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UPDATED!! ABC Extends V Hiatus!!
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UPDATE! The Hollywood Reporter has word that production of a fifth episode of "V" will not commence until AFTER the first four hours air in November and ABC can see how they do in the ratings.
Original post:
Entertainment Weekly reports that the production hiatus on “V” has been extended from two weeks to six weeks.
ABC will air four hours of the sci-fi drama in November. Any additional episodes won't begin airing until March.
The EW story doesn’t mention whether more than four episodes have been shot at this point. With only four in the can, I can imagine ABC forgetting about airing more in March if the ratings aren’t that great.
“V” debuts Nov. 3. Its Tuesday 8 p.m. competition during sweeps will include “NCIS,” “The Biggest Loser,” “90210” and “So You Think You Can Dance?”
Find all of EW’s story on the matter here.
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Well, I can't say I'm surprised by this. The trailer didn't look that great to begin with.
Time to get out the old V boxset for another viewing methinks! -
I want to see this, but I have fear this will be horrible as well. The original was hokey, but as a kid, I was glued to the TV. I hope this stands up to todays standards.
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It's toast. Too bad; I was looking forward to it, but that schedule looks like something's seriously screwed up. And even if the show turns out to be brilliant, I don't see how it can gain any ground starting up, stopping quickly, and then trying to start up again so late in the season. Oh well, maybe we'll get more Juliet back on 'Lost.'
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So it should be back in March.
Hallowed are the Ori.
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...is that ABC liked the ratings for Flashforward and maybe even Eastwick, and decided they've only got room for a certain number of SF or Fantasy shows on their schedule, so they're shoving V off into limbo. The timing of this announcement could possibly fit with that scenario.
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Doesn't exactly bode well, does it? Shame, I liked the trailer.
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but obviously they have realised what they have is shit
NOT expecting this to be anywhere near as good as the 80's miniseries, but maybe it will be as good as the series?
can't be worse than Knight Rider! -
If those first episodes that air in November prove extremely popular, ABC is stuck not being able to capitalize on that until the spring, risking losing all the momentum they had before Thanksgiving. Remember how a lot of new shows had problems getting their audiences back for their second seasons after being interrupted by the writers strike? While the gap won't be as long, the potential is still there.
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I saw all of the mini series (weren't there two?) and the TV series. They were OK but hardly worthy of remake. Not surprised at this at all.
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doesnt sound good for V
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With this shit now added to all the delays in production, the "retooling" of the pilot and shifts of production/creative personnel, it doesn't bode well for ABC bothering with the series past what's in the can. So I'm wondering why I should bother to watch. They've already shown they're not going to stand behind excellent, creative shows (no, I mean Dirty Sexy Money and Defying Gravity!), so even if this revision of V is worth a damn, it's meat anyway. That being the case, why then should I even give it minute one of my valuable time if it's GNDN before it even hits the air? Any answers, you ABC pinheads looking in? Any of you have the balls to respond?
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Geez ABC, why do you even bother? Acts like this just tell the audience that its going to be cancelled. So they won't watch. And it will be cancelled. The ultimate self-fulfilling prophecy.
Your network is run by the dumbest fucks in America. -
http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/the-beautiful-life-falls-first-canceled-show--626
about 3/4 of the way down is a segment on EMILY'S REASONS WHY NOT, a show ABC tried some years back. You seem to be right in your assesment. -
Shame.
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Were they following to close to the original story that they had to start over and take it in a new direction? Or were there just too many beautiful but BLAND actors in this show? Hard to care about them, or fear them, when they all look like catalog models.
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And remember what I saw was interesting. We just passed out from sneaking in a bottle of Jim Bean and pounding it. And well, being tired after the long exhausting days.
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...they've essentially cancelled the show before it's even aired one episode. Brilliant network strategery, as usual. At least this saves me the trouble of wasting my time with it.
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doesn't anybody remember what happened during the writers strike?!?!?!
