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"West Wing" To End In May

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In a move that's not very surprising (given that first, the fictional president on the show is nearing the end of his term, and secondly, this year's dip in ratings after the move from Wednesdays to Sundays), NBC has announced that "West Wing" will come to an end in May at the end of it's seventh season.

The final episode will air May 14th. My guess is that the final scene of the final episode will be the swearing-in of the successor to the President Bartlett character.

Even if "West Wing"'s ratings were still as strong as they were during the show's first six seasons, this May might have been the end of the series anyway, given that the fictional Bartlett administration was about to end. The end of the Bartlett era would, from a plot standpoint, have been an ideal time to wrap-up the series.

This is an AP story, via Breit Bart.com reporting on "West Wing"'s cancellation.
 
> In a move that's not very surprising (given that first, the
> fictional president on the show is nearing the end of his
> term, and secondly, this year's dip in ratings after the
> move from Wednesdays to Sundays), NBC has announced that
> "West Wing" will come to an end in May at the end of it's
> seventh season.

I didn't actually watch that show much, but just have to ask...when did that show "Jump the shark"?<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
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even more interesting in that article

> In a move that's not very surprising (given that first, the
> fictional president on the show is nearing the end of his
> term, and secondly, this year's dip in ratings after the
> move from Wednesdays to Sundays), NBC has announced that
> "West Wing" will come to an end in May at the end of it's
> seventh season.
>
NBC is moving "Law & Order" up an hour, to 9 eastern (up against "Lost"), Las Vegas is moving to Fridays (Dick Wolf's newest project will debut there as well), and "The Apprentice" is moving to Monday, right after "Deal or No Deal" (which I really enjoyed but am wondering if it would work best as a sweeps stunt, like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" did.) The real question here though, is "Could this be the beginning of the end for the Law & Order franchise"? Discuss
 
> > In a move that's not very surprising (given that first,
> the
> > fictional president on the show is nearing the end of his
> > term, and secondly, this year's dip in ratings after the
> > move from Wednesdays to Sundays), NBC has announced that
> > "West Wing" will come to an end in May at the end of it's
> > seventh season.
>
> I didn't actually watch that show much, but just have to
> ask...when did that show "Jump the shark"?
>
I'm not suprised by this at all. The West Wing was dead when Rob Lowe and
Aaron Sorkin left. I'm more concern about Law & Order which I will used for
another post shortly. With the NFL back on NBC, who needs drama's?

I mean NBC could use the night to go TV Movie-Miniseries crazy ala CBS
(BECAUSE BOTH CBS AND NBC CAN'T BEAT DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES EVEN IF STEWIE
GRIFFITH MADE A CAMEO ON BOTH NETWORKS)

As far as the Apprentice moving to Monday goes, I like it.

Las Vegas wasn't getting it done on Mondays.

I see this move similar to when NBC moved Law & Order SVU from Mondays

to Fridays during midway in the first season.

These moves might work as The Apprentice blends well with what ABC is doing

on Monday's with Wife Swap. And I'm still mad at CBS for moving Still Standing

to Wednesday's to go up with well I don't know, AMERICAN IDOL.

So I hope this works well with NBC.
 
Re: even more interesting in that article

> > In a move that's not very surprising (given that first,
> the
> > fictional president on the show is nearing the end of his
> > term, and secondly, this year's dip in ratings after the
> > move from Wednesdays to Sundays), NBC has announced that
> > "West Wing" will come to an end in May at the end of it's
> > seventh season.
> >
> NBC is moving "Law & Order" up an hour, to 9 eastern (up
> against "Lost")

I have a feeling there won't be much competition. Lost is currently such a hot show, L+O would probably not beat them. Just my instinct.

>Las Vegas is moving to Fridays

Not a smart move. Friday is not a hot TV viewing night.

>and "The Apprentice" is moving to Monday, right after "Deal or No
> Deal"

Interesting. I think it will still do pretty well, but it might be a risky move. Wasn't the Apprentice on Thursday nights at 8? This will mean less competition for Survivor. Although, is the NBC comedy block now on Thursdays?




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<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by radiolover78 on 01/22/06 10:54 PM.</FONT></P>
 
><font color=green> "When did it jump the shark?" The assasination attempt from a hotel, where the Pres was crossing the street. Security was ridiculous. A very good run, all dramas should end after 6+ years.
Costly programing like WW is going to be even less frequent,with stuff like "dancing with the stars" going on the air for peanuts.</font>
 
Re: even more interesting in that article

Radiolover78 asked:

> Wasn't "The Apprentice" on Thursday
> nights at 8? This will mean less competition for Survivor.
> Although, is the NBC comedy block now on Thursdays?

"The Apprentice:Donald Trump" has until now been seen on Thursdays at 9 P.M. ET/PT, whereas "Survivor" is seen at 8 ET/PT.

The reason, from what I heard, as to why "Appentice" is at 9 is becaue both it and "Survivor" are produced by Mark Burnett and he insisted that the two shows not go head-to-head against each other.
 
It is true that an episode of the most-expensive-to-produce hour-long reality show costs much less to produce than an episode of the least-expensive-ro-produce dramatic series or two episodes of the least-expensive-to-produce situation comedy series.

Networks usually recoup the costs of producing or purchasing a reality show from commercial time they sell for the first broadcast of the show. By contrast, most scripted entertainment programs cost so much to produce that networks seldom recoup the costs of producing or buying the show from commercials sold for the first broadcast of the show. That's why you see so many reruns. Revenue from commercials seen on reruns is the only way the networks can fully recoup the costs of acquiring most scripted series.
 
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