From: invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com   
      
   [Default] Thus spake "catpandaddy" :   
      
   >   
   >"AC"  wrote in message   
   >news:sTcOo.37284$PE1.25505@newsfe29.ams2...   
   >> catpandaddy wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "AC"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:6XUNo.53097$Wk6.47419@newsfe27.ams2...   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> AC   
   >>>   
   >>> Fawlty Towers only lasted for 12 shows total, but people consider it to   
   >>> be a good series even so!   
   >>   
   >> Yeah.... and? Several British shows did this, stopping when its right to,   
   >> rather than milking it. Are you suggesting either of the above shows   
   >> stopped for creative reasons??? Surely not.   
   >   
   >So where does Firefly fit in on this spectrum here?  It wasn't stopped for   
   >creative reasons, but also wasn't a poor quality show, so we need a third   
   >category there.   
      
   Positioning.  And HORRIBLE mismangement by the network.  I can't   
   remember the order, but I think it was episode 3,1,4,2,5,6, (at which   
   point the numbers are at least in order).   
      
   Anybody who walked in after episode two of The Event is totally lost.   
   Imagine how well that show would have gone if we started with ep 3.   
   Imagine how well Flashforward would have done if we had started with   
   ep 2.  Okay, that's a bad example.  :-)   
      
      
   I actually think Hasselhof died because people are getting a little   
   tired of that kind of show.   
      
   At least I hope so.  Please God.  Allah. Iawah.  Lord Vishnu (and the   
   others).  And any other gods, demigods and minor dieties I may have   
   forgotten.  As well as the network suits.  And their minnions who   
   actually get paid to read this drivel.   
   --   
      
   - dillon  I am not invalid   
      
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