Fall TV hits and misses

[big dog cowboy]

Fall TV hits and misses
Friday, September, 23, 2011, 6:23 PM

Fall TV's big premiere week is winding down and viewers have sampled most of the new series the networks are offering this year. So let's take a look back and see which new shows appear to be hits right out of the gate — and which shows missed the mark completely.

Hits:
"New Girl"
"2 Broke Girls"
"Up All Night"
"The Secret Circle"
"Revenge"

Mises:
"The X Factor"
"Free Agents"
"The Playboy Club"
"H8R"

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[Cowboy Brian]

X Factor drew another 4.3 rating, how was it a bust?

 

[Dallas]

X Factor drew another 4.3 rating, how was it a bust?

I think it was a bust for BDC. The show has to do better. If it doesn't fix some things, it won't carry 4.3 all of the time.

Simon needs to get a little tougher. His whole caring thing isn't going over very well. The softy schtick just isn't selling w/ viewers.

They should be more serious about the talent and should interact w/ the talent a bit more seriously. Make it fun but try and be more professional.

Some of these acts seem staged, no pun intended.

 

[big dog cowboy]

X Factor drew another 4.3 rating, how was it a bust?

Did you read the article? Once again, you are WAY to hooked on ratings.

 

[bbgun]

Whitney sucked. Gave up on it halfway through.

 

[Faerluna]

Whitney sucked. Gave up on it halfway through.

The commercials annoyed me so much I didn't want to even try watching it.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Did you read the article? Once again, you are WAY to hooked on ratings.

A show could show a dancing turtle for 3 hours, and if it draws a 4.9 rating it will be renewed.

It really just comes down to that. I hate all reality shows, so I don't care whats wrong with the show. 4.3, it'll probably settle in the mid 3's, House is the flagship non-reality show for FOX and it draws 2.9-3.4.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Whitney sucked. Gave up on it halfway through.

Pretty much what I did with the New Girl

 

[Cythim]

A show could show a dancing turtle for 3 hours, and if it draws a 4.9 rating it will be renewed.

It really just comes down to that. I hate all reality shows, so I don't care whats wrong with the show. 4.3, it'll probably settle in the mid 3's, House is the flagship non-reality show for FOX and it draws 2.9-3.4.

"MISS: Sure, 12 million viewers is nothing to sneeze at, but "The X Factor" creator Simon Cowell himself told The Hollywood Reporter that anything less than 20 million would be considered a disappointment. By comparison, "American Idol's" first Cowell-free season bowed in January to more than 26 million viewers, and although NBC's "The Voice" trailed slightly behind "Factor" in overall eyeballs, it performed better in the all-important 18-49 demo."

 

[Eric_Boyer]

Whitney sucked. Gave up on it halfway through.

I gave up the second I heard the idiotic laugh track

 

[bbgun]

I gave up the second I heard the idiotic laugh track

It's supposedly filmed before a live audience. So either they found a brain-dead crowd that would laugh at anything, or they digitally enhanced the laughter in post-production.

 

[Alumni2k11]

I saw the Playboy Club pilot episode on Monday. It was ok, but nothing great.

 

[big dog cowboy]

"MISS: Sure, 12 million viewers is nothing to sneeze at, but "The X Factor" creator Simon Cowell himself told The Hollywood Reporter that anything less than 20 million would be considered a disappointment.

But it had a 4.9 rating!!!


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