OK, I know this has been said before but, DIE FOX DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by fantasticlaughingfairy

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OK, I know this has been said before but, DIE FOX DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Monday, June 13, 2005 5:52 AM

I have just re-watched season1 of Dark Angel and Firefly at the same time, and just had to come and express my bitterness here, where I knew a LOT of people would agree with me. I mean, surely the ratings weren't that bad, I hear Dark Angel was second only to the abysmal American Idol. So what happened? Being all Britishy, and therefore not having FOX, I can't really say, but if they keep cancelling all their decent shows, it has to be bad! I just love these two shows and am particularly distressed about Dark Angel, since there isn't even going to be a movie for that. I'm just generally very disgruntled at the moment, don't mind me and my little rant. I just had to say something. Is there any way to get in touch with FOX so I can moan at them personally?

...and we will call it...this land...

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Monday, June 13, 2005 5:54 AM

FRAY101

Wow - thought for a minute that The Inside had been cancelled already!

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Monday, June 13, 2005 6:34 AM

CHRISISALL

Hi fantasticlaughingfairy. You're on about my two favourite shows! The two most recent works of art that F@#%$!^G STUPID@#S piece of S#@@T short-sighted network cancelled due to almighty 'Mr. Ratings' infallable Gorram numbers.
At the very least, Dark Angel got two full seasons...I'm so thankful to James Cameron for that, bet he had to twist arms to get the second one financed!!
I just finished watching Buffy season 3, and the first couple of Angel episodes, and I keep coming back to the idea that Dark Angel is second only to Firefly as the best TV of all time!
No reason to yell at FOX, though. That'd be like chiding a monkey for poopin' in a tree.
( So, FLF, where ya been? How's Whales this time of year? Massachusetts is green and warm.)

Transgenic Browncoat Chrisisall

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Monday, June 13, 2005 8:15 AM

BARCLAY

Quote:
Originally posted by fray101:
Wow - thought for a minute that The Inside had been cancelled already!

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I keep on waiting to hear the axe fall on that one...

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Monday, June 13, 2005 8:37 AM

BIKISDAD

Quote:
Originally posted by fray101:
Wow - thought for a minute that The Inside had been cancelled already!

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Ha, Ha! That was the first thing I thought, too.

Well, considering that "The Inside" got trounced in the ratings last week by abc's "Dancing With the Stars", it's probably inevitable.

F*X is probably looking at the numbers right now and saying, "Hey, let's replace this show that nobody's watching with a reality show about dancing bears. Dancing shows are popular right now." I can just hear them...

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

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Monday, June 13, 2005 8:55 AM

ZEEK

Yeah just saw a commercial for the inside and they didn't even mention when it came on. How is that going to get good ratings if no one even knows when to watch. Much less the commercial showed no content or even the actors and actresses in the show. It just showed dark rooms and creepy images. I swear they don't even think!

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Monday, June 13, 2005 9:26 AM

HJERMSTED

I hope The Inside stays on long enough to find a niche.

Isn't The Inside the show that David Fury left "Lost" to get involved with?

mattro

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Monday, June 13, 2005 10:10 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

I hated to see Dark Angel's demise as well. However, the 2nd season was wrought w/ flimsy, lame plot twists. Plus, droping D.A. paved the way for Firefly to be aired, then axedll

F*X T.V.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Monday, June 13, 2005 10:18 AM

BIKISDAD

Quote:
Originally posted by Hjermsted:
I hope The Inside stays on long enough to find a niche.

Isn't The Inside the show that David Fury left "Lost" to get involved with?

mattro

Yes, plus many of Joss' other former Mutant Enemy writers and directors are on the show, not to mention the composer and the DP from "Angel", and many others from the "Angel" crew. Adam Baldwin too, of course, if you didn't already know that.

When F*X cancels this, they'll just be saying (again) that great material from the most talented people in Hollywood has no place on their network (or tv, in general, for the most part).

The second episode, this Wednesday night, is written by Jane Espenson (who wrote the Firefly episode, "Shindig").

If you know anyone who has one of those gorram Nielson boxes, please gag them and tie them up in their basement (only if absolutely necessary - j/k) for that one hour on Wednesday night and turn their tv to "The Inside". Otherwise, they will probably be watching abc's "Dancing with the Stars" and setting civilization back 800 years.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

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Monday, June 13, 2005 10:29 AM

JADEHAND

Fury did move from Lost to The Inside, but I think I read that the move was temp, until the next season of 24, which he was going to after his stint on The Inside. IIRC.

Good shows get canceled far too often. The ratings system is VERY flawed. Quality is irrelevant. Networks sell advertisment time based on estimated number of viewers. Maybe there should be an IQ test before recieving a Neilson ratings box.

I expect (hope for)ratings to increase, due to word of mouth from the pilot ep. We'll see. And hopefully FOX will give the numbers time to grow.
The Inside 9:00pm EST FOX
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Monday, June 13, 2005 11:22 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I hated to see Dark Angel's demise as well. However, the 2nd season was wrought w/ flimsy, lame plot twists.

2nd season wasn't so bad if you know which episodes NOT to watch.
See : Dark Angel: 2nd season episodes that don't suck on this board.
Edit: and the finale was awsome!

Max could kick Jayne's ass Chrisisall

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Monday, June 13, 2005 11:23 AM

BIKISDAD

Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:

Maybe there should be an IQ test before recieving a Neilson ratings box.

