ABC Cancels Tim Allen Comedy "Last Man Standing"... <i>Despite High Ratings</i>

ABC Cancels Tim Allen Comedy "Last Man Standing"... Despite High Ratings

No politics here at ABC/Disney/Marvel/ESPN.

The cancellation came as a shock for many fans considering the show's high ratings. Deadline reports the sitcom was the network's second-highest comedy this season and averaged 8.1 million viewers, just behind "Modern Family," which averaged 8.7 million viewers this season and was recently renewed for two more seasons. It was also ABC's third highest watched scripted series behind "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Modern Family."
So why was the show killed?
Some fans speculated it was due to the show's conservative slant.

ABC denies that politics informed the decision, though they admit, this was a hard choice, given that the show was a "steady performer."

They're claiming they're just not doing comedies on Friday nights any longer -- making Friday night all about its poor-performing, in-danger-of-being-cancelled-every-year Agents of SHIELD and its new (8-12 episode) Inhumans series, and I guess they can't find any room in their schedule on other nights for their third highest watched series.

"'Last Man Standing' was a challenging one for me, because it was a steady performer,” said Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment President. "Once we made the decision not to continue with comedy on Friday, it was just kind of that's where we landed."
...
Dungey said she used the same criteria in considering the future of "Last Man Standing" as she did in examining what to do with other canceled series, like "The Catch," "The Real O’Neals," and "American Crime."

Except those shows were not the network's third highest rated show.

She also said studio ownership, future creative direction, ratings and viewer engagement were factors she considered in making her decision.

What does that mean? "Future creative direction"? Does she mean that they're taking ABC on the same path as ESPN, where no conservatives are welcome either on TV or in front of it?

I wonder what "viewer engagement" means -- I have a feeling they mean people don't tweet about the show. Instead, they do this bizarre thing called Actually Watching the Show.

Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years. #lastmanstanding
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) May 16, 2017

I think it would stun and blindside ABC to sell the show to a competitor network only on the condition that it be put up against Modern Family or the on-life-support Agents of WHO CARES.

Posted by: Ace at 01:24 PM

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1 It's so Red!

Posted by: LASue at May 16, 2017 01:25 PM (CLKfs)

2 And slanty!

Posted by: LASue at May 16, 2017 01:25 PM (CLKfs)

3 Hello Barrel!

Posted by: alexthechick's girl cock at May 16, 2017 01:25 PM (CPk08)

4 Someone else-- like USA, TBS, TNT, etc. can pick it up.

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:25 PM (BPeNq)

5 Some other network (even netflix/hulu) can pick it up.

Posted by: Becky at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (kj0P/)

6 Fuck this God damned fucking world.

Posted by: Chris M at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (eAZVt)

7
I saw Ace & His Tags open for Simply Red in Tallahassee in '02

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (j3kFd)

8 th

Posted by: cornbred at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (0bTPn)

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (j3kFd)

10

Poor ace in the barrel.

Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (z/Ubi)

11
Ace & His Open Tags

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (j3kFd)

12 Ha!

Posted by: Becky at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (kj0P/)

13 Also, I hope ABC goes full leftard in everything and burns like ESPN.

I also hope their advertisers lose buckets of cash as well.

When ideology > making money, you reap what you sow.

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (BPeNq)

14 Nancy Travis best TVMILF of all TVMILFs.

Posted by: One Hand on the Remote at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (bc2Lc)

15 Forgot to whopp off the tags.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (eZ0Cd)

16 Ace & His Open Tags
.............
and since Ace doesn't read the comments, he'll never know!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (so+oy)

17 Tell me again that Hollywood is driven by profits/$$$ and not ideology.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (NOIQH)

18 Thou shalt in all things suck the progressive ghey dick, or thou shalt reap the punishment to the third and fourth generation.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (0mRoj)

19 The Commie slant of this thread is disturbing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (LTHVh)

20 Aceinois - Land of Linkin'.

Posted by: Sporkatus at May 16, 2017 01:27 PM (eXSOZ)

21 21st

Posted by: Eggo at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (UmPR1)

22 Nailed it

Posted by: Eggo at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (UmPR1)

23 Clearly this was political.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (rmVvL)

24 6 Fuck this God damned fucking world.

Posted by: Chris M at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (eAZVt)

Hmm. This just made my short list for epitaphs.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (0mRoj)

25 "Some fans speculated it was due to the show's conservative slant." Others speculated it was cancelled due to a lack of a left-wing slant.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (4e+hS)

26 Someone needs to go through Disney headquarters with a bullwhip.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (LTHVh)

27 Battle of the Bulge on TCM

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (ZO497)

28
meanwhile, the most idiotic tv show ever stays on the air -- max kellerman and stephen a. smith discussing race and politics in sports.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (j3kFd)

29 Let's not get started on TVMILFs.

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (7n4KQ)

30 So the word is billionaire Bob Iger who is CEO of Disney (owner of ABC) is seriously looking at running for President.

This was one thing I was worried about when Trump ran and won.

EVERY celebrity and rich guy were going to start running for President.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (QWUwq)

31 Mu spouse actually signed and on line petition this morning on this
The first time Ever in his life.
made me chuckle

Posted by: willow at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (0Ryp5)

32 Nailed it

Posted by: Eggo at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (UmPR1)

Leggo!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (LTHVh)

33 Forgot to whopp off the tags.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That's what Bruce Jenner said!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (rvtDF)

34 mu=my

Posted by: willow at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (0Ryp5)

35 What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Posted by: Guy Who Likes to Beat Up Dan Rather at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (j+dfT)

36 ABC will keep airing the shows that you need to see, not the ones you want to see. It is for your own good that they make this sacrifice.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Enhance Your Defeatism with a Dash of Despair from The Outrage Outlet! at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (hLRSq)

37 hi, bluebell
mmm
mmm

Posted by: bluebell's ice cream from the freezer at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (nlbfN)

38 They also cancelled Star Trek TOS a long time ago, in a land far away.

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (7n4KQ)

39 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (4e+hS)

40 Someone needs to go through Disney headquarters with a bullwhip.
--

Flamethrower. More dramatic. It will look better on YouTube.

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (BPeNq)

41 It's a daily battle and sadly we are losing bigly!!

Posted by: Kreplach at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (JlAAh)

42 I tried watching this show for a bit, but couldn't get into it for some reason. Maybe I watched the wrong episodes?

Speaking of that, for established TV series, there should be a list somewhere where you can check which episodes you should watch first that give you a good representation of what the show is about and the humor or tone. Especially with comedies, it often takes a season or so for the writing to get consistent and figure out how they want the characters that starting at the beginning isn't often great.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (KUaJL)

43 It's nice hanging out where the owner ends up in the barrel as much as everybody else.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (Jcg9Q)

44 The ONLY time I ever watch NBC/ABC/CBS, the legacy Networks is to watch sports.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (KlI/a)

45 ABC is a corporation and all corporations are right wing conservative.

Posted by: Lefty Meme at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (IqV8l)

46 What the public really wants to see are more Climate Change apocalyptic fake-documentaries.

Posted by: ABC execs at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (7n4KQ)

47 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?
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When is never?

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (BPeNq)

48 If I was a stockholder.... I'd be PISSED...

Posted by: Don Q. at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (NgKpN)

49 So the word is billionaire Bob Iger who is CEO of Disney (owner of ABC) is seriously looking at running for President.

This was one thing I was worried about when Trump ran and won.

EVERY celebrity and rich guy were going to start running for President.
Posted by: Maritime

Better have a squeaky clean background.
Not do the gope doesn't skewer you, but your own side's oppo research.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (rvtDF)

50 Again, a la carte cable and watch Disney go into a death spiral.

But GOPe needs its $1,500 check to keep this left wing apparatus in place.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (QWUwq)

51 Let's not forget that Tim Allen recently said that Hollywood today is like 1930s Germany - you keep your head down & mouth shut if you know what's good for you. And now he's gone.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (7HtZB)

52 Ratings apparently matter less than having the "right" politics.Monday Night Football is going to try out a woman play by play next season.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (rmVvL)

53 48 If I was a stockholder.... I'd be PISSED...
Posted by: Don Q.

More correctly, you'd be foolish.

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (7n4KQ)

54 39 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (4e+hS)

Tomorrow

Posted by: Free Beer (tomorrow) at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (0bTPn)

55 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (4e+hS)

I do wonder if there's a possible stockholder derivative action here. The show was the third highest show, it doesn't appear that there were contract issues and it sells well in syndication, though I *think* Disney doesn't get a piece of that action.

Yeah, this is a conscious decision to cancel a show that was a money maker for no obvious reason at all.

Considering that Disney loves only copyright law more than it loves money, this really does appear to have only a political motivation.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (mf5HN)

56 This was one thing I was worried about when Trump ran and won.

EVERY celebrity and rich guy were going to start running for President.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (QWUwq)

Let them. Then they'll finally see how nobody gives a shit about them.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (Jcg9Q)

57 I hope the rags blow the $hit out of Disney World!

Posted by: Txn4Evr at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (h5gkR)

58 >>ABC will keep airing the shows that you need to see, not the ones you
want to see. It is for your own good that they make this sacrifice.

Exhibit A: "When We Rise"

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (NOIQH)

59 ...to be replaced by "Last Xyrmin Mewling."

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (Bdeb0)

60 I'd like to see another network pick up the show and play it directly against the on-life-support Agents of SHIELD.

Or as I call it, Agents of I Don't Watch This Crap.

Posted by: ace at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (8rNrN)

61 40 Someone needs to go through Disney headquarters with a bullwhip.
--

Flamethrower. More dramatic. It will look better on YouTube.
Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (BPeNq)

Ah.... but Whip is more.... oh.. I don't know...

After all.... What would Jesus Do? oh... yeah.... WHIP....

Posted by: Don Q. at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (NgKpN)

62 39 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (4e+hS)

#twoweeks

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (7n4KQ)

63 A new show - The Oberlin Diaries. A story about a young woman from a strict Christian fundamentalist home of haters that goes to Oberlin College. While at the school she becomes woke to all of the injustices and wrongs of the world, wrongs that her family not only tacitly supports but actively perpetuates! Stung by these revelations of the manifest sins caused by her daring to exist, she enlists in elite training as a gender fluid privilege denouncing agent of the Social Justice Department of Oberlin College.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Enhance Your Defeatism with a Dash of Despair from The Outrage Outlet! at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (hLRSq)

64 OT:
Trump Allegedly Leaking Top Secret Information to Russians
DJT: Vlad lemme tell you a secret.
Vlad: What is new code for nukwear missiles.
DJT: I changed em all to Obama's a fag.

Posted by: DaveA at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (FhXTo)

65 This was one thing I was worried about when Trump ran and won.

EVERY celebrity and rich guy were going to start running for President.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 01:29 PM (QWUwq)

Is your worry that from now on, only super-rich people or celebrities will be President? Because that's been true for a long time, and it wasn't Trump's fort.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (KUaJL)

66 Especially with comedies, it often takes a season or so for the writing to get consistent and figure out how they want the characters that starting at the beginning isn't often great.

They are in their 6th season.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (rvtDF)

67 I won't watch Modern Family--no matter how much they show tits.

I find the homo couple annoying and their little girl ugly.

Maybe if I watched it on mute and fast-forward past all the parts with men in it? Eh. Too much work.

But, it's still a little pervy/pedo how they flop that daughter's tits out there so much.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (ZQpd0)

68 fort = fault

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (KUaJL)

69 >>>though I *think* Disney doesn't get a piece of that action.

no disney doesn't get part of the syndication deal (in most set-ups, at least), but Last Man Standing is hardly their only not-in-house produced tv show.

Posted by: ace at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (8rNrN)

70 "We decided not to do comedy on Fridays anymore, because comedies are never watched by families, who don't stay in on Fridays more than other blocs, and definitely don't like Tim Allen or slant conservative, thus there is no risk of interrupting success in a search for a more woke clientele." - Transparently Blatant Pack O' Liars, in memo to board

Posted by: Sporkatus at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (eXSOZ)

71 After all.... What would Jesus Do? oh... yeah.... WHIP....
--

BECAUSE JESUS DIDN'T HAVE A FLAMETHROWER!!!!!

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (BPeNq)

72 ABC is a corporation and all corporations are right wing conservative.

Posted by: Lefty Meme at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (IqV8l)

ABC is a subsidiary of Disney.

Disney is a corporation that has been engaged in polluting young minds for a couple decades now. Every dollar you give them, whether it's in their parks or elsewhere, help them to destroy everything decent people hold dear.

So knock it off already.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (Jcg9Q)

73 and it wasn't Trump's fort.

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Trump gets a fort too? No fair!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (7HtZB)

74 TV...who needs it? Advertisers...boycott their products. We can and should also resist

Posted by: AWomanWhoKnows at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (IVejF)

75 hi, bluebell
mmm
mmm
Posted by: bluebell's ice cream from the freezer at May 16, 2017 01:30 PM (nlbfN)
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Heh. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. La la la la la.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (sBOL1)

76
If I was a stockholder.... I'd be PISSED...
Posted by: Don Q.

How is the stock performing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (IqV8l)

77 Posted by: alexthechick

They could include the way ESPN is being run as well, it has gone decidedly left and lost viewers and revenues. They say people are cutting the cord and that's the problem, maybe an ambitious attorney should ask why.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (4e+hS)

78 In fairness, this may be less about left wing bias than simple, stupid, short-sighted capitalism. The TV biz has swallowed whole the idea that a lower-rated show owned by the network is better than a higher-rated show owned by someone else.

They're chasing after the money to be made in secondary and tertiary platforms like Hulu, Netflix, etc. It's blinded them to the fact that getting people to watch their network in the first place is the actual point of their enterprise.

Mike

Posted by: MBunge at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (0MU1I)

79 It's an altruistic thing, they just don't want to make filthy lucre.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (7ZVPa)

80 ABC going for a more selective audience size like ESPN - bottom of the graph.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (g6Mg0)

81 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (ngT9v)

82 Speaking of Tim Allen, saw the trailer for "Orville", starring Seth Macfarlane.

Sort of a cross between Galaxy Quest and Star Trek as a comedy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (rvtDF)

83 Oh oh oh speaking of renewals and cancellations, how the hell is 13 Reasons Why getting a second season?

For those blessed to not know what it is, it's a Netflix show based on the book of the same name that's about the guilt trip that a girl who committed suicide leaves because she leaves 13 cassette tapes behind for each of the people she blames for her selfish choice.

What, they're going to have someone else off themselves?

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (mf5HN)

84
I do wonder if there's a possible stockholder derivative action here. The show was the third highest show, it doesn't appear that there were contract issues and it sells well in syndication, though I *think* Disney doesn't get a piece of that action.

Posted by: alexthechick - r

Hollywood accounting can make the profitable, unprofitable, and our Betters in DC will protect them as usual.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (udajc)

85 80 ABC going for a more selective audience size like ESPN - bottom of the graph.
Posted by: Anna Puma

So THAT's why they are replacing it with a puppet show.

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (7n4KQ)

86 71 After all.... What would Jesus Do? oh... yeah.... WHIP....
--

BECAUSE JESUS DIDN'T HAVE A FLAMETHROWER!!!!!
Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:34 PM (BPeNq)

He could've rained down fire any time he felt like it.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (0mRoj)

87 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, page 673:

television - (te le vi zhen) noun (archaic)
A type of sedative used in nursing homes and for terminally ill patients in hospitals. Also occasionally used to sedate passengers in airport terminals. During the middle portion of the 20th-century, television formerly was considered a form of mass entertainment, but by the arrival of the 21st century had been almost completely forgotten, so the definition of television as "a device which enables the remote transmission of moving images" is now considered obsolete.

