joemello
Komiya Rie
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Post by joemello on Sept 24, 2008 16:09:54 GMT -5
Perhaps it's my years of tracking animé and game show fandom (the fact that there's overlap is surprising enough) but I find all this amusing.
There seems to be a Great Law of cable television: Why buy the cow when the milk doesn't spoil? The reason TNT airs Law & Order 4-8 hours a day is because people watch. The reason G4 keeps airing reruns of Cops, et al, is because people will watch. So, whenever there's new material, there's no real need to invest all this money into making original programming when people will watch it anyway. By merely making it look like "event" programming, it will make the whole thing sweeps friendly and possibly attract more eyes. If not, it's a shame, but at least it wasn't a money sink. (Aside: as much as I despise Wipeout, it's at least a "new" and different to watch people falling down.)
Does this mean I endorse what G4 is doing? No, but I understand why it's happening and so I reserve my rage for things that are slightly more important.
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arsenette
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Rambling Rican
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Post by arsenette on Sept 24, 2008 16:14:49 GMT -5
True but then again.. look what happened to Super Product Fun show.. or whatever that atrocity was.. they did marathon after marathon after marathon and NO one watched.. ultimately G4 got their heads out of the their rear ends and yanked the show.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 24, 2008 16:21:11 GMT -5
I've heard rumors they're bringing it back, I seriously hope that those rumors are false.
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madmanike
Ishikawa Terukazu
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Post by madmanike on Sept 24, 2008 17:26:08 GMT -5
But G4 has been REALLY lackadaisical in terms of all things Sasuke 21. From ANC3 to spoilers about Sasuke 21, it really hasn't seemed like G4 cares that much about building their "Ninja Warrior" product. Well, to be honest, it's not theirs. It belongs to TBS/Monster 9 and they really can't do much about it without their permission. And of course, that would probably cost money. Granted, they could do alot more in making it a big deal, as it is the best Sasuke since 17. There seems to be a Great Law of cable television: Why buy the cow when the milk doesn't spoil? The reason TNT airs Law & Order 4-8 hours a day is because people watch. The reason G4 keeps airing reruns of Cops, et al, is because people will watch. So, whenever there's new material, there's no real need to invest all this money into making original programming when people will watch it anyway. By merely making it look like "event" programming, it will make the whole thing sweeps friendly and possibly attract more eyes. If not, it's a shame, but at least it wasn't a money sink. (Aside: as much as I despise Wipeout, it's at least a "new" and different to watch people falling down.) Agreed. The thing is, aside from X-Play, AOTS and a few other shows, there isn't any original programming going on. Due to the financial sink hole G4 put itself into many many moons ago, they are doing good just to stay on the air(at least that's how their prez puts it). And while they are slowly pulling themselves out, even they admit it'll be a few more years before they are in the black, if ever. So the best they can do right now is just do some deals to show what they can show, even if it's blocks of crap we don't like. So for now, we are at the "it's better than nothing" phase. And we'll probably be there for awhile longer. Hopefully Sasuke will stick around for awhile longer. Or at least long enough for G4 to get into a financial position where it can do something more than the half a** stuff we see now. Oh, and don't knock Wipeout, it's meant to be silly
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2D2Will
Kishimoto Shinya
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Post by 2D2Will on Sept 24, 2008 23:22:56 GMT -5
I've heard rumors they're bringing it back, I seriously hope that those rumors are false. Well, I hope it's true. That show was the shiz.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 25, 2008 0:31:32 GMT -5
No, SBPFS was not the shits, it was just s***.
hell, the name is a lie Super: No its not Big: 15 minutes is big? Product: None of these products are or should be real Fun: LIES!!! Show: Thats debatable
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arsenette
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Post by arsenette on Sept 25, 2008 10:25:27 GMT -5
Actually the show was insane because of several reasons.. they spliced together several shows at once and tried to hard to be MXC..
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 25, 2008 11:52:41 GMT -5
Well they tried to hard, it was sort of funny but it was more fail than win.
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Post by Yojimbo on Sept 26, 2008 15:59:30 GMT -5
I personally see that nothing bad could happen to ninja warrior. The ratings are only going to help the show by expanding to a wider audience. I couldn't possibly feel raw about these events...
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