Comments on: Morning Static: GOSSIP GIRL, TRUE BLOOD, CAPRICA & More!

By: jess

jess — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:28:13 +0000

Ditto that Shanna. GG is my favorite guilty pleasure but how about a Latina in there to mix it up. Also very well said Nick. This thing of only premiere shows at a certain time of year is ridiculous. Networks need to start practicing a year round model a la British TV. Also I don’t need a series to be 24 episodes long, what I need is to be entertained every time I tune in like (not to beat a dead horse or anything but) True Blood 12 episodes and I’m loving it. Same of the new summer shows Royal Pain and Make It Or Break It(I know, I know… but its really good).

By: shanna

shanna — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:04:11 +0000

Hear, hear! @Nick

That news about Gina Torres is great. Even better? Wash playing Vanessa’s dad! Even more better? Getting some gorge Black actress to play Vanessa’s older lesbian sister we keep hearing about. GG could use more color.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:20:23 +0000

Hope the networks are taking note, regarding the first-run series in the summer. Without any competition, shows like True Blood can become breakout hits. Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place and The O.C. did it, as well. I know that FEAR guides most network executives these days, fear that they’ll produce a costly show, launch it during July or August, and no one will watch. It’s a gamble. But the payoff can be huge.

And let’s consider the alternative: Launching your show when four other networks are all debuting THEIR brand new series or returning hit premieres. The effect is cannibalizing the audience, and you wind up having to work twice as hard to “break thru,” while attracting far fewer eyes…or you force viewers to DVR you and maybe never watch the show.

In this age when the old “network model” is failing, isn’t it time somebody begins thinking outside the box–particularly a certain smaller network that could use the summer buzz?