But that’s just it. Despite all the push, all the publicity, she hasn’t really happened. The ratings for Girls just do not support the amount of publicity she gets.
And Sean is as talented as his mother.
ARRRGH!!! You made me look at breitbart.com and left me agreeing with the writer! :mad:
Hey, it wasn’t pleasant for me either. But you know, a broken watch is right twice a day and all that.
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The comments in that link made me sad
A useful tip for the 21st century: never read the comments after an online article. You’ll live a longer, happier life, maintain all your gray cells and avoid tooth decay.
Asia Argento was everywhere for a few months when ‘xXx’ came out. Then it was like every celebrity magazine simultaneously said, “Meh.”
Pia Zadora had her 14 minutes and 55 seconds of fame, too.
Numbers are very difficult things in this world of piratebay and HBOGo. My peer group is the target demo for that show, and I would say it’s extremely well-watched amongst people I know.
It may be niche saturation, but it’s a vocal niche and it’s been going on for several years.
It remains to be seen if she has staying power or a second wind after Girls runs out, but she’s made a legitimate name for herself.
I say this all as somebody who doesn’t like Girls and doesn’t much care for her.
Yep. I remember NBC pushing the hell out of Susan Anton. Never quite fulfilled her promise, but at the time she was the great hope of the network.
From what I’ve read, she was the pet project of Fred Silverman. He had helped make ABC the top rated network and was widely publicized as “the man with the golden gut”. So when he moved from ABC to NBC in 1979, Anton was one of the many projects he indulged in. Problem is she failed as badly as other Silverman ideas as “Supertrain” and “Pink Lady and Jeff”.
But that wasn’t a case of a corporation pushing a star. She was the trophy wife of elderly Israeli zillionaire Menachem Riklis, and he was willing to shell out a lot of his own money to give her a show biz career.
Yes, a niche that gets attention all out of proportion to its numbers, because it’s young and has money, or at least has the prospects of having money. Just like Dunham.
Numbers <> quality. The numbers for something like House of Cards (or even Game of Thrones) are probably less than Manhattan Love Story, but the show gets publicity because it’s good. I don’t watch Girls, but there are many people who think it’s an excellent show, so they write about it.
This isn’t hype (which is PR by the someone involved on the production end). It just people raving about a show they like. You may not, but it doesn’t fit into the OP.
Girls getting one million viewers is low, even for an HBO program. Per Entertainment Weekly (about the last GoT finale):
Game of Thrones had seven times the viewers of Girls for their respective finales. I get the “Numbers aren’t quality” argument but Girls doesn’t even have numbers for an HBO pay channel show.
I nominate Fabian.
I was a young teen when he was being hyped. I think they wanted him to be the Philly version of Elvis. It looks like he’s had somewhat of a career, but nothing like what his handlers were aiming for.
Let’s put it another way: NCIS has waaaaay more fans than Girls,*** Game of Thrones*** and Dr. Who combined. It’s not even close. But does ***NCIS *** get cover stories in major magazines, or think pieces in the New York Times? Does anyone start web sites devoted to NCIS? Of course not!
That’s a reflection of several things. Among them:
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Demographics. The tens of millions of people who watch NCIS skew older. A 45 year old Midwestern housewife who loves Mark Harmon isn’t considered a desirable reader by most magazines. The younger, single, urban females who relate to Lena Dunham ARE considered desirable readers.
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Passion/Fanaticism. The tens of millions of people who like*** NCIS will watch an episode, enjoy it, and then pretty much forget about it. People who get into Girls, Game of Thrones, or Dr. Who*** tend to get into it in a big way, and enjoy thinking about it, reading about it, talking about it incessantly with other fans, and trying to figure out What It All Means. Hence, there are numerous websites devoted to those shows, and hardly any devoted to NCIS.
It’s a sucker bet to say ANY television show doesn’t have fan sites.
That said, “Big thing” means numbers. That’s what makes it a “big thing” and not some niche or cult product. Girls doesn’t have big numbers even allowing for the fact that it’s on a pay channel. It’s an excellent example of something being pushed far beyond what its numbers actually deserve. Heck, even Dr. Who got above 2million viewers for 2014 (on BBC America, over 5 million in the UK) – over double what Girls got.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Miley Cyrus.