Posted by: zombie at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (DQ4Fv)

88 49 So the word is billionaire Bob Iger who is CEO of Disney (owner of ABC) is seriously looking at running for President.

This was one thing I was worried about when Trump ran and won.

EVERY celebrity and rich guy were going to start running for President.
Posted by: Maritime

Better have a squeaky clean background.
Not do the gope doesn't skewer you, but your own side's oppo research.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:32 PM (rvtDF)

That's why The Rock seems to want to run.

As far as lefties go, he's as squeaky clean as it gets. Even his divorce was squeaky clean, somehow.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (Vevy5)

89 lol probably cancelled because of high ratings

seriously this shit is really going off the rails

Posted by: jihadi at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (I64i9)

90 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

As a comedy in the vein of Galaxy Quest, it looks hilarious.

As a serious sci fi show? No.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (rvtDF)

91 42 I tried watching this show for a bit, but couldn't get into it for some reason. Maybe I watched the wrong episodes? . . .
*
*
Maybe so. The conservative slant was hinted at in the show's first season -- Mike, Tim Allen's character, was clearly not a liberal snowflake, and was not afraid to say so. Then the arguments/discussions between him and his oldest daughter, who is very PC, and Oldest Daughter's BabyDaddy, who is vegan to boot, ramped up with their recasting in Season Two. Rare it is on TV today to see a conservative character, let alone a male one, voice his opinions and yet not be painted as a doofus/bigot/clown.

It's also got some of the funniest dialog in current sitcoms. Remember, Allen began as a stand-up comic, and he knows how to set up a joke and make it pay off.

Ah, heck, watch the reruns for Molly Ephraim, the lovely middle daughter. Girl looks something like the young Elizabeth Taylor, but she does comedy like an angel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (xwbuR)

92 Have not seen the show, but this reminds me of the rural purge- and is probably coming from the same type of people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (789OI)

93 Puppet Show and ESPN

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (LTHVh)

94 why would they make an HR person Head of Entertainment? that's weird.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (nFwvY)

95 47 When are stockholders going to sue and hold these executives accountable?
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When is never?

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 01:31 PM (BPeNq)

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That might be difficult if the majority stock holders are rich leftists.

Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (Fmupd)

96 Storm Troopers Lives Matter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (eZ0Cd)

97 CBS did the same f^cking thing to Green Acres and host of others during the "Rural Purge"... Instead TV viewers got commie shit like All In The Family and Maude

Posted by: Eddie Albert at May 16, 2017 01:38 PM (DpOmP)

98 I'm sure you nailed it with the "viewer engagement" thing.

Yes. Tweets are a measurement of a show's success, and you, non-demographically sexy viewer, don't tweet, so... you don't really count.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2017 01:38 PM (TOk1P)

99 Sort of a cross between Galaxy Quest and Star Trek as a comedy.
Objection: Galaxy Quest already is Star Trek as a comedy, which will mean that Orville will be a hackneyed retread. Y'know, since that is quite truly the only kind of thing that Seth M. even knows how to do.

Posted by: Sporkatus at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (eXSOZ)

100 90 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

As a comedy in the vein of Galaxy Quest, it looks hilarious.

As a serious sci fi show? No.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:37 PM (rvtDF)

To me it looks pretty boring.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (789OI)

101 What a bunch of fucking chicken shit twat waffling fuck butting cowards.

Cancel for flagrantly political issues and then qweakly limpy dick deny that it was for purely political reasons.

We have corporations now willing to absorb massive profit losses just to further their leftist-fascist agenda.

Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (/j4n5)

102
The thread is full of deja vu.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (8XRCm)

103
I won't watch Modern Family--no matter how much they show tits.

Tits on over the air broadcast network TV?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (IqV8l)

104 Don't let viewers vote on shit.

Posted by: Simone Biles at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (7n4KQ)

105 The thread is full of deja vu.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (8XRCm)

106 I wonder what "viewer engagement" means

Not sure. But we specialize in viewer engorgement.

Posted by: PronHub at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (HTdUD)

107 If you want to get an idea of how bad ABC has become, beyond ESPN, look at the shows on the former ABC Family now "Freeform" channel.

And these shows are targeted at your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (NOIQH)

108 There's a bit more to this. The show is (currently) produced entirely by 20th Century Fox Television. But the increasing cost of the show (because leads ask for raises every new contract) caused Fox to put a line in their contract with CBS that CBS Television (the production arm of CBS, not the network side) would start picking up half the cost of the show starting next season. CBS Television doesn't want to produce the show, so they pressured the network to cancel it.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (toi7g)

109 The thread is full of deja vu.

Is it the same thread?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (LTHVh)

110 105 The thread is full of deja vu.
Posted by: fixerupper

you can say that again

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (7n4KQ)

111 You see, success is optional.

If success gets in the way of say, avocado toast, or virture signaling, then naturally, its toast and virtue uber allies!!!!

Posted by: simplemind at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (xVRrG)

112 You can say that again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (eZ0Cd)

113 What, they're going to have someone else off themselves?
Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (mf5HN)
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Oh my gosh, alex, that is horrible. I've never heard of it and won't seek it out, that's for sure.

And there's nothing like giving mixed-up suicidal teens new ideas. Ugh.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (sBOL1)

114
Who likes Russian Migs?

Here's a Russian MiG-23 here in the USA in an aviation museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjgXlUBEMJk

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (j3kFd)

115 My understanding is that the networks don't want any shows where a viewpoint contrary to the approved narrative is expressed, much less endorsed.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (7ZVPa)

116 Someone needs to go through Disney headquarters with a bullwhip.>>>

Let Me!!11!!

Posted by: Robert Mapplethorpe at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (r5KeJ)

117 when the Left these days does SF, they sjw it up. Tripping The Rift, for example. watchable pilot, swift descent into death-to-amerikiya I mean "Floridia".

I do not trust McFarlane one bit.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (ngT9v)

118 67 I won't watch Modern Family--no matter how much they show tits.

I find the homo couple annoying and their little girl ugly.

Maybe if I watched it on mute and fast-forward past all the parts with men in it? Eh. Too much work.

But, it's still a little pervy/pedo how they flop that daughter's tits out there so much.
*
*
As much as I love looking at Sofia Vergara, I can't handle that hate-men fest, either. Except for Ed O'Neill's semi-patriarch who's married to SV (and they may have weakened him too), every "man" on that show is annoying or is painted as a doofus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (xwbuR)

119 I knew a guy who was a Russian MIG welder.

Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (7n4KQ)

120 The thread is full of deja vu.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:39 PM (8XRCm)
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I could have sworn I'd seen this already.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (sBOL1)

121 So, why doesn't Fox snap up this show? Even Fox News! They could put it on in place of The Five (or is it The Nine)?

Posted by: MathMom at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (mSbwX)

122
Fox Business reports that Disney got hacked. More of this

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (493sH)

123 >>What, they're going to have someone else off themselves? Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 01:36 PM (mf5HN)

It'll be the show's "Cousin Oliver" moment, wherein a boring, ugly person is introduced as a 'special guest star,' makes only one pathetically dull, half-finished cassette, offs self, lots of "meh" and cast eyerolling, roll credits.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (Bdeb0)

124 If you want to get an idea of how bad ABC has become, beyond ESPN, look at the shows on the former ABC Family now "Freeform" channel.

And these shows are targeted at your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (NOIQH)

That's what I said above about Disney.

Soon as ABC bought Family Channel, you started seeing homos and teen casual sex.

Quit watching their shows, quit going to their parks, quit supporting these scum.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (Jcg9Q)

125 Or as I call it, Agents of I Don't Watch This Crap.

Posted by: ace at May 16, 2017 01:33 PM (8rNrN)

I tried watching an episode or two when it started.
My Lord, that was a cure for insomnia!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (8iiMU)

126 Colon Kapernick is going to the $hithawks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (eZ0Cd)

127
CBS did the same f^cking thing to Green Acres and host of others during the "Rural Purge"... Instead TV viewers got commie shit like All In The Family and Maude
Posted by: Eddie Albert]/i]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (IqV8l)

128 48 If I was a stockholder.... I'd be PISSED...
____________________

I am a Disney stockholder.

And I AM pissed.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (riF5p)

129 I guess Tim Allen couldn't measure up to the lofty abc standards of "When We Rise".

I've already killed the cable. I may have to kill the antenna next.

Posted by: Jaws at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (oOw3I)

130 Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM

But I love that they STILL have a contractual obligation to run the 700 Club so long as it airs. That must piss them off greatly.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (toi7g)

131
That's rare, btw.

A real live bona fide Soviet MiG here on display in the USA.

According to the guy on the video, this MiG (perhaps there were more than one) was flown by an American pilot during exercises for practice.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (j3kFd)

132 The new Pirate Movie has been pirated.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (eZ0Cd)

133 "'Last Man Standing' was a challenging one for me, because it was a steady performer, said Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment President. "Once we made the decision not to continue with comedy on Friday, it was just kind of that's where we landed."

Then move it to another night and problem solved

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (493sH)

134 Another recent show cancelled because it was "conservative"?

"The Goode Family," an animated comedy show that was actually quite hilarious. And the ENTIRE PREMISE was to mock liberals. Devastatingly.

That was the last TV show I "watched" (as a scheduled regular thing). After they cancelled it, for obvious political reasons, I stopped TV forever.

Posted by: zombie at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (DQ4Fv)

135
As far as lefties go, he's as squeaky clean as it gets. Even his divorce was squeaky clean, somehow.
===
Roids are a felony.

Posted by: simplemind at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (xVRrG)

136 Conservative slant? What the fuck is that? WW2 Japan? Sounds racist.

Posted by: Strobe at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (gbWkA)

137
remember the Clint Eastwood movie FIREFOX?

that's what seeing this MiG reminded me of.

Check out the pointy needle thing on the nose cone -- I called it a bayonet in the comments, but no one was amused.

link again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjgXlUBEMJk

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (j3kFd)

138 126
Colon Kapernick is going to the $hithawks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (eZ0Cd)

Didn't know they were looking for a bench warmer

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (jxbfJ)

139 114
Who likes Russian Migs?

Here's a Russian MiG-23 here in the USA in an aviation museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjgXlUBEMJk
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (j3kFd)

I do & thanks! I planespotted one at Pima about 5 years ago.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (7HtZB)

140 "God Forbid we actually have to talk about this show at our industry cocktail parties..."

Which seeing as we're talking Hollywood, more like "cock and tail" parties...

...but you, you already knew that.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (Vevy5)

141 Dungey said she used the same criteria in considering the future of "Last Man Standing" as she did in examining what to do with other canceled series, like "The Catch," "The Real O'Neals," and "American Crime."

I'm guessing they got canceled due to poor ratings. Especially the O'Neals with the queer kid character that they promoted the hell out of

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (493sH)

142 The thread of full of deja vu...

Posted by: Amy Shumer at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (NgKpN)

143 Colon Kapernick is going to the $hithawks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (eZ0Cd)

He and Pete Carroll deserve each other

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (493sH)

144 when the Left these days does SF, they sjw it up. Tripping The Rift, for example. watchable pilot, swift descent into death-to-amerikiya I mean "Floridia".

I do not trust McFarlane one bit.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (ngT9v)

----

Not just Sci Fi. EVRYTHING.

I started to watch "Designated Survivor" Where terrorist decapitated the Fed and the Hud Secretary became President. Intriguing storyline.

The second season has degenerated into gun control, nuclear disarmament, Islamic tolerance.... and get this..... the terrorists are REALLY conservatives.

Pisses.

Me.

Off.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (8XRCm)

145 We'll pick it up! We can run it right next to our gay, anti-Catholic remake of "One Day At A Time!" and our full-of-SJW-douchebags remake of "MST3K!"

Posted by: Netflix at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (Cw3TC)

146 I've already killed the cable. I may have to kill the antenna next.

Posted by: Jaws

--

I did that a while back. These days, one can't watch anything with children in the room, even the commercials are vile.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (7ZVPa)

147 Dem Rep. Al Green Calls For President Trumps Impeachment

TDS.

Weasel Zippers

Look at the pic of this fuck?

Also now the NYTs is reporting it was an Israeli Source? Even if true, way to go NYTs. Fuck the Left

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (KlI/a)

148
So, why doesn't Fox snap up this show? Even Fox News! They could put it on in place of The Five (or is it The Nine)?
Posted by: MathMom

Five of Nine

Posted by: Borg Warmer at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (IqV8l)

149 I think we may be on the verge of watching the entertainment community close ranks and utterly shut out everything but far left garbage.

Which would be hilariously good news for the conservative movement because then it becomes curious, interesting, transgressive, and sought after.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (39g3+)

150
I planespotted one at Pima about 5 years ago.

A Mig?

What, are these things all over the place today?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (j3kFd)

151 I do not trust McFarlane one bit.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (ngT9v)

The fact that they did not do one political joke in the trailer actually makes me more worried. We know who this guy is, so not having this just seems like a way to get people to tune in, then smack them about the head with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (789OI)

152

Fox Business - The NY Slimes is reporting that Israel was the source of Intel that Trump gave to the Russians.

Now how did they know that? I'm hoping this was a set up to smoke out the leakers.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (493sH)

153 For those blessed to not know what it is, it's a Netflix show based on
the book of the same name that's about the guilt trip that a girl who
committed suicide leaves because she leaves 13 cassette tapes behind for
each of the people she blames for her selfish choice.
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We've gone from suicide prevention hotlines to "hey kids! You know how you're not the most popular? And life is hard? Guess what?!! Kill yourself and everyone--even the popular kids--will be forced to pay attention to you!!! You'll be famous forever!!!"

Horrible.

I know a guy who's high up in the local mental health business--several local kids have already been inspired to kill themselves. One even putting together her own "13 reasons" binder of letters.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (ZQpd0)

154 Why do they lie? If they are so into all this stuff, why don't they just come out and tell the truth. So much hypocrisy. It's as though they can't do anything if they're not being hypocritical. They work at it.

Posted by: Larry Geiger at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (QpgDv)

155 I'm guessing they got canceled due to poor ratings.

Who? Last Man Standing? Not hardly.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (rvtDF)

156 Colon Kapernick is going to the $hithawks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM (eZ0Cd)

He and Pete Carroll deserve each other
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:44 PM (493sH)

Yup another reason to hate them. Seattle is so left wing who the fuck would even notice

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (KlI/a)

157 That's rare, btw.

A real live bona fide Soviet MiG here on display in the USA.

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MiG 15s & -17s are fairly common in aviation museums, though many are the Chinese versions. Flying examples of Russian jets are rare in the US, though.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (7HtZB)

158 "If Allen had agreed to suck one dick a week, on-air, he could have kept his job." - ABC

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (4e+hS)

159 >>I started to watch "Designated Survivor" Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (8XRCm)

I just saw the first episode of that. Thanks for the wave-off.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (Bdeb0)

160 Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:42 PM

They had a captured MiG used by the Israeli Air Force as an "aggressor aircraft" for training on display at the Intrepid in NY for years.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (toi7g)

161 13 Also, I hope ABC goes full leftard in everything and burns like ESPN.
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They surely are with their race-baiting family shows.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (vg8iE)

162 ABC Cancels Tim Allen Comedy "Last Man Standing"... Despite High Ratings

Tell us about it.

Posted by: Beverly Hillbillies at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (NyJwR)

163 Same thing happened to The Beverly Hillbillies. CBS's grandees didn't want to be associated with a bunch of stump-toothed hicks or their white trash viewers - despite strong ratings - so Jed, Granny and Jethro were deep-sixed.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (+ttLq)

164 "The Goode Family," an animated comedy show that was actually quite hilarious. And the ENTIRE PREMISE was to mock liberals. Devastatingly.

