What? You thought Disney and NewsCorp would be able to agree on something as simple as the fate of the showbiz paradigm?
Cuz that’s what this really is, you know.
Category: News
munchman: An All Puppet episode of COMMUNITY?
The word from Nikke Fink is that COMMUNITY is promising an all-puppet episode in its entirely justified attempt to climb out of the ratings cellar. The idea is to use puppet versions of all the main characters plus a cameo from the real, non-puppet Jason Alexander.
We think this is a wonderful idea and might even tune in to see how it shapes up. Why do we say “might?” Well, it’s the, you know, Jason Alexander thing. Does anybody really want to see him, live or puppet-like, on their TV screen? Dead, OTOH.
The CW’s CULT Is No More
CULT, Rockne O’Bannon’s series about TV as, oh, the Devil, we suppose, is on its way out at The CW…and may well be history by the time you read this.
The show only managed a 0.3 rating in the 18 to 49 demo in its first two outings, which makes its cancellation justifiable homicide in any TV exec’s book.
munchman: Good News! Warner Bros Taking Web Series Pitches at SXSW
This just in from some Oh-So-Lovingly Nurtured, Possibly Reliable and Absolutely Anonymous Showbiz Sources (In other words, we got a press release and are translating it for ya):
Warner Bros. Television Group will make its SXSW Interactive Festival debut March 8–11, 2013 in Austin, Texas by popping up an immersive space — Warner Bros. Tell-A-Vision — dedicated to the art of storytelling. Changing frequently and posing a series of provocative questions to SXSWi attendees, Warner Bros. Tell-A-Vision will feature the high-powered humor of top comedy writer/producer and author Chuck Lorre (TV’s Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, the book What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Bitter, the powered-down afterworld of the hit NBC drama Revolution, yada yada….
Wait, wait, we know the pitch thing is here someplace. Ah:
Have TV Networks Come Up With an Answer to DVRs?
Once upon a time, time-shifting (that’s using a DVR for most of us) was looked upon as a savior because it was a way to keep audiences watching TV. Now, however, it’s a big problem because people watch without looking at commercials and the time-shifting thing makes it harder for networks to measure audience size and therefore convince ad buyers that their prices are right.
In other words, the only ones benefitting from the existence and use of DVRs are the viewers. And we can’t have that, can we? What to do? What to do?
