Comments on: The CW Responds to Our Open Letter to Dawn Ostroff

By: lallaison

lallaison — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:31:00 +0000

thats my uncle! ahah

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:35:01 +0000

I’m still upset that Everwood was cancelled. After that, the “CW” ceased to exist for me. I literally deleted it from my TV, and have never gone back (and won’t. Ever.)

Glad that season 2 was finally released on DVD – I started watching midway through season 2, so the beginning episodes have been literally like a gift from heaven to me – brand new episodes I’d never seen, and very cool in filling in the gaps between season 1 and where I picked up the show. It still makes me cry though ))) especially now, knowing what’s in store for each character…. it’s very bittersweet.

Cancelling EW made absolutely no sense. Zip. I still can’t see how that decision was made. And, not only has the CW lost me forever, but honestly, anything that I ever hear of that involves Dawn Ostroff, I will literally RUN as fast as I can from, and advise everyone I know to do the same.

*Still mourning Everwood*

By: juliet

juliet — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:09:27 +0000

Thank you for your response Paul McGuire but i am not convinced, your shows not interest me (maybe beside Supernatural with this BTVS vibe) and i am a girl in your target audience age. Maybe you underestimate your potential audience INTELLIGENCE : it’s disappointed.
And stop people with the Veronica Mars low ratings : this show had the same ratings as Gossip Girl and it is now your show who is the most promoted.
You didn’t pick up Body Politic because it was too clever, it’s a bummer i don’t think the next time you will be so lucky to find a cast like that, they will become big ( they already are actually) without CW. You just lost your luck.

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By: tao

tao — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:02:13 +0000

If you watch the promo videos from the CW with all the shows. It looks like one and only show. OTH, Gossip girl, 90210, Melrose. All the same storylines, same kind of characters. There two differents shows on the CW : The one with rich girl and the one with paranormal dude.

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:23:11 +0000

Hmm, Nikki makes a point. How much One Tree Gossip 90210 Melrose can a person take? I certainly hope there’s some differential between the shows this fall, and I don’t mean varying degrees of boredom (cough…OTH, 90210…cough). In the network’s defense, it’s GOT to be hard to maintain four such-similar shows, isn’t it? Storylines are inevitably going to be compared, etc. That’s why the Beautiful Life offers a ray of hope….new surroundings, a new premise.

Bottom line, if you’re specializing in prime time SOAPS, you’d better make them SOAPY. Otherwise, why are we watching?

By: NikkiHolly

NikkiHolly — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:07:58 +0000

I agree that Life UneXpected (or Parental Discretion Advised) is all of those things, and that makes it fantastic….which makes me wonder why it was put on for midseason. That’s not exactly a vote of confidence. Life is midseason and Body Politic wasn’t picked up at all. Your demographic is young women, correct? Well, as your target demographic (a 16 year old girl) I’d like to let you know that The CW has enough shows about rich girls getting drugged up, sexed up and knocked up. I’m not saying to stop making shows like that because clearly the formula works, but it’s getting way overdone. Too much of a good thing, you know?

Body Politic showed young adults who were really doing something with their lives that didn’t involve going to a club every night. Life doesn’t seem to have characters with trust funds and townhouses. Like you said, it’s a lot like Gilmore Girls. Keep in mind that Gilmore Girls outlasted many of the teen dramas that aired on the WB over the years. So here you have two shows that go outside the typical CW formula. One is dropped completely while the other is put midseason (which is often considered a death sentence). What is picked up is more shows with young girls getting drugged up, sexed up, and (most likely) knocked up. I’m not going to watch shows that are all so similar. It’s like eating the same meal every day. You get sick of it. Me and my friends? We’re kind of getting sick of the CW’s programming.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:46:24 +0000

It was very nice that Paul McGuire took the time to post and address concerns. It still doesn’t win me over though. There hasn’t been anything on the CW in years that I’ve found worth watching and this season doesn’t change that. Regardless of the quality of the shows they’ve picked up, it still doesn’t do anything to change my impression that they’re vastly underestimating their audience’s intelligence–not that they’re the only network to do so. I, for one, though am not prepared to lose brain cells in order to watch a television show. Give me something of substance, CW–rather than the petty, manipulative drama of Melrose or the vastly uninteresting world of fashion–and we’ll talk.

By: Araceli

Araceli — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:36:35 +0000

I agree with the other two posters. I’m more interested in The Beautiful Life.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:12:42 +0000

Shara, why don’t you turn your anger on viewers who just refused to watch Veronica Mars? It got three seasons, which is more than, say, Terminator, but a 1-rating just doesn’t cover the cost of production.

And please tell me that Life Unexpected is not the 5th new title for midseason drama “Parental Discretion Advised.” Pick a name and stick with it.