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Gives NBC Worst Time-Slot Numbers In At Least 17 Years!!

eh. by jimmy rabbitte	Feb 27th, 2008 05:04:08 PM

(cricket...cricket) by jimmy rabbitte	Feb 27th, 2008 05:05:04 PM

(tumbleweeds blow down street) by jimmy rabbitte	Feb 27th, 2008 05:07:38 PM

NBC is hurting huh... by Mr. Profit	Feb 27th, 2008 05:09:17 PM
And they must be pissed that the real "Bionic Woman" is over on FOX. I watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles and wonder why "Bionic Woman" couldn't pull off the same level of action. And Summer Glau as a robot is more charismatic than Ryan. NBC is the worst right now. I hope another network picks up FNL. And as with Quarterlife, when will execs realize that most realistic portrayals of 20 somethings are boring?
S! A! T-U-R! D-A-Y! NIGHT! by Jonas Grumpy	Feb 27th, 2008 05:12:41 PM
Remember when Saturday nights actually had decent programming? Like, back in the '70s? Especially on CBS? Stuff you could watch and not feel THAT bad about staying home by yourself? I think most television viewers now do what I do, which is to use Saturday nights to catch up on their DVR's playlist from the previous week. Which is why new primetime network programming on that night is almost non-existent. That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
PS: by Jonas Grumpy	Feb 27th, 2008 05:13:06 PM
"The Fey Episode" would be an AWESOME name for a band.
One of every 5 viewers who tuned in at 10PM by Pennsy	Feb 27th, 2008 05:26:57 PM
bailed at 10:30. That's how putrid this show was.
IT WAS A TURDFEST by BurgerTime	Feb 27th, 2008 05:28:00 PM
You could quickly feel the scenes and dialogue becoming cliche and being played like a 50-year-old's idea of what being 20 must be like. Typical.
Then you'll love this item, Mr. Spork re: reality tv by Pennsy	Feb 27th, 2008 05:41:09 PM
The Emmys are considering adding a "Best reality host" award. http://tinyurl.com/2qf7z3.
Didn't watch, but Knight Rider by DeCypher44	Feb 27th, 2008 05:51:40 PM
was AWFUL! Holy crap. I couldn't even change the channel. It was like a car wreck. It had the lamest script, weakest acting and NO plot. At least the original KR was campy-fun.
Quarterlife is FUCKING HORRIBLE!!!! by Turd Furgeson	Feb 27th, 2008 06:25:28 PM
I actually tried to watch it and I had to finish it... Talking to myself during each commercial break, saying "There is no way this could get any worse" and it did... I have no idea who made the decision to air that shit but they should be murdered, slowly.. Writing, directing, acting, pacing, lighting, camera work, all unbelievably bad... Could be the worst show i've ever seen on TV, Network, cable or anything...
Why does this site even cover Quarterlife? by Scapulawings	Feb 27th, 2008 06:52:49 PM
What's the point? Because it's simply on TV?
Yeah but the chicks on the show were hot stuff by Han Cholo	Feb 27th, 2008 07:05:29 PM
Especially the chick with the glasses. MMMMM, there's just something about girls with glasses that makes them so fucking sexy. This girl and I would have some beautiful children together. But yeah, the show sucked. Where's SVU dammit?
Like I wanted to see a bunch of whiny by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 27th, 2008 07:28:13 PM
twentysomethings.
So long Quarterlife, we hardly knew ye by Yeti	Feb 27th, 2008 07:33:20 PM
Then again sounds like you weren't worth knowing.
people in their 20's get nekkid on webcams by DigitalDong	Feb 27th, 2008 07:47:48 PM
You want hits, you show your tits.
You're right Spork... by BrandonGK	Feb 27th, 2008 07:54:20 PM
If you ask me Cable is where it's at: The Wire, Dexter, BSG, The Shield, Weeds, all good stuff. It's certainly much better than most of the trash we're being subjected to on Network.
Wonder what would be going on Studio 60... by DanielKurland	Feb 27th, 2008 07:59:15 PM
right about now. Just saying. Just saying.
The reason the Internet is great, NBC is not by br1947	Feb 27th, 2008 08:15:36 PM
Porn. You know it's true. That and Zucker-fucker doesn't run the internet Fuck NBC
3 new shows on ABC last week had worse ratings by chrth	Feb 27th, 2008 08:44:49 PM
Than a telenovela on Univision. So even the shows using writers are sucking.
is a telenovela like a soap opera? by theredtoad	Feb 27th, 2008 09:16:12 PM
or is it like Antonio Banderas' "How Do You Say...Ah Yes! Show"
Normally I'm no conspiracy theorist by NoodlesHahn	Feb 27th, 2008 09:16:41 PM
but when it comes to Ben Silverman's decision making at NBC, the first word that comes to mind is sabotage. Maybe he's still employed by CBS (or wherever he was) and they let him "leave" for NBC to do what he does best. I dunno, I'm just trying to rationalize what's going on there. And that's my mistake I guess.
"quarterlife" was an Obamination! by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Feb 27th, 2008 09:45:00 PM
That's the new word for something that is TERRIBLY OVERRATED.
Death to emo TV by Mullah Omar	Feb 27th, 2008 11:09:19 PM