Even shows with a loyal following lost viewers during/following the strike-let alone a brand new show..... -
Which will inevitably ruin whatever awesomeness they had planned. All this time off and re-planning I guarantee they are doing in order to extend it past one season is going to make this suck. The first four will be awesome, and then it will be nonsense after that, if anyone even remembers to keep watching six months later. This is so stupid, and such a blatant attempt to capitalize on the excitement they built around this series. They are going to fuck this up now, I know it. They're going to scrap their original plan and make it meandering and try to make it last forever. This is really disappointing. Not everything is meant to go on for multiple seasons. They are going to dilute this to the point of boredom.
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Hoped this was going to be good, and the hiatus was merely a cover to allow Baccarin to grow her hair long, like it should be. Quick, somebody let Lost know that Juliet can come back for more.
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Bring him back!
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Then no interest
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I saw the pilot at Comic Con and thought it showed potential. The pilot did feel VERY rushed, like they crammed a two hour story into a one hour show. The writing also tended towards telling us what was happening rather than showing us what was happening.
The Visitors show up in the first five minutes, big mistake. There was a big deal made about how the Visitors showed up just as the world was on the brink of major disasters and chaos, but no sense of that is given in the show. If they had spent 10 minutes or so establishing the pre-Visitor world it would have gone a LONG way to making the rest of the pilot work better. Give a real sense that the economy has really collapsed that wars are threatening to break out but they didn't do that.
The acting for the most part was good. The female lead was solid.
The FX were good by TV standards but I did get the impression that the show has very tight budget and it is being closely watched. There are no real WOW moments after the Visitors first appear and a couple of places where it would have been natural to show some high-tech toys opted instead for quick-edit hand-to-hand fight scenes.
Overall thought it did show potential. It accomplished the primary goal of any pilot in that I want to see the next episode. -
That hiatus will destroy this show, so I guess we better hope it sucks. They should have just moved the first four eps back as well. Although premiering a show in March is pretty stupid too. I strongly believe that's the reason Kings died. Nobody expects new TV in March. Premieres should come in September, January or June (in that order). Especially shows with flagship potential. Regardless of quality or promotion, this show is now done.
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...the family to hurry to the hospital for a patient who hasn't been born yet. Interesting strategy. Wonder how that's going to work out for them.
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A series devoted to V is just stupid. They tried in the past and it didn't stick. I hope it comes and goes. V is an classic and should be left alone especially in the hands of the Rat.
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Did they suddenly forget how to make television shows over there?
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I mean, who is going to devote any time to enjoying this series if they're only going to show 4 freaking episodes? I'm not. Why are they evening bothering? This kind of shit pisses me off whether the premise is a bad idea or not, I mean really. Don's waste our time.
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....is to remove all the negative references about Nigerians. Right? HAHAHAHA!!! They saw the backlash against District 9 and they don't want to start off on the wrong foot.
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.....do not air 4 hours and then make us wait for 4 months for more. We will not care by then. Your millions will be wasted. We won't even buy the DVD set because we already have the originals. Come on, ABC! WISE UP!!! Do not air anything until you are ready to air at least 12 in a row. If you have to scale back the effects, go ahead. Just don't go cheap on the writing. DAMN IT!!!
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Don't know why they're not showing eps. in December, but the full article herc quoted said the delay till March has to do with the Winter Olympics. No new programming airs on any network during the olympics because they generally slaughter everything else in the ratings. The sad thing is, for those of us that could give a fuck less about figure skating and the lube...er, luge...we get stuck with crappy programming for a month. I knid of wonder if the start of 24 will be delayed, or if there will be a break in eps. during that time. THAT would suck diseased donkey balls.
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the original Outer Limits series in the early 60s after only a season and a half for the jackie gleason show? the more things change.....i realize i'm showing my age here but if OL had lasted as long as TZ, there would have been a zillion adaptations of classic sf stories, if season 2 was any indication (DAMN IT).
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leaves me cold on any new sci-fi fantasy offerings on abc. i feel like they will last one season at most (or less see defying gravity) and little reason to watch since its a dead show anyway.
and this V thing feels stillborne -
Sep 26, 2009 2:07:10 PM CDT
Well, that seires is done. Thanks for the support ABC
by lockesbrokenleg
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V works as a series of "whatever day" night movie. NBC scored big rating that way, and when they took it to series.......well it lasted only a year. Make the four episodes in the can to a 4-hour mini-series, ans if it gets good ratings do another, almost like what the BBC does with that helen Mirran series about a detective.
