So, NBC canceled the Black Donnellys. If you haven’t seen it, it’s an excellent show about the Irish mob in (I believe) New York City. There are very few shows on television that I find worth watching. The majority of Reality shows are completely lame (and often stripped of any actual ‘reality’ elements). The new wave of no-skill-involved game shows are a complete bore. Lost had me for one season, then it became repetitive and uninteresting. I still like Heroes and 24, but I feel the enthusiasm fading with both of them.
The point is that I don’t see where the industry is going. Every once in a while, a new idea comes about, and if it’s mildly successful, everyone jumps on it until it’s beaten into the ground. I assume these shows are getting ratings, or they certainly wouldn’t be kept around, but I often wonder if it’s because they’re really superb shows, or if there’s just not much of an alternative option - either way, I’m hardly impressed.
Good shows just don’t last. The Black Donnellys had great characters and an interesting storyline. I looked forward to it. Arrested Development was one of the funniest shows on television, along with Family Guy, which I know is back, but only after the public stir post-cancellation.
I guess as long as people are still tuning in, stations will continue spewing out crap. Are people really enjoying what’s on television, or are we just generally too lazy to read a book? I’m not going for a superiority thing here, I watch some television, but I find myself preferring syndicated Seinfeld reruns to most shows with new episodes. Something needs to revolutionize the industry. Each show is just a cookie cutter copy of the previous. A change should come along. or eventually television will be replaced just like the radio before it.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Leroy Brown // Apr 10, 2007 at 7:53 am
I actually didn’t like the Black Donnellys at all. I am missing Heroes and Studio 60 quite a bit though - where have they been, NBC??
TV in general is horrible lately. Besides the two above shows, I watch cartoons, and old reruns of shows from back in the day.
2 Adam Ferguson // Apr 10, 2007 at 7:58 am
Well that’s a bummer. I just saw last night that Heroes is back in two weeks, so brace for it.
I also forgot to mention, How I Met Your Mother is freaking hilarious.
3 Tim // Dec 11, 2008 at 7:48 am
Well what I believe is that they produce what we allow them to produce, if we need 24 they give us 24 and sometimes they do this just for money, and it’s when they forget the reason of the T.V. show, I reality shows? now I believe more in “Heroes” than in some reality shows which I found pathetic.
4 dish network // May 4, 2009 at 11:05 am
Well, this is nothing new. Every year it seems like the major networks cancel popular shows while leaving much less popular shows still running. It has been like that for years.
5 John Musca DUI Lawyer // Sep 22, 2009 at 1:25 pm
This is how it works; if it is reality about how fat that you are, how ugly that you are then you are in. If you can have satelite shows like Batman, then Batman Miami, Batman NY and Batman LA then you are in like flynn!!!!
6 Televicion en Vivo // Nov 19, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Hello, I wanted to say that i think that TV kinda sucks nowadays, there are some shows that really are pitiful. I hope that the producers realice it and start making quality shows again!
7 Satellite direct // Jan 8, 2010 at 3:35 am
TV shows are lacking in originality just as much as Hollywood is for its movies. You get one successful formula and its exploited until you get tired of guessing the scenarios.
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9 kettering plasterer // Aug 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I am watching less and less tv these days as there is such little on.
It seems the more channels we are offered the more diluted the quality gets.
Gotta love the old school stuff like only fools!!!
10 Anti-Dolt // Aug 31, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Television networks are, of course, going where the money is at and also with what captivates the majority; hence forth, when the majority of “television watchers” are brain-dead and/or illogical, irrational moronic souls with poor cognitive function who quite often finds deep meaning in fecal matter, the doltish flicks and sitcoms that target these same asinine individuals are often times the ones with the highest ratings via the land of stupidity.
I’m the Anti-Dolt without the non-explosive antidote, need I say more? Ha-ha!
11 cpanel server // Jan 26, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Everything has gone the way of reality and I think it is just nonsense.
12 Mundane Blogger - Blogspot Blog // Jan 28, 2012 at 11:34 am
Yeah, “reality” television sucks. Speaking of networks, you’re better off creating one of your own, for strategic SEO purposes, of course:
http://perpendicularity.org/blog/network-seo/
Cheers!
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