I loved DSM. I wanted to like Pushing Daisies and didn’t dislike it, it just didn’t quite hold me captive. Eli Stone frankly pissed me off with the autism episode. I flipped off the TV right before flipping off the TV.
That’s the problem I have with Eli Stone. Their court cases piss me off.
I like the characters though, I watch because it’s watching people I like. I’d pay a dollar/ep to continue watching it, just for Eli and his assistant bantering back & forth, and watching his boss defend himself against his contemporaries.
Thanks. I just sent them an e-mail about Dirty Sexy Money.
It’s not so much the canceling of shows that I like or love that pisses me off. It’s that they don’t even bother to let them wrap up the story line. How much do you want to bet that DSM will not solve the show mystery of who killed his father? Networks listen up: if you are going to cancel a show, order enough extra episodes to tie up the storylines. It’s in your best interest because:
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People are losing faith that they will see a satisfying conclusion to ongoing story arcs. So they are going to stop tuning in to shows that have any kind of ongoing mystery or storyline.
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Not having a proper ending is seriously cutting into potential DVD sales.
I kinda miss the old days, when series didn’t have ongoing story arcs.
When would you say these “new days” began? Twin Peaks? X-Files?
You could go back to the prime-time soaps of the '80s – I think the first season-ending cliff-hanger was the Moldovian Massacre at the 1985 season end of Dynasty.
It used to be that you could miss an episode of Mannix or Magnum P.I. and not worry about getting lost the next week.
Well it depends on what the shows are. Law & Order, CSI, Bones, Numbers, they’re pretty much all standalone episodes that you could go into blind and not be missing anything.
I sent my complaint. I mentioned that it would be nice if they could try another night or promote the show. They have never really promoted the show. How much can it cost to run a commercial on their own network?
Dallas had the whole “Who shot JR?” thing going on at the end of the 1980 season.
$0. Most broadcast and cable networks have time set aside for promos that’s separate from commercial time. It’s all in the strategy of the network and what shows they want to promote.
Isn’t there some clause show producers can put into their contracts with the network…Network X will promote Show Y a minimum of Z number of minutes per week in specific time periods?