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Wait – they’re canceling Better off Ted now …

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wait – they’re canceling Better off Ted now too!? well CRAP. I just started DVRing it.

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Uncategorized | Jennifer Roland | September 6, 2010 4:00 am

By December, April 16, 2009 @ 8:59 am

wait – they’re canceling Better off Ted now too!? well CRAP. I just started DVRing it.
By Jennifer Roland, April 16, 2009 @ 9:15 am

It’s ratings have been horrible, even though it’s a funny show. ABC has such bad luck with half-hour comedies. I think we need to stage a Twitter intervention to show that those stupid Nielsen ratings don’t capture viewer engagement.
By katie71483, April 16, 2009 @ 2:03 pm

I think the networks have screwed themselves over. Remember appointment tv? Same show, same time every week – even if it meant a rerun. People like knowing when their shows are going to be on, not this could be any day or time crap that the networks are currently pulling. And, I also think they need to give shows a longer time to prove themselves. Most people don’t remember this, but Cheers (an incredibly popular, long-running series) was a ratings disaster at first. It wasn’t until word of mouth spread and the second season that it really took off. The same with Seinfeld. It took a little time to build into the monster it eventually became.

Now, if a show has had two seasons and still hasn’t produced, I have no problems with it being cancelled. (Sigh. I’ll miss you, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.) I do think the networks should have made an exception for shows that were messed with by the writers’ strike, like Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone. (Side note: Networks: you must realize that if you’re going to make intelligent, quirky shows, they’ll never have the numbers as shows that require no thought. You will however, have a dedicated fan base. Decide which you want to pursue, but stop dicking with us, okay?)

Another thing I have a hard time understanding is how cable networks like USA and TNT can produce quality, scripted programing, and make a profit with it but the main networks can’t? WTF?

Oh, well. I’ll get off the soapbox now. Again.
By Jennifer Roland, April 20, 2009 @ 2:26 pm

Times have really changed in television viewing, haven’t they? It was so simple when we were kids–you watched your shows on the night and time they came on, and you talked about them with your friends the next day.

Now, we can’t talk about a show until everyone in our circle has caught up on their DVR-ed episodes.

ITA with your side note. Not everyone will want to watch Better Off Ted. But those of us who do, will be good consumers and will buy the items advertised. And we will be more than dedicated; we might even be rabid.