State of Television 2008
Ok I'm partially back, last day of class is the 29th so If I don't type here again until 2009 let me say to all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
| December 2005 | December 2006 | December 2007 | December 2008 |
| Invasion | |||
| Lost | |||
| Freddie | |||
| That 70's Show | |||
| Gauntlet II | |||
| Las Vegas | |||
| Kitchen Confidential | |||
| Arrested Development | |||
| Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU |
| My Name Is Earl | My Name Is Earl | My Name Is Earl | My Name Is Earl |
| Fear Factor | |||
| Drawn Together | |||
| South Park | |||
| Veronica Mars | |||
| ER | ER | ER | ER |
| Joey | |||
| Smallville | Smallville | Smallville | Smallville |
| Masters of Horror | |||
| Ghost Whisperer | Ghost Whisperer | Ghost Whisperer | Ghost Whisperer |
| Monk | Monk | Monk | Monk |
| The Dead Zone | |||
| Grey's Anatomy | Grey's Anatomy | Grey's Anatomy | Grey's Anatomy |
| The Simpsons | The Simpsons | The Simpsons | The Simpsons |
| House | House | House | House |
| Bones | Bones | Bones | Bones |
| Alias | |||
| Two and a Half Men | Two and a Half Men | Two and a Half Men | Two and a Half Men |
| How I Met You Mother | How I Met You Mother | How I Met You Mother | How I Met You Mother |
| American Dad | American Dad | American Dad | American Dad |
| Family Guy | Family Guy | Family Guy | Family Guy |
| The Closer | |||
| Big Day | |||
| Heroes | Heroes | Heroes | |
| Dexter | Dexter | ||
| Journeyman | |||
| Extras | |||
| Pusing Daisies | Pusing Daisies | ||
| Californication | |||
| Chuck | |||
| The New Adventures of Old Christine | The New Adventures of Old Christine | ||
| Gary Unmarried | |||
| The Big Bang Theory | The Big Bang Theory | ||
| Prison Break | Prison Break | ||
| Kath & Kim | |||
| Stargate Atlantis | Stargate Atlantis | Stargate Atlantis | Stargate Atlantis |
| Saturday Night Live | Saturday Night Live | Saturday Night Live | |
| Mad TV | Mad TV | Mad TV | |
Sarah Conner Chronicles | |||
| The Daily Show | The Daily Show | The Daily Show | The Daily Show |
| The Colbert Report | The Colbert Report | The Colbert Report | The Colbert Report |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live | |||
| 36 | 21 | 26 | 28 |
While I'm off from my highs of years past it is slowly coming back, but that means nothing of quality.
For instance Prison Break their
While Chuck a show I never watched before caught my eye now I'm hooked.
The election wasted most of the time which despite dire warnings will effect nothing, except morale.
Then there's shows like Doctor Who and Lost which spend more time teasing about what is coming then actually being on the air.
While I like talking Doctor Who I'd rather watch new episodes.
The there's canceled shows which have been running at a extremely high rate to do what, replace them with reality TV. THERE IS ONLY ONE AMERICAN IDOL....KELLY CLARKSON. Cancel this staged crap already.
This is a great newspaper article that I caught a few days back that says out of the 600+ hours of TV on over the Xmas period in the UK, 500 hours are repeats!:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3544156/Christmas-television-has-more-than-500-hours-of-repeats.html
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Christmas television has more than 500 hours of repeats
More than 500 hours of repeats will be shown by Britain's four main television channels this Christmas, according to schedules released by broadcasters.
By Alastair Jamieson
Last Updated: 9:28AM GMT 03 Dec 2008
Classic episodes of Porridge, Dad's Army and Morecambe & Wise will be shown, along with The Snowman, Creature Comforts, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins.
Almost half of BBC2's output over the two-week period between December 20 and January 2 is made up of repeats or old films.
On the BBC's two main channels, there will be some 270 hours repeated over two weeks, with 120 hours on ITV1 and 140 hours on Channel 4.
One third of the BBC ONE schedule consists of 'previously aired' progammes, despite a commitment by the corporation to minimising repeats on its flagship channel.
Original programming includes special episodes of Doctor Who, The Royle Family and Strictly Come Dancing – all broadcast on Christmas Day on BBC ONE while ITV has Christmas specials of Dancing on Ice and Coronation Street.
The BBC will air several films for the first time including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe on Boxing Day, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on Christmas Eve.
ITV will show Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban on Christmas Day, and Polar Express and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on Christmas Eve.
It is thought the number of repeats on television could rise as the economic slowdown leads to a loss of advertising revenues, reducing the money available for new programmes.
"While there will be no repeats in peak time on BBC1 on Christmas Day, we are happy to be able to offer viewers the chance to see some of the BBC's best programmes again, and our research shows they really appreciate this."
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This line stood out "It is thought the number of repeats on television could rise as the economic slowdown leads to a loss of advertising revenues, reducing the money available for new programmes."
ReplyDeleteThey cancel shows with half the episodes unseen in favor of repeats. That just shows how people who run these stations don't watch it.
I understand it's time to spend with family but it also the only vacation I get for 8 months, I'd like to zombie out in front of TV away from people.
I never pictured you as a Kelly Clarkson fan :-).
ReplyDeleteI haven't been watching much in the way of TV shows lately. The new shows haven't grabbed my attention and several shows I was watching have lost my attention, like Heroes. Instead, I've been renting movies and reading books.
Clarkson is the only great singer in recent memory plus she can wrote.
ReplyDeleteI must admit TV makes me sleepy but I wouldn't go as far as reading books I'm not forced to read.