Comments on: TV Grab Bag: What’s Happening On The Small Screen

By: Y30

Y30 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:36:58 +0000

With Twilight doing so well at the box office, you’d think that one of the major networks would attempt to grab Moonlight.

Even at its old ratings – 8m viewers isn’t that few! Certainly better than most of CW’s shows. So why doesn’t CW take on this show too? (Or do I know nothing about how TV networks?)

By: piratedan

piratedan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:47:30 +0000

Hey Bruce,

Have you heard anything about a new ABC series called Castle? Understand that it is starring Firefly favorite Nathan Fillion as a mystery author who helps to solve crimes as a mechanism to help deal with his writers block. Supposedly one episode even has him playing poker with the likes of Sue Grafton, James Patterson and Stephen King……

By: 790

790 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:36:43 +0000

Wow I just can’t believe Knight Rider isn’t getting good ratings….

(Haa haaa! , in my best Nelson impression)…

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:14:18 +0000

Sock: No probs… I knew what you were talkin’ about. It’s like fam around the table chatting when we chat here at the Screen Rant comments columns!

And yea, now that they’ve set the precedence with season 2, it would be hard to bring it back to where it was.

By: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:34:25 +0000

@ Bruce

Sorry about the vague rebuttal I just posted, but I wrote it during dinner and hadn’t refreshed the website. To clarify, I was talking about Jericho.

By: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:21:01 +0000

@ Bruce

Whether or not the writers rushed it to appease the fans makes no difference, my point is it still doesn’t negate the fact that the over-all whole of the series was ruined by the second season.
Now if you just take the first season you could call it a great show. But if they were to continue Jericho, it’s going to be based off the last season. So the bad story arch they had going would end up getting it canceled again.

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:55:02 +0000

Ah! Blue’, indeed, I misspoke there. My humble apologies to our Reaper supporters!

With the Reaper pilot airing in Sept of ’07, getting some crap treatment during and after the writers strike, to finally air, if I am not mistaken, in early to mid ’08 – the last epi of season 1, it’s been quite a while.

It’s been so long since it got renewed, my brain felt like it was a canceled show.

We can only hope that the massively long break did not do it harm in the ratings category. -Bruce

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:40:21 +0000

The Beast sounds intersting .
I will give that a look .
Thanks Bruce!

By: Blue Sunflower

Blue Sunflower — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:14:34 +0000

Reaper was never canceled. It was picked up last May as a midseason replacement. It was always scheduled to return after January. They’ve almost completed filming their 13 episodes.

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:15:10 +0000

Jericho changed because the network slapped together a hurry-up 2nd season to appease the fan base without putting all that much into it. … IMO.

By: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:32:41 +0000

@ Daniel
I agree that Jericho was a good show, but it lost it’s touch after the first season. While at first it reminded me of Mad Max: Road Warrior, or water world; where the town of Jericho had to struggle to survive, as the first season ended and the second begun it reminded me of every other show that was on TV. (i.e. Prison Break, Heroes, Lost, etc) Where the ‘evil’ government was out to get everyone, and the main characters were the only ones that could stop them.

So I’d have to say I wasn’t too disappointed when the show ended, I was more disappointed when the second season began.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:14:20 +0000

Reaper was a great show. I started watching it because I heard that Kevin Smith was involved in some capacity. Well its not the same type of humor that is so prevalent in Kevin Smith’s movies, but the show is hilarious. I will say this, if anyone is interested in watching the show, give it a couple of episodes. Reaper is one of those shows that builds and gets better every single episode. I think it is great; Ray Wise is a great Devil. The method of collecting escaped souls (the vessel) is often a great source of humor on the show. And there is sufficient drama and compelling stories, so you can’t just classify it as a comedy. I highly recommend it!

As far as Salisbury is concerned, it sounds kinda like a supernatural Eureka to me. A town where crazy things always happen? Yep, thats Eureka alright. But as I love Eureka, I will give Salisbury a chance as well.

By: entertainmenttodayandbeyond

entertainmenttodayandbeyond — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:10:20 +0000

I wish the cast of Ghost Whisper were on a different program. I can’t buy into the premise although have watched because I think Jennifer Love Hewitt is extremly appealing. Her co-stars are fun also.
AS for the CW airing repeats of Jericho. Why didn’t they just shell out some coin and pick it up when it was cancelled by CBS. It had a strong 6 million viewer fanbase which would make it there highest rated program.

Chuck

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:04:29 +0000

Jericho was such a great show. It was sad to see it get canceled.