TV Executives Running out of new ideas

[jsu5381m]

If NBC wants to do a remake of Jake and The Fatman, they can hire Charlie Weiss after he gets fired from Notre Dame.

 

[Mark Giardina]

If NBC wants to do a remake of Jake and The Fatman, they can hire Charlie Weiss after he gets fired from Notre Dame.

Better yet get Andy Reid Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

He takes up more yardage than his defensive line.

 

[KeithE4]

If NBC wants to do a remake of Jake and The Fatman, they can hire Charlie Weiss after he gets fired from Notre Dame.

Better yet get Andy Reid Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

He takes up more yardage than his defensive line.

I was thinking Charles Barkley.

 

[quadraphonic]

I heard there are five cake shows on tv now.

 

[cspotrun]

If NBC wants to do a remake of Jake and The Fatman, they can hire Charlie Weiss after he gets fired from Notre Dame.

Better yet get Andy Reid Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

He takes up more yardage than his defensive line.

I was thinking Charles Barkley.

and that's just his HEAD!

 

[Markieo]

Why there's lot of new ideas out there! Let's see, how about a man who dresses as a woman during the day and dates his English girlfriend in the evening...oh wait, it's already been done.

How about two summer camps, one male and one female, and see what kind of scrapes the counselors and commanders get into...oh yea, that's been done too.

Here's the best one! A rich family owes the IRS millions of dollars and are forced to sell their belongings and only live in 8 rooms of their 50 room mansion! It's...that's another one.

Never mind...

Oh wait, How about something with chimps...

 

[jsu5381m]

I know this probably was done in the 50s, but how about celebrity pie throwing where you throw pies in celebrities faces? Hey, if we are going to have more lame reality shows, why not?

 

[JeeperOne]

How 'bout a remake of REAL PEOPLE??

Ohh wait.....That's been done too. Nevermind.

But then too, with all those Southern California police chases being plastered all over the news, how 'bout a remake of CHiPS or ADAM 12?? I dunno. Sounds like a winner to me. Ditto with DRAGNET (Now that's an oldie!)

Another good one would be a remake of HILL STREET BLUES. Hey, it turned NBC's fortunes around the first time (And a similar show named NYPD BLUE did the same thing for ABC). So why not? If you ask me, NBC doesn't have anything to lose but bad ratings.

Thoughts?

Cheers

 

[anotherguyTN]

But then too, with all those Southern California police chases being plastered all over the news, how 'bout a remake of CHiPS or ADAM 12?? I dunno. Sounds like a winner to me. Ditto with DRAGNET (Now that's an oldie!)

There was an attempt at a remake of Dragnet on ABC a few years back. It was originally called Dragnet but was changed to LA Dragnet. In any case it didn't last long.

 

[Mark Giardina]

There was an attempt at a remake of Dragnet on ABC a few years back. It was originally called Dragnet but was changed to LA Dragnet. In any case it didn't last long.

Ed O'Neil, formally of "Married with Children" starred in that brief series.

 

[azumanga]

There was an attempt at a remake of Dragnet on ABC a few years back. It was originally called Dragnet but was changed to LA Dragnet. In any case it didn't last long.

What killed it was that, when it became "LA Dragnet", its format changed from a step-by-step account of an investigation (similar to the Jack Webb original) to an ordinary, cookie-cutter crime series (just like almost everything else Dick Wolf produced).

 

[DToTheJ]

I heard there are five cake shows on tv now.

Need I remind everybody of the ultimate example of television duplicity...

Once "Millionaire" was burning up the ratings, all of a sudden, networks were conjuring up their own primetime game shows to compete with ABC. From "Greed" on Fox, to the Dick Clark-hosted "Winning Lines" on CBS... And I think "Weakest Link" on NBC also qualifies as a copycat, as well...

Then, you have the animated series boom of the 90's. When "The Simpsons" became popular, CBS countered with "Family Dog." (Not to be confused with "Family Guy," of course.) Then later in the decade, when Comedy Central's "South Park" was peaking, what did NBC come up with? "Stressed Eric." You remember "Stressed Eric," the primetime cartoon hyped in ads as "badder than Bart" and "spicier than South Park"? Puh-leeze. Oh, and don't forget "God, The Devil and Bob" from the same network.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

I heard there are five cake shows on tv now.

Need I remind everybody of the ultimate example of television duplicity...

Once "Millionaire" was burning up the ratings, all of a sudden, networks were conjuring up their own primetime game shows to compete with ABC. From "Greed" on Fox, to the Dick Clark-hosted "Winning Lines" on CBS... And I think "Weakest Link" on NBC also qualifies as a copycat, as well...

Could an argument also be made that "Millionaire" inadvertently contributed to the glut of reality shows that are now all too omnipresent on TV today? (dating back from Fox's ill-fated "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" in early 2000, then the first season of "Survivor" on CBS in summer 2000--and the rest is history).

 

[DToTheJ]

Nah, I credit "Survivor" solely for starting the reality snowball roll downhill...

 

[MarcB]

Could an argument also be made that "Millionaire" inadvertently contributed to the glut of reality shows that are now all too omnipresent on TV today?

No. Millionaire is a game show, not a reality show. *buzz* Thank-you for playing. ;D

 

[imhomerjay]

What killed it was that, when it became "LA Dragnet", its format changed from a step-by-step account of an investigation (similar to the Jack Webb original) to an ordinary, cookie-cutter crime series (just like almost everything else Dick Wolf produced).

Being dumped on Saturday nights towards the end of the line for (original) scripted fare on that night on broadcast TV wasn't exactly a boost.

That said, if the show had been a hit, instead of an on-the-bubble performer, in its first season, it might well not have changed in the first place.

 

[Robnoxious]

Could an argument also be made that "Millionaire" inadvertently contributed to the glut of reality shows that are now all too omnipresent on TV today?

No. Millionaire is a game show, not a reality show. *buzz* Thank-you for playing. ;D

Don't just *buzz* him out.

Give him the horns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

 

[MarkLaRoi]

"Burn Notice" has been a stand out show for me. There may have been a predecessor, but I can't think of it. "Surface" was another great opportunity missed. "Fringe", while really nothing more than a ramped up "X-Files" is much better at delivering the punch than X-files ever was.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Why there's lot of new ideas out there! Let's see, how about a man who dresses as a woman during the day and dates his English girlfriend in the evening...oh wait, it's already been done.

How about two summer camps, one male and one female, and see what kind of scrapes the counselors and commanders get into...oh yea, that's been done too.

Here's the best one! A rich family owes the IRS millions of dollars and are forced to sell their belongings and only live in 8 rooms of their 50 room mansion! It's...that's another one.

Never mind...

Oh wait, How about something with chimps...

"Desperate Housewives" did that.

Hey, maybe "Today" could ...

 

[vchimpanzee]

Yet ABC canceled “Defying Gravity" after just three episodes because of the cost

Eight episodes. I was sorry to read there were five more we didn't see.

Okay what about Superman? Oops forgot about Smallville. (Apparently so did most of that show's audience since its debut 9 years ago, according to the ratings).

It's not about Superman. The CW message boards are full of posters who say this Clark Kent will never be Superman. It is truly a different take on the legend.