Uh. Is there going to be one? Are shows being written and shot right now? Because they really have to be, if we’re to have new episodes by late September.
Anyone heard of any plans? I mean, it’s not exactly like they can fill the schedule up with sports, right?
About the only idea I have is for the networks to buy back the rights to their old shows from the syndicated channels. Maybe nostalgia will draw enough of an audience for something like Bonanza or My Three Sons to pay the bills.
Hey, at least it would be better than 'Watch C list celebrities watch old tv shows,"
They’re not going to broadcast old shows, but they are considering broadcasting stuff that no one saw, because it was on some obscure streaming service or cable channel, or aired in Canada. See this article for some examples. As for watching people watch TV, yes, that’s weird, but it works in the UK.
I know someone who worked on Vikings and while he is secrecy bound, he did confirm for me that Vikings final 10 episodes were completely finished and will air on schedule.
But I rather like the idea of the streaming shows/other countries shows. In today’s world with so many competing services, you can’t really keep up with everything, or even know it exists.
So that’s ten hours filled.
I was also pointed to an article that said they have an entire season of The Amazing Race stored away from 2018. So that’s two.
BTW, anyone watching “Hard as Nails”? I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Guess it’s another ‘stored away on the shelf’ show.
Definitely true. Over 500 shows, counting all of the various platforms. And I wouldn’t mind seeing more stuff from Canada, the UK, Australia and so forth. BBC America used to actually show British shows before it went to full time Star Trek series and nature documentaries.
I’m not an avid Gogglebox fan, but if you get the right people - by which I mean people who say amusing, insightful or just consistently weird things - it can be absolutely brilliant. There used to be a permanently-sozzled upper-middle-class couple who were a laugh, and at present there’s a brother-and-sister pairing who are properly funny (in the “laughing with them, not at them” sense) and a husband-and-wife pairing who are surreally weird (definitely in the “laughing at them” category, although perhaps kindly) who stand out. It all works.
An interesting idea that I saw on a blog I follow: networks, if they have no new content, should air reruns of their classic series.
NBC could bring back the golden age of Must See TV; a two hour Thursday night block of Cheers, Frasier, Friends and Seinfeld? That might get better ratings than new content.
People might watch if you couldn’t see those shows non-stop on cable channels. They’d have to come up with some classic/old shows that aren’t shown anymore, anywhere.
