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Is Network TV going the radio playlist.

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apco25

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I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone wonders like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward to Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is a rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows then ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a continuing series when there's so much reruns in between the actual series run.
They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then 3 reruns in a row.
They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new one or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago. It's becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting ridiculous.
 
> I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone wonders
> like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward to
> Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is a
> rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows then
> ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a continuing
> series when there's so much reruns in between the actual
> series run.
> They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then 3
> reruns in a row.
> They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new one
> or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago. It's
> becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of
> re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting
> ridiculous.
>
Production costs are through the roof for most 1 hour shows and they are lucky to get 20 or so in the can a year. 3 months of sweeps is 12 episodes right there leaving about 10 for the rest of the year. Lost manages to get a lot of repeat viewers and there are always people who missed the program the first time around.

I wonder if this is what makes reality TV more interesting to people. It is always a new episode on Survivor and American Idol. The number one reason I watch those shows is becasue my regular show is in repeatsville.

At a bare minimum a show should have 32 episodes a year. If you play repeats all summer (16 weeks) then you only need to cover 36 weeks.
 
> > I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone
> wonders
> > like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward
> to
> > Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is
> a
> > rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows
> then
> > ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a
> continuing
> > series when there's so much reruns in between the actual
> > series run.
> > They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then
> 3
> > reruns in a row.
> > They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new
> one
> > or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago.
> It's
> > becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of
> > re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting
> > ridiculous.
> >
> Production costs are through the roof for most 1 hour shows
> and they are lucky to get 20 or so in the can a year. 3
> months of sweeps is 12 episodes right there leaving about 10
> for the rest of the year. Lost manages to get a lot of
> repeat viewers and there are always people who missed the
> program the first time around.
>
> I wonder if this is what makes reality TV more interesting
> to people. It is always a new episode on Survivor and
> American Idol. The number one reason I watch those shows is
> becasue my regular show is in repeatsville.
>
> At a bare minimum a show should have 32 episodes a year. If
> you play repeats all summer (16 weeks) then you only need to
> cover 36 weeks.
>
I think its because of reality TV crap like american idol, there so much like a special event that networks just don't want to do regulur programs<P ID="signature">______________
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> > I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone
> wonders
> > like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward
> to
> > Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is
> a
> > rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows
> then
> > ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a
> continuing
> > series when there's so much reruns in between the actual
> > series run.
> > They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then
> 3
> > reruns in a row.
> > They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new
> one
> > or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago.
> It's
> > becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of
> > re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting
> > ridiculous.
> >
> Production costs are through the roof for most 1 hour shows
> and they are lucky to get 20 or so in the can a year. 3
> months of sweeps is 12 episodes right there leaving about 10
> for the rest of the year. Lost manages to get a lot of
> repeat viewers and there are always people who missed the
> program the first time around.
>
> I wonder if this is what makes reality TV more interesting
> to people. It is always a new episode on Survivor and
> American Idol. The number one reason I watch those shows is
> becasue my regular show is in repeatsville.
>
> At a bare minimum a show should have 32 episodes a year. If
> you play repeats all summer (16 weeks) then you only need to
> cover 36 weeks.
>

Wouldn't it make more sense to make 18-20 and run them in order twice? Shows with a continuing story like Lost, 24, or Despearate Housewives would really benefit from this. The hardcore fans would watch anyway and those who missed out the first time around would have a chance to catch it again from the beginning.
 
> I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone wonders
> like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward to
> Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is a
> rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows then
> ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a continuing
> series when there's so much reruns in between the actual
> series run.
> They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then 3
> reruns in a row.
> They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new one
> or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago. It's
> becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of
> re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting
> ridiculous.
>
A major offender in recent years has been Saturday Night Live. They do 2 weeks live, then are in reruns for 3 or 4 weeks! During the period of, and before the olympics, we didn't see a fresh SNL for several weeks. As a result, the whole Cheney shooting thing was lost on them - it was already very old news before they were "live" again.

That's not the only example - this show seems to take 3 of every 4 non-sweeps weeks off. It's live! How expensive can it be? Leno and Letterman manage to crank out new material almost every night - why can't SNL keep out of reruns for most of the season?

If memory serves, there were not nearly so many reruns of SNL during the TV season (i.e. NOW) back in the 70's and 80's.

Naturally, there are numerous other offenders out there - but SNL is an extreme and obvious case.
 
Fox is onto something with running 24's season non-stop. The ratings have been much better since they started the seasons in January. Maybe more dramas will move into the two-seasons a year type programming. The WB was known to run most shows with new episodes for 6-8 weeks and then have a month of reruns.
 
