OT: Why are TV studios so stupid?

Azselendor · #1 July 15th, 2006, 06:40 PM

Because network execs want money. The dumber a show is, the more likely more people will watch it. Thus the more people that watch it means the more advertisers will pay to advertise in those time slots for that show. Shows like Invasion have limited audiences and thus advertisers avoid it because the auddience will reach a specific size and sit there. That means after a while, the audience ignores your ad and won't buy stuff.

That's when the advertisers pull the ad and the network execs don't get money. Then they take their rage out on the show in question and it gets cancelled.

But they aren't stupid, they are money grubbing sons .... you get the idea with no responsibility.

Jack Simth · #2 July 15th, 2006, 07:09 PM

There's also a downard spiral in how they run the ratings - it's how many people of those checked watched that show at that time compared to other shows at the same time, not the percentage of participants who watched and were home at that time.

So that show that got on at a time of day when everyone who had a job was at work, gets just those who were at home watching TV while everyone was at work. So a show that appeals well to the non-working crowd gets huge ratings for it's time slot.... and then is shipped into prime time, as are a lot of clones of that type of show.

Next year, when everyone's home, there's nothing on that appeals to the crowd that works every day (as all the stuff that appeals to the people who don't is what ended up in prime time) and so they don't watch anything much when they are home.....

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 July 15th, 2006, 07:11 PM

And I'm paying for cable why?

Spectarofdeath · #4 July 15th, 2006, 08:17 PM

I dont even have cable, no offense but its not worth the 70.00 + $ they want to charge for it. I did have cable when I lived at home with my parents and the only channels I watched were Sci-fi, discovery or the History channel, other then maybe the few good shows scattered across other channels ie Star Trek. That was several years ago as well. Now all your paying for is (no offense to any fans) 18 channels of ESPN, 10 MTV's, 15 womens networks, 40 all news channels all the time. Even the movie channels dont hold any appeal to me now since I can go to my local library and get the movies on DVD anyway. And if they dont have the DVD I want? I can request it and they will get it. I dream of a scene like towards the end of invasion when there pushing all the normals off the dock, lets do that to all the BDR's. We can start with the politicians.

Renegade 13 · #5 July 17th, 2006, 02:20 PM

I'd rather have a computer than a TV any day, if I had to choose. Much more intellectually stimulating (well, it can be

) and not nearly so expensive for the most part. Best part; no commercials!

mac5732 · #6 July 17th, 2006, 03:15 PM

Renegade, what do you call the pop ups when you on the net????

Baron Munchausen · #7 July 17th, 2006, 06:46 PM

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mac5732 said:
Renegade, what do you call the pop ups when you on the net????

'Pop-ups'? What are these 'pop-ups' you speak of?

http://www.proxomitron.info

Renegade 13 · #8 July 17th, 2006, 07:48 PM

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mac5732 said:
Renegade, what do you call the pop ups when you on the net????

Pop-up blockers!

Atrocities · #9 July 15th, 2006, 09:44 PM

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
And I'm paying for cable why?

The same reason why I am paying for satellite TV, for the endless hours of utter useless commericals, infomericals, and sports that I will never watch.

Yimboli · #10 July 15th, 2006, 10:41 PM

I don't watch TV. I bought a Roland digital piano for less than my friend bought a huge plasma TV for. He also pays per month to sit in front of it and waste away... so basically he's paying more to develop himself less, while I learn a rare skill.

Drop cable and use the money for classes or guitar lessons or something... anything is better than network crap.