Sounds like this fiasco may keep emo TV shows at bay for a bit. Excellent.
It's bad enough that they focus on teens by Pipple	Feb 28th, 2008 02:19:24 AM
Who the hell honestly cares about some college kids problems? oh no my ramen noodles burnt... And with that i bid you adiue.
why did people watch SNL? It was such a fuckin love-letter by iamnicksaicnsn	Feb 28th, 2008 03:02:31 AM
to freakin Hillary. Who the hell is Tina Fey to give such a ringin' freakin' endorsement and call the people of Texas and Ohio to vote for Hillary. Uppity biznitch.
2 generations removed is bad news by MGTHEDJ	Feb 28th, 2008 04:03:41 AM
Baby Boomers writing about Gen-Y characters is just a serious mistake. Especially those 2 stereotypical Baby-Boomer guys. Years ago they did well with "My So-Called Life." However, I remember the fatal flaw from when they were doing "Relativity." The pilot was interesting, but with episode 2 it became obvious all they were doing was recycling the unused scripts from "thirtysomething's" never-aired Season 5: "The Year of the Divorce." Now on Saturday's if you are home, yes you watch the stuff on the DVR , HBO or Showtime, and if it's the fall NCAA College Football.-----later-----m
Renew Journeyman by Mr_X	Feb 28th, 2008 06:30:43 AM
you fucks!
Bad acting is still bad acting even on the internet. by Hagakure	Feb 28th, 2008 07:35:01 AM
Honestly, I heard the writer and one of the actresses in an interview with Opie & Anthony and they sounded pretty cool so I thought I would give the show a try......PAINFUL!!!! Looks like the O&A staffer wasted one of his free passes.
Burnt Ramen noodles... by Kid Z	Feb 28th, 2008 07:40:25 AM
... will soon be everyone's problem if things keep going like they are. I just paid $6 for a pound and a half of hamburger yesterday. You guys don't get it... the Chimp has f**ked this country over permanently, no matter who gets elected in November, we are going the way of the old Soviet Union. Already there are shops in NYC that cater to tourists that accept Euros only. Game over man! Other than that, quarterlife sucked @$$.
They'll green light this pile of shit by indyjonez100	Feb 28th, 2008 07:50:11 AM
but won't renew Journeyman! Unbelievable!
I'm with Mr_X by indyjonez100	Feb 28th, 2008 07:51:43 AM
Renew Journeyman indeed!
Dexter by palewook	Feb 28th, 2008 09:40:55 AM
An edited version of the show “Dexter,” about a serial killer, earned 8.1 million viewers on CBS Sunday night — many more than had ever seen the series in its original home, the pay-TV channel Showtime. How many more? Roughly seven million. The program attracted an average of 733,000 viewers in its first season on Showtime, with 1.08 million tuning in to the season finale. Showtime is available in 15.5 million homes, compared with 103 million for CBS. The “Dexter” broadcast finished third in the Sunday at 10 p.m. time slot, bested by the made-for-TV movie “Knight Rider” on NBC, which came in first, and by ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters,” which came in second. However, “Dexter” gave CBS its highest ratings in the time slot since December, Variety reported.
Kid Z by indyjonez100	Feb 28th, 2008 09:48:46 AM
the way wheat prices are starting to sky rocket (along with milk, eggs, and everything else we eat) we'll be lucky to even afford ramen noodles. Glad I've at least got a garden out back.
It's a real shame the Iraqi War wasn't for oil. huh? by chrth	Feb 28th, 2008 09:53:09 AM
If we had just seized their oil supply, we wouldn't have these price problems with gas and food.
"...it was very inexpensive, but we hoped for higher ratings" by chromedome	Feb 28th, 2008 11:11:46 AM
The "C" in NBC (and SciFi, for that matter) must stand for Cheapass Cheapskates
source of above quote here: by chromedome	Feb 28th, 2008 11:13:14 AM
http://tinyurl.com/2rlqsv
Thanks for the article link, chromedome by Big Jim	Feb 28th, 2008 12:31:27 PM
"Ben Silverman acknowledged in remarks to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday the experiment did not live up to expectations, but was "so worth the try." " "so worth the try"? In other words, "if we can get people to watch shows that cost next to nothing to make, even if they are really really really shitty, then we will flood the airwaves with them. Why spend money to develop hight-quality shows if we can sell shit? But since the tv viewers refused to eat this fetid turd, despite us shoving it down their throats, I guess we'll just have to go back to putting good shows on the air for 6 weeks, then cancelling them for gameshows and poorly done remakes. As long as I get paid, what the fuck do I care?" What next from Silverman, "Small Wonder: The Next Generation"?
Man I think i've finally watched by Series7	Feb 28th, 2008 12:33:25 PM
