I learned a valuable lesson today. Don't EVER invest interest in a TV show on CBS.
I was a fan of the dearly departed Jericho, which was canceled, then brought back due to an uprising of never-before-seen proportions, then swiftly canceled again last month.
Today, I learned that Moonlight, a show I was quite fond of has been canceled by the douchebags as well. Moonlight recently won the people choice for best new show, and has seen a lot of positive buzz recently.
What's interesting is that in both of these examples, the shows performed far better than many shows allowed to live on on other networks. Are CBS setting their standards too high based on ratings? Are they just upset that these shows don't bring in the ratings of CSI / CSI Miami / CSI Zimbabwe / CSI North Pole / CSI Candy Land / CSI Your Mom / CSI The Early Years?
The big lesson (that was supposed to be) learned during the Save Jericho campaign was that you can't rely on archaic and outdated Neilson rating systems anymore. CBS quickly learned that a very significant portion of Jericho's viewer ship was coming from their online site which allowed people to watch the show there, as well as from viewers watching the show in syndication outside of the good 'ole USA. How quickly they forget.
I got to thinking about my experiences with CBS and its parent company Paramount and its big daddy Viacom, and realized how much douchebaggery they've performed within my circle of interests.
They've canceled two of my favorite shows despite ratings other networks would be glad to have. They dropped Blu-ray like a hot potato during the HD Format war for an exclusivity pay-out, only to have to come crawling back just recently with egg on their faces. They dropped HD DVD like a hot potato when HD DVD began it's downward spiral, instead of honoring their scheduled releases (just like they did to Blu-ray)
They canceled Star Trek: Enterprise just when the show started to become really, really good.
Additionally, the CBS logo is ugly and outdated, much like their executives.
PS: Congrats to Tony T. on your iJob!
1 comment:
I TOTALLY agree with the idea that Nielson (sp) ratings are waaaaay out of date for all the changes in the technology people use to get their favorite tv shows. The concept isn't that hard to understand, I'm not sure why they aren't getting it. Do they get money from their online content? Because if they didn't, that would be a possible reason for canceling shows that don't have an actual TV following. It's dumb, and confuses me. Oh, and CONGRATS Tony on the ijob fo sho!
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