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TV Show Cancellation Thread (including ending ones)

crainbebo said:
Bailout, which was what happened. I was really hoping for a TV-history breaking moment....but perhaps she took the offer in good taste knowing there were what? a dozen Back to Zero's that would end the game?
However their ratings are falling - reruns of The Wall are destroying them on Thursday nights. NBC allegedly taped 20 new 'Wall' episodes but with the sexual harassment case that happened against Chris Hardwick, they haven't tried to air them. I believe Chris was cleared of wrongdoing. They BOTH got 0.5/3 in the ratings but in terms of viewer count, The Wall had 3.4 million vs. Spin the Wheel's 2.43. Beat Shazam had 100,000 more viewers on Mon night, a 0.6/4 share, and they only give away up to $1,000,000. But there's no wheel involved, no 'scripted' message and conversation from the family member, etc etc. That's what I don't like about STW and The Wall. The endings look so scripted...
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This past Thursday's rerun of The Wall was preempted in Detroit by an Operation Smile infomercial. They're talking about it here: https://mibuzzboard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47877
 
mvcg66b3r said:
This past Thursday's rerun of The Wall was preempted in Detroit by an Operation Smile infomercial. They're talking about it here: https://mibuzzboard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47877
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WDIV gives no hoots when it comes to pre-empting primetime. When the Detroit Grand Prix was going on, they pre-empted Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for a special about it, and rather than air them in late-night or not at all, they decided to air them in the 8 PM hour, pre-empting the first part of the two-part season finale of Blindspot. This affected fans not only in Detroit, but parts of Canada as well, since some providers have WDIV for NBC programming.
 
WheelRob said:
WDIV gives no hoots when it comes to pre-empting primetime. When the Detroit Grand Prix was going on, they pre-empted Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for a special about it, and rather than air them in late-night or not at all, they decided to air them in the 8 PM hour, pre-empting the first part of the two-part season finale of Blindspot. This affected fans not only in Detroit, but parts of Canada as well, since some providers have WDIV for NBC programming.
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Yeah because wheel of fortune isnt even important compared to the bachelor or survivor so thats probably why they broke into that show for grand prix coverage.
 
kidrauhl said:
Yeah because wheel of fortune isnt even importan compared to the bachelor or survivor so thats probably why they broke into that show for grand prix coverage.
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Also they know their target audience is probably not gonna give a hoot about those shows either.
 
kidrauhl said:
Yeah because wheel of fortune isnt even important compared to the bachelor or survivor so thats probably why they broke into that show for grand prix coverage.
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WDIV had a profitable, local sponsorship deal to air the Grand Prix special. They cleared WoF and Jeopardy! on a subchannel.
 
anotherguy said:
Yes that was on Spin the Wheel. The top spot on the wheel is $3 million and they supposedly claim that the potential winnings could be $23 million, but it's not very likely to happen. Most players will never hit anywhere near that, or will take the bailout offer.
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Thatd be kind of funny if somebody actually wins the 23 million prize NBC would be screwed.
 
https://www.thewrap.com/designated-survivor-tuca-and-bertie-canceled-at-netflix/

Netflix cancels more shows

“Designated Survivor” and “Tuca & Bertie” have both been canceled by Netflix after one season each at the streamer.

For the Kiefer Sutherland-led political thriller, this marks the second time it’s gotten the chop. The first two seasons ran on its original network home, ABC, with Netflix announcing plans to revive the show last fall. The show’s third season debuted on the streamer last month.

“We are proud to have offered fans a third season of ‘Designated Survivor,’ and will continue to carry all three seasons for years to come,” Netflix said in a statement. “We’re especially thankful to star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland, who brought passion, dedication and an unforgettable performance as President Kirkman. We’re also grateful to showrunner/executive producer Neal Bear for his guiding vision and steady hand, creator/executive producer David Guggenheim and EPs Mark Gordon, Suzan Bymel, Simon Kinberg, Aditya Sood and Peter Noah along with the cast and crew who crafted a compelling and satisfying final season.”
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kidrauhl said:
You can but insurance on game show prizes ? I didnt ever hear about gsn doing that and they been giving about prizes for like twenty years.
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Radio and TV have bought insurance for contests that have low probability of actually awarding the maximum prize for decades.

It is done when there is are one or more big prizes that have very low chances of being won.

The idea is that the broadcaster determines the maximum amount they want to pay in actual prizes, and an insurance company analyzes the odds against winning anything larger based on the contest and its rules and quotes a policy that is proportionally less expensive than the actual big prize.

Let's say there is a $1 million prize, but the odds are 50,000 to 1 against anyone winning. The insurance would not cost be in proportion to a millionth part of the value but on a table of overall probabilities of similar contests. So the station might pay $10,000 to $20,000 for the policy (that was the range "back in the day" when I looked at insuring a big radio contest)... just as an example.

The station pays a percentage of the "big prize" amount as insurance, whether there is a winner or not. If there is a winner, the insurance pays it.
 
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I learned something about game show prizes today from DavidEduardo. I wonder what the insurance rates and rewards were to ABC when nine people won $1,000,000 on Millionaire (and two of them won over a million in the progressive jackpot stage)? Because it happened so much, did they get more or less from insurance?
Then what about Fox's Beat Shazam for example? They've had three millionaires since going on the air - but it's a team show. The team splits the $1,000,000 after the taxes and lump-sum and whatnot. To me it just seems easier to win a huge amount of money as long as you know song titles and genres!
Speaking of, they hit a series low 0.5 last Monday, against a huge Bachelorette finale part 1. I hope Fox isn't too upset about that. Should be getting status on a possible season 4 in a few weeks. Same with Spin the Wheel on Thursdays, staying mainly at 0.5's. Last two weeks I haven't even bothered to watch - and the last two weeks they've hit Back to Zero's at the end and walked away with nothing because their partner didn't take an offer. Also it's too close to 'The Wall' in gameplay, energy, even them ACTING at the end...
 
crainbebo said:
I learned something about game show prizes today from DavidEduardo. I wonder what the insurance rates and rewards were to ABC when nine people won $1,000,000 on Millionaire (and two of them won over a million in the progressive jackpot stage)? Because it happened so much, did they get more or less from insurance?
Then what about Fox's Beat Shazam for example? They've had three millionaires since going on the air - but it's a team show. The team splits the $1,000,000 after the taxes and lump-sum and whatnot. To me it just seems easier to win a huge amount of money as long as you know song titles and genres!
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Like anything involving insurance; the more you file a claim, the higher your premiums become.

The typical process involves the insurance company bringing in auditors to review each and every episode the million dollar contestant participated-in to make sure there were no mistakes or shenanigans involved. Unfortunately this process can take months, or even well over a year. Even then, when signing all the paperwork before their appearance on the show, the contestants usually agree to the option of receiving their winnings in installments, including all the federal and state taxes being removed in advance.
 


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