Comments on: Burn Notice… bad news week

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:29:40 +0000

All I can say Is Ch 10 will loose me to Foxtel and Ill look for Burn notice on DVD

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:55:29 +0000

Do they ever wonder why some shows just rate bad? It’s because people know not to rely on the networks for their fave shows!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:26:58 +0000

Oh well…you had your chance 10. It was simple enough just to screen the show and make fans happy but that just seems beyond you. Back to the internet it is. Now don’t cry foul that you are getting killed in the ratings…

By: Neon Kitten

Neon Kitten — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:52:06 +0000

Sigh.

(Contacts ISP to upgrade to a 200GB download plan…)

By: Dakota

Dakota — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:20:36 +0000

I’m just happy GNW Is coming back, at least with Burn Notice you can just download it if you really want to see it – GNW is Aussie so we’re only able to see it when it airs here on Ten. So excited to have them back again – I just hope they promote it and it rates ok in a 9.30pm timeslot. If I recall Mondays at 9.30 was where it was initially buried all those years ago when they axed it

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:20:35 +0000

Dear Channels 10 (9 and 7 too),

If you want to stop people downloading TV from the internet: STOP MESSING WITH THE SCHEDULING.

By: Benno

Benno — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:02:43 +0000

Another reason i think fringe went worse than expected last week (aside from years of mistreatment of their programs) is that within 3 days, 60 minutes went 10-12 minutes overtime, and people expected kitchen nightmares and csi ny – replaced at last minute by a repeat movie. I think they will have to somehow sacrifice a bit of themselves in the ratings to regain credibility of a trusted network. With the fall season officially starting this week, they’d better get their act together and make people trust them again as people have many alternatives. New episodes of heroes, prison break, how i met your mother, and big bang theory sound good this week.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:09:32 +0000

With those sort of ratings, I really can’t blame 10 – every other commercial channel would have done the same long before this. However bumping or shuffling it to another night would help appease viewers who have stuck with it. It would also help convince viewers that new shows are worth investing time because they won’t be yanked off the air mid season.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:59:40 +0000

Well ch10 dropped Rules of Engagement 3 eps before the season final ’cause it had no more Back to You to support it.

IMO they need to define what fast tracking is, will ch7 promote Prison Break as fast track when it’s over a month since it aired in the US. At the beginning of the year they promised to fast track Desperate, Greys and B&S but those shows look like they won’t come up until Feb 09.

Haven’t the networks learned viewer are not idiots, they will fin what they want to see, when they want it not months or years later!

By: Benno

Benno — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:09:24 +0000

Since no-one has explicitly defined a fast-track, and it will always be relative, i think yes it can be counted. Although not fast enough with spoilers abound on the internet, combined with their inconsistent scheduling and timing.

Here I was thinking 10 was trying to regain credibility yesterday by playing the last 3 eps. How wrong I was.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:07:47 +0000

Meh… It’s a great show, one of my faves, but when it pulls numbers like that what the hell do people expect?

Seriously… those figures make “Taken Out” seem like a success.

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:55:23 +0000

GNW did around 900,000 every week when it was up against Des H.Wives and Sea Patrol. BTW, I watched the Heroes double episode premiere. It kicked ass. The show we know and love is well and truly back. Its fantastic

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:41:05 +0000

Rating wise I can understand why they are doing it but eps 8 & 9 are the 2 last eps before it returns in the US in January.

David how did GNW do the last time it was on?

Guess this means back to the old BT friend…

OT – I just did the math and realised Heroes will be more than 2 weeks old by the time it airs on ch7, is that fast tracking?

By: Southpatt

Southpatt — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:52:07 +0000

Insert standard comment re poor programming and sourcing elsewhere !

By: Zambora

Zambora — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:19:50 +0000

Fair dinkum Ten.

Get into your thickhead that viewers want continuity not run for 2 weeks then disappear for weeks then back on then off again.

Ten,Nine,Seven take note.

You ask viewers for loyalty to your shows.
How about you being loyal to us.

Or is that just too hard.
Little wonder that viewers desert your shows and bombard sites like this voicing disapproval.Wish there was “Set criteria” that says ALL SHOWS must be seen for 4 continuous weeks/days before can be dropped/moved out of schedule.
I wish someone would make these muppets at networks called programmers accountable.

P.S. Waits next media spin from networks, due to shuffling,time restraints,live events,unforeseen circumstances etc…