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Losers:
NBC:
In a season of widespread discontent, NBC signifies exactely what is
wrong
with network tv. Almost zero new hits, rapidly aging new shows, and
nights
that rely on one show as the lychpin. It's already down 12%; I can
olnly
see those numbers getting worse.
WB:
This is just like NBC, only with a different set of reasons. The WB's
momentum
over the past few seasons has been reliant on new hit series. Two years
ago it was "Smallville." Last season it was "Everwood." This season?
"One
Tree Hill" ? A show which has lost more than 60% of its timeslot?
NBC sitcoms:
To be fair, NBC isn't doing that badly with dramas. "Las Vegas" is a
hit.
"SVU" is winning Tuesdays. But what about those sitcoms? Key laffers
"Friends,
"Frasier" and "Will & Grace" have all dropped around 22%, while
"Scrubs"
is off 21%. "Good Morning Miami" lost 45% of its audience. Where have
these
viewers gone? And this is even "Friends" final season.
Enterprise:
So it dropped "Star Trek" from its name. So it has an attractive male
star
at the helm. Do viewers actually care? Apparently not, as the show has
lost 25% of its audience and isn't even averaging 4mil viewers so far
this
season. Yikes!
Fox Friday:
Thought Fridays were a disaster last season Fox? With "Boston Public"
shedding
half of its audience and "Luis" and "Wanda At Large" already cancelled,
it got a whole lot worse, now did it?
Boomtown:
Some people were really upset when this show got cancelled. Too bad
they
didn't actually watch it. It lost 52% of its timeslot and 40 odd
percent
of its own audience and was dumped after just two episodes.
Miss Match:
I hate to pick on NBC, pick I can't, for the life of me, figure out why
it's sticking with this show. It holds only 65% of its lead-in, is down
42% from last season and is not improving. Sure its cute, NBC, but
really,
can you afford to let another night die?
Lyon's Den:
Scratch that, NBC isn't doing that well in the drama
department.
"Den" was NBC's biggest flop of the season (well, kind of), losing 45%
of its premiere audience, 32% of its lead-in and 8% of its timeslot.
This
should teach Rob Lowe a lesson in David Carusology.
Joe Millionaire:
Could Fox fool the audience twice? Nope. Less than 25% of the people
who
watch the first final watched the second, and the show even lost nearly
40% of "Boston Public"s audience from last season.
The
Biggest
Loser
Coupling:
NBC was calling it the next "Friends." Critics were calling it crap.
Even
I got caught up in the hype, thinking that it might actually break
20mil
for its premiere. But apparently the American audience is more saavy
than
that. It may not have been cancelled first, but boy, did it deserve to
be cancelled the most.
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