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Ratings: Week of December 15-19
Topic Started: Jan 3 2015, 04:44 PM (3,331 Views)
dooldooldool


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Jan 4 2015, 12:40 PM
I don't think they will worry.......I think Days will blame any significant viewer loss on the fact AS, JS, and ED left and because they had to essentially retool the show after they left they will think they just need time to build things up. I think NBC and Corday will be patient. Also, I doubt he does anything until after the 50th.
I agree. Especially since the suits at NBC seem to think that DOOL=Alison Sweeney. Of course the show would take a big hit with her departure. I think that's part of the reason they negotiated a twice-yearly Eileen Davidson arc.

I agree the show is stale and needs some re-invention. I'm not sure that new writers would really make that much of a difference. After all, they will just craft new characters and reinvent old ones into unrecognizable shells of their former selves. I think the production and the mind-set is mostly to blame. The show needs to try something different: shorter storylines with big payoffs.

As constructed now, each month is basically 3-5 SalemDays. This saves with production costs (less costuming/hair/makeup delays?). People go "away" for "two weeks" that are really just two SalemDays. We moan about John being gone for six months, when really he was gone for maybe 3 weeks in warped SalemTime.

There's no reason that they have to dramatically change that awkward component. However it really shouldn't be all that hard to pick up the pace and schedule some type of storyline payoff every few weeks. The cast is large and longer storylines can still play out.

I recall reading an article decades ago by a writer of Charlie's Angels, of all things. The gist was that he was instructed to put each angel in jeopardy right before each commercial break (at :15, at :30, and at :45). That meant he needed 9-10 "events" to happen in an hourlong show. He said it nearly drove him crazy for the first season, but by season two, he had the pacing set.

That might be extreme for DOOL, but if the show wants to keep eyeballs and attract new ones, it needs buzz and can't-miss tune in factor. If I were Kenny, I'd give the writers that direction: something big/momentous/critical has to happen each week for one of the 4-6 ongoing storylines. You can stagger storylines as needed to play some beats and build some drama. But don't limit the action to 3 weeks in Feb, three weeks in May, and three weeks in November.
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GHFan738


dooldooldool
Jan 4 2015, 11:25 PM
PhoenixRising05
Jan 4 2015, 12:40 PM
I don't think they will worry.......I think Days will blame any significant viewer loss on the fact AS, JS, and ED left and because they had to essentially retool the show after they left they will think they just need time to build things up. I think NBC and Corday will be patient. Also, I doubt he does anything until after the 50th.
I agree. Especially since the suits at NBC seem to think that DOOL=Alison Sweeney. Of course the show would take a big hit with her departure. I think that's part of the reason they negotiated a twice-yearly Eileen Davidson arc.

I agree the show is stale and needs some re-invention. I'm not sure that new writers would really make that much of a difference. After all, they will just craft new characters and reinvent old ones into unrecognizable shells of their former selves. I think the production and the mind-set is mostly to blame. The show needs to try something different: shorter storylines with big payoffs.

As constructed now, each month is basically 3-5 SalemDays. This saves with production costs (less costuming/hair/makeup delays?). People go "away" for "two weeks" that are really just two SalemDays. We moan about John being gone for six months, when really he was gone for maybe 3 weeks in warped SalemTime.

There's no reason that they have to dramatically change that awkward component. However it really shouldn't be all that hard to pick up the pace and schedule some type of storyline payoff every few weeks. The cast is large and longer storylines can still play out.

I recall reading an article decades ago by a writer of Charlie's Angels, of all things. The gist was that he was instructed to put each angel in jeopardy right before each commercial break (at :15, at :30, and at :45). That meant he needed 9-10 "events" to happen in an hourlong show. He said it nearly drove him crazy for the first season, but by season two, he had the pacing set.

That might be extreme for DOOL, but if the show wants to keep eyeballs and attract new ones, it needs buzz and can't-miss tune in factor. If I were Kenny, I'd give the writers that direction: something big/momentous/critical has to happen each week for one of the 4-6 ongoing storylines. You can stagger storylines as needed to play some beats and build some drama. But don't limit the action to 3 weeks in Feb, three weeks in May, and three weeks in November.
Days has always been that way. Spinning their wheels until some payoff during sweeps.

I agree about the new characters. Teresa, Eve and Page are based on older characters, but their stories only loosely have anything to do with those characters. GH isn't perfect by any means, but I have loved how they have been using souvh history to tell their stories. The 50th is coming up. It would be nice if they spent several months building to it, not just one show or on big event for it. That won't really do it justice.
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No surprise on these ratings..the show sucks donkey balls in every aspect.
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camera shy


What got Tomlin fired the first time around?
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camera shy
Jan 6 2015, 09:40 AM
What got Tomlin fired the first time around?
Stupidity.
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