That was the last TV show I "watched" (as a scheduled regular thing). After they cancelled it, for obvious political reasons, I stopped TV forever.
Posted by: zombie at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (DQ4Fv)

I remember that one. They only got like one short pilot season out of it, but dang there were some hilarious episodes.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (KUaJL)

165 MEMO TO STAFF:
- Fire anyone with the first name of "Canning".

Posted by: Sgt Hulka at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (2PU5o)

166 The left is determined to crush the right. Their determination only strengthens my resolve. Since the left hates me, I no longer watch broadcast news or patronize Hollywood. I'm cutting the cable cord next spring, and I no longer tolerate leftist crap from friends and family.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (TdMsT)

167 Uh.... ABC owns ESPN

Posted by: Walt at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (DpOmP)

168 101 What a bunch of fucking chicken shit twat waffling fuck butting cowards.

Mmm....chicken and waffles...

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (0mRoj)

169 154 Why do they lie? If they are so into all this stuff, why don't they just come out and tell the truth. So much hypocrisy. It's as though they can't do anything if they're not being hypocritical. They work at it.
Posted by: Larry Geiger at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (QpgDv)

Because they want your kids to be into it without you finding out until it's too late.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (Vevy5)

170 MiG-23 has an apt name in Western circles - Flogger

Don't we want to flog some people?

And here in the US is N131SU, a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker that is in civilian hands.
https://youtu.be/d4lE6HcBPxw

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (g6Mg0)

171 Didn't read the comments but my first thought way: so, Netflix picks it up and viewers go there. Where's the downside?

Posted by: Useta Lurk, but now who knows? at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (jVlNS)

172 107 If you want to get an idea of how bad ABC has become, beyond ESPN, look at the shows on the former ABC Family now "Freeform" channel.

And these shows are targeted at your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (NOIQH)
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Those shows look horrendous. Saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (not bad) over the weekend and a lot of the previews were for shows on Freeform. I was appalled at how inappropriate even the previews were. I know GoG2 is rated PG-13, but I thought it was pretty tame. The previews for the television shows were racier than the movie.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (o+uFg)

173 Edelweiss.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (eZ0Cd)

174 The fact that they did not do one political joke in the trailer actually makes me more worried. We know who this guy is, so not having this just seems like a way to get people to tune in, then smack them about the head with it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Annnnnnnnnnnnd thenthechannelgetschangedtootsweet.

That easy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (rvtDF)

175 @148
So, why doesn't Fox snap up this show? Even Fox News! They could put it on in place of The Five (or is it The Nine)?
Posted by: MathMom

Five of Nine

=============

Perfection!

Posted by: MathMom at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (mSbwX)

176
I've watched Last Man Standing since year one. I'll miss it. One of the very few 'network' shows I can stand to watch anymore.

As I cable cutter, I usually catch it Saturday morning on Hulu with the wife, who also loves the show.

Perhaps someone else will pick it up, or it will morph into something else. I doubt Tim Allen is washed up as a comedian.

But just what is the value of a conservative comedian in these times of 'hair on fire' outrage over everything?

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (HTdUD)

177 I planespotted one at Pima about 5 years ago.

A Mig?

What, are these things all over the place today?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (j3kFd)

The Pima Air Museum has several MiGs on display, including a MiG-23 & -29. I "collect" planes by going to air shows & museums & taking photos of as many types as I can. "Planespotting"

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (7HtZB)

178 >>We've gone from suicide prevention hotlines to "hey
kids! You know how you're not the most popular? And life is hard? Guess
what?!! Kill yourself and everyone--even the popular kids--will be
forced to pay attention to you!!! You'll be famous forever!!!" Posted by: RoyalOil at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (ZQpd0)

"...and you'll miss out on the best part of revenge, which is watching it unfold, because you killed yourself first! Way to think it through, Brooding Misunderstood Genius!"

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (Bdeb0)

179
When the Soviet Union collapsed, weren't they selling off their military hardware?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (j3kFd)

180 Has anyone heard from Tim Allen on this? I think his side of the story would be interesting.

Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (Fmupd)

181 Fox Business - The NY Slimes is reporting that Israel was the source of Intel that Trump gave to the Russians.

Now how did they know that? I'm hoping this was a set up to smoke out the leakers.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (493sH)

There's a good chance that Trump didn't even know it came from Israel. So the MSM is leaking more secret info than Trump.

Posted by: WisRich at May 16, 2017 01:49 PM (hdpay)

182 Same thing happened to The Beverly Hillbillies. CBS's grandees didn't want to be associated with a bunch of stump-toothed hicks or their white trash viewers - despite strong ratings - so Jed, Granny and Jethro were deep-sixed.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (+ttLq)

No mention of Ellie May?????

HOMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (Jcg9Q)

183 Colon Kraperdick won't be the last man standing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (DMUuz)

184 As much as I love looking at Sofia Vergara, I can't
handle that hate-men fest, either. Except for Ed O'Neill's
semi-patriarch who's married to SV (and they may have weakened him too),
every "man" on that show is annoying or is painted as a doofus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 01:41 PM (xwbuR)

I didn't watch the show for a number of years based on the overall premise.Then I saw a couple episodes, and now I like it.I don't care about/overlook the lefty/ghey stuff (which isn't too bad, or didactic, really). However, the writing and jokes are very quick, and clever.With respect to the characters, every one of them is quirky, annoying, and/or a doofus.
Plus, I think the comedy is even handed. When the gay couple (Mitch and Cam) sneaked into the restaurant they loved in defiance of the gay march outside, hilarity ensued. "What are we protesting now?" was the question they asked when they joined the protesting line. Then the waiter ran out to give them their receipt and credit card, busting them.....

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (8iiMU)

185 171 Didn't read the comments but my first thought way: so, Netflix picks it up and viewers go there. Where's the downside?
Posted by: Useta Lurk, but now who knows? at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (jVlNS)

Netflix won't pick it up... they have gone full retard SJW...

As demonstrated by a show THEY created, called 'Hey White People'...

Posted by: Amy Shumer at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (NgKpN)

186 147 Dem Rep. Al Green Calls For President Trumps Impeachment
____________________________

Let's stay together.

Loving you whether,

Times are god or bad,

Happy or sad.

Posted by: Al Green at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (4AVeu)

187
There's a good chance that Trump didn't even know it came from Israel. So the MSM is leaking more secret info than Trump.
Posted by: WisRich at May 16, 2017 01:49 PM (hdpay)

Don't dignify the left wing rumor by even agreeing anything was leaked?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (KlI/a)

188 164 "The Goode Family," an animated comedy show that was actually quite hilarious. And the ENTIRE PREMISE was to mock liberals. Devastatingly.

That was the last TV show I "watched" (as a scheduled regular thing). After they cancelled it, for obvious political reasons, I stopped TV forever.
Posted by: zombie at May 16, 2017 01:43 PM (DQ4Fv)

I remember that one. They only got like one short pilot season out of it, but dang there were some hilarious episodes.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (KUaJL)

King of The Hill was also still strong in the ratings when it got canceled. Fox didn't even broadcast the last season, those "lost" episodes were only seen on the Cartoon Network.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:51 PM (7HtZB)

189 By the way the left is doing all this "leaking" crap to try and ruin PDT's trip to Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:51 PM (KlI/a)

190 She also said studio ownership, future creative direction, ratings and viewer engagement were factors she considered in making her decision.

_______________________________________

Argle, bargle. . . argle, bargle. . .

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 01:51 PM (4AVeu)

191 we can't have shows. even Cavemen was too mocking of PC culture. we can't even have a show about metrosexual motorcycle riding insurance spokesmen neanderthals navigating the complexities of modern urban society.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (nFwvY)

192 Uh.... ABC owns ESPN

Posted by: Walt at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (DpOmP)

And Disney owns ABC.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (Jcg9Q)

193 As I said yesterday, the whole point of network TV as a business is to MAKE MONEY. That is the prime directive (supposedly). The shows are to put eyes on the tube to sell ads at high rates.
The "news" is there to put eyes on their channel to sell ads at high rates.

Simple. Easy Peasy.

Except the big winners certainly subsidize the losers, whether they are up and coming shows waiting for audience growth, or shows that press an agenda and get slotted into a prime night at prime time to sell it.
This is the last domino to fall, taking a money maker off the air for politics. All statements to the contrary are hogwash. But this bites them in the butt in the long run. After all, it's one less subsidy for the failing shows, and that means either cost cutting elsewhere, or more subsidy from the conglomerate they are part of.

Whatever. Nothing we can do about it except see it for what it is, and them for who they are.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (z79tQ)

194 Has anyone heard from Tim Allen on this?

He just tweeted:

Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years. #lastmanstanding

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (39g3+)

195 Oh God, prayers from the horde for my boss please. His wife only has a few hours to live. She got struck by a very strange virus several years ago and it went back into remission twice. It reared its ugly head again a few days ago and this time she also got an infection in her lungs. The doctors can't really do anything more at this point. My heart breaks for him.

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (zRZaJ)

196 Modern Family is a piece of SJW crapfest. The acting is just above Two Broke Girls with a couple of exceptions.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (tHX5V)

197 By the way the left is doing all this "leaking" crap to try and ruin PDT's trip to Israel
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:51 PM (KlI/a)

Which is funny because the State Department seems to be doing that all on their own

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (KlI/a)

198 I know a guy who's high up in the local mental health business--several local kids have already been inspired to kill themselves. One even putting together her own "13 reasons" binder of letters.
Posted by: RoyalOil at May 16, 2017 01:46 PM (ZQpd0)
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Horrible. I knew as soon as I read alex's description that this would give kids ideas.

So of course the natural thing to do is renew it for another season.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (sBOL1)

199 Wow, I never knew this: There was a French-language Canadian animated comedy TV show called "The Tofus" that in many ways was the precursor to "The Goode Family" with the exact same premise (mocking politically correct "eco-conscious" liberals):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tofus

I want to watch this show! (With subtitles, of course.) Where can i see it???

Posted by: zombie at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (DQ4Fv)

200 Stopped watching network probably 20 years ago, cancelled cable several years ago. Dropping Netflix is next. I think the entirety of television is on its last legs, simply throwing out crap to try and stave off the inevitable collapse.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (7ZVPa)

201 As demonstrated by a show THEY created, called 'Hey White People'...
Posted by: Amy Shumer at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (NgKpN)

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And its "SUGEESTED FOR YOU" AT THE TOP OF THE MENU EVERY SINGLE TIME I FREAKING LOG INTO NETFLIX.

PISSES

ME

OFF.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (8XRCm)

202 Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years. #lastmanstanding

http://tinyurl.com/lrmdds3

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (4e+hS)

203 Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM

Sorry. Everywhere I wrote CBS replace with ABC.

Had CBS on the brain because of the Green Acres/Petticoat Junction/Beverly Hillbillies discussion.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (toi7g)

204 there is this dicta that "any organization that is not totally committed to conservative ideals becomes fully socialist" and I don't understand why.

This can't just be the blind working of chance, so there is some other principal working here. What is it and how can it be used?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (mkDpn)

205 The Left is trying to drive a wrench between PDT and Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (KlI/a)

206 196 Modern Family is a piece of SJW crapfest. The acting is just above Two Broke Girls with a couple of exceptions.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (tHX5V)

Two Broke Girls is also canceled. That show was great to watch with the sound off.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (7HtZB)

207 Plus, I think the comedy is even handed. When the gay couple (Mitch and Cam) sneaked into the restaurant they loved in defiance of the gay march outside, hilarity ensued. "What are we protesting now?" was the question they asked when they joined the protesting line. Then the waiter ran out to give them their receipt and credit card, busting them.....

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (8iiMU)

I tend to agree. I was bored with watching reruns of Seinfeld a while ago, and gave it a chance. Besides, "bumbling husband" isn't exactly a new character trope for sitcom writers.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (KUaJL)

208 And you can learn more about the problematic white privilege and heteronormativity of shows like "Last Man Standing" on the next episode of Sportscenter, presented by MSNBC.

Posted by: brak at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (3YTlB)

209 "...and you'll miss out on the best part of revenge,
which is watching it unfold, because you killed yourself first! Way to
think it through, Brooding Misunderstood Genius!"

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 01:48 PM (Bdeb0)
===========Yeah, no shit.
You're dead.
And in less than a year, the only people who are going to remember you are your family. Everyone else has lives they're going to keep on living--without you just fine.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (ZQpd0)

210 The doctors can't really do anything more at this point. My heart breaks for him.
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (zRZaJ)
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Oh no! That's horrible. I'm praying for a miracle right now.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (sBOL1)

211 I have no clue about current network shows. I have an antenna so I usually watch old stuff. Last Man Standing is already in syndication, so I have seen a few episodes. Funny.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (MIKMs)

212 There's also the matter of ownership - LMS is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and sold to ABC. This means ABC funds all (or most) of the production and gets all the first-run and ABC channel repeat commercial revenue, but the studio gets all of the syndication revenue.

2 Broke Girls was cancelled for the same reasons (It's a Warner Brothers Studio production), and it was doing very well, too.

Timeless was cancelled, and the un-cancelled, probably because as a joint Universal/Sony production, they renegotiated the agreement to give NBC/Universal more of the sweet, sweet syndication money.

Posted by: Vrag Naroda at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (17QyB)

213 Also, I hope ABC goes full leftard in everything and burns like ESPN.
I also hope their advertisers lose buckets of cash as well.
When ideology > making money, you reap what you sow.
Posted by: shibumi
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No problem. We got this.

Posted by: BezosZuckerbergSorosGoogle at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (C52a9)

214 Somebody'll pick it up. They're not going to leave that much cash and eyeballs sitting on the shelf.

Posted by: jd at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (c2pxW)

215 OMG...ever watch TLC?? They have every niche identity covered. All the alphabet people, fatties, shorties, tallies and polygamists, its like a who's who of the whoa is me club. Even the friggin Mormans have their own show, although they're no no longer Mormans, they seem to be liberals now.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (WLK0w)

216 Agents of S.U.C.K.

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at May 16, 2017 01:54 PM (WBiPF)

217 If you want to get an idea of how bad ABC has become, beyond ESPN, look at the shows on the former ABC Family now "Freeform" channel.

And these shows are targeted at your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (NOIQH)

I remember looking at the listings for ABC Family and wondering what kind of a family were they talking about

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (493sH)

218
They're chasing after the money to be made in secondary and tertiary platforms like Hulu, Netflix, etc. It's blinded them to the fact that getting people to watch their network in the first place is the actual point of their enterprise.

Mike

Posted by: MBunge at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (0MU1I)

No, the point of the enterprise is to sell advertising minutes. Getting people to tune in to a show is how the networks build their product: The Audience.

The trick is to build an Audience in a demographic that can be sold to advertisers for top dollar.

If ABC was smart, they'd simply state that while the raw ratings were excellent, the demographics were such that they couldn't make enough from the advertising to keep the show viable. It'd still be bullshit, but it'd be a decent Jedi hand-wave distraction.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (quw2O)

219 I saw some episodes a while back and was stunned they allowed such a Conservative show to stay on. One episode had Tim Allen shooting an AR-15.
I guess they got razzed too much on the cocktail circuit to keep it on.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (uhftQ)

220 Yawn.

The networks will be dead as a doornail in ten years.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (B+qrE)

221 Gotta make room for the new Keith Olbermann Variety Hour featuring The Resistance Players.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (IKuEh)

222 The only thing I didn't like about The Last Man Standing was the over use of the laugh track. But it usually had a decent point to make in the story line.

I tried watching the real O'Neils and there wasn't anything in it I could relate to at all.

Posted by: DanMan at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (XTiHL)

223 Same thing happened to The Beverly Hillbillies. CBS's grandees didn't want to be associated with a bunch of stump-toothed hicks or their white trash viewers - despite strong ratings - so Jed, Granny and Jethro were deep-sixed.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at May 16, 2017 01:47 PM (+ttLq)

No mention of Ellie May?????

HOMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Country Boy at May 16, 2017 01:50 PM (Jcg9Q)

That was the Great Rural Purge that was carried out virtually overnight--still popular shows like Mayberry RFD, Green Acres, Peticoat Junction, The Beverly Hllbillies, Gomer Pyle got the axe. In were All in the Family. Maude, MASH etc.
Truthfully, it really wasn't such a bad thing though, was it?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 01:56 PM (7uYFy)

224 Never saw it.
Not even Tim Allen, who I've met and can say is genuinely a good guy could make me watch the cesspit of stupidity that is network television.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2017 01:56 PM (UmSfZ)

225 Maybe instead they could just broadcast a livefeed of Shia Lebouf's stupid flag. I'd tune in if we got word that the 4channers had gotten close to finding it again.

The ratings would be gold. Gold, Jerry!

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (KUaJL)

226 Well, we would have been able to stay on the air if I became gay and my sister Sally had sex with Goliath.

Oh, and dad had to become a raging alcoholic and mom had to have an affair with our pastor to add tension to the storyline.

Posted by: Davey and Goliath at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (4AVeu)

227 I started to watch "Designated Survivor"
Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (8XRCm)

That's one *grimace on face* that kinda tries to toe the line between out and out leftist propaganda and telling an interesting 'what-if' story without slandering either side too much. It was okay for a bunch of episodes. I swore I'd stop watching if it got too political shit dropping on conservatives.

The latest episodes have become exceedingly difficult to watch as they throw more performers into the lineup -- like a team behind 72-0. I can't keep up.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (HTdUD)

228 Incidentally, on a "great conservative leaning TV shows" front - check out Barnwood Builders on DIY network if you haven't. Canceled after four seasons I believe, don't know why - in that case, I could well imagine the guys doing it thought four years was enough, wanted to get back to work without being on TV for a while. Something like an 8.9 on IMDB.

Posted by: David at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (sbDRv)

229 Heard Powers Boothe died

Is that Gideon character important to AoS in some way?

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (WBiPF)

230 But Blackish is under no threat of being cancelled.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (IKuEh)

231 2 Broke Girls was cancelled for the same reasons (It's a Warner Brothers Studio production), and it was doing very well, too.

Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason, and its gone, yeah. That makes sense, its about bottom line for a struggling business.

If I was running a network I'd move away from having a TV channel and toward just being a production studio for content that can be streamed and picked up by others. Let other people pick up the cost of showing stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)

232 You'd think with kids living at home til age 30 the key demographics would shift.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (4e+hS)

233 From what I have seen on all the other web sites they are getting flooded by calls too, and the people are not happy.

And to top off all the other bad shit that has happened today I was going to go down to the store and get some milk and sliced ham and can not find my wallet.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (mpXpK)

234 I tried to watch a few times but didn't find it funny.

Posted by: NCKate at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (KDsfS)

235 195 Oh God, prayers from the horde for my boss please. His wife only has a few hours to live. She got struck by a very strange virus several years ago and it went back into remission twice. It reared its ugly head again a few days ago and this time she also got an infection in her lungs. The doctors can't really do anything more at this point. My heart breaks for him.

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (zRZaJ)
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I'm so sorry, Jewells. Sending prayers up now.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (o+uFg)

236 Maybe Tim can go get a nice show on some network that isn't riddled with F*ing Communists! No, I don't know which network that might be. Or, even better than working, he should just kick back and enjoy his cars.

Posted by: goon at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (EaQ6/)

237 Same network that shitcanned The Path to 9/11 because Slick didn't like it. Complete Stalinesque disappearance.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (y7DUB)

238 Tim Allen is not my cup of tea. But this is irritating. I'm glad I stopped watching the boob tube.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (ygNTz)

239 My favorite sitcoms right now are Brooklyn 99 and Mom . The Great Indoors is growing on me. Bob's Burgers favorite animated. i don't know if it's intentional but I think it has a very conservative vibe.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (tHX5V)

240 172 107 If you want to get an idea of how bad ABC has become, beyond ESPN, look at the shows on the former ABC Family now "Freeform" channel.

And these shows are targeted at your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2017 01:40 PM (NOIQH)
=========

Yep. I've branded FreForm as "teenage filth."

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (vg8iE)

241 ABC is so 20th century. YouTube and the other streaming venues are where the action is.

Posted by: mrp at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (Pqytn)

242 As someone who has worked at NBC and now CBS for the past 11 years I think I have an explanation: Ratings are not a numbers game. There are an advertising game. You can be the highest watched show but if everyone who watches your show is over 40 then you will be cancelled.

On the other hand you can have medium numbers but if everyone who watches your show is under 28 years of age you will be renewed.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (LXnTT)

243 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM

Yeah, because no conservative spends money. We all hunt our own food and weave our own clothes and live in log cabins and shit.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:00 PM (toi7g)

244 =============

Perfection!
Posted by: MathMom

You know what else is perfection?

Posted by: Chandler Bing at May 16, 2017 02:00 PM (NrQPT)

245 >>225
Maybe instead they could just broadcast a livefeed of Shia Lebouf's
stupid flag. Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (KUaJL)

With a laugh track. Constantly. You know, one of the really bad early ones.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 02:00 PM (Bdeb0)

246 My favorite sitcoms right now are Brooklyn 99 and Mom

My favorite comedy is the "Met's Channel and The Mets"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 02:00 PM (KlI/a)

247 Wondering if there are enough purged actors and directors to form their own network now? Maybe put Mel Gibson in charge

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at May 16, 2017 02:00 PM (WBiPF)

248 237 Same network that shitcanned The Path to 9/11 because Slick didn't like it. Complete Stalinesque disappearance.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM (y7DUB)

Still not available anywhere that I know of.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 02:01 PM (7HtZB)

249 On the other hand you can have medium numbers but if everyone who watches your show is under 28 years of age you will be renewed.

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Because most people under 28 are living for free at mom and dad's and have more disposable income. Even PhD baristas who have no house note can buy a bunch of crap.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (7ZVPa)

250 Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (LXnTT)

Sooo... the premise is that Advertisers will not advertise to the folks who actually have money... but will instead advertise to people who are already in debt through student loans and such, and thus have much LESS disposable income...

OK....

Posted by: Don Q. at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (NgKpN)

251 Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason, and its gone, yeah. That makes sense, its about bottom line for a struggling business.

I'll give you two reasons

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (493sH)

252 Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason,

Kat Dennings massive cans.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (rvtDF)

253 I tried watching the real O'Neils and there wasn't anything in it I could relate to at all.
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My impression of the Real O'Neal's was that it exists to vilify religion (specifically Catholicism), elevate homosexuality (specifically among children/teenagers), glorify divorce and generally impugn white (Irish) people.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (vg8iE)

254 Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:58 PM

Young people living at their parent's house have more disposable income to spend on unnecessary crap. And they plant themselves in front of the tube like ferns. They're an advertisers dream.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (toi7g)

255 Shia LaPoof to a Benny Hill music score.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (g6Mg0)

256 TV is a dying medium because these effete, pretentious, magisterial, overtly political, bumbling village idiots are running the programming based on their narrow, pate eating ideas sourced from the fucking bridge club for the retarded are the basis for their decisions?

Viewership? We don't need no freaking viewership?pass the crudites and do we quiet. Serf.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (8kvBS)

257 My favorite comedy is the "Met's Channel and The Mets"
_________________________________

Oddly enough, I thought this year they reprogrammed it as a tragedy channel.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (4AVeu)

258 Sooo... the premise is that Advertisers will not advertise to the folks who actually have money... but will instead advertise to people who are already in debt through student loans and such, and thus have much LESS disposable income...

OK....

Profit!!!!!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (rvtDF)

259 24 6 Fuck this God damned fucking world.

Posted by: Chris M at May 16, 2017 01:26 PM (eAZVt)

Hmm. This just made my short list for epitaphs.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 16, 2017 01:28 PM (0mRoj)

it would have been perfect with one more fuck.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (O5bec)

260 You missed the not-bolded "studio ownership" and that's a shame because there's the real reason why the show was cancelled.

See, networks don't own all the shows they broadcast. This means they don't make as much money on them, and their infantile execs can't ruin the shows with their notes.

This happened when the AE network cancelled "Longmire," based on Craig Johnson's best-selling mystery series set in Wyoming, despite the fact it was the network's highest-rated scripted show. They went to the producers, said "Nice show. Shame if anything happened to it."

"Like what?" the producers said.

"Oh, you know, cancellation. Maybe you should give us a share of the show. To protect it."

They didn't, and "Longmire" was cancelled. Fortunately, Netflix picked the show up and it's still running today. (Note: The story behind this came from Johnson, who freely talks about it on his book tours.)

ABC is notorious for fucking up shows. They did the same thing with "Lost," refusing to let the producers end the show when and how they wanted. The producers walked, the network hired the mooks to drain as much dosh as possible from it, and the result was a trainwreck. But, hey, they made their quarterly predictions!

Tim Allen must have gotten the same offer.

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (Go2FS)

261 >>>Young people living at their parent's house have
more disposable income to spend on unnecessary crap. And they plant
themselves in front of the tube like ferns. They're an advertisers
dream.

Posted by: Rusty Nail

You assume most are working.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (4e+hS)

262 I think I see a perfect opening to run the pilot for Black Panther and The Crew. Black superheroes on a Friday night primetime is Win-Win, baby!

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (2Mnv1)

263 Kat Dennings massive cans.

In the internet age, that makes no sense whatsoever. There's an ocean of tits out there one mouse click away and they aren't attached to a retard.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)

264 231 Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason, and its
gone, yeah. That makes sense, its about bottom line for a struggling
business.

LOL, I read 'huge hit' as 'huge tit'.

The jokes on that show were incredibly lame.

And yeah, a good show to watch with the sound off, because of the 'huge hits'...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (8iiMU)

265 Advertisers are going to be doing the 'ol double-take. They'll be like, "what the f ... are those morons thinking?" Please, ABC, bring forward another golden goose and slay it. Idiots!

Posted by: goon at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (EaQ6/)

266 >>Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason,

>Kat Dennings massive cans.

That's 2 reasones.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (IQ71s)

267 "147 Dem Rep. Al Green Calls For President Trumps Impeachment"

I shut down his Obamacare townhall when I asked how adding 45 million new people to the existing health care market could possibly lower our premiums by $2,500/year?

His soft dulcet tones shifted to screaming preacher mode in about 2 seconds and the SEIU goons took over.

Al Green stays in the shadows of that other Houston titan known as Sheila Jackass Lee.

Posted by: DanMan at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (XTiHL)

268 My favorite sitcom is youtubes on how to build the perfect .308 load.

And books. They've driven me back to devouring book.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (8kvBS)

269 In the internet age, that makes no sense whatsoever. There's an ocean of tits out there one mouse click away and they aren't attached to a retard.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (KUaJL)

270 STATEMENT FROM ABC:

We reject the innuendo from this person who calls xerself "The Ace of Spades."

We note that "spade" is a well-known derogatory term for African-Americans, and since the ace card is the card with the highest value, therefore it is all too clear that this person is claiming superiority and domination over black bodies, a true modern-day slaveholder.

Our decision to remove comedy from Friday nights has nothing to do with politics. It is simply that in the age of Trump, things like comedy and laughter are suddenly trivial now. The comedic life is dead in America. Only the Revolution remains.

We are not concerned with ratings. It is our belief that Americans should be provided with essential television viewing without regard to capitalist concepts like "ratings."

We call on the federal government to define a package of essential television shows that every American must have access to. These shows must inform Americans on the correct news that an American should know and the correct opinions and attitudes that an American should hold.

And in order to provide access to these shows to the poorest and duskiest Americans, the richest and whitest Americans must bear their shared responsibility for making these shows available through a shared responsibility payment enforced by the federal government.

#TheResistance
#EnMarche
#TransgressiveProgress
#AntiFascism #SethRichWasATraitorWhoDeservedWhatHeGot #CheesePizzaIsLoveOfYoungPeopleNotACrime

Posted by: ABC at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (m5dkR)

271 Another reason why I quit caring about Doctor Who, what they did to The Master. Turned him into Missy, aka Mistress [lets ignore that is what K-9 called some of the Doctor's companions], who dresses and acts like an evil Mary Poppins.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (g6Mg0)

272 C'mon guys!

Give "Two Unshaven Sweaty Dudes Making Out (With Tongue) " a try!

It's good wholesome Friday Family Fun!

Posted by: ABC at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (C52a9)

273 In the internet age, that makes no sense whatsoever. There's an ocean of tits out there one mouse click away and they aren't attached to a retard.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)

Once you see one pair of titties, you want to see them all.

Posted by: Ron White at May 16, 2017 02:06 PM (KUaJL)

274
Two Broke Girls is also canceled. That show was great to watch with the sound off.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 01:53 PM (7HtZB)

Of course, the premise is ridiculous. Two hawt chicks in NYC won't stay broke for long, IYKWIM.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 16, 2017 02:06 PM (quw2O)

275 Wait. "Tits out?

*looks around*

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (8kvBS)

276 advertise to people who are already in debt through student loans and such, and thus have much LESS disposable income...
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM

It's not debt if you don't ever plan on paying it back.. And you see, once we imprison Trump, impeach Pence, and vacate their illegitimate cabinet, the Senate will elect Hillary President and she will forgive all student debt by executive order.

Posted by: Sally Kohn, Constitutional scholar at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (toi7g)

277 ""'Last Man Standing' was a challenging one for me, because it was a steady performer, said Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment President. "Once we made the decision not to continue with comedy on Friday, it was just kind of that's where we landed.""
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Dungey thinks the future is cutting-edge Lifetime vibe, urban feminist-oriented programming. No room for people like Tim Allen in that restricted marketing niche.

Posted by: mrp at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (Pqytn)

278
256
Viewership? We don't need no freaking viewership?pass the crudites and do we quiet. Serf.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (8kvBS)

You will watch the one propaganda channel we give you for the mandatory amount of hours comrade!

Posted by: Commie TV at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (O5bec)

279 My impression of the Real O'Neal's was that it exists to vilify religion (specifically Catholicism), elevate homosexuality (specifically among children/teenagers), glorify divorce and generally impugn white (Irish) people.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (vg8iE)

That's how I saw it too just from the commercials which they ran all the time to promote the hell out of that POS

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (493sH)

280 It's the mystery of the titty. Not the titty itself.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (IQ71s)

281
The jokes on that show were incredibly lame.

And yeah, a good show to watch with the sound off, because of the 'huge hits'...
=======

Kat Dennings' performance on that show seemed so wooden - like she was reading the lines. It reminded me of Roseanne's performance when her show first came on. It just seemed like she was reading it.

Dennings' performance was better in the Thor movies. When I say "better," I don't mean excellent, just not like she was reading it.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (vg8iE)

282
I watch 'Last Man Standing' through Hulu. I pay a couple extra months a month *NOT* to watch commercials.

Yeah, I'm not the advertisers 'prized demographic'. Instead my dollars go directly to the network of the show I'm watching. Poor them.

Something is happening and the 'Mr. Jones' of the world don't know what it is.

ABC is clueless. Or malicious.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:07 PM (HTdUD)

283 Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason,

Kat Dennings massive cans.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (rvtDF)

They are not so much "massive" as really nicely -proportioned, wonderfully shaped, and spectacularly--in this day in age---natural.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:08 PM (7uYFy)

284 Kat Dennings massive cans.

That's 2 reasones.
Posted by: garrett

Picky picky.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:08 PM (rvtDF)

285 Sooo... the premise is that Advertisers will not advertise to the folks who actually have money... but will instead advertise to people who are already in debt through student loans and such, and thus have much LESS disposable income...

