# "Kings" Pulled From Sunday Line Up; Last 8 Episodes Moving To Saturdays **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294 "2009-04-07T20:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/1 "2009-04-07T20:30:19Z")
Just as I predicted, if I like a show it will be canceled. Luckily, they are still going to show the first season - just [moving it](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i877cb25050675ce9b7f2f67a9d7c24f1) from Sundays to Saturday nights. Too bad, but again - at least we get to see the first season, though I doubt it will end in a satisfying manner and, again my luck, will probably end with an unresolved cliff-hanger. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/2 "2009-04-07T22:59:04Z")
I have to wonder if NBC even wanted this show to be good. A deeply-involved drama, on Sundays at 8 PM? ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/3 "2009-04-07T23:17:20Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I have to wonder if NBC even wanted this show to be good. A deeply-involved drama, on Sundays at 8 PM? HBO and Showtime seem to do well with dramas on Sunday nights. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/4 "2009-04-08T01:09:40Z")
Dammit I just started watching! At least they’re sticking with the rest of the season, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/5 "2009-04-08T01:44:11Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > HBO and Showtime seem to do well with dramas on Sunday nights. They don’t need to deal with advertisers or network censors. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/6 "2009-04-08T01:46:18Z")
Hmm. Well, given that Saturdays are a write-off for the networks anyway, this probably assures that we’ll at least get the whole season, thank goodness. I’m sure the creators will have a legitimate stopping point at the end of the season, even if it is a cliffhanger. They had to know it was going to be a tough slog with material this complex and different from what’s expected from the hour drama. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/7 "2009-04-08T02:08:05Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I have to wonder if NBC even wanted this show to be good. A deeply-involved drama, on Sundays at 8 PM? They didn’t mind it being good as long as they could be sure it wouldn’t last. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/8 "2009-04-08T02:15:56Z")
I have to just stop liking shows; they all get cancelled prematurely. _Firefly New Amsterdam, The Inside, Kings…_ bye bye ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/9 "2009-04-08T02:22:08Z")
Sounds like one of those “Dynasty” evening soaps. Give me Columbo or McCloud. Jesus, this shit! [dana carvey] "We didn’t **have** “Kings” when I was a boa! We had “Maverick” , “Cheyenne”, and “The Rifleman”! And we _liked_ it!" [/dana carvey] Hell, I don’t even _watch_ network tv anymore. Why _is_ that, do y’all think? The very LAST tv show I paid _any_ attention show to, was M_A_S\*H… A doctor friend let me borrow Seasons I-III of “Seinfeld”, and I said “so what?” Have I ascended into the “ozone”? 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-pulled-from-sunday-line-up-last-8-episodes-moving-to-saturdays/492294/10 "2009-04-08T02:59:13Z")
While I’m watching Kings because it was an attempt to do something different and interesting on network TV, the reality is that the execution isn’t all that good. There are three huge problems. David is a stiff. The plots are sheer soap opera. Everything happens as slowly and as portentously and as allegorically as possible. This show most resembles Dirty Sexy Money’s first season. You have the incredibly rich powerful family dynasty getting into scrapes and the outsider coming in and getting involved in everybody’s business. The soap opera was better served, the acting was far superior (except for Ian McShane), and the show had a wonderful sense of humor that Kings totally lacks. The writing on that show was a level above the bilge on Kings. The actors can barely say the sentences. They’re meant to be declaimed rather than spoken. Maybe they need to be block printed with an exclamation point at the end, like in comic books. So while I’m somewhat disappointed this didn’t work, I’m not surprised. This isn’t the failure of different quality network tv. It’s the failure of different mediocre network tv.