Interesting article. The summary is that viewers are reluctant to commit to a series because they're afraid it'll get cancelled, and the show winds up getting cancelled because there aren't enough viewers watching it. A Catch-22.
There's a similar situation in comics, where some readers won't buy comics until they get collected into trades, but the publishers may not trade the series if the floppies don't sell respectably.
I think I've brought up exactly this point when regarded with the mindset that "I'll catch it if the network picks it up for another season." I reject it there and with trade waiting. I'm only picking up trades of books that I missed during my comic hiatus.
Promo for The Saint. Currently, it's only a pilot and hasn't been picked up by a network. Jesse Alexander (Alias/Heroes) serves as executive producer of the pilot that's directed by Simon West and stars Adam Gaynor and Eliza Dushku.
Of course the TV adaptation made the Julia Shumway character 20 years younger than the character in the book. That's disappointing and conventional. Otherwise it looks good, especially for network. Dean Norris is great casting for "Big Jim". Looking forward to that. And it is Brian K. Vaughan. So I'm in.
Of course the TV adaptation made the Julia Shumway character 20 years younger than the character in the book. That's disappointing and conventional. Otherwise it looks good, especially for network. Dean Norris is great casting for "Big Jim". Looking forward to that. And it is Brian K. Vaughan. So I'm in.
Yeah, I'd imagine that was probably due to them not wanting a big big age difference between the male and female leads. Mike Vogel, who plays Dale, is 33. I haven't read the book, but if the actress playing Julia in the show (Rachelle Lefevre, 34) is 20 years younger, I'd assume Julia is in her late 40s/early 50s in the book.
I don't know how old Dale is in the book or if he was made younger for the show, but since his role was cast before Julia, they cast her accordingly to match up the ages of the actors/characters.
I haven't seen any of the casting calls for the leads, so I don't know if any character had a targeted age and were explicitly made younger or if it was just a case of a younger actor winning the role.
Of course the TV adaptation made the Julia Shumway character 20 years younger than the character in the book. That's disappointing and conventional. Otherwise it looks good, especially for network. Dean Norris is great casting for "Big Jim". Looking forward to that. And it is Brian K. Vaughan. So I'm in.
Yeah, I'd imagine that was probably due to them not wanting a big big age difference between the male and female leads. Mike Vogel, who plays Dale, is 33. I haven't read the book, but if the actress playing Julia in the show (Rachelle Lefevre, 34) is 20 years younger, I'd assume Julia is in her late 40s/early 50s in the book.
I don't know how old Dale is in the book or if he was made younger for the show, but since his role was cast before Julia, they cast her accordingly to match up the ages of the actors/characters.
I haven't seen any of the casting calls for the leads, so I don't know if any character had a targeted age and were explicitly made younger or if it was just a case of a younger actor winning the role.
In the book Dale might be even younger than the actor playing him. The book makes a point of their mismatched ages. You are right that they might have considered actresses the age of the character and a younger actress simply won the role... But given the way actresses in their 40s and especially 50s are treated, I would guess they decided to make Julia younger before even seeing people. Sadly that is just how those things often go. There are too few careers in the business like Melissa Leo's (who herself had a nearly 10 year dry spell before Frozen River raised her profile again and got her back working consistently again). Too many talented women hit 40 and seem to become invisible to execs. The Julia character in Under the Dome would have been a nice opportunity to be contrary to that convention. But, oh well.
Even going up against big shows like History Channel's The Bible and The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones managed to top it's second season finale numbers. The third season premiere had 4.4 million viewers, which is an increase over the season 2 finale's 4.2 million and a series high.
The Walking Dead's finale brought in 12.4 million viewers, which is a series high and breaks the basic cable record set when it returned in February with 12.3 million viewers. The Walking Dead still ranks as the highest rated series on network and cable TV for the entire season.
The Bible finished it's run with 11.7 million viewers.
I missed it, but will check it out if it's On-Demand.
Hannibal on NBC may just get people talking about the network again. The story so far is interesting, the casting is bold, the imagery is good. The one thing that I really wonder about is why is Hannibal's voice is not what you would expect after seeing the movies.
I've seen just enough of Hannibal in the previews to know it's not the kind of show I want to see. So I pass.
I barely tolerate watching Criminal Minds from time to time, which is a pretty good and well written thriller; shows about serial killers, though, just aren't for me.
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold. Apparently Hollywood has run out of ideas, so they're sticking to what's tried and true.
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold. Apparently Hollywood has run out of ideas, so they're sticking to what's tried and true.