OK....
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This is a SOLID advertising plan, and I HIGHLY recommend it. No one spends money like unemployed people that are tens of thousands of dollars in debt!

Also, if the economy goes south, we need to force Trump into a war with someone. North Korea will do, but we'd prefer Russia.

Posted by: Paul Krugman at May 16, 2017 02:08 PM (BPeNq)

286 Once you see one pair of titties, you want to see them all.

Posted by: Ron White at May 16, 2017 02:06 PM

Once you've seen a few dozen, you start to feel like you have seen them all.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:08 PM (toi7g)

287 Once you've gone titty, you never go back.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:08 PM (8kvBS)

288 He will not.

Posted by: Shia LaBeouf at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (ygNTz)

289 Boobemon?

Gotta gawk them all???

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (g6Mg0)

290 The Middle is one of the few ABC comedies that I will watch. I haven't watched it recently, as it's had its run and is getting silly, but the reruns are good. I can watch them over and over and still laugh.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (vg8iE)

291 263 Kat Dennings massive cans.

In the internet age, that makes no sense whatsoever. There's an ocean of tits out there one mouse click away and they aren't attached to a retard.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)

You think men use logic & reason when it comes to hot women?

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (7HtZB)

292 The new Pirate Movie has been pirated.
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So. Sorry. TO. hear. that.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (C52a9)

293 Dennings' performance was better in the Thor movies. When I say "better," I don't mean excellent, just not like she was reading it.

I think that's the best she can offer, what she did in Thor. I mean if you have that good a director and you and Natalie Portman are boring and sound like a kid in a crappy sitcom, you really are hurting for talent.

Sure, Portman's character could have been better written, but its obvious she really was not into the role (and later made that clear in repeated statements).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (39g3+)

294 >>generally impugn white (Irish) people.Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (vg8iE)

White Irish people should be impugned. In this way is karma maintained.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (Bdeb0)

295 Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM

Prayers up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (p+Wdc)

296 It was a hard choice for me to cancel my sex date with Kate Upton but I'm not going with blondes for my Friday night dates. The trend is red heads.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (tHX5V)

297 There's another way of looking at this. Could be that the MFM/leftists realize that they're losing the propaganda war. This could be no more than spite toward the right.

Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (Fmupd)

298 Two Broke Girls is also canceled. That show was great to watch with the sound off.

As my brother called it, Two Big Tits.

Posted by: tu3031 at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (qJhUV)

299 283 Two Broke Girls was a huge hit for some inexplicable reason,

Kat Dennings massive cans.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:02 PM (rvtDF)

And the blonde had great legs.

Posted by: josephistan at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (7HtZB)

300 >>Portman's character could have been better written, but its obvious she really was not into the role

That's almost exactly what I think sex with her would be like.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (IQ71s)

301 n the internet age, that makes no sense whatsoever. There's an ocean of tits out there one mouse click away and they aren't attached to a retard.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)

There's a ocean of tit mouses out there?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (7uYFy)

302 Sure, Portman's character could have been better written, but its obvious she really was not into the role (and later made that clear in repeated statements).
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Yeah I feel the same about my job. She cashed the checks though.

"Artist" my ass.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (C52a9)

303 Disney targeted by hackers and holding their new pirates movies hostage...LMAO...I am rooting for the hackers on this one

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (KlI/a)

304 You assume most are working.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 02:04 PM

Only the ones not getting an "allowance".

And yes, it's the parents' fault for not kicking them out and cutting them off.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (toi7g)

305
Yeah I feel the same about my job
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Ha! You and me both!

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (vg8iE)

306 272 C'mon guys!

Give "Two Unshaven Sweaty Dudes Making Out (With Tongue) " a try!

It's good wholesome Friday Family Fun!

Posted by: ABC at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM (C52a9)

Aaahhhh!!! This is too f*cking true. I'm usually aware of when its going to happen and bug out, but sometimes I'm distracted and look up and ralph in my dinner. Its physically repulsive to me.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (O5bec)

307 Maybe ABC is contemplating picking up the two gay Muslim dudes barebacking for Islam.

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (2Mnv1)

308 You think men use logic & reason when it comes to hot women?

I think given a choice between an easy click on your computer or waiting until Friday Nights at 8:00 and weeding between ads to see hooties the obvious one is to grab your mouse, not the remote.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (39g3+)

309 227 I started to watch "Designated Survivor"
Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 01:45 PM (8XRCm)

That's one *grimace on face* that kinda tries to toe the line between out and out leftist propaganda and telling an interesting 'what-if' story without slandering either side too much. It was okay for a bunch of episodes. I swore I'd stop watching if it got too political shit dropping on conservatives.

The latest episodes have become exceedingly difficult to watch as they throw more performers into the lineup -- like a team behind 72-0. I can't keep up.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 01:57 PM (HTdUD)

It appears the Bad Guy is an (yawn) evil alt-right-winger.

Posted by: Vrag Naroda at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (17QyB)

310 If course it was Israel who else is an ally in the region?

Posted by: #neverskankles at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (PRrNA)

311 307 Maybe ABC is contemplating picking up the two gay Muslim dudes barebacking for Islam.
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I find that riveting.

Posted by: Shep! at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (vg8iE)

312 I'm usually aware of when its going to happen and bug out, but sometimes I'm distracted and look up and ralph in my dinner. Its physically repulsive to me.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (O5bec)

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The sound of whisker swish.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (8XRCm)

313 This is going to be fun:

Oberlin students seek to socialize dining halls

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 16, 2017 02:13 PM (udajc)

314 I think that's the best she can offer, what she did in Thor. I mean if you have that good a director and you and Natalie Portman are boring and sound like a kid in a crappy sitcom, you really are hurting for talent.

Sure, Portman's character could have been better written, but its obvious she really was not into the role (and later made that clear in repeated statements).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (39g3+)

I feel like the Thor films were always a week point in the Marvel cinematic universe/money printing scheme. They seemed cartoonish, sort of like the Tim Burton Batman movies and didn't seem to fit the tone of Iron Man, Captain America, etc. Maybe that's the point, that they're something different, none of the mythology really resonated with me when I tried to watch them.

Posted by: Ron White at May 16, 2017 02:13 PM (KUaJL)

315 292 The new Pirate Movie has been pirated.
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So. Sorry. TO. hear. that.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (C52a9)

+++

So what does that mean, Johnny Depp won't be doing the late night talk show rounds - feigning humbleness, showing a clip of the movie, making jokes with the host about Trump and having the audience rolling the aisles?

Posted by: washrivergal at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (+eKyB)

316 There's another way of looking at this. Could be that the MFM/leftists realize that they're losing the propaganda war. This could be no more than spite toward the right.
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We need more aggressive LGBTQxyz etc programming featuring transvestite transgender sexually active muslim men and womyn of color involved in the Resistance Against Trump and less "white" "middle class" "values."

Posted by: ABC at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (BPeNq)

317 290 The Middle is one of the few ABC comedies that I will watch. I haven't watched it recently, as it's had its run and is getting silly, but the reruns are good. I can watch them over and over and still laugh.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:09 PM (vg8iE)

I can understand why people like it but I could never get over the absolute piece of crap , unmaintained house and car and general sloppiness. That's not how most of the middle class blue collar families live. Blue collar guys know how to fix things.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (tHX5V)

318 That's almost exactly what I think sex with her would be like.

She has the body and voice of a 12 year old boy so its hard for me to really imagine anything like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (39g3+)

319 So I suppose ABC will fill the slot with Black Panther And The Crew.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (PFy0L)

320 Kat Dennings' performance on that show seemed so wooden - like she was reading the lines. It reminded me of Roseanne's performance when her show first came on. It just seemed like she was reading it.

Dennings' performance was better in the Thor movies. When I say "better," I don't mean excellent, just not like she was reading it.
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Maybe she doesn't understand comedy. Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)

321
Oberlin students seek to socialize dining halls
--

Blacks on one side
Whites on the other

Conservatives forced to wear armbands.

What's not to love?

Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (BPeNq)

322 Posted by: Ron White at May 16, 2017 02:13 PM

Thor is for the chicks. When you realize that, the movies make sense.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:16 PM (toi7g)

323 So what does that mean, Johnny Depp won't be doing the late night talk show rounds - feigning humbleness, showing a clip of the movie, making jokes with the host about Trump and having the audience rolling the aisles?

My understanding (I heard this on the radio today) is that someone hacked the new movie and is holding it for ransom...if Disney doesn't pay up, the movie ends up on the Internet for all to see.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 16, 2017 02:16 PM (PFy0L)

324 I feel like the Thor films were always a week point in the Marvel cinematic universe/money printing scheme.

I agree, they have had a different feel to them (Dr Strange as well). Largely because the other films went so far desperately out of their way to be super sciencey and avoid any sort of superhero patterns in every way possible and Thor was just Thor. There was only a one-line throaway to try to ram it into science "in our world science and magic are the same" and the rest was just Mythology. Eat it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:16 PM (39g3+)

325 Thor is for the chicks. When you realize that, the movies make sense.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:16 PM (toi7g)

That does make a lot of sense.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:16 PM (KUaJL)

326 You know, that Pam Geller has some huge tits.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (IQ71s)

327 Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)
________

Uh, hello, did you not notice the two reasons she was even on television at all?

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (UmSfZ)

328 Maybe she doesn't understand comedy.

I suspect Kat Dennings is mystified by zippers and water coming out of the faucet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (39g3+)

329 How are things in the workers paradise of Venezuela?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (eZ0Cd)

330
The sound of whisker swish.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2017 02:12 PM (8XRCm)

Lol. Just stop it please...

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (O5bec)

331 They are becoming more bold in their bias.

They only do that when they think they have already won, or have actually done so.

Not a good sign.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (rUIbB)

332 "Flava Flav's House of Love" is the gateway drug to imminent "Ow, My Balls!" programming.

The end times are nigh.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (Bdeb0)

333 It appears the Bad Guy is an (yawn) evil alt-right-winger.

Posted by: Vrag Naroda

Sounds like I bailed just in time then.

NSFW NEXT -- I guess it's like this new thing of 'edging' I've heard about where someone masturbates for long periods of time without orgasm. They just couldn't stop themselves. They had to 'Go for the O'.

Oh well, thanks for clue. It's out of my watchlist now.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (HTdUD)

334 317 I can understand why people like it but I could
never get over the absolute piece of crap , unmaintained house and car
and general sloppiness. That's not how most of the middle class blue
collar families live. Blue collar guys know how to fix things.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 02:14 PM (tHX5V)

True. However, I'm willing to suspend disbelief and accept that they are what they are. The thing I like is that they are self-aware that they are sort of sloppy and a bit 'loser-ly'.....
And Axel is pretty funny. Especially when he refers to his own family as 'you people'. That cracks me up every time.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (8iiMU)

335 How are things in the workers paradise of Venezuela?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (eZ0Cd)
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The store shelves are empty and the streets are full.

Posted by: mrp at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (Pqytn)

336 I've been fapping to the four minutes of homosexual Muslim sex on that Gods show.

Posted by: Preezy 44 at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (bc2Lc)

337 White Irish people should be impugned. In this way is karma maintained.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 02:10 PM (Bdeb0)

What about the Black Irish?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (493sH)

338 >>"Flava Flav's House of Love"

Doesn't have half as many STDs as Bill Clinton.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (IQ71s)

339 Horrible. I knew as soon as I read alex's description that this would give kids ideas.

So of course the natural thing to do is renew it for another season.
Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2017 01:52 PM (sBOL1)

The book was first published in 2007 and there have been multiple copycat suicides since it came out.

I have an intense loathing of the quirky/popular/pretty/outcast girl (and it's nearly always a girl) offing herself sub-genre of YA. It's angst porn of the worst sort. I have an absolute and particular loathing of John Green. It's as manipulative as anything that Nicholas Sparks writes but at least Sparks is going for a happy ending. Green, et al, are all about woe woe woe everything is helpless and awful and you'll never get past not realizing how smart, suffering, pretty whatever the object of your fixation was.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (mf5HN)

340 it would have been perfect with one more fuck.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (O5bec)

I can do that. I can make it perfect.

Posted by: Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (Fw5cQ)

341 Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM

I've sat next to them at dinner before. I know.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (toi7g)

342 "Flava Flav's House of Love" is the gateway drug to imminent "Ow, My Balls!" programming.

I thought that was just "America's Funniest Home Videos" which was 75% crotch shots.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:19 PM (39g3+)

343 327 Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)
________

Uh, hello, did you not notice the two reasons she was even on television at all?
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Hard (heh) not to. The series is in reruns on TBS and a bunch of other channels; you can't get away from it. But with all the busty starlets in H'wood, couldn't they have found ONE who could act?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:19 PM (xwbuR)

344 I've been fapping to the four minutes of homosexual Muslim sex on that Gods show.

Posted by: Preezy 44 at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (bc2Lc)

Brokeback Mohammed?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (493sH)

345 Maybe she doesn't understand comedy. Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)

It's not like they gave her character much nuance. Or any of the characters much nuance.

Every episode is the same thing.

Tall Blonde: *Offhand naive remark showing she doesn't understand all the horrible things going on in the city*

Kat Dennings: *Witty comeback which insinuates she likes to sleep around*

Eastern European cook of indeterminate accent: *crude sexual remark*

Old Black guy: "I'm old and black!"

Small asian guy: "Look how pathetic I am"

Older woman who also has prominent knockers: "I also enjoy having sex still!"

Laugh track: hahaha

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (KUaJL)

346 Friday Nights are usually the Dead Man Walking slots for tv shows. ABC thought they'd kill Last Man Standing by putting it there but to their shock people who don't go out on Friday nights still wanted to watch it.

"Future Creative Direction" means that ABC wants to be the broadcast version of Vice Network with lots of teh ghey

Posted by: kbdabear at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (AOrEZ)

347 Supergirl http://therightscoop.com/i-will-not-watch-supergirl-any-longer-after-tonights-episode/

Total garbage Trump rant last night. Deleted 4 shows from my DVR.

I can deal with the GAY MAFIA having EVERY show have gays. The Trump rant in the season finale. F this @#$@#.

Posted by: SmileyNh at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (zJycq)

348 A thread about Tim Allen's cancelled show has been hijacked by boobs.

Posted by: IC at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (a0IVu)

349 Oh give it a rest you capitalist dogs!

Nikita turned the phrase well - "We will bury you"

This perestroika and its brief aftermath are merely a hiccup.

Posted by: V. I. Lenin, HR at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (VFhMt)

350 Oberlin students seek to socialize dining halls
--

Blacks on one side
Whites on the other

Love the new Fb meme.
Black guys looks out, (toward the camera), and says,

"Congratulations. You have succeeded in segregating yourselves !"

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (rvtDF)

351 I put up with grown women I know crying openly over "13 Reasons Why" for one season, I'll not be so tolerant for Season 2. Prepare to be mocked at every opportunity.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (UmSfZ)

352 77 Posted by: alexthechick

They could include the way ESPN is being run as well, it has gone decidedly left and lost viewers and revenues. They say people are cutting the cord and that's the problem, maybe an ambitious attorney should ask why.
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 16, 2017 01:35 PM (4e+hS)

That's their excuse but when you look at the drop off it is heavily conservative. Were it just cord cutting then the drop off would be more uniform because even liberals are cord cutting. Its pretty obvious that their lost viewers stopped because of the BLM support and Krapdick is awesome garbage.

Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (z/Ubi)

353 AlextheChick, I have never heard of this uhm 'suicide' series but now I wonder if that Russian dude with the Blue Whale gambit might have been motivated by this to do what he has done - brainwash at least 16 teen girls into killing themselves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (g6Mg0)

354 We call on the federal government to define a package of essential television shows that every American must have access to. These shows must inform Americans on the correct news that an American should know and the correct opinions and attitudes that an American should hold.

