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    More and More Commercials

    However it is about the comparison, cable doing better than OTA. OTA is still doing poorly, and probably on the verge of a big decline in revenues from advertising. I said next year. The source is Leichtman Research Group (LRG), of Durham, N.H. It doesn't meant that they're not used to skip...
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    Broadcast Networks Programming Discussion Thread

    Week of November 7 Sunday, November 07, 2010 Finales: Eastbound and Down (HBO) Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Returns: Meet the Browns
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    I just watched Glee...

    Holy heck... that's insanely self-centered. You do realize, don't you, that the entertainment industry doesn't exist solely to serve you - you do know that right? And that you don't get to unilaterally determine the standards and criteria that everyone else must therefore use - you do know...
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    More and More Commercials

    You misread the article you quoted: That article is about a comparison between cable and over-the-air, with over-the-air on the losing side of the equation. Regardless, there is no pretense that we're already falling down the cliff. Experts and other industry-watchers are simply seeing the...
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    More and More Commercials

    We are never going to get television entertainment that is literally free, long-term. It will always paid-for, somehow, some way. Right now, it's primarily through commercials. Commercials are a really stupid way of paying for television entertainment, if you think about it. The money has to...
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    Fall Season: any new shows worth watching?

    New series our family is still watching (in order of consistency): No Ordinary Family, Event, Hawaii Five-0, Nikita.
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    Perhaps, or perhaps not. Either way, it has worked out well so far. So we can leave it at that.
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and we'll see how on-the-level you are about that. My wife and I felt that the characters were very well developed and we especially enjoyed how multidimensional some of the characters were, dealing with the conflicts between noble intentions and flaws...
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    It's a family name. :shrug: No doubt. Our family loves Glee, as well. Your question was phrased so sarcastically that it doesn't deserve a substantive reply. No one said you went wrong with your opinions. What I wrote speculated that perhaps some folks didn't like what the show was presenting...
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    Yes it was. Perhaps you simply didn't like what it made people think about.
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    Broadcast Networks Programming Discussion Thread

    Week of October 31 Sunday, October 31, 2010 Premiere: The Walking Dead (AMC)
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    Caprica was fine just the way it was. The problem is that people didn't watch, because too many of them just like shoot-'em-ups. That's pretty-much what the BSG prequel pilot they're working on recognizes. There evidently isn't a large enough audience for thoughtful and thought-provoking...
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    I just watched Glee...

    I loved last night's episode. The opening was mind-blowing. Chris Colfer as Riff-Raff was perfect. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris were excellent. Even Dianna Agron was good as a party-dancer. And Michele Lea as Janet was great as usual.
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    There is a difference between "reminding" and providing greater depth, and deeper insight into characters.
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    V: The Series (revisited)

    Don't confuse the issue with realities, Kevin. :)
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    I was referring to the lack of drama in the communication between the characters. I suppose they could add into the program some car chases and rifling of restaurants with automatic weaponry too, and that will be not-so-flat, but I don't really care for that kind of thing. I suppose this...
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    Caprica -- *** Series Cancelled ***

    Strange.... I thought this week's episode was one of the first sub-standard episodes. Specifically, the scenes with Zoe and Tamara were especially flat - I'm not sure about Genevieve Buechner, but I know I've seen Alessandra Torresani act much better than that. And while the whole Amanda...
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    V: The Series (revisited)

    No, that does not have to be what they're thinking. You shouldn't impose your own paranoia onto their actions. They have myriad considerations to factor-in, and other issues may have driven their decision. Again, don't read anything into this change in the number of episodes. If they say...
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    Broadcast Networks Programming Discussion Thread

    Week of October 24 Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Premieres: In Treatment (HBO) Finales: Melissa & Joey (ABC Family)
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    V: The Series (revisited)

    Don't read anything into this change in the number of episodes.
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    Flash Forward

    You're mistaken when you assume that there cannot be a source of information like that. There have been numerous analyses of the issue, and a review of a sample of the most credible ones can absolutely draw a reasonable and referrable conclusion. As I indicated earlier, if such a review was...
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    Flash Forward

    Is that an assumption? or do you have a source for that? Because my impression was that Fox, ABC and NBC (i.e., all the major OTA networks without Sumner Redstone as a major player) were all pretty-much the same in that regard.
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    I just watched Glee...

    No. There are myriad other possibilities. That's the point. I mentioned a couple (it's a stylistic choice; it's less expensive than doing multiple takes). Your assumptions along these lines are strange. How did autotune do you wrong?
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    Verizon Charges $3.50 Fee To Pay Them

    So they perhaps could be charging a little less than they're being charged. Interesting. I suspect, though, that Verizon is able to cut that down to $3.50 or perhaps even a little lower. Thanks for the detail.
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    I just watched Glee...

    The two are not mutually exclusive. There are a number of reasons why you would use such solutions even with the very best singers there are. It is likely a matter of stylistic preference and/or cost considerations. It sounds to me that some folks have unjustifiable and extreme animosity...