Comments on: Channel Surfing with CT: THE FORGOTTEN, GLEE & MY ANTONIO

By: ct

ct — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:28:23 +0000

Tim: YES! they totally PLAYED his mom as Alexis, too, having her enter with that big hat as if she was Alexis walkin’ into the courtroom in the first-season finale!

Blue: I’m afraid it’s pretty-well documented that at a certain point, networks decide which shows have the strongest chance of survival and then put their big (advertising) bucks behind it. They make the conscious decision to let others fall by the wayside. Rare is the show that manages to eek out an audience based on a practically-non-existent pre-season buzz. I really don’t get the logic behind it, but it happens every single year… proving yet again that networks are run by morons.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:34:53 +0000

Agree, little advertising about the forgotten and when i did see it, I wasn’t interested. As for My Antonio, jeez, I’ve tried to not watch either. lol But the bad drama and the fact that this ‘actor’ has an ex wife and mother who trully HATE each other. lol His ex is a trainwreck. His mother reminds me of an Italian Alexis Carrington Colby. lol In a good way. I doubt Antonio finds love with any of these women. I hate reality romance. They’re so fake.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:00:28 +0000

RE: The Poll

I certainly *hope* Accidentally is the first casualty. Is it me, or is Jenna Elfman not funny?

Also, it was pretty obvious CW put its money behind Melrose and Vampire, leaving the worthy TBL to drum up its own publicity (thanks to Mischa). It’s true, networks feel (and perhaps rightly so) that viewers will only process so much new information, and asking them to become attached to 6 new shows is pretty unrealistic.

By: Ace

Ace — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:19:23 +0000

“I probably should have added THE FORGOTTEN to the return of the poll-of-the-week, on the right sidebar by the way.”

Let me guess, you forgot (pun intended) it existed?

By: theTVaddict

theTVaddict — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:53:04 +0000

Kudos Ace,

I probably should have added THE FORGOTTEN to the return of the poll-of-the-week, on the right sidebar by the way.

And I sympathize. Far too often readers forget previous posts. Like how I didn’t seem to get ANY credit for starting the unsubstantiated rumour about DR. HORRIBLE making an Emmy guest appearance only to see it come true on Sunday.

Not that I’m bitter or anything

http://thetvaddict.com/2009/07/16/todays-tv-addict-top-5-emmy-surprises/

By: Ace

Ace — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:49:32 +0000

Remember a while back when Daniel did a post about new taglines for shows. I’m pretty sure some very wise and witty reader submitted: The Forgotten: What we predict this show will be by early October.

http://thetvaddict.com/2009/07/22/todays-tv-addict-top-5-taglines-the-new-fall-shows-probably-won%e2%80%99t-go-with/

By: Josh Emerson

Josh Emerson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:48:41 +0000

I have to agree with CT. I think the networks do spend different amounts of money on shows, based on different factors. I think each of them do choose a few shows each year that they are going to put more money behind because they have the highest chance of success. Fox promoted the hell out of Glee, CBS has been fully behind NCIS:LA and Good Wife, NBC behind Community and Mercy, and ABC has been heavily behind Flash Forward and Modern Family.

I can’t remember the last time I saw promos for shows like Brothers or The Forgotten.

By: blueberry

blueberry — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:23:36 +0000

I don’t understand why a network would put its muscle behind five new shows but then decide that a sixth one would put their marketing budget over the top.

Sure, I haven’t seen any marketing for the forgotten, but I don’t buy that the budget is the reason.