And in order to provide access to these shows to the poorest and duskiest Americans, the richest and whitest Americans must bear their shared responsibility for making these shows available through a shared responsibility payment enforced by the federal government.

#TheResistance
#EnMarche
#TransgressiveProgress
#AntiFascism #SethRichWasATraitorWhoDeservedWhatHeGot #CheesePizzaIsLoveOfYoungPeopleNotACrime
Posted by: ABC at May 16, 2017 02:05 PM

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Mary Cloggenstein, is that you?

Posted by: Useta Lurk, but now who knows? at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (jVlNS)

355 >>Brokeback Mohammed? Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (493sH)

The Queeran.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2017 02:22 PM (Bdeb0)

356 A thread about Tim Allen's cancelled show has been hijacked by boobs.

Posted by: IC

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I think he would be a willing victim.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 16, 2017 02:22 PM (7ZVPa)

357
"Congratulations. You have succeeded in segregating yourselves !"
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (rvtDF)

+++

What about all of that high blood pressure in the Blacks, though, being all segregated and stuff?

Posted by: washrivergal at May 16, 2017 02:22 PM (+eKyB)

358 This Cheryl chick substituting for the lovely Trish Regan on FBN is looking quite nice today.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 16, 2017 02:22 PM (8iiMU)

359 Older woman who also has prominent knockers: "I also enjoy having sex still!"

Yeah. Stiffler's mom.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:22 PM (rvtDF)

360 Laugh track: hahaha

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (KUaJL)

And they had Nigel Tufnel working the laugh track up to 11 for every line

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:23 PM (493sH)

361 Anna, speaking of the Master and Evil Mary Poppins, try looking on Youtub for "Mary Poppins sings Death Metal"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 02:23 PM (mkDpn)

362 348 A thread about Tim Allen's cancelled show has been hijacked by boobs.
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Maybe I started it. I mentioned his middle TV daughter, Molly Ephraim . . . and she is spectacularly endowed. Not like Kat Dennings -- but that's a good thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:23 PM (xwbuR)

363 303 Disney targeted by hackers and holding their new pirates movies hostage...LMAO...I am rooting for the hackers on this one
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 02:11 PM (KlI/a)

Note... Disney is well known in the IT industry for outsourcing both overseas, and with H1B employees...

Coincidence?

Posted by: Don Q. at May 16, 2017 02:23 PM (NgKpN)

364 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

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Here's the trailer. It doesn't look too bad for a silly comedy.

https://youtu.be/Yy9sKeCE8V0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 16, 2017 02:24 PM (Nwg0u)

365 Molly Ephraim . . . and she is spectacularly endowed. Not like Kat Dennings -- but that's a good thing.

Then they brought up the big breasteses on the Modern Family daughter and Sofia Vergara.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (rvtDF)

366 345 Maybe she doesn't understand comedy. Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)

It's not like they gave her character much nuance. Or any of the characters much nuance.

Every episode is the same thing.

Tall Blonde: *Offhand naive remark showing she doesn't understand all the horrible things going on in the city*

Kat Dennings: *Witty comeback which insinuates she likes to sleep around*

Eastern European cook of indeterminate accent: *crude sexual remark*

Old Black guy: "I'm old and black!"

Small asian guy: "Look how pathetic I am"

Older woman who also has prominent knockers: "I also enjoy having sex still!"

Laugh track: hahaha
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (KUaJL)

Whitney Cummings is a producer on the show. If you've ever seen her comedy you can hear her unfunny voice in so many of the "jokes"

Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (z/Ubi)

367 219 I saw some episodes a while back and was stunned they allowed such a Conservative show to stay on. One episode had Tim Allen shooting an AR-15.
I guess they got razzed too much on the cocktail circuit to keep it on.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 16, 2017 01:55 PM (uhftQ)

Absolutely. People always talk about the cocktail parties when it comes to Washington DC and the NYC News Media, but they forget about them when it comes to Hollywood.

Though in Hollywood there's probably a lot more pedophilia and cocaine at those parties.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (Vevy5)

368 353. That Blue Whale thing - there's no word for that kind of evil.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (5fi1x)

369 Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 02:18 PM (8iiMU)

I don't disagree it's just a road block for me.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (tHX5V)

370 242 As someone who has worked at NBC and now CBS for the past 11 years I think I have an explanation: Ratings are not a numbers game. There are an advertising game. You can be the highest watched show but if everyone who watches your show is over 40 then you will be cancelled.

On the other hand you can have medium numbers but if everyone who watches your show is under 28 years of age you will be renewed.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (LXnTT)

___________________________________

That makes sense, until you realize that ABC just signed Roseanne Barr to return in her old series "Roseanne."

It also blows up the "ABC can't fit comedies into its schedule" excuse.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (4AVeu)

371 This perestroika and its brief aftermath are merely a hiccup.
Posted by: V. I. Lenin, HR at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (VFhMt)

We have a chance, it might be turning into "peregruzka"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 02:26 PM (mkDpn)

372 If you listen to a sitcom without watching it, you notice how bad the laugh track is. They use the same pattern over and over

Lame joke
Ha ha ha hah

Lame joke
exact same Ha ha ha hah

Callback/concluding joke
OUTRAGEOUS HA HA HA HA and clapping

over and over. Same 3 part set up, again and again. I cannot stand laugh tracks. Any show that has one, I just don't want to watch.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:26 PM (39g3+)

373 "Tim, Tim, Tim, . . . .

Haven't I told you NOT to discuss right wing political thought . . . ever . . even to your self? Silently? When no one's around? In your head? You will never get a role that way. Tsk. Tsk. "

- some fat Hollywood brain-dead lefty talentless director

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 16, 2017 02:26 PM (Fb9aZ)

374 *taps chin in thought*

Do I want to search YouTube for 'Mary Poppins Sings Death Metal?'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (g6Mg0)

375 364 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

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Here's the trailer. It doesn't look too bad for a silly comedy.

https://youtu.be/Yy9sKeCE8V0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 16, 2017 02:24 PM (Nwg0u)

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Considering trailers for comedies use the best stuff from the show, I'm not exactly convinced that we're looking at a hilarious show here.

And what, on Earth, has convinced Seth McFarland that he's a leading man?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (viSzi)

376 There's a good chance that Trump didn't even know it came from Israel. So the MSM is leaking more secret info than Trump.
Posted by: WisRich at May 16, 2017 01:49 PM (hdpay)

McMasters already said that Trump didn't know the source, so he could not have revealed it.

Way to go, NYT. I'm sure you'll be picking up quite a few overseas subscribers named Mohammed today.

Posted by: LASue at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (CLKfs)

377 It cracks me up that advertisers are only looking for under 40's to buy their crap. Don't they realize that alot of people under 40 who are still living in their parent's basement and have no job, thereby having no money?

The only people with cash are the boomers.

Posted by: Jaimo at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (9U1OG)

378 364 Seth McFarlane is doing a SF show, The Orville. the critics are slobbering all over it. I peeked at the plot summary and it looks awful.

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Here's the trailer. It doesn't look too bad for a silly comedy.

https://youtu.be/Yy9sKeCE8V0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 16, 2017 02:24 PM (Nwg0u)

I'll probably check it out. I tend to enjoy his sense of humor when he's not doing cutaway gags or running jokes every 2 minutes.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (KUaJL)

379 Considering trailers for comedies use the best stuff from the show

Honestly? ALL movies do that.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:28 PM (rvtDF)

380 370 242 As someone who has worked at NBC and now CBS for the past 11 years I think I have an explanation: Ratings are not a numbers game. There are an advertising game. You can be the highest watched show but if everyone who watches your show is over 40 then you will be cancelled.

On the other hand you can have medium numbers but if everyone who watches your show is under 28 years of age you will be renewed.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at May 16, 2017 01:59 PM (LXnTT)

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That makes sense, until you realize that ABC just signed Roseanne Barr to return in her old series "Roseanne."

It also blows up the "ABC can't fit comedies into its schedule" excuse.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (4AVeu)

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It also doesn't make sense from a money perspective.

Don't we keep seeing stories about how Millennials are still living in their parent's houses?

It's the parents with the money to spend on stuff, not the kids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (viSzi)

381 They only do that when they think they have already won, or have actually done so.

Not a good sign.
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2017 02:17 PM (rUIbB)

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I'm thinking the opposite. I think they realize they're losing the agitprop war. The cancelation of LMS is more spite than anything else.

Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (Fmupd)

382 Has Seth McFarlane come out yet?

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (tHX5V)

383 If you listen to a sitcom without watching it, you notice how bad the laugh track is. They use the same pattern over and over

Lame joke
Ha ha ha hah

Lame joke
exact same Ha ha ha hah

Callback/concluding joke
OUTRAGEOUS HA HA HA HA and clapping

over and over. Same 3 part set up, again and again. I cannot stand laugh tracks. Any show that has one, I just don't want to watch.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:26 PM (39g3+)

Reminds me of that scene in Annie Hall where Tony Roberts is telling them where to put the laugh track and what kind of laugh each joke should get

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 16, 2017 02:30 PM (493sH)

384 I cannot stand Seth McFarland but several years back he did an album of standards that is quite well done indeed.

AlextheChick, I have never heard of this uhm 'suicide' series but now I wonder if that Russian dude with the Blue Whale gambit might have been motivated by this to do what he has done - brainwash at least 16 teen girls into killing themselves.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:21 PM (g6Mg0)

I'm pretty sure the Russian guy is just pure evil.

Not all of the John Green books are about suicide but oh how I detest him.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 02:30 PM (mf5HN)

385 263

For some folks "one mouse click" is an exceptional amount of effort. And they occasionally vote. Inexplicable.

Posted by: The Cockroach at May 16, 2017 02:30 PM (ke5UQ)

386 379 Considering trailers for comedies use the best stuff from the show

Honestly? ALL movies do that.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:28 PM (rvtDF)

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True, but it's a bigger problem with comedies, I think.

It's also a problem when the trailer for the comedy isn't really funny.

Not everything can be Mad Max Fury Road and have too much awesomeness to shove into a series of trailers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:30 PM (viSzi)

387 I'm looking forward to Alien:Covenant except the main actress is Sam Waterson's daughter and she looks like she was picked out of his ass.

I don't want to watch it and see his douchebag face every time I see her.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:31 PM (DaXse)

388
Annnnnnd Samantha Bee persists....

Posted by: Kudzu King at May 16, 2017 02:31 PM (HSmrB)

389 Not everything can be Mad Max Fury Road and have too much awesomeness to shove into a series of trailers.

True.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:31 PM (rvtDF)

390 My favorite series that featured "mostly" genuine studio audience laughter was Married With Children.

Except as the show wore on, it became a problem. Every time one of the Bundys would appear on set for the first time in the episode, the audience would go berserk with applause and cheers and it would take 30 seconds of waiting before they could deliver their first line.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (toi7g)

391 Why is it that every YouTube link I visit, for whatever reason, just ends with me looking up Robot Chicken episodes?
Car won't start = Robot Chicken
Wiring a three way light switch = Robot Chicken
Circumcising a Guinea Pig = Robot Chicken

I need help.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (UmSfZ)

392 There is another reason why large companies go Left, it is the new form of Danegeld
Unfortunately, we still wind up with the extortionists coming back for the next payment

http://preview.tinyurl.com/n2fn9k3

Banana giant Chiquita Brands International paid more than $800,000 to left-wing guerrilla groups like the FARC and ELN in the 1990s, according to US documents published by the non-governmental National Security Archive.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (mkDpn)

393 348 A thread about Tim Allen's cancelled show has been hijacked by boobs.
Posted by: IC at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (a0IVu)

Please. We're not boobs, we're morons.

Posted by: rickl at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (xjiRE)

394 387 I'm looking forward to Alien:Covenant except the main actress is Sam Waterson's daughter and she looks like she was picked out of his ass.

I don't want to watch it and see his douchebag face every time I see her.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:31 PM (DaXse)

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I actually don't know who Sam Waterson is (I'd probably say, "Oh, that guy!" if I looked up his picture), but I think the girl's kinda cute.

Anyway, my love of Prometheus is apparently controversial around here, but I have managed to convince Dolley to see Alien Covenant when her mother comes for Memorial Day weekend to babysit Jr.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (viSzi)

395 380

It also doesn't make sense from a money perspective.

Don't we keep seeing stories about how Millennials are still living in their parent's houses?

It's the parents with the money to spend on stuff, not the kids.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (viSzi)

There are actually quite a few Millenials with money. They're just all the ones in IT and the ones selling overpriced art and cosplay gear to nerdy fandoms.

And they're all full SJW (and NIMBY, of course).

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (Vevy5)

396 And what, on Earth, has convinced Seth McFarland that he's a leading man?

Same people that think Seth Green is as well.

Somebody must think they are funny and talented, somewhere. They keep getting money and parts.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (39g3+)

397 390 My favorite series that featured "mostly" genuine studio audience laughter was Married With Children.

Except as the show wore on, it became a problem. Every time one of the Bundys would appear on set for the first time in the episode, the audience would go berserk with applause and cheers and it would take 30 seconds of waiting before they could deliver their first line.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (toi7g)

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It became a real problem on the Seinfeld set.

They begged audiences to keep their reactions short when Kramer did his entrances.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (viSzi)

398 My guess is that Tim Allen's show ends up....nowhere. He's been blackballed by the entertainment industry.

I don't know where he goes next. He has plenty of money, and will continue to make money from the syndication of the show. It's just that it is a very obvious bit of "Hollywood" entertainment BS. They are canning the show because it doesn't fit into their propaganda.

The slogan of Disney in Walt and Roy's days was:
"Offering the finest in family entertainment"

Michael Eisner gets control when Walt dies, and drops the "family". And it's been downhill ever since. If Walt and Roy were still alive, they'd be hopping mad. Roy outlived Walt, and was fighting some of this, but he just didn't have the money and energy to stop it.

The motiff of the Left: take over an institution, kill it from the inside, and wear it's skin to pretend it still exists.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (RFeQD)

399 I suspect Seth MacFarlane is a closeted Republican.

I thought The Orville trailer looked pretty good.

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (jn7FC)

400 The only people with cash are the boomers.

Posted by: Jaimo at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM

They fear that "old people" are set in their buying ways and are largely beyond the reach of advertising. Which may be true of common household items, but that's only one kind of ad.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (toi7g)

401 Prometheus was meh, but it's beautiful to look at and Noomi Rapace is gorgeous in it. I suspect this movie will see up some loose ends, actually making Prometheus a better movie.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:34 PM (DaXse)

402
Brokeback Mohammed?

Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees

Posted by: Irish Rovers at May 16, 2017 02:34 PM (IqV8l)

403 AlextheChick, I agree that Russia's answer to Charles Manson is evil and needs to be shot, shredded, and then sprinkled over Chernobyl's ruined reactor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:34 PM (g6Mg0)

404 395 380

It also doesn't make sense from a money perspective.

Don't we keep seeing stories about how Millennials are still living in their parent's houses?

It's the parents with the money to spend on stuff, not the kids.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (viSzi)

There are actually quite a few Millenials with money. They're just all the ones in IT and the ones selling overpriced art and cosplay gear to nerdy fandoms.

And they're all full SJW (and NIMBY, of course).
Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (Vevy5)

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Yeah, I say that, but I'm a Millennial with a mortgage, wife, kid, and two cars.

Still, it seems like Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general is saying that Millennials are poor now compared to our parents.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:34 PM (viSzi)

405 Israel put out a statement on the Russia meeting:

"Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under President Trump."

I'm pretty sure some of that is Hebrew for get chupacabra thunderfucked press corps.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 02:35 PM (mf5HN)

406 396 And what, on Earth, has convinced Seth McFarland that he's a leading man?

Same people that think Seth Green is as well.

