According to this post, it looks good for S3 of Friday Night Lights: http://blogs.usaweekend.com/whos_news/2008/02/a-third-season.html
I’m going to hunt for more info on this vein.
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Friday Night Lights | Jennifer C. Rodland | 
February 29, 2008 9:22 pm | 
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I’m a little sad that the first experiment of bringing Internet television to standard television failed so miserably: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/television/29arts-NBCPULLSTHEP_BRF.html?ref=television
But, the interesting thing to note is that the ratings of 3.1 million are similar to that of one of my favorite shows, Supernatural, which is considered a solid hit on its network. It just goes to show you how important it is to know your point of reference.
I wonder if the ratings for all shows will be down slightly once the new content starts up. There was so much doom and gloom that with nothing new on tv to watch, viewers would turn to other forms of entertainment, and they might not come back. I’ll be watching to see if they come back–I know I will!
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supernatural, television | Jennifer C. Rodland | 6:57 pm | Comments (0)
More and more of us are talking about the goodness and joy that is our weekly half-hour visit with Ted, Barney, Robin, Lilly and Marshall (a really long way of saying How I Met Your Mother). Here are a couple recent pieces arguing for keeping this great show on the air:
Now, I’m not sure I can agree that HIMYM is better than Friends, but I love me some HIMYM. It has made me call Neil Patrick Harris Barney rather than Doogie.
Tags: how i met your mother, television
how i met your mother, television | Jennifer C. Rodland | February 27, 2008 6:55 pm | Comments (0)
It is officially driving me crazy, and I know that once I find out,
I will hit myself in the forehead like in those annoying V8 commercials.
Watch the commercial at http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=03CwgAIb if you’re not sure which commercial I’m talking about.
Uncategorized | Jennifer C. Rodland | February 25, 2008 5:14 am | Comments (0)
Why do they have to put shows that compete against each other on at the same time? Especially with the current dearth of programming. I mean, I get that Thursday night is the most lucrative night of the week, so everyone wants a piece of that ad revenue. But, do Lost and Supernatural have to be on at the same time? Really?
My memory of when I was younger was that shows that targeted different audiences were on a the same time, so old people could watch Murder She Wrote and I could watch something good. (No I don’t remember what exactly I watched when Murder She Wrote was on, but I know it wasn’t targeted at the geriatric crowd.) Everyone was happy.
Am I remembering wrong? Or was that truly a golden age for viewers who never had to choose between two shows? (Or more than two shows, since that’s all my DVR can handle at once.)
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lost, supernatural, television | Jennifer C. Rodland | February 22, 2008 4:33 am | Comments (2)
Someone posted a link to this story on the Television Without Pity forums, and I just had to share: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/53031/move-over-alpha-geeks-here-come-the-fangrrls/
I’m always interested in gender studies and criticism, and I am happy to see that someone is commenting on women in sci fi.
The WB did one thing well–appeal to young women. I think they had some really good ideas with Smallville and Supernatural, and by including teen storylines and attractive men, they possibly turned a new generation of girls on to sci fi and fantasy.
I was raised watching sci fi and westerns–only the sci fi stuck. As I got older, I was drawn to sci fi and fantasy stories written by women because they tended to have better characterization than men. So much of the sci fi written by men seems like a bunch of boys playing pissing games and “see how big my shiny science toy is?” There are some exceptions, of course, such as Piers Anthony (early work) and Philip Jose Farmer (the Dayworld series), but as a whole, male-dominated sci fi doesn’t float my boat.
What about you? Are you a fangrrl? What sub-genres do you like? Or do you think sci fi and fantasy is only for freeky D&D people?
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gender, sci fi, supernatural | Jennifer C. Rodland | February 20, 2008 6:01 pm | Comments (2)
NBC is all over the press talking about its “revolutionary” approach to selling advertising and scheduling shows. I’m interested in a year-round programming schedule, but I’m wondering what will happen to the back end, the reruns and syndication deals.
Here’s a good story on the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/media/20adco.html?ref=television
I will say that I don’t hate the occasional rerun–in fact, I’m a huge supporter of rerunning a series in order to build excitement for the next season, refresh regular viewers, and potentially draw in new viewers. That’s how I got into Twin Peaks. I missed the first couple episodes, then I didn’t find any reason to start watching a serial midway. Then, they replayed all of S1 right before S2 began. I was hooked five minutes into the pilot. If David Lynch and Mark Frost had any idea how to handle the show after Laura Palmer’s murder was solved, I would have remained a loyal viewer for years to come. Sadly, that wasn’t the case, but those first 16 episodes were TV gold that I never would have seen without reruns.
If NBC moves to year-round staggered programming, will they push all reruns online? If so, then the high residuals for the creatives will go away. What effect would lack of network television reruns have on syndication deals? Will the line between computers and television be blurred even more, killing syndication once any potential viewer can watch shows off the Internet?
I guess my point is that we live in interesting times for the entertainment biz. What do you think of NBC’s ideas? What effect will this have on the business of television? On you and your viewing habits?
Updated to add this link: http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/20/nbc-to-stream-classic-series/ Looks like NBC is not only killing syndication, but also DVD sales. Do creatives earn residuals on old content streamed online?
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NBC, residuals, television, twin peaks | Jennifer C. Rodland | 5:38 pm | Comments (0)
Who is the most appalling pimp I mean show biz mom out there? Is it Lynn Spears who leaves her knocked-up 16-year-old in Louisiana while she apparently treats her other daughter’s mental illness by taking her shopping for jeans? Or is it Dina Lohan, who sends her 14-year-old daughter to her older sister’s nude photo shoot?
Britney and Lindsey sure were not set up for anything other than tabloid success. The fact that they had any level of success before their downfalls is amazing.
Read more about Dina’s reactions to Lindsey’s “tasteful” nudie pics here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20178833,00.html
And, it takes no less than three actors to replace Heath Ledger. I will be interested to see how they pull that off. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20178635,00.html
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Lindsey Lohan, heath ledger | Jennifer C. Rodland | 1:02 am | Comments (0)
So, two of my favorite shows are on the bubble. If you like TV that is good, feel free to join me in my efforts to save them.
Friday Night Lights: http://www.savefridaynightlights.tv/
Donate to buy mini footballs, ship them to NBC and support some sort of charity, too.
How I Met Your Mother: This doesn’t really have a campaign set up yet, so all we can do is make sure we watch the show when it returns March 17. Get your friends to watch it, too. Host a DVD viewing party at your place March 15 or 16, then send your friends home to watch the new episode. (Bonus points if any of your friends are secretly Nielsen viewers.)
Then, talk about watching the show. Blog about the episode. Go to the CBS site (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/) and interact with it somehow. Digg the page, share it on facebook, anything that will show that you are there, you are watching and you care enough to keep watching next year.
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Friday Night Lights, how i met your mother | Jennifer C. Rodland | 12:40 am | Comments (0)
ABC Family just announced that they picked Greek up for a second season, according to zap2it: http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-greekseasontwosamuraigirl,0,1904540.story
Tags: greek
Uncategorized | Jennifer C. Rodland | February 14, 2008 11:32 pm | Comments (0)
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