The Simpsons starting September 28th on Fox.
* At 8.30 King Of The Hill is back on the same September 28th, on Fox of course.
* At 9.00 the much talked-about True Blood (from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball) premieres on HBO September 7th; there’ll also be another new series on The CW, Easy Money, premiering September 21st; and it’s of course the return of ABC hit Desperate Housewives, CBS drama Cold Case and the crazy folks of Family Guy on Fox, all back September 28th.
* As expected, American Dad will be back at 9.30 starting September 28th.
* At 10.00 the boys of Entourage will finally be back after being away for too long, kicking off the fifth season on September 7th; Brothers & Sisters will be back on ABC starting September 28th, while The Unit is moving to Sundays on the same September 28th.
Gossip Girl often doesn’t look like what one might expect it to. A simple look at the way The CW promotes the show, pushing the OMFG campaign much further and trying to pass the show as quite racy and loaded with sexual content, using PTC’s (and others) non-dorsement such as “Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate” or “Every Parent’s Nightmare“.
Surely those are fun ads, but they couldn’t be further from what the show actually is/looks like. That said, within the show itself sometimes things aren’t what they seem to be at first… remember that huge secret, how nothing could be said or done, because, drum rolls please, Serena killed someone!
Yeah, that didn’t really turn out to be that much of a shocker after all, to say the least. But here’s the original ending of that episode, what the big revelation should have been, and that might just be a much better one.
At least, it’s both more shocking and pretty darn funny!
It’s something that probably isn’t new, but it is here, and when you’re a TVoholic or just happen to love good television, even in small doses, it’s a disgusting thing to see. Yet it’s here, everywhere, and it is more and more frequent every day : Networks think they know better.
Always, in every network, you will find some stupid execs who love their very expensive suits, and think that if they got here, it means they know better. They know better than the creative minds behind a show what the show should be like and where it should go, they know better than you, viewers, what it is you want to watch. And it’s a funny thing, because those guys do their job in a TV network like they would an airplane company, or selling cars.
That it to say, they have no idea what good television is (and let’s be honest, they probably don’t even care), they don’t know how to write compelling stories, or create interesting characters, those things that will attract millions of people week after week and have us come back each week for more. But because they work for, because they are the network, they know better.
Excitement is in the air for fans of NBC series Chuck. Last year, the show did well and received a full season pick up, but of course the writers’ strike came in the way the show couldn’t deliver all of the 22 episodes ordered. And while fans are waiting for the sophomore season to return, the people at NBC have already seen the (six) first episodes, and they like what they’re seeing so far.
So much, that they already gave the show a back-nine order, bringing the second season to a full season order of 22 episodes (so far, only 13 had been ordered). NBC’s head of development and current programs Teri Weinberg said that they “couldn’t be more excited with the creative direction Josh [Schwartz] and his team are executing on Chuck. This show has really hit its stride and deserves a full-season commitment to carry out the producers’ vision for this unique series.”
Of course executive producer Josh Schwartz has all the reason in the world to be happy about the news, as he called the pickup “unexpected” and added that it was “an incredible show of faith by NBC and so amazingly nice to get based on the work alone“.
Chuck returns on NBC Monday, September 29th at 8.00
By fred | September 1, 2008 
It’s nothing new that things aren’t really going well at NBC, anybody can see that, and it’s been a while now that people have said how they disliked both Silverman & Zucker. And with a fall schedule that looks very much like crap, it seems only logical that something has to be done before it’s too late, if that’s not already the case.
Gossip Girl often doesn’t look like what one might expect it to. A simple look at the way The CW promotes the show, pushing the OMFG campaign much further and trying to pass the show as quite racy and loaded with sexual content, using PTC’s (and others) non-dorsement such as “Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate” or “Every Parent’s Nightmare“.
It’s something that probably isn’t new, but it is here, and when you’re a TVoholic or just happen to love good television, even in small doses, it’s a disgusting thing to see. Yet it’s here, everywhere, and it is more and more frequent every day : Networks think they know better.
Excitement is in the air for fans of NBC series Chuck. Last year, the show did well and received a full season pick up, but of course the writers’ strike came in the way the show couldn’t deliver all of the 22 episodes ordered. And while fans are waiting for the sophomore season to return, the people at NBC have already seen the (six) first episodes, and they like what they’re seeing so far.