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That sucks, I was really looking forward to her in that role. She's got the perfect mix of coldness and hotness. And she's one of those rare women who are still hot with short hair.
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with you guys watching a few eps of a show that you know isnt sticking around? you cant spend 4x45mins on a show just because you read this article and think 'they're gonna cancel it' or something? i watched pushing daisies and like it a lot, sought out wonderfalls for that reason. heard about carnivale years after it ended and enjoyed that too even though it never resolved anything due to cancellation. just watch it anyway. jeez.
and when did defying gravity get cancelled?! i started watching it coz its my kinda thing (futuristic science fiction space shit) but it was really irritating i think by the time i got to episode 3 or 4 i was just fastforwarding through 90% of it to get to the main story scenes (stuff about beta). really lamely written - then i wikipedia'd it, turns out it was pitched as grey's anatomy in space. grey's fucking anatomy. no wonder i couldnt stomach it. shame though i wanted to know what happened with beta.
the explanation for why their hair doesnt float was the lamest thing on television. -
Sep 26, 2009 3:10:06 PM CDT
I said ABC would only support 2 SCI-FI/Fantasy shows...
by hollywoodhellraiser
and looks like I was right! With Lost coming back and FlashForward doing ok, ABC figure they'll hold V!Also count the cancellation of Deying Gravity and ABC won't be putting anymore SF on their schedule...this year.
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and put this on the SyFy channel. That way they could've really pushed it thematically and not been cancelled before the show had some time to breath. Also, the effects on BSG look quit a bit better than what I've seen in the V previews. Zoic, who did BSG and Firefly/Serenity's digital effects could probably knock this one outta the park.Oh well, I'm still interested in this and hope I can see at least more than one or two episodes before it will most likely get canned.
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ABC holds back the pilot to say, the end of the season, and the execs cherry pick episode they know will do well in November sweeps? Brilliant! This strategy worked for Fox, right?
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GUARANTEED.
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... for the soon-to-be-announced V: THE COMPLETE MINISERIES dvd, or even funnier. V: THE REBIRTH - VOLUME 1. AH HA HA HA HA HAH!
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Might as well hold those V episodes to show after ABC cancels Castle
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Or was that just a Poltergeist related thing?
Maybe they need to make a sacrifice to the TV Gods again. -
This is one of the most anticipated tv shows coming on to our screens and they only air 4 episodes, then make us wait 4 more months for the rest of the story !
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so the remake of V...DOA...scared ABC has four in the can which will start airing Nov 3rd. Fighting So you think you can dance, the biggest loser,NCSI (for you old people who miss Murder She Wrote)...go idea bad bussiness...sell it to FOX
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the pilot was way better than i expected, i hope they dont fuck with it too much. though taking their time with the story might be a good thing... (minor spoiler warning) it does breeze by too fast, within the first 30 minutes we already have teens being recruited as brownshirts. should take longer for the world to get used to the idea of aliens descending.
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Brilliant idea, Ted!
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Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if they delayed to remove any impression of anti-Obama sentiment that's inferred in the trailer. With his campaign using the whole hopey-changey thing, and then the talk of the Visitors bringing hope, it might cause some ruffled feathers somewhere.
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Sep 27, 2009 6:28:25 PM CDT
Shouldn't this article be entitled...
by flurryofchocolateglazedkrispykremedonuts
..."Network Cancels Show Before Airing a Single Episode"? Guess there's more hillbillies that need reality shows.
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NOT a good sign, so I hear.
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back on LOST, then I'm on board. I'll watch V, as I'm a big EM fan. And let us not forget the lovely Morena Baccarin. Poor girl deserves a hit; can we make that happen please?
Also, Defying Gravity turned out better than expected from the pilot. When the SF angle got rolling, and the Estronaut gyno-drama let up a bit, it got interesting. -
What's the point in watching new shows anymore...they either do this crap or they put new shows up against powerhouse type shows and wonder why they don't get the ratings they want and cancel the new/good shows...
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"This is one of the most anticipated tv shows coming on to our screens"
Dude, you seriously need to get out more if you think there's some kind of pent-up V demand out there. If it's 1 person out of 100,000, I'd be surprised.
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