'Except for CW, which cemented itself as THE network for hour-long serials. Ironically aimed at a younger market who are supposed to be the ones with the short attention spans.'
The CW does the hour long shows aimed at the younger audiences but nobody watches the CW, it's ratings are a mess and normally beat by something on cable with only the Vampire Diaries and new show Secret Circle really doing Ok.
'One of the biggest problems with Pan Am is its time slot. Sundays at 10 PM EST against Sunday Night Football and currently, the most popular franchise on TV, CSI: Miami. If Pan Am is being touted as one of the biggest premieres ABC has to offer, why is Charlie's (stupid) Angels given a better time slot? I love Fringe, but Friday nights at 9PM EST against CSI: NY and Modern Family?
I agree it's timeslot is not the best, if it would have been a few years ago when Houswives was doing better it could have worked with Housewives as a good lead out. When Charlie's Angels was axed weeks ago they should have taken it off the air and put Pan Am in it's slot, i dont know why they didnt.
Fringe does not go up against Modern Family.
#Do ratings capture shows that have been recorded on DVR? With the meteoric rise of DVRs, OnDemand and Hulu-type streaming, networks really need to think outside the box if they want to stay ahead of the ratings game. But I don't think the drop in hour-long serial viewership has more to do with audiences than it does with the networks, irregular programming, and the quality of shows being offered. Glee has been falling fast because it only gets worse. Same thing happened to Brothers and Sisters. NBC had zero faith in Friday Night Lights and nobody knew whether it was on or off or only OnDemand.'
DVR watched in the same night counts but not after that. Also advertisers are what keep shows going so if people watch on DVR and just skip through the adverts then the advertisers wont pay for space meaning the show will be axed. It's not how many viewers a show gets that keeps it going it's what the all important demo figure is. It could get 10 million viewers but if it has a demo of say 1.3 it will be axed.
Of course some dramas have lost some quality but many many are wonderful yet audiences cant be bothered to watch a week to week drama anymore, as i say that's why this year the sitcoms have done so well.
'Other shows like V, Flash Forward, Eastwick and The Event simply weren't very good or were too derivative. Flash Forward and The Event started with a decent hook, but failed to live up to pilot. V and The Event were too similar and tried to revive the 80s interest in alien occupation made popular by the original V and Alien Nation, but had little new to add to the subject (The 4400 actually did a better job on a similar theme). Eastwick was a mess that went nowhere'
I agree Flash Forward fell apart as did The Event, however i think V was fantastic (the only thing it had in common with The Event was it was about Aliens) and i also think after Eastwick found it's footing around episode 4 it became a very very strong show, more enjoyable than most shows that started that season (I always though Eastwick and Housewives should have been paired up on Sunday nights)
As for the fate of Pan Am it's over, it was not on the mid season schedule a few weeks ago so everyone knew it was finished. Ordering an extra episode is going to allow it to do a wrap up. ABC are still claiming it's not axed but everyone knows it is, ABC wont confirm it because they still want the viewers to watch the next 5 episodes. Another great show down the pan.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
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