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Just saw an advert for the “all new” Magnum PI. TV is officially out of new ideas. Tom Selleck’s mustache must be rolling over on his lip…
So true. Looks like all Hluwood has is reboots.Just saw an advert for the “all new” Magnum PI. TV is officially out of new ideas. Tom Selleck’s mustache must be rolling over on his lip…
you might as well get signed up, you can you be an "extra" in the background.It's been running on CBS the last four seasons.
New seasons will be on NBC.
Fans sent in petitions after CBS cancelled the show.
It's been running on CBS the last four seasons.
New seasons will be on NBC.
Fans sent in petitions after CBS cancelled the show.
Not for me.you might as well get signed up, you can you be an "extra" in the background.
wowHaving been a minor functionary in a field related to television, TV has always been done using recombinant DNA. Shows have al been sold as "It's just like _______ but it's got________.
Star Trek was sold as Wagon Train to the Stars. The Honeymoons was blue collar I Love Lucy. The Flintstones was the Honeymooners animated in prehistoric history. I think the Jetsons was pretty obvious. Green Acres was a reverse Beverly Hillbillies. All in the Family was an Americanized version of a British show, as were Sanford & Son and Three's a Crowd. Cheers was Taxi in a bar. There was a rash of disabled detectives in the early 70s (paralyzed, blind, etc). I could go on.
The new Higgins is VERY easy to watch. Much better than the old one.the new Higgins was pretty easy to watch..
watched the original a few times, didn't care for a / the remake, and likely wont' watch the new season.. (no longer a 'network' watcher either)
Always wondered with remakes.. do they also rehash the scripts too? Make a slight change here & there to make it "modern" (but the story remain essentially the same..)?!
some women might beg to differ!The new Higgins is VERY easy to watch. Much better than the old one.
the new Higgins was pretty easy to watch..
watched the original a few times, didn't care for a / the remake, and likely wont' watch the new season.. (no longer a 'network' watcher either)
Always wondered with remakes.. do they also rehash the scripts too? Make a slight change here & there to make it "modern" (but the story remain essentially the same..)?!
The new Higgins is VERY easy to watch. Much better than the old one.
So, since I started this thread, I'ma hafta do a little recon and see what this Higgins character is you all are chattin up... for research, yeah, that's it, research...some women might beg to differ!
I think you mean Officer Kono Kalakaua.So after further research, I see your Higgins and raise you Detective Kaleo...
She's in(was in?) Hawaii Five-0. Are we changing TV shows? Or am I slow? (don't answer that!!!)I think you mean Officer Kono Kalakaua.
Detective Kaleo was in Five-O as well.She's in(was in?) Hawaii Five-0. Are we changing TV shows? Or am I slow? (don't answer that!!!)
That's funny. I'm currently writing an original idea for a series I have, but I'm being told by the agent that during the pitch we have to sell it as "xyz meets abc" in terms that producers already know. The reason is that they want to know what the concept is in a single sentence. Which you literally cannot do if the idea is actually original and complex enough for today's audiences that demand more interesting faire. So, I am reduced to selling it as "xyz meets abc" when performing the cold call.
that's depressing and also the reason why I only watch the evening news and I don't like it either.Part of the problem is that in commercial TV the producers have to in turn sell it to a network staff that needs to hear it as "It's just like_____but with____." The networks then have to sell it in the upfront commercial market that takes place months before new shows come out. They tell potential advertisers that it will get X ratings "just like______," and they sell the time accordingly.
Since audience share is hard to predict, in order to set a price they think it will get they have to guess, and by using prior shows as examples there are specific numbers they can point to. If the network guesses wrong about audience size, and the advertisers got fewer eyeballs, the networks have to give the advertiser more airtime to make up for the shortfall of eyeballs compared to what the guess predicted.
To the people in the TV business, their product is not shows, it's eyeballs that see the ads. TV executives think of TV shows as what goes between the commercials. It's gotten a lot worse since channels have been breeding like rabbits ever since cable TV and streaming services have made market chaotic and cutthroat.
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