dead souls
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Oh god, the sentences I bolded had me guffawing. That's the perfect description of Supernatural in 2015.
I'll watch until the bitter end. If only Jensen Ackles wasn't so man crush worthy, then maybe I could quit.
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2014-15 TV Cancellations: Under the Dome canned, what will CBS do with CG cows next?
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Oh god, the sentences I bolded had me guffawing. That's the perfect description of Supernatural in 2015.
I'll watch until the bitter end. If only Jensen Ackles wasn't so man crush worthy, then maybe I could quit.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I tried a season and a half to get into Supernatural and it just wasn't clicking...
Only one comedy lives, jezzus.
The only time I ever see Supernatural is at the gym and it has always looked stupid as hell. Also, I kept thinking that the main dude was Ryan Phillippe.
RatskyWatsky
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It totally misses the point - the only reason anyone gives a shit about the Rush Hour IP is because of Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Without them, all you're left with is a generic buddy cop procedural with a "culture clash" premise, which I don't believe is tenable for long form television.
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Nope. Not yet. It will be, but not yet.
KillerStar
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It's almost 2 AM here in France... i want to sleep !!!
markofhavoc
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It got us six seasons and maybe one day a movie...
I'm hoping that the holdup is something like they're negotiating an abbreviated final season.
KillerStar
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I think even if it comes back, it won't have Shaw. But we can discuss that in the PoI thread.
It also could be about The Odd Couple. I could see them nixing it and ordering one more comedy.
Community?
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To be honest we need two more seasons for PoI, Jonah Nolan has said sometimes that they have plans up until Season 7. Killing the series now would probably fuck many open storylines they have.
I am enjoying the Odd Couple....
I guarantee if they get renewed it will be the final season.
Shows that aren't named NCIS don't really grow in their fifth season.
I can see that. Especially since it aired two episodes last night and they were season lows. CBS doesn't want another The Millers situation and Matthew Perry needs to keep his one and done streak.
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You're killing me here, Patryn.
You'd be lucky to get another season, at this point. It's not doing great and CBS doesn't own any part of it.
who in hell wanted to watch any comedy after how TBBT end it last night? no comedy could fix our heart last night......
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To be honest, it's not like CBS is even trying to get more people interested, the way they schedule episodes confuse even invested fans. It's like they're sabotaging the show. Assholes.
streetsahead123
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Hey, if POI gets cancelled, its season finale works decently as a very, very dark series finale.
streetsahead123
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They way the schedule POI is pretty much how they schedule all of their other shows and also how the other major networks schedule most of their shows.
I mean, that's how every single broadcast drama is scheduled, outside of ABC. You have 52 weeks in a year (and something like 35 in a TV season) and only 22 episodes to fill.
Yes. Exactly.
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Then, damn, all TV broadcasters are assholes!
Rafa=FedKilla
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They won't let me pitch to them!
TheAbsolution
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What he said.
Otherwise you run into the situation that B99 ran into where there was a full month in between new episodes.
Do you not understand that there's only so many episodes they can produce?
If you want straight through seasons, cable is over there. Just be prepared for half the amount of episodes.
streetsahead123
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Maybe now we can get that Happy Endings reunion that was dangled in front of us for two months before being yanked away!
Amell is a bro.
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Deleted member 80556
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Let me do jokes, man.
And to be honest, America broadcasts their show way too differently than it's done in my country, so I'm trying to understand this as best as possible.
BrightLightLava
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No surprise, but still some sadness. I liked those weirdos.
TheAbsolution
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How do they broadcast over there?
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
This show had the most unlikeable cast of characters I think I've ever seen on a sitcom.
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They generally compromise with 2-4 owned series for the time prime, while in the afternoon they broadcast licensed shows from foreign countries like Brazil and Mexico. Now I do not know much about their ratings, but they've been doing this for quite some while, so I guess it has been working for them.
I also don't remember these channels cancelling one of their owned series, since they almost never work with seasons, apart from reality shows. And they barely change their schedules too. Then again, there are only two privately owned channels here, so it's simple for them to get an audience.
TheAbsolution
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I really meant like what type of shows? How many episodes? Are they big productions or are they like soap opera type?
Keyser Soze
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POI is scheduled a bit worse than most shows IMO. Loads of random gaps that make no sense. Sometimes two shows a month, and sometimes with a two week gap, just because. Sometimes one show a month - for reasons.
I understand a six week break happening in some shows, and even an extra two week break to split episode up even more. I understand splitting the back 9 episode up into maybe three chunks of three when shows do that.
However POI rarely airs three weeks in a row at anytime during the year. Sometimes it is a bunch of singular episodes tossed out at random - even if an arc connects them all
I understand a six week break happening in some shows, and even an extra two week break to split episode up even more. I understand splitting the back 9 episode up into maybe three chunks of three when shows do that.
However POI rarely airs three weeks in a row at anytime during the year. Sometimes it is a bunch of singular episodes tossed out at random - even if an arc connects them all
Why did it go straight-to-series in the first place? Just a bad call by Kevin Reilly?
Nah, that's pretty similar to almost every single show on CBS.
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Soap opera type mostly, in the afternoon. The primetime gets dramas and high profile reality shows. And I can't really say anything about amount of episodes, since each show lasts a lot of time. They can last about 8 months in a row, only having breaks in holidays, weekends, and in the middle of the year.
I think it stinks much more with POI due to its nature. While it's a procedural, it has serialized components in most episodes. Except perhaps this season because of one of the actresses unexpected pregnancy.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Peter MacNicol is doing God's work on CSI Cyber.
Keyser Soze
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Probably. I would not know as POI is the singular one I watch on there. However this extreme level of scattershot scheduling is unique to them then - not something you see on all the major networks. Most of them can at least string together 3 or 4 before a break - which is reasonable. CBS never seems able too even approach that.
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