Homosexual show bombsSean may have saved the world, but he couldn’t save his own show. NBC has halted production on the freshman comedy Sean Saves the World, even though it still had an order in for five more episodes.
NBC requested a total of 18 episodes — 13 of which have already aired — of the comedy that stars Sean Hayes as a divorced gay dad. Two of the remaining five have already been shot. It’s unclear whether they will ever air.
At the Television Critics Tour earlier this month in Pasadena, CA., Sean Saves the World along with the other low-rated comedy The Michael J. Fox Show were notably absent from the network’s prime-time lineup hype reel. Most recently, the two comedies only earned a mere .7 rating in 18-49 during a special showing on Jan. 23.
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Did NBC think to ask how most people feel about homosexuality?
Did NBC think to ask how most people feel about homosexuality?
ReplyDeleteWhy would they? It's not about what people already think about homosexuality, it's about what they must be made to think about it.
Other shows such as "Will & Grace" did well with gay characters and themes but market saturation does come to play. "Duck Dynasty" is an example of a less than stellar show that is wildly popular because it satisfies a market that is not being served.
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Public tastes and pubic opinion obviously aren't static or uniform, and the media both follows and leads them in a dynamic "dance". No doubt some people would still like the TV World of the 1950s, but they are latter-day King Canutes.
ReplyDeleteThere were some very entertaining television shows in the 1950s.
ReplyDeleteYes there were, but we can't stay in the 1950s, nor do we.
ReplyDeleteThe correct question to ask is: "Is the show funny?" If the answer is no, then bye bye show. Most of these sitcoms are just plain stupid. I'd rather watch comedy shows like O'Reilly, Beck and Hannity.
ReplyDeleteThe real question is, "who cares?"
ReplyDeleteOther than the self righteous narcisists toadies of boob tube land, tech and the gen pub don't care about the "networks". How many viewers does any one show gets compared with the whole population? Very small. With the advent of net, cable and vid recorders, importance of networks is dieing. So one more show bite the dust is as important as a fly in a swamp.
"importance of networks is dieing"
ReplyDeleteSo is spelling.
I admit my spelling is not the best, but with English lexicon assaulted with progressive words as "bling" and "phat" (less not forget "wtf"), does spelling matter? Besides as Quayle found out, only the left koolaiders get offened about spelling errors to assault the messager.
ReplyDelete"left koolaiders get offened about spelling errors to assault the messaged."
ReplyDeleteLOL. Go ahead and attack someone for your inadequacies. You amuse me. BTW, there is something called a spell checker. Use it (if you can).
Guess I hit a nerve with a lefty media toady. Rather than debate the message they attack the messenger. Very childish. The point still doesn't change, "who cares another tv shows died?". More sympathy for the dead fly in the swamp than a bad tv show in tv network swamp.
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ReplyDeleteTry again.