Dexter tease on CBS

[peplaw06]

So during the Pats-Chargers game, they just showed that Dexter is moving to CBS, premiering on Feb. 17. We had discussed this in the other Dexter thread as a possibility, but I guess now it's official.

This is gonna make me sick.uke:

 

[peplaw06]

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0734120120080108

CBS to borrow "Dexter" from Showtime



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS, seeking to fill programming holes left by the writers' strike, said on Monday it will rerun the entire first season of the crime drama "Dexter" from Showtime, its sister cable channel, starting next month.

"Dexter," which stars Michael C. Hall (formerly of HBO's "Six Feet Under") as a police forensics investigator who moonlights as a serial killer, will make its CBS debut on February 17 and air for 12 consecutive Sunday broadcasts.

Rival network NBC, a unit of General Electric Co, said last month that it will recycle episodes of "Monk" and "Psych" from its sibling cable outlet, the USA Network, beginning in March.

But the move of "Dexter" to CBS marks the first time that a full season of a pay-cable series has made the transition to commercial television, the network said.

The nine-week-old screenwriters strike against major studios has brought production on all prime-time scripted series to a halt. That has left broadcast networks with a shortage of original dramas and comedies to put on the air this year as their stockpile of newly produced episodes runs low.

Starting this month, the networks have turned to a bigger-than-usual supply of reality shows and reruns to pick up much of the programming slack. NBC drew strong ratings with Sunday's two-hour debut of its new reality contest show "American Gladiators."

But broadcasters are trying hard to keep some fresh scripted offerings on the air. In addition to "Dexter," CBS is considering borrowing the series "Weeds," about a pot-dealing mom, from Showtime as well.

Reuters/Nielsen

 

[Nors]

They are also plugging Big Brother also
Just slipped in a Jericho 02-12-08 plug also just now!

 

[Rack]

It's only reruns. Not the "real thing".

 

[peplaw06]

It's only reruns. Not the "real thing".

Yet....

 

[smarta5150]

This show would be terrible on CBS.

It needs the rated-R feel to it.

 

[Rack]

Yet....

Showtime isn't gonna "give away" the best show on their network.

CBS only bought syndicated episodes (aka Reruns). The new eps will still be on showtime.


If I'm wrong, then Dexter just lost another viewer (I'm sure it'll be more like thousands of viewers).

 

[peplaw06]

Showtime isn't gonna "give away" the best show on their network.

CBS only bought syndicated episodes (aka Reruns). The new eps will still be on showtime.


If I'm wrong, then Dexter just lost another viewer (I'm sure it'll be more like thousands of viewers).

Showtime is owned by the same company that owns CBS. They're not "giving away" anything.

If Dexter does well on CBS, do you really think they'll put it back on Showtime, where it can get it's 1.4 million viewers?

I don't know if it will do well though. I don't expect it to be the same show it was on Showtime. But if it does do well, kiss the old Dexter goodbye.

 

[WoodysGirl]

NBC kinda did something similar with its Law & Order CI show. At the start of the 2007, they moved it to USA. All their new shows were showed there. Only SVU and the original L & O were on NBC. Well, with the writer's strike, they moved the CI show back to NBC and is marketing it as all-new episodes.

I've never watched Dexter, but it is definitely interesting to see how the networks are scrambling to come up with programming.