> > I usually don't post on this board....but if anyone
> wonders
> > like me, what's going on with Network TV? I look forward
> to
> > Wednesdays to find out, another beloved night of "Lost" is
> a
> > rerun again. I never seen so much more reruns of shows
> then
> > ever before. How can anyone stay in touch with a
> continuing
> > series when there's so much reruns in between the actual
> > series run.
> > They seem to run maybe 1-2 new ones average a month, then
> 3
> > reruns in a row.
> > They seem to do this with other shows too.... run a new
> one
> > or two, then rerun a episode that was on 2-4 weeks ago.
> It's
> > becoming to look like a clear channel radio playlist of
> > re-currents. Especially on the top shows. This is getting
> > ridiculous.
> >
> A major offender in recent years has been Saturday Night
> Live. They do 2 weeks live, then are in reruns for 3 or 4
> weeks! During the period of, and before the olympics, we
> didn't see a fresh SNL for several weeks. As a result, the
> whole Cheney shooting thing was lost on them - it was
> already very old news before they were "live" again.
>
> That's not the only example - this show seems to take 3 of
> every 4 non-sweeps weeks off. It's live! How expensive can
> it be? Leno and Letterman manage to crank out new material
> almost every night - why can't SNL keep out of reruns for
> most of the season?
>
> If memory serves, there were not nearly so many reruns of
> SNL during the TV season (i.e. NOW) back in the 70's and
> 80's.
>
> Naturally, there are numerous other offenders out there -
> but SNL is an extreme and obvious case.
>
That's because in recent years, NBC has slashed SNL's production to a near "Saturday Morning" budget (13 weeks). I think they are down to 18 eps per season.
 
An Explination... from EW.com

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for a new episode of Lost... Oh, wait. No it's not. Not tonight, at least. Tonight is... another repeat! Apparently, for many Lost fans, waiting really is the hardest part. Writes Mark Morrison: ''Do you think that the producers of the show are concerned with the fact that they have WAY too many reruns? I have spoken with many Lost fans who say they are getting more and more aggravated by this all the time.''


Well, I suppose I can offer my two cents... but let's ask the producers themselves.




''We wish we could run the show in one continuous block,'' says exec producer Carlton Cuse. ''Unfortunately, we can't physically produce more than the 24 hours of the show we produce each season. Those 24 episodes have to spead across the entire 35-week TV season. The network needs originals at key times, like premiere week and during the three sweeps periods. The show is too valuable to the overall ratings picture of the network to run it out in one block. Therefore, massive repeats. We are victims of the way the TV season lays out. We feel our viewers' pain because we experience it ourselves.''


Adds Lost executive producer Damon Lindelof: ''The rerun issue is as frustrating for us as it is for the fans. The reason a show like 24 can run straight through is that it begins in January. ABC ultimately makes the call as to how Lost is aired and they have chosen to make sure we run original eps through every sweeps period (November, February, May) in addition to launching our season in September so the fans don't have to wait an extra four months for new episodes. We can only make so many eps a season, so the basic math works out in favor of TOO MANY RERUNS! It ain't great, but it is what it is.''


At the very least, let's hope good things come to Lost fans who wait. Patiently, or otherwise.
 
Re: An Explination... from EW.com

> It's Wednesday, which means it's time for a new episode of
> Lost... Oh, wait. No it's not. Not tonight, at least.
> Tonight is... another repeat! Apparently, for many Lost
> fans, waiting really is the hardest part. Writes Mark
> Morrison: ''Do you think that the producers of the show are
> concerned with the fact that they have WAY too many reruns?
> I have spoken with many Lost fans who say they are getting
> more and more aggravated by this all the time.''
>
>
> Well, I suppose I can offer my two cents... but let's ask
> the producers themselves.
>
>
>
>
> ''We wish we could run the show in one continuous block,''
> says exec producer Carlton Cuse. ''Unfortunately, we can't
> physically produce more than the 24 hours of the show we
> produce each season. Those 24 episodes have to spead across
> the entire 35-week TV season. The network needs originals at
> key times, like premiere week and during the three sweeps
> periods. The show is too valuable to the overall ratings
> picture of the network to run it out in one block.
> Therefore, massive repeats. We are victims of the way the TV
> season lays out. We feel our viewers' pain because we
> experience it ourselves.''
>
>
> Adds Lost executive producer Damon Lindelof: ''The rerun
> issue is as frustrating for us as it is for the fans. The
> reason a show like 24 can run straight through is that it
> begins in January. ABC ultimately makes the call as to how
> Lost is aired and they have chosen to make sure we run
> original eps through every sweeps period (November,
> February, May) in addition to launching our season in
> September so the fans don't have to wait an extra four
> months for new episodes. We can only make so many eps a
> season, so the basic math works out in favor of TOO MANY
> RERUNS! It ain't great, but it is what it is.''
>
>
> At the very least, let's hope good things come to Lost fans
> who wait. Patiently, or otherwise.
>


Sounds like a logical explanation to me. But I remember prime TV season started in mid Sept. and ran until early April for most series. Plus they ran 39 new episodes a season, then as the 70's came, it got cut to 32, then 27 as time went on, and now your lucky if you get to 20 episodes these days. Plus the last 15 years expanding the season to May doesn't help.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by apco25 on 03/17/06 05:28 AM.</FONT></P>
 
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