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   "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
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   > "AC"  wrote in message   
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   > > Dillon Pyron wrote:   
   > >> Apparently the David Hasselhof "reality show" has been cancelled after   
   > >> two episodes.  The lead in show (Ozzy?) came in with 1.4 million and   
   > >> David's show had 740 odd thousand and then a little over 600K.   
   > >>   
   > >> Now THAT'S tanking.  When you flush 50% of your audience, either the   
   > >> network screwed up in its positioning or your show sucks.  Losing   
   > >> another almost 18% the next week suggests it wasn't positioning.   
   > >   
   > > Yeah, it tanked. This, er, show just tanked worse. Both still tanked.   
   >   
   > Fawlty Towers only lasted for 12 shows total, but people consider it to be   
   a   
   > good series even so!   
      
   The Star Wars Saga only has six episodes, but people consider it to be one   
   of the best movie franchises "of all time".  :-)   
      
   Many good shows never make it past the pilot, and yet the dross of "reality"   
   TV continues unabated.  :-(   
      
   Mind you, if you think that's bad, many shows that have already been   
   cancelled in America are shown on New Zealand TV with a huge amount of hype   
   ("the must see show of the year" kind of advertising idiocy) despite them   
   knowing full well that there's only a few episodes.   :-\   
      
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