Somebody must think they are funny and talented, somewhere. They keep getting money and parts.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (39g3+)

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When did Seth Green last headline anything?

It's like he did Robot Chicken for a decade and no one's seen him since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:35 PM (viSzi)

407 Fuck TV in general.... now you can get off of my lawn.

Posted by: USNtakim at May 16, 2017 02:35 PM (zZWkn)

408 345 Maybe she doesn't understand comedy. Which begs the question of why she was in a so-called comedy in the first place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:15 PM (xwbuR)

It's not like they gave her character much nuance. Or any of the characters much nuance.

Every episode is the same thing.

Tall Blonde: *Offhand naive remark showing she doesn't understand all the horrible things going on in the city*

Kat Dennings: *Witty comeback which insinuates she likes to sleep around*

Eastern European cook of indeterminate accent: *crude sexual remark*

Old Black guy: "I'm old and black!"

Small asian guy: "Look how pathetic I am"

Older woman who also has prominent knockers: "I also enjoy having sex still!"

Laugh track: hahaha
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:20 PM (KUaJL)

That show is the worst and confirms why I don't watch Sitcoms.

I tried watching it once or twice and it was wretched and couldn't make it 5 minutes. What startled me were the extent of the sexual jokes during an early prime time slot.

Posted by: WisRich at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (hdpay)

409 Except as the show wore on, it became a problem. Every time one of the Bundys would appear on set for the first time in the episode, the audience would go berserk with applause and cheers and it would take 30 seconds of waiting before they could deliver their first line.

Same thing happened with Kramer, the audience was too loud and enthusiastic, they tried to cut down his entrances so it would be less of an issue.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (39g3+)

410 399 I suspect Seth MacFarlane is a closeted Republican.

I thought The Orville trailer looked pretty good.
Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM (jn7FC)

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He did an episode of Family Guy where the Tea Party took over Quahog and the town descended into complete anarchy.

Maybe a RINO.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (viSzi)

411 I actually don't know who Sam Waterson is (I'd probably say, "Oh, that guy!" if I looked up his picture), but I think the girl's kinda cute.

Anyway, my love of Prometheus is apparently controversial around here, but I have managed to convince Dolley to see Alien Covenant when her mother comes for Memorial Day weekend to babysit Jr.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Sam played the lead lawyer on "Law and Order" for many years. If you want to have a good laugh at how pretentious he has become, watch "Rancho Deluxe", which is a hoot of a comedy starrying Waterson and Jeff Bridges as modern day cattle rustlers.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (RFeQD)

412 I don't really know, but it seems this show must have been popular across the political spectrum to get these ratings. Conservatives and Republicans are used to being abused and offended by the networks. The Left and the Liberals not so much.

I am sorry to see it gone for all who enjoyed it. But I am happy to give the Liberals a little taste of the medicine. Pull popular entertainment for political reasons.

Posted by: gracepc at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (OU4q6)

413 Still, it seems like Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general is saying that Millennials are poor now compared to our parents.

With 93 million people out of the workforce, it's a safe bet not all are boomers.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:37 PM (rvtDF)

414 404 Yeah, I say that, but I'm a Millennial with a mortgage, wife, kid, and two cars.

Still, it seems like Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general is saying that Millennials are poor now compared to our parents.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:34 PM (viSzi)

That's because even a lot of the ones who are doing well for themselves think that they're not because they're not Mark Zuckerberg.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:37 PM (Vevy5)

415 411
Sam played the lead lawyer on "Law and Order" for many years. If you want to have a good laugh at how pretentious he has become, watch "Rancho Deluxe", which is a hoot of a comedy starrying Waterson and Jeff Bridges as modern day cattle rustlers.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (RFeQD)

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Broke down. Looked him up.

"Hey! That guy!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:38 PM (viSzi)

416 405. I saw Raging Hobbitess open for the Chupacbra Thunderfucks

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2017 02:38 PM (5fi1x)

417 414 That's because even a lot of the ones who are doing well for themselves think that they're not because they're not Mark Zuckerberg.
Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:37 PM (Vevy5)

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Dolley and I also have combined about $90,000 in student loan debt which sucks up $800 a month.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:38 PM (viSzi)

418 Circumcising a Guinea Pig = Robot Chicken

I need help.
Posted by: IP at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (UmSfZ)

You are lucky. I get links to Goyte, Somebody I Used to Know.

bleach . . . I need bleach.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 02:39 PM (mkDpn)

419 I suspect Seth MacFarlane is a closeted Republican.
Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2017 02:33 PM

I suspect you haven't watched much Family Guy in the last 10 years. Or ANY episode of "American Dad".

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 02:39 PM (toi7g)

420 Just don't watch anything on ABC. I don't care if it's the Superbowl, DON'T WATCH IT.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at May 16, 2017 02:39 PM (O/TQe)

421 So, TV by the Numbers has a pretty good track record.

Their last prediction had the show at a 85% likelihood of renewal. I just read their take on it and they seem confused too (But are right now holding that the high cost of the show coupled with ABC not owning it caused them to cut it lose.)

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at May 16, 2017 02:40 PM (dzmBR)

422 394
387 I'm looking forward to Alien:Covenant except the main actress is Sam
Waterson's daughter and she looks like she was picked out of his ass.

I don't want to watch it and see his douchebag face every time I see her.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:31 PM (DaXse)

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I actually don't know who Sam Waterson is (I'd probably say, "Oh,
that guy!" if I looked up his picture), but I think the girl's kinda
cute.

Anyway, my love of Prometheus is apparently controversial around
here, but I have managed to convince Dolley to see Alien Covenant when
her mother comes for Memorial Day weekend to babysit Jr.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (viSzi)
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TJMYour love of Prometheus is not controversial, it is misguided lunacy and close to meeting the "harm to yourself and others" level of proof for involuntary commission to a mental healthcare institution - but it is not controversial.
Once again, since some have not learned their lesson, the "honest trailer" to Prometheus:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBaKqOMGPWcyou're welcome

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 16, 2017 02:40 PM (Fb9aZ)

423 Most of my laughs I get from reading AoS. But I sometimes watch Sanford and Son. Redd Foxx makes me laugh.

Posted by: Useta Lurk, but now who knows? at May 16, 2017 02:40 PM (jVlNS)

424
I'm pretty sure some of that is Hebrew for get chupacabra thunderfucked press corps.
Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 02:35 PM (mf5HN)

++++
I am more than confident that Netanyahu knows the score.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (+eKyB)

425 405, I'm pretty sure some of that is Hebrew for get chupacabra thunderfucked press corps.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at May 16, 2017 02:35 PM (mf5HN)
I'm childish but I like to think they had a special emphasis on 'President Trump'..hehehe..

Posted by: IC at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (a0IVu)

426 It also doesn't make sense from a money perspective.
Don't we keep seeing stories about how Millennials are still living in their parent's houses?
It's the parents with the money to spend on stuff, not the kids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I'm the 'parent with money' demographic. I probably represent a couple million baby boomers.

I 99% of the time don't watch over the air television. When I do, it's usually captured on some techy device that allows me to FF through the commercials.

When I do watch 'network' television -- it's through Hulu. I pay a couple extra bucks a month to not see one single commercial.

Advertisers have completely lost me as a demographic. But someone is getting some of my dollars.

ABC hasn't figured that out yet. Dumb asses.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (HTdUD)

427 387 I'm looking forward to Alien:Covenant except the main actress is Sam Waterson's daughter and she looks like she was picked out of his ass.

I don't want to watch it and see his douchebag face every time I see her.
*
*
I saw her in Fantastic Beasts, the Harry Potter-world story set in 1926, and she was darn cute. She's one of those rare girls who can go from "meh, sorta cute" to "Wow" with a just a bit of makeup and a smile.

Something tells me that in an Alien movie, she won't be doing either one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (xwbuR)

428 422 TJMYour love of Prometheus is not controversial, it is misguided lunacy and close to meeting the "harm to yourself and others" level of proof for involuntary commission to a mental healthcare institution - but it is not controversial.
Once again, since some have not learned their lesson, the "honest trailer" to Prometheus:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBaKqOMGPWcyou're welcome

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 16, 2017 02:40 PM (Fb9aZ)

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Seen it.

They just don't, like, get it, man.

*takes puff*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (viSzi)

429 When I do watch 'network' television -- it's through Hulu. I pay a couple extra bucks a month to not see one single commercial.

Advertisers have completely lost me as a demographic. But someone is getting some of my dollars.

ABC hasn't figured that out yet. Dumb asses.

Fistbump

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2017 02:42 PM (rvtDF)

430 Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 02:25 PM (4AVeu)

Also TVbytheNumbers has Last man standing as the 8pm Friday winner by a long shot for the 18-49 now crowd.

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at May 16, 2017 02:42 PM (dzmBR)

431 I saw some of the shows on netflix. It was not a conservative show by any means although it did have some conservative themes presented from time to time. Gee, even a little bit of diversity is now shunned?
It's no wonder that fewer people are watching tv these days.

Posted by: American at May 16, 2017 02:43 PM (WqWcZ)

432 427 I saw her in Fantastic Beasts, the Harry Potter-world story set in 1926, and she was darn cute. She's one of those rare girls who can go from "meh, sorta cute" to "Wow" with a just a bit of makeup and a smile.

Something tells me that in an Alien movie, she won't be doing either one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (xwbuR)

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I was looking forward to Fantastic Beasts.

I thought it was just a pretty big mess. There was too much of an effort to set things up for future movies instead of telling the story of that one movie.

Eh...maybe the series will get better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:43 PM (viSzi)

433 I liked Prometheus once I got past the stupid characters, crappy writing, and ginormous plot holes.

By then the movie was over, so there wasn't much not to like.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 16, 2017 02:44 PM (eytER)

434 When did Seth Green last headline anything?

Sorry meant Seth Rogan, although Green counts too. He's mostly doing voiceover stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (Howard the Duck)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:44 PM (39g3+)

435 415 411
Sam played the lead lawyer on "Law and Order" for many years. If you want to have a good laugh at how pretentious he has become, watch "Rancho Deluxe", which is a hoot of a comedy starrying Waterson and Jeff Bridges as modern day cattle rustlers.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 16, 2017 02:36 PM (RFeQD)

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Broke down. Looked him up.

"Hey! That guy!"
==========

He's also a lefty douchebag who implores us all to save our national parks in some AD Council spot. He's also on the Netflix series with Jane Cunt Fonda and Lily Tomlin wherein their husbands realize they are.....gay (Sam is one of them) and leave their wives to marry each other.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:44 PM (vg8iE)

436 Don't we keep seeing stories about how Millennials are still living in their parent's houses?

It's the parents with the money to spend on stuff, not the kids.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:29 PM (viSzi)

There are actually quite a few Millenials with money. They're just all the ones in IT and the ones selling overpriced art and cosplay gear to nerdy fandoms.

And they're all full SJW (and NIMBY, of course).
Posted by: Hikaru at May 16, 2017 02:32 PM (Vevy5)

This is what I was trying to say yesterday and someone called me a troll.
SNL, Colbert, and everybody else is being encouraged to go full on Trump Derangement because it's not only good for ratings, the very people who lap it up the most are the ones advertisers want to reach. They have money and they spend it. It doesn't mean that many conservatives don't have money and it doesn't imply that many Colbert viewers aren't broke. But whatever metrics they are using tell them to go hard ant-Trump because it's good--so far--for business.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:45 PM (7uYFy)

437 I don't watch tv, but my husband has watched the show and likes it. He said the characters were just normal people. I told him that's why it's gone.

Posted by: Abby at May 16, 2017 02:45 PM (HBU7W)

438 >>>Do I want to search YouTube for 'Mary Poppins Sings Death Metal?'

YES YES YES!!!
Then Cookie Monster!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 16, 2017 02:45 PM (sfOQy)

439 "Flava Flav's House of Love" is the gateway drug to imminent "Ow, My Balls!" programming.

The end times are nigh.

Posted by: General Zod
****

I liked "Ow My Balls".
(looks down in shame)

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 16, 2017 02:45 PM (0x/TW)

440 But let's also consider the character of Brian Griffin, the liberal Mary Sue.
- Obnoxiously Atheist
- Pseudo intellectual who only pretends to read great books
- Terrible writer who thinks he's a genius
- Alcoholic
- Closet Racist
- Deadbeat dad

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2017 02:46 PM (jn7FC)

441 ABC hasn't figured that out yet. Dumb asses.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (HTdUD)

ABC, one of the cofounders and co-owners of Hulu?

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at May 16, 2017 02:46 PM (dzmBR)

442 The Great Sorting continues.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 16, 2017 02:46 PM (QtQaN)

443 434 When did Seth Green last headline anything?

Sorry meant Seth Rogan, although Green counts too. He's mostly doing voiceover stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (Howard the Duck)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:44 PM (39g3+)

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I think Rogan gets his leading roles through his friendship with Judd Apatow, and almost nothing else.

Did you see Sausage Party?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:46 PM (viSzi)

444 440 But let's also consider the character of Brian Griffin, the liberal Mary Sue.
- Obnoxiously Atheist
- Pseudo intellectual who only pretends to read great books
- Terrible writer who thinks he's a genius
- Alcoholic
- Closet Racist
- Deadbeat dad
Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2017 02:46 PM (jn7FC)

===============

And yet his virtue makes him better than you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:47 PM (viSzi)

445 I thought it was just a pretty big mess. There was too much of an effort to set things up for future movies instead of telling the story of that one movie.

Eh...maybe the series will get better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:43 PM (viSzi)

I'm really just bummed that we're getting Depp as Grindenwald in future installments, after Colin Farrell did such a good job throughout the movie.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (KUaJL)

446 Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:45 PM (7uYFy)

Well the metrics say "these are the people easiest swayed to open their wallets."

That's the key. I don't think I've done a boycott or buycott, so definitionally I can't be a target for these campaigns.

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (dzmBR)

447 Witchdoktor, Prometheus also has another dubious award... worst Wylie Coyote death scene as Charlize Theron tries to run out from UNDER the crashing spaceship.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (g6Mg0)

448
Well the metrics say "these are the people easiest swayed to open their wallets."

That's the key. I don't think I've done a boycott or buycott, so definitionally I can't be a target for these campaigns.
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (dzmBR)

Exactly. They are more willing to spend--and more open to the latest trends--than most conservatives are.
Conservatives are called 'conservative" for a reason.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:50 PM (7uYFy)

449 Watch for Closet Case on ID! Hosted by a former POTUS!

Posted by: Investigation Discovery Channel at May 16, 2017 02:50 PM (bc2Lc)

450 447 Witchdoktor, Prometheus also has another dubious award... worst Wylie Coyote death scene as Charlize Theron tries to run out from UNDER the crashing spaceship.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (g6Mg0)

===============

You mean that someone in a crazy life or death situation might not think clearly? Someone who's extremely controlling and has lost complete control of everything might not think rationally about an emergency situation?

Weird...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (viSzi)

451 Wait some of you actually think Seth MacFarlane could be a Republican?

You guys need to seriously cut back on the hallucinogenic drugs.

Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (z/Ubi)

452 worst Wylie Coyote death scene as Charlize Theron tries to run out from UNDER the crashing spaceship.

Look, running sideways just is not possible in Hollywood, we've seen that proven over and over! You must run the length of a huge falling object, not away from it to the side!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (39g3+)

453 But whatever metrics they are using tell them to go hard ant-Trump because it's good--so far--for business.
Posted by: JoeF

________

I honestly don't think "business" plays a role in these decisions. It's not some sophisticated act to woo people.

If everyone involved can make money and they get to make the show they want to make and they get praise from their peers, that's all that really matters.