Too much TV. Yeah Idol sucks, Lost is getting to tedious, Terminator Show is too slow. Quarter primered on Tuesday for those of you who hadn't turned on NBC in the past month. Gladiators is over. The only shows that I actually look forward to are Breaking Bad and Eli Stone, but yet I keep watching all that crap. And now we are stuck in Dirt season on FX, the worst show on that channel. I think its about time for me to pay for HBO and Showtime. Because besides that formentioned new shows that only enjoyable thing I watch right now is Deadwood, only 6 episodes in but the good thing is I get to watch the whole series with no breaks.
1 & Fucking donE by AlwaysThere	Feb 28th, 2008 12:41:07 PM
Congrats again NBC.
That's what you get for canceling Journeyman! by cromulent	Feb 28th, 2008 12:48:40 PM
So there!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA by Big Jim	Feb 28th, 2008 01:00:32 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA NBC, bring back Journeyman and I will stop gloating each time you fail.
It's the Journeyman Curse... by Pennsy	Feb 28th, 2008 05:23:46 PM
Fast-tracking to be alongside the Madden Curse as something to be shit-faced scared of. Good riddance, Quarterlife.
LOL NBC by polyh3dron	Feb 28th, 2008 06:38:00 PM
This is SWEET REVENGE for cancelling Journeyman, Kidnapped, Andy Barker PI, Black Donnellys, Surface and other greats.
I Hear 'EighthLife' Will Be Pretty Good... by skoobyx	Feb 29th, 2008 12:40:29 AM
From the same people. It's supposed to be out around 2015. And 'Fetus Days' is getting a lot of buzz.
Dear NBC: It was PRETENTIOUS SHIT by Big Dumb Ape	Feb 29th, 2008 01:19:33 AM
For crying out loud, normally I don't like to be a cranky old man which is sort of what I've being forced to become as someone who turned the big 4-0, but for fuck's sake the reason a show like this sucked ass and failed is because right from it's very title it was pretentious fucking shit. Yes, because as we all know, when you're in your twenties and have hit that EPIC POINT of a "quarter" of your life, you have sooooooo much fucking EMO feelings and insight that just HAVE to be shared with the world. Fuck you, grow up...live a little...experience life...and THEN get the fuck back to me with something to say. Not to mention, as others have pointed out, the whole construction of this showed spelled "cheapass production" that we thought we could film for a penny, but then rake in big dough. Now, as a fan of capitalism, I don't mind that concept -- but the truth is NBC has been fucking wasting its money for the last few years on true utter shit. So frankly, I don't mind trying to spend a little here...a lot there...but for crying out loud HIRE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOOD CREATIVE IDEAS IN THE PROGRAMMING AND STORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS. NBC = No Brains or Creativity.
Very well said, Big Dumb Ape by Big Jim	Feb 29th, 2008 12:42:13 PM
The worst series title since "Eyes" (a good show), shich itself had the worst title since "Snoops" (a less than good show). If they had called it "Twentysomething" I bet they would have doubled their viewers (at least until 10:30 when half the audience realised how bad it was and would not be getting any better and bailed).
you've earned it you fucking NBC bastards by just pillow talk	Feb 29th, 2008 12:45:55 PM
Journeyman curse indeed.
I hope this kills the belief... by Juemad	Mar 1st, 2008 10:45:08 AM
that the Internet is going to be the place to go for newly produced entertainment.
Juemad by INWOsuxRED	Mar 1st, 2008 01:31:07 PM
The show may have been from the internet, but weren't the creators basically all OLD TV people just trying to remake something old and tedious for a younger generation? Eventually something from the internet will be good and will move over to TV, but it will be from creative independants, not from industry hacks. This didn't get put on TV because it was online, it got put on TV because of the track record of the people involved. Also, NBC cancelled Freaks and Geeks before it finished a full season and didn't even air all the episodes, so fuck them.
Maybe an internet cartoon short... by Juemad	Mar 1st, 2008 07:37:06 PM
will get picked up by something like Cartoon Network and get pulled off after a year. The internet is not and will never be a source for quality programming. People can bitch and moan about network TV, but there are great shows on. Not everything is great, but I bet the crap you loved as a kid was hated by other people and they wished it would go away. It's always been like that and always will be. And I'm tired of hearing complaints about shows like Arrested Development and Journeyman and Freaks and Geeks being cancelled. Those shows got cancelled not because of clueless network execs. They got cancelled because no one wanted to watch them. Heroes is an awful show. Everyone here complains about it. Why isn't that cancelled? Because it gets ratings. Because enough people watch for the network to be able to charge advertisers for their ads. If the networks only put on shows I liked then they wouldn't make money, because not everyone likes everything I like. That's the way the world works.
black donnleys by angrykirby.tk	Mar 2nd, 2008 03:05:04 AM
ruled

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