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Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

R.G. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:09:43 -0000

Looks like CBS will have a Jauggernaut Thursday nite line up with CSI and Mentalist this Fall...

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Shem — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:08:55 -0000

Smart

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Theoacme — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:09 -0000

To solve the Samantha problem, they need to retool the show:

1) Replace Christina Applegate with Chiasa Aonuma,
2) Set the show in Seattle,
3) Have Sandra Oh play her bff (crossover with Grey's Anatomy)
4) Have Margaret Cho, Lucy Liu, Joan Chen, and Ming-Na make frequent guest appearances,
5) Change the name of the show to "Samantha Hu"
6) Pay me 10 percent royalties.
7) Deduct 10 percent of my royalties, and send them to TVBTN :D

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Don — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:59:19 -0000

Let's not forget Samantha Who? has very little summer competition, whereas Better Off Ted is up against the summer's biggest show, America's Got Talent, which has 12mil+ viewers. Not saying BOT's numbers are excusable, but against lighter competition, it'd had a few more million.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Mark — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:48 -0000

ABC's fall comedy's look hilarious though.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Master Moron — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:24 -0000

Riff Rafferty, people are mainly upset because Samantha Who got cancelled and garbage like Better Off Ted got renewed. I wouldn't really complain at all if they cancelled Better Off Ted as well. Actually, your suggestion of cancelling every half hour comedy they have is a good one. When's the last time ABC had a hit comedy? They all seem to sink their ratings.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Riff Rafferty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:50 -0000

RJ writes, "ABC was right in cancelling Samantha Who?
However, Better off Ted should have went with it.
While ABC was at it, Scrubs should have been thrown away too."

So, in other words, they should have dumped every single half hour comedy they have.

"Samantha Who?'s" final episode ("With This Ring" - July 23, 8:30/7:30) does provide some closure. If that's what people are upset about. Or perhaps people are just upset because it and "Ted" will both be running for 2 seasons.

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Edie Britt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:41:03 -0000

i see potentional in samantha who?
i think its soo stupid too cancel this show
its great

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

jay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:58 -0000

On the subject of Samantha, I'll bet if you went back and checked, shows which are switched to a new time and get lousy promotion have already shown signs of weakness in some key demo the execs were hoping to appeal to. It may be almost microscopic to the untrained eye, but I'll still bet that's the reason. ( As well as the fact that, as Bill pointed out, the $$$ the beautiful Ms. Applegate must have wanted upfront to do the show had to make exceptional and not just so-so ratings in the 18-35 female and other demos a must for it to survive.) As for the young female dancers on the Fox show ... God bless America.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Mark — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:46 -0000

I cant wait any longer for fall!

And mid-season, becuase I want LOST and CHUCK!

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Lisa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:11:31 -0000

I'm watching the Grey's/Practice reruns, so I hope ABC doesn't showing them. For me, even old episodes of those shows are the highlight of my viewing week. The fall season can't arrive soon enough.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

rob — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:29:58 -0000

as much as i love better off ted, i would have rather seen samantha who stay since its already had 2 seasons and christina applegate is very funny. ABC shouldve just paid whatever they wanted. it costs more to start up a whole new comedy. i mean samantha who didnt do good last night but it didnt go down from one episode to the other. it stayed the same, which is good.

yea ABC should just air the last 2 episodes of motherhood on a friday at 9 and 930 just to get rid of it.

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ABCHasProblems — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:09 -0000

"Wednesdays @ 8" is what I meant. Also, I bet Motherhood will be shipped to Fridays sooner or later.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

ABCHasProblems — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:38:09 -0000

ABC should air new episodes of Wipeout on Thursdays @ 9 (along with Wednesdays @ 8) and move Japanese Game Show to Thursdays @ 10 (away from Got Talent and SYTYCD). I think it's really stupid for them to air GA/PP repeats knowing they're better off airing reality shows.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

Master Moron — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:54:12 -0000

Didn't Samantha Who get good ratings in its first season? Then they started switching up its timeslot and not advertising it and big surprise, its ratings crashed. Better Off Ted, on the other hand, had crappy ratings to begin with.

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cool — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:23:44 -0000

oh thanks Bill :)

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RJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:42 -0000

Didnt USA run a Burn Notice Marathon all day anyways?

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

RJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:55 -0000

ABC was right in cancelling Samantha Who?
However, Better off Ted should have went with it.
While ABC was at it, Scrubs should have been thrown away too.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

cool — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:16:42 -0000

I wonder if Univision or/and USA beat ABC/CBS/NBC last night?

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Anil — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:48 -0000

Yeah exactly..that Ted crap is coming back and not SW. This is BS.

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Christian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:18 -0000

Has this happened before? I don't remember seeing Grey's repeats go down to sub-1.0 in the 18-49.

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:56 -0000

Why, oh why, does ABC even bother to air GA/PP repeats? They should just shove in a few episodes of AFHV and call it a night.

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Mark — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:53 -0000

Christina Applegate has a pettition that peple are signing to get her show back on the air. It has 32,000 signatures so far.

I'm mad that ABC isnt going to air the last two episodes of In the Motherhood because it only has 2 million viewers. But Better Off Ted and The Goode Family only get 1 million veiwers. It angers me.

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David4 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:06 -0000

Samantha Who? was the best comedy ABC had, and every seemed to enjoy it. It pisses me off that they didn't even give it a 13 episode third season just to end the show.

Re: Thursday Ratings: Fox Wins; So You Think You Can Dance? Rolls Over Repeats

rob — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:31:42 -0000

wow samantha who does better than better off ted does. still bothers me how ABC could cancel it.