Follow Up Failure

Again, another very well writen and very true piece. Not much to comment on as it pretty much speaks my mind.

 

"In television, with a successful creation usually comes the chance to create something else. As a successful series runs on longer and longer, the network that carries it will sometimes give the creator of the hit an opportunity to create a new show. And then, because the studio doesn't quite trust the creator, they'll proceed to engage in Executive Meddling until the new show dies a horrible death. This can be done by moving the show around in the schedule so often that no one can find it; issuing demands on the direction and content of the show to the creator that introduce things the fans hate; demanding that the new show be more and more like the old show; or even pre-emptively cancelling a show before it has a chance to actually generate an audience. In some cases, the show actually ends up being better than the original and the network buries it to avoid killing the existing cash cow." See the rest HERE

Screwed By The Network make a to do

This is well written and 100% accurate. Go checki it out. I've seen good show after good show die this way.

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"Starting now on Channel Four is a brand new show that we paid a ridiculous amount of money for which we'll launch in a blaze of publicity, and after a few weeks we'll get bored of it and move it around the schedule where no-one can find it, then we'll brand it a flop, take it off the air for six months, then reluctantly put it back on at three in the morning."
Dead Ringers, explaining this Trope in action.

The prototypical network executive's time revolves not around nurturing talent for the benefit of all, but around making himself look competent. That means appearing responsible for every success and innocent of every failing that the network might have, irrespective of whether this was actually the case. Note that the people that the executive is really trying to convince are his fellow Execs that are, to a man, also having the exact same neurotic crisis day in and day out. Nevertheless, the need to keep their channels populated with new shows means that their commissioning bodies will keep putting forward all kinds of shows that may or may not appeal to the network executives' sensibilities." See the rest HERE

My letter to AMC suggestiong they purchase Caprica

First, I know the title says "suggestiong" but if I fix it, then the link to this post changes, making currently 22 tweets pointing to the bit.ly link that points here no longer work. So pretend it says

My letter to AMC suggesting they purchase Caprica.

"As I'm sure your company should know, SyFy networks has canceled Caprica. There are many many fans that were saddened by this and we are preparing to order 1400-3500$ worth of apples to send to SyFy, similar to the campaign with peanuts to save Jericho a few seasons back on a similar network. A core group of us fans have realized that Caprica has the similar themes and is of the same quality of shows on your network, such as Mad Men. We ask you to pass the suggestion to purchase the rights to, and create more episode of, Caprica on up the line in your company. We are very dedicated fans that not only tune in religiously to watch our program but also buy the show on DVD as well as on iTunes when it is made available for sale. We feel that your company would benefit by purchasing the rights to this show and producing more episodes by gaining an already strong fan-base and likely considerably adding to the viewers with the existing demographic that tunes in to your network's programs. Thank you for your time, and keep making quality programming."

Sent to amccustomerservice@rainbow-media.com

To contact AMC to suggest the same please see the above email address, you may also contact them at AMC Viewer Services
200 Jericho Quadrangle
Jericho, New York 11753
516-803-4360

 

Their official contact website is HERE

 

UPDATE, we are also writing Space!

For programming questions or comments, email space@spacecast.com

SPACE
CTVglobemedia
299 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2Z5

Their contact info is HERE

 

 

iPhone 4, iPad, and Androild tablets oh my!

It's $187.51 to make a 16gb iPhone 4and they sell them for 600 to AT&T. The've sold over 14 million units of the iphone 4 since launch, this means Apple has made at least 4 billion in profit on them.
iPad, I don't know the cost per unit but I imagine it's about $220-230, if not a little less, yet even the refurbished 16GB is $449. 
Android tablets... Google is waiting for hardware manufacturers to make them. This is blah. Google could sing 1 billion dollars into designing a tablet, make the money back many times over in 6 months and it would be a superior device. But aha, the cool part is, Google could go to Hon Hai Precision/Foxconn like Apple, and build it with off the shelf components, make an awesome tablet, and probably only spend a million in r&d making it.... and forget advertising, the damn thing would sell itself. They could then sell the device for 250-350 and absolutely own the tablet market... Google, if you are listening get into the hardware busines! PLEASE!

"Jar of Hearts; Who do you think you are?" an open letter to Mark Stern and SyFy/NBC Universal on the cancellation of Caprica

This is a very well written open letter to SyFy... check it out

 

"Well, SyFy, at least you're consistent.

Back in, oh, 2007, I seem to recall watching an enjoyable series called The Dresden Files, which was rolled out on the then "SciFi" Network. As with Caprica, your network brutally axed the show with very little warning, and then attempted to blame everyone else except yourselves for why the series failed (the audience was never there, the actors moved on, no advertising money, etc).

Fast forward to November 2010. Not only do you swiftly and brutally pull the plug on Caprica for similar reasons, but you don't even commit to airing the REST of what was supposed to be the first season in the U.S.. You just yank it; yank it, in favor of wrestling, I might add. This is important later, so pay attention.

I sensed blood in the water when Paula Malcomson (Amanda Graystone) moved on to take a leading role in this season's Sons of Anarchy. But never in a million years did I believe a network was capable of what you've done. I can't even recall, in the history of recent modern television, when a show was scrapped in the middle of the d@mn season even before Christmas (SyFy Claims the final episodes will air in the U.S. in 2011; that and two bucks will get you on the NYC Subway). But then, I paused, (it's healthy to do that, from time to time,) and remembered poor Harry Dresden. Specifically, I recalled how you bent Jim Butcher over by not even bothering to tell him, the author of the books on which the series was based, that the series was canceled until the Fall season was starting, sans The Dresden Files. "

See the rest HERE