The Mentalist

[riffjim4069]

Black Helicopters: Season 6, Episode 13

Sunday, 9 March 2014 (10:00 PM ET)

"When a U.S. attorney is found dead in Mexico, despite no record of her crossing the border, Jane's investigation leads to him joining a separatist commune."

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[riffjim4069]

This show makes its return after a yearly two month vacation. Yikes! I wonder if they can recapture their audience or whether CBS is trying to kill this show. We shall see.

 

[DJdish]

Thanks for reminding. I have the feeling that after the Red John saga, and with those breaks, they are still trying to decide what direction to take (if any) with the show.

 

[riffjim4069]

Thanks for reminding. I have the feeling that after the Red John saga, and with those breaks, they are still trying to decide what direction to take (if any) with the show.

I have to admit that it looks like cancellation based on what CBS has been doing with the show lately.

 

[KAB]

If they have to choose between it and Good Wife, I think it will lose, but who can tell what the network genius's will do. I do think it has gone down hill quickly since Red John. Too much dancing around the FBI chief.

 

[riffjim4069]

I found myself somewhat bored during this episode (it's been a long layoff and the new format is still in question)...

Spoiler

until J.J. was shot dead.

 

[DJdish]

Just finished watching and I liked the episode, not too much of the FBI director, then I thought I didn´t care for Rigsby and Van Pelt subplot, but the ending was more interesting than the rest of the episode.
So I ended up with mixed feelings about the new format and episode, I´ll prepare myself for cancellation anyway.

 

[KAB]

Not renewed. See...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/331592-What-will-CBS-Cancel-this-year?p=3401103#post3401103

 

[NotMe546]

Not renewed. See...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/331592-What-will-CBS-Cancel-this-year?p=3401103#post3401103

Well unfortunately Sunday is the night that shows go to die!!!!

 

[teachsac]

Geronimo already posted yesterday post 12 of that thread. While not officially cancelled yet, I'm not looking for it to be renewed.

S~

 

[riffjim4069]

Sunday night has quietly turned an outstanding night for television programming...very competitive.

 

[NotMe546]

Sunday night has quietly turned an outstanding night for television programming...very competitive.

I must have missed that, cause the only thing on I find worth watching is the mentalist. What else is on?

 

[DJdish]

Not picked up is The Mentalist, the veteran procedural’s first time not being among the early renewals. The long-running drama has been on the bubble and, unlike Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods or The Good Wife, whose ratings have been on par or lower, Mentalist is not owned by CBS, making off-network money for the company the way the other three shows do. But The Mentalist is a very important property for Warner Bros TV with a very lucrative syndication deal and strong international sales, so expect the studio to fight hard for a seventh-season renewal, especially after the post-Red John creative reboot of the show was deemed successful. (The Mentalist creator/showrunner Bruno Heller’s expected departure to run his new series, Gotham at Fox, is not expected to be a major factor in the decision-making.)

http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/cbs...ason-no-mentalist-crazy-ones-or-intelligence/

 

[teachsac]

Like to know how it is being deemed a success. Ratings overall have been lower.

S~

 

[KAB]

Like to know how it is being deemed a success. Ratings overall have been lower.

S~

Yeh, I chuckled over that one.

 

[teachsac]

If it was a success, CBS would have picked it up with everything else.

 

[KAB]

Sunday night has quietly turned an outstanding night for television programming...very competitive.

Yep, I have to do some creative timer scheduling on Sun, between the nets and cable. Not sure about the quietly, though. Always been near the top of the week in my recent, and long term, memory.

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep, I have to do some creative timer scheduling on Sun, between the nets and cable.

6-tuner Roamio Pro cured my having to break-up recordings between the other Tivos. Sports, Movies, Broadcast/Cable series, it handles it all while streaming to android and iPad too.

 

[riffjim4069]

I must have missed that, cause the only thing on I find worth watching is the mentalist. What else is on?

Revenge, The Walking Dead, Resurrection and True Detective just concluded.

 

[riffjim4069]

Grey Water: Season 6, Episode 14

Sunday, 16 March 2014 (10:00 PM ET)

"Fischer and Jane investigate when a murder takes place at an oil fracking site; Ribsby and Van Pelt head to Austin when former CBI team members are targeted."

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