Oh, I thought they already did that. They won't let anyone have a box unless their IQ is 90 or below.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

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Monday, June 13, 2005 11:34 AM

CHRISISALL

People who really get into their series don't have Neilson boxes, they want to see the show, not push extra buttons, and the people who have them don't give a crap; they leave it on the same channel for hours, or aren't smart enough to follow the plots to anything more complicated than reality shows.
Edit: Has anyone here ever even HEARD of someone they know, or even someone they don't know actually having one of those things? Hmmm... is this another conspiracy?

Cynical Chrisisall

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Monday, June 13, 2005 4:49 PM

BATMARLOWE

Sometimes you get a box and sometimes they just give you a diary to keep.

A friend of my parents was chosen to do a diary.

Yesterday, I was talking to a friend of mine and she got another call. So she takes that call and then gets back to me in a few seconds. Know who was calling...?

Nielsen!

And she turned them down! I was like "What you
mean you turned them down! That's the only way to get your opinion to really count! All my life I've wanted to be Nielsen, etc., etc., ect.!

She found this reaction quite amusing.

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Monday, June 13, 2005 7:23 PM

WHITEFALL

I hear ya there... last week I got a call, immediately could tell it's junk, they say "We're bla bla bla bla interested in TV ratings bla bla bla" and i went, "no, we dont watch much TV you wouldnt like us (with the proverbial:) kkthnxbye"

Then a minute later i go... wait.... tv ratings... DAMNIT!!!!!!!!

p.s. If you hate F*X, this should give you a laugh. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/top-sellers/-/dvd/908
736/ref=pd_ts_d_nav/103-3463205-1461402?ts-parent-id=908714

In other words: Firefly is Fox TV's best seller. Idiots.

"Some people juggle geese!" -Ancient Chinese proverb.

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Monday, June 13, 2005 7:40 PM

GTMAN8503

Quote:
F*X is probably looking at the numbers right now and saying, "Hey, let's replace this show that nobody's watching with a reality show about dancing bears. Dancing shows are popular right now." I can just hear them...

Dude...replace "dancing bears" with "bears mauling people" and I'd totally watch that. It's like on Family Guy:

"Tonight on FOX: Fast Animals, Slow Children!"

"Your Heaven looks just like my Hell"
--Uncle Tupelo, Still Feel Gone, Cold Shoulder

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:38 AM

FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

WALES (no h) is OK. Ot was really warm and sunny for about a week and now it's wet n windy again. Oh well.

...and we will call it...this land...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:32 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by fantasticlaughingfairy:
WALES (no h)

Putting an 'h' in misses where you are by a few kilometers, I guess?

Geographically challenged Chrisisall

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Monday, September 21, 2009 11:38 AM

JAMERON4EVA

Quote:
Originally posted by fantasticlaughingfairy:
I have just re-watched season1 of Dark Angel and Firefly at the same time, and just had to come and express my bitterness here, where I knew a LOT of people would agree with me. I mean, surely the ratings weren't that bad, I hear Dark Angel was second only to the abysmal American Idol. So what happened? Being all Britishy, and therefore not having FOX, I can't really say, but if they keep cancelling all their decent shows, it has to be bad! I just love these two shows and am particularly distressed about Dark Angel, since there isn't even going to be a movie for that. I'm just generally very disgruntled at the moment, don't mind me and my little rant. I just had to say something. Is there any way to get in touch with FOX so I can moan at them personally?

...and we will call it...this land...

HEY BETTER FUCKING ADD TSCC TO THAT LIST, GORRAM IT!! I HATE FOX WITH A PASSION, AND THEY HAVE LET US DOWN TO MANY TIMES.

"DOES BARRY MANNILOW KNOW YOU RADE HIS WOARDROBE"

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Monday, September 21, 2009 12:33 PM

BYTEMITE

This is way late, but in regards to Nielsen ratings, my family actually did it once (not when it counted, unfortunately :( ). Ours was the diary thing. They don't actually send you an entire line-up of pilots to watch from multiple networks, you only get a few shows. Most of the time they're brain-numbingly dumb sitcoms. But there also doesn't seem to be any consideration in regards to stuff the volunteer might enjoy, so I'm sure other people getting all the good shows report that they hate them.

Long live internet broadcasting.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:26 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Quote:
Originally posted by gtman8503:
Quote:
F*X is probably looking at the numbers right now and saying, "Hey, let's replace this show that nobody's watching with a reality show about dancing bears. Dancing shows are popular right now." I can just hear them...

Dude...replace "dancing bears" with "bears mauling people" and I'd totally watch that. It's like on Family Guy:

"Tonight on FOX: Fast Animals, Slow Children!"

"Your Heaven looks just like my Hell"
--Uncle Tupelo, Still Feel Gone, Cold Shoulder

Y'know, I've been saying for years that Fox is going to be the one to finally air my idea for a home-video show: "America's Funniest Air-Show Disasters". Take the usual clips of planes crashing into crowds and set it to ha-ha music like "Yakkety Sax" (aka the Benny Hill theme music), and watch the hilarity ensue...

Mike

Old friend charity
Cruel twisted smile
And the smile signals emptiness
For me
Starless and Bible black

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:52 AM

LWAVES

Maybe someone should do a show entitled the Top 50 Shows Cancelled Before Their Time.
Wonder how many Fox would fill.

And I think we should give a hearty round of applause to Jameron for digging up a four year old thread. Put your own :applause: emoticon in here.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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