Years ago, large companies were run by staunch Republicans and they wouldn't have advertised if they thought the show as alienating people. Now it's SJWs that run the largest companies.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 02:52 PM (QWUwq)

454 ABC hasn't figured that out yet. Dumb asses.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:41 PM (HTdUD)

ABC, one of the cofounders and co-owners of Hulu?
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist

You're kidding? They have access to the number of viewers of Last Man Standing... the number of subscribers to Hulu who elect out of commercials... who collect that sweet cash for not having to deliver a commercial... and still cancel a show like that?

In that case, there's no question. This is maliciousness on their part.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 02:52 PM (HTdUD)

455 Witchdoktor, Prometheus also has another dubious award... worst Wylie Coyote death scene as Charlize Theron tries to run out from UNDER the crashing spaceship.

I forgot about that! Likely my brain intentionally blanked that out of my memory as a part of a trauma response.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 16, 2017 02:52 PM (eytER)

456 451 Wait some of you actually think Seth MacFarlane could be a Republican?

You guys need to seriously cut back on the hallucinogenic drugs.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (z/Ubi)

I wouldn't go so far as saying he voted for Trump (or ever actually voted for a Republican), but I don't think he's as married to the liberal orthodoxy as most of Hollywood.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:53 PM (KUaJL)

457 We love Modern Family, and have for years. It is (or was) a masterpiece of craft --

Theirs is an ensemble that you pair off, combine, and/or permute with the requisite hi-jinks ensuing. And to do that for nigh onto 8 seasons is no small thing. It's not as side-splittingly funny as it once was (what could be?) The non-sequitur misunderstood dialog alone is priceless. And the atrocious puns. And the references to Cam's childhood experiences on the farm... !

Often, the recording starts at the 'coda' / credits roll of of the previous show - which is uniformly and head-scratchingly unfunny.

Oh and speaking of unfunny, Will and Grace is coming back - and the 'trailer' is just achingly awful, with a laugh track after every line.

I envy the folks on that laugh track, because I imagine their relief at not having to listen to it live.

May 19 Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 - a show that is SO bat-shit crazy as to defy comparison.

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at May 16, 2017 02:54 PM (6VG2o)

458 If they can continue LMS, I may start watching it out of spite.

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (6VG2o)

459 He's also a lefty douchebag who implores us all to
save our national parks in some AD Council spot. He's also on the
Netflix series with Jane Cunt Fonda and Lily Tomlin wherein their
husbands realize they are.....gay (Sam is one of them) and leave their
wives to marry each other.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:44 PM (vg8iE)

Yes. I was about to mention this.

I was unfortunate enough to overhear innumerable episodes of that stupid show as Mrs. Galt was watching it (or falling asleep while it was on). Incredibly whiny, leftist, preachy, smarmy, and lame.
The other gay guy is a well known actor, but I have repressed his name.
Waterson's whining gave me the strong urge to punch him in the face. I think 'mewling quim' accurately describes him.
Just mentioning it makes me want to punch them all.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (8iiMU)

460 457 May 19 Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 - a show that is SO bat-shit crazy as to defy comparison.
Posted by: Aunt Ralph at May 16, 2017 02:54 PM (6VG2o)

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I watched about half the first season. I found it slightly amusing.

Not enough to keep watching, but I gave it a fair shake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (viSzi)

461 honestly don't think "business" plays a role in these decisions. It's not some sophisticated act to woo people.

If everyone involved can make money and they get to make the show they want to make and they get praise from their peers, that's all that really matters.

Years ago, large companies were run by staunch Republicans and they wouldn't have advertised if they thought the show as alienating people. Now it's SJWs that run the largest companies.
Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 02:52 PM (QWUwq)

I totally agree. Have you ever watched anything on Bravo? It's totally a gay channel. Andy Cohen--the mastermind behind those silly, but lucrative , "Real Housewives of Wherever.." runs that network.
Every commercial they run is from a top-flight corporation--automobiles , foods, whatever.
Why?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (7uYFy)

462 So the anti-Bibi coalition from Israel is now leaking falsehoods to the press about PDT?

Good to know.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (8kvBS)

463 Reminds me of what happened to the Smothers Brothers. Remember them? They spoke out against the Vietnam war, and they got canned while still very popular.

Posted by: Adsila at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (erVZn)

464 The left is going crazier every second.

They are doing NO governance except trying to destroy PDT

Fuck them

WAR

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (KlI/a)

465 447 Witchdoktor, Prometheus also has another dubious award... worst Wylie Coyote death scene as Charlize Theron tries to run out from UNDER the crashing spaceship.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:48 PM (g6Mg0)

Reminds me of the Jurassic Park scene with the Jeep in the tree. The doctor and the kid could either move left or right to avoid the car but no, they just have to keep going straight down, hoping the vehicle doesn't catch them. Jeesh.

Posted by: WisRich at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (hdpay)

466 I wouldn't go so far as saying he voted for Trump (or ever actually voted for a Republican), but I don't think he's as married to the liberal orthodoxy as most of Hollywood.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:53 PM (KUaJL)

Yeah he is.

Now the South Park guys can be persuaded....

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (t06LC)

467 So the anti-Bibi coalition from Israel is now leaking falsehoods to the press about PDT?

Good to know.
Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (8kvBS)

What are you making reference to?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (KlI/a)

468 Just say no.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (ygNTz)

469 Exactly Christopher Taylor.

Someone like Theron's character who is supposed to be the paranoid Ripley of this movie in a moment of crisis to do something that dumb... but then in Prometheus a lot of really dumb things happened because the writing is dumb.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2017 02:57 PM (g6Mg0)

470 Just mentioning it makes me want to punch them all.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 16, 2017 02:55 PM (8iiMU)

Martin Sheen.

I too have been subjected to a few minutes of that show now and again, and it is smug beyond belief.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 16, 2017 02:57 PM (rF0hx)

471 In that case, there's no question. This is maliciousness on their part.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum

______

Of course it was maliciousness, I think it was the #2 Comedy on Network television.

I GUARANTEE you the show that replaces it will get less ratings.

This was probably about Bob Iger wanting to run for President and not wanting a Democrat opponent to bring it up that he was greenlighting "pro-Trump" TV shows.

he wants to keep his options open if he throws his hat in the ring.

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 02:57 PM (QWUwq)

472 Agents of Shield - It's like the Avengers with no Avengers in it! How could this brilliant idea fail!?

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at May 16, 2017 02:58 PM (oZ6kz)

473 NYT just headlined the information the WAPo falsely alleged was leaked by PDY came from Israel.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Guy at May 16, 2017 02:58 PM (8kvBS)

474 466 I wouldn't go so far as saying he voted for Trump (or ever actually voted for a Republican), but I don't think he's as married to the liberal orthodoxy as most of Hollywood.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:53 PM (KUaJL)

Yeah he is.

Now the South Park guys can be persuaded....
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (t06LC)

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They seem to have gone from little "l" libertarians to big "L" Libertarians, meaning that they seem to have begun to adopt the attitude of "Republicans are icky and Democrats are so much cooler."

I say this because of the Trump stuff from last year (his election which ended up completely screwing up their plan for the second half of the season), but also because of their Trayvon Martin episode which bought the media narrative hook, line, and sinker.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 16, 2017 02:58 PM (viSzi)

475 Trump Nood

Posted by: Skip at May 16, 2017 02:59 PM (Ot7+c)

476 377 It cracks me up that advertisers are only looking for under 40's to buy their crap. Don't they realize that alot of people under 40 who are still living in their parent's basement and have no job, thereby having no money?

The only people with cash are the boomers.
Posted by: Jaimo at May 16, 2017 02:27 PM (9U1OG)

True but boomers are sone buying big items like homes, furniture, etc. The yutes save nothing and buy 120% of their income thabks to easy credit.

Posted by: #neverskankles at May 16, 2017 02:59 PM (PRrNA)

477 Someone like Theron's character who is supposed to be the paranoid Ripley of this movie in a moment of crisis to do something that dumb... but then in Prometheus a lot of really dumb things happened because the writing is dumb.

And made even dumber as she sees her companion do exactly the right thing to escape certain death...and she continues doing the dumb thing.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 16, 2017 02:59 PM (eytER)

478 wouldn't go so far as saying he voted for Trump (or ever actually voted for a Republican), but I don't think he's as married to the liberal orthodoxy as most of Hollywood.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2017 02:53 PM (KUaJL)

Yeah he is.

Now the South Park guys can be persuaded....
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 16, 2017 02:56 PM (t06LC)

The South Park guys recognize comedy gold when they see it, but they are lefties--as is MacFarlnd and everyone else in Hollywood. The only people in that town who may have voted for Trump or are conservative keep their fucking mouths shut. There may be a few exceptions if they have the proper standing AND are very old---think Eastwood, Robert Duvall.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 16, 2017 02:59 PM (7uYFy)

479 472 Agents of Shield - It's like the Avengers with no Avengers in it! How could this brilliant idea fail!?
====================

I know, right?

That show is painful to watch. I think I made it through four episodes of the first season and said, "No more."

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 02:59 PM (vg8iE)

480 @474

True, but part of that is the Trump phenomena. He absolutely turns off libertarians the same way Obama did, and I can see why.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 16, 2017 03:00 PM (t06LC)

481 NOOD

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2017 03:00 PM (PY9jH)

482 MacFarlane's "comedy" comes from his rejection of his conservative Catholic upbringing. He is a lefty's lefty. He is committed to the cause. He's Joss Whedon with a better sense of humor.

So he can non-politically make you laugh sometimes. So what? Doesn't make him a centrist. Sure as HELL doesn't make him any stripe of conservative.

Stop the madness, please.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 16, 2017 03:00 PM (toi7g)

483 Wait some of you actually think Seth MacFarlane could be a Republican?

You guys need to seriously cut back on the hallucinogenic drugs.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (z/Ubi)

I wouldn't go so far as saying he voted for Trump (or ever actually voted for a Republican), but I don't think he's as married to the liberal orthodoxy as most of Hollywood.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously

_______

Seth gives MASSIVELY to the Democrat Party and various left-wing causes, he's one of the bigger donors in Hollywood.

he's also a very outspoken Atheist.

He might dabble in some non-PC humor, but he's a left winger.

Also, even before I knew his politics, he's just a hack. Everything he does is pretty shitty

Posted by: Maritime at May 16, 2017 03:01 PM (QWUwq)

484 477 Someone like Theron's character who is supposed to be the paranoid Ripley of this movie in a moment of crisis to do something that dumb... but then in Prometheus a lot of really dumb things happened because the writing is dumb.

And made even dumber as she sees her companion do exactly the right thing to escape certain death...and she continues doing the dumb thing.
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Trivia - it was extremely arduous for Theron to film the scenes running in that suit as her heavy smoking made it difficult for her to breathe. It certainly hasn't taken its toll on her looks though. She's 41.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 16, 2017 03:01 PM (vg8iE)

485 Remember SJW's always lie.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 16, 2017 03:02 PM (J70i0)

486 This was probably about Bob Iger wanting to run for President and not wanting a Democrat opponent to bring it up that he was greenlighting "pro-Trump" TV shows.

he wants to keep his options open if he throws his hat in the ring.

Posted by: Maritime

He apparently has never heard of the ArKansas crime family that makes the Gerhardt family of 'Fargo' look like a bunch of whiny pussies.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 16, 2017 03:02 PM (HTdUD)

487 Moonbat heads are exploding over Sunday's Dilbert that dared question gerbil enwormening.

http://tinyurl.com/n37ofvo

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 16, 2017 03:03 PM (Nwg0u)

488 Until conservatives get serious about boycotting businesses succoring leftists, this will the permanent future.

Posted by: TomScott at May 16, 2017 03:04 PM (9/QQm)

489 Every commercial they run is from a top-flight corporation--automobiles , foods, whatever.
Why?

Notoriously, homosexuals are wealthy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 03:08 PM (39g3+)

490 Look, running sideways just is not possible in
Hollywood, we've seen that proven over and over! You must run the
length of a huge falling object, not away from it to the side!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 16, 2017 02:51 PM (39g3+)

Mouse. Combine.

Sometimes the do run off at an angle, sometimes they make the wrong decision.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2017 03:11 PM (mkDpn)

491 487 Moonbat heads are exploding over Sunday's Dilbert that dared question gerbil enwormening.

http://tinyurl.com/n37ofvo
*
*
I tried going to that, caught a glimpse of the strip, and then got a screen that insisted I activate some kind of protection against Goggle searches. I closed the tab. Are the moonbats actually trying to keep people from viewing the strip?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2017 03:17 PM (xwbuR)

492 Re: all comments about "13 Reasons Why"

If you are already unhinged enough to contemplate or go through with suicide, you don't NEED a stupid TV show to go over the edge. The same comments about how the book/show is encouraging suicide are the exact same ones I heard 25-30 years ago as a young, teenaged headbanger about certain heavy metal songs/albums (Ozzy's "Suicide Solution", which is actually about alcoholism; the "Stained Class" album by Judas Priest).

I can't tell you how many times I heard Slayer's "Hell Awaits" album which such feel-good songs like "Kill Again" and "Praise of Death". I have yet to act on them for some reason.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at May 16, 2017 03:31 PM (ocGQU)

493 My favorite comedy is the "Met's Channel and The Mets"
_________________________________

Oddly enough, I thought this year they reprogrammed it as a tragedy channel.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

I have a lifetime subscription to this.

Posted by: Nemesis at May 16, 2017 03:52 PM (326rv)

494 I went to Prometheus because of Noomi Rapace. Is there enough of her in Covenant to make it worthwhile?

Posted by: richard mcenroe at May 16, 2017 03:58 PM (oOCN8)

495 I have met Sam Waterston and his wife in a venue unrelated to Hollywood. He is an interesting man and she is very gracious. I am nobody, so it was their true selves.

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at May 16, 2017 04:24 PM (dQJCS)

496 I think ABC licenses Last Man Standing from Fox Studios and doesn't own it. It has been a late renewal the last several years because they've been renegotiating the licensing fee. I wouldn't put it past ABC given ESPN's crap, but this is likely an economic decision. Most of the nets are producing their own shows these days and not licensing from other network studios because the money is better with your own and you don't pay licensing. ABC doesn't get syndi money when LMS airs everyday on Hallmark, CMT, and local and indies. That likely all goes to Fox.

Posted by: laddy at May 16, 2017 04:32 PM (RAwQ4)

497 I've read that next season the costs of producing the show would have shifted from the production company to ABC. The cast's high salaries made the show expensive to produce. ABC crunched the numbers and decided it didn't make sense to continue. No political conspiracy, just a business decision.

Posted by: Sauropod at May 16, 2017 05:35 PM (8W1WC)

498 Eh, maybe because of politics. I am more prepared to believe that since they cancelled the "V" remake.

Posted by: Rick67 at May 16, 2017 05:46 PM (bqer+)

499 257 My favorite comedy is the "Met's Channel and The Mets"
_________________________________

Oddly enough, I thought this year they reprogrammed it as a tragedy channel.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 16, 2017 02:03 PM (4AVeu)

First as comedy, then as Farce.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 16, 2017 07:10 PM (ulmY0)

500 I guess they want their appeal to become more selective. I know I'm doing my part to make it so.

Posted by: Super Genius at May 17, 2017 09:16 AM (8pnHX)

501 "I think it would stun and blindside ABC to sell the show to a
competitor network only on the condition that it be put up against
Modern Family or the on-life-support Agents of WHO CARES."

I do not believe that will ever happen. When one network is pushed into this sort of self-wounding action, it is only done by a Hollywood network sufficiently broad-based to include threats to the other networks. Those who instigated this didn't want to wound ABC far worse than does this act, but threatened to do so, if ideological purity was not restored. The same threats will be made clear to the other networks.

In an industry so corrupt that it openly gives pedophiles awards, the demands about what they really care about are not going to be ignored by any one network.

Posted by: Tom Billings at May 17, 2017 02:03 PM (f/Qgg)

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