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Cicero

01-08-2008 05:09 PM

Oh yea...he was on last night...I thought he did great without the writers!! ("a daily show" - not so much)
Happy Dancing with Clod!!

piercehawkeye45

01-08-2008 05:37 PM

Yeah, it was mostly filled with awkward pauses and desperate jokes.

It will get old fast.

Undertoad

05-19-2008 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad in November 2007 (Post 402845)

What will replace written TV? If this lasts any length of time, the people will find alternatives. The last time the writers went on strike there was no public Internet. Hmmm.

TV Week: May Sweeps Sees Record Low Ratings - Strike Seems to Have Altered Viewing Habits

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On average, the networks are off the mark by 10% from last year in total viewers and off 17% in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic.

Some might recognize the demographic that understands the Internet and can readily mine it for entertainment.

classicman

05-19-2008 10:56 PM

I can tell you that I spend virtually no time watching tv anymore -

xoxoxoBruce

05-19-2008 10:58 PM

It watches me.

glatt

05-20-2008 08:14 AM

I switched to Netflix when the strike happened. I don't have cable, but I'm all caught up on the Wire and Entourage on DVD and am making my way through Battlestar Galactica.

Not counting Saturday morning PBS DIY shows, I think I watch 2 hours of network tv a week, down from 5 last year.

I've been concerned about the switch to digital tv and the money involved in that, but maybe it will be the thing that kills my tv habit for good.

Clodfobble

05-20-2008 11:15 AM

Don't forget that a lot of the strong shows that would normally have been on during sweeps had to be pushed back half a season. When the Heroes season finale is eventually on, people will be watching, bet on it. It takes more than a couple months of show changes to permanently wean people.

xoxoxoBruce

05-20-2008 11:17 AM

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TheMercenary

05-20-2008 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 455227)

I can't think of much that I watch that requires writers. I watch mostly pbs, discovery, National Geographic, travel, and the news. But that is when I am at work. At home I don't watch it much. I am more of an NPR junkie.

dar512

05-20-2008 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 455330)

I am more of an NPR junkie.

Ok. Now, I wouldn't have guessed that. It just shows to go you.

BigV	05-20-2008 04:01 PM

Think of the saying about eating a frog first thing in the morning...

deadbeater

05-22-2008 11:58 AM

What I don't understand is that, why despite the strike being over, and Hannah Montana on hiatus, why doesn't Nickelodeon show new episodes of Avatar in the United States?? And the networks and cable wonder why TV viewing is down.

Clodfobble

05-22-2008 01:34 PM

...You say that like Avatar is an import. It isn't.

Cloud

05-22-2008 02:06 PM

What's with all the killing people off at the end of the season? And was anyone watching Bones? Whoa!

xoxoxoBruce

05-22-2008 11:02 PM

I happened to see the list of the top 20 TV shows according to viewership, I guess it was for the week, or month, or something like that.
Anyway, I hadn't seen any of them in several months, and only three of them, ever.

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