Any one watch the Defiance premiere? I will not be watching anymore episodes. Most special effects were quite good but story was a stinker. Is it me but do all these shows seem to be shot by the same company. Same lighting. Same casting. Same angles and pace. Sorry SyFy, should have made more Battlestar.
Any one watch the Defiance premiere? I will not be watching anymore episodes. Most special effects were quite good but story was a stinker. Is it me but do all these shows seem to be shot by the same company. Same lighting. Same casting. Same angles and pace. Sorry SyFy, should have made more Battlestar.
I'm halfway through the first episode. I don't watch a lot of sci-fi television (unless the story is great, the lower budgets tend to make them all look too silly to me), but my fiancee loved Battlestar, so I'm always on the lookout for something to replace that. She didn't seem too thrilled by it herself, so I suspect I won't be tuning in next week.
And you're right about the casting. Every time I try one of these shows, it feels like they have a mold somewhere that creates this generic cast.
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold. Apparently Hollywood has run out of ideas, so they're sticking to what's tried and true.
Just another reason why I have pretty much given up on TV. I hated Friends the first go round. No way am I watching a new season.
But unfortunately, all the “Friends” superfans out there will be disappointed, because the show’s co-creator has not only dismissed the current rumors, but she said a reunion of the 90s sitcom is never going to happen.
Marta Kauffman cleared up the rumors while speaking with E! News, and she explained that the show wouldn’t work now because the characters from the series have families of their own and are past their coffee house hangout days.
“’Friends’ was about that time in your life when your friends are your family, and once you have a family, there’s no need anymore,” she said.
Warner Bros. also dismissed reports that a “Friends” movie was in development, telling Zap2it there is no “Friends”-related project being worked on by the studio.
I have a hard time believing the entire cast of Friends would want to commit to another full season of a show they moved on from years ago. It would be like going back to high school for another year.
Over the last year, we've seen a big push in the development of original web-based original programming, most notably from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Shows that match the quality of network and cable TV, in terms of budgets, creative talents and actors. MSN has also decided to start producing original content through Xbox Live and TV Line is reporting they are in negotiations with NBC to revive Heroes.
While talks are in preliminary stages, their sources say MSN intends to relaunch the show with new stories and a new cast of characters, with possible cameos by the former castmembers.
Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction will write two episodes for the second season of David Goyer's Starz series, Da Vinci's Demons. The series was immediately renewed for a second season after the strong debut of the pilot last Friday.
Good News Everybody! Futuramahas been cancelled. This actually saddens me a little. I've been all over Futurama 2.0, and I'm going to miss the show again. The actual good news is that I feel the show has had a great run.
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Of course the TV adaptation made the Julia Shumway character 20 years younger than the character in the book. That's disappointing and conventional. Otherwise it looks good, especially for network. Dean Norris is great casting for "Big Jim". Looking forward to that. And it is Brian K. Vaughan. So I'm in.
I don't know how old Dale is in the book or if he was made younger for the show, but since his role was cast before Julia, they cast her accordingly to match up the ages of the actors/characters.
I haven't seen any of the casting calls for the leads, so I don't know if any character had a targeted age and were explicitly made younger or if it was just a case of a younger actor winning the role.
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The Walking Dead's finale brought in 12.4 million viewers, which is a series high and breaks the basic cable record set when it returned in February with 12.3 million viewers. The Walking Dead still ranks as the highest rated series on network and cable TV for the entire season.
The Bible finished it's run with 11.7 million viewers.
I missed it, but will check it out if it's On-Demand.
I barely tolerate watching Criminal Minds from time to time, which is a pretty good and well written thriller; shows about serial killers, though, just aren't for me.
OH CRAP, I JUST PISSED OFF NEIL GAIMAN!!
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Apparently Hollywood has run out of ideas, so they're sticking to what's tried and true.
NBC's Friends returns in 2014.
http://www.starmedia.us/entertainment/nbc-confirms-friends-new-comeback-season-reunion.html
And you're right about the casting. Every time I try one of these shows, it feels like they have a mold somewhere that creates this generic cast.
Over the last year, we've seen a big push in the development of original web-based original programming, most notably from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Shows that match the quality of network and cable TV, in terms of budgets, creative talents and actors. MSN has also decided to start producing original content through Xbox Live and TV Line is reporting they are in negotiations with NBC to revive Heroes.
While talks are in preliminary stages, their sources say MSN intends to relaunch the show with new stories and a new cast of characters, with possible cameos by the former castmembers.
TV Line
http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/16/sorry-but-nbc-isnt-bringing-back-friends/
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Futurama has been cancelled.
This actually saddens me a little. I've been all over Futurama 2.0, and I'm going to miss the show again. The actual good news is that I feel the show has had a great run.
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