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RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-12-31 04:06pm

W00t! This means I actually have some say in what shows live and what shows die. I intend to have Firefly, Futurama, King of the Hill, Andy Richter, Malcom in the Middle, and John Doe on if we have the little measuring box (if we don't, I'll write in the diary that I watched them). Other than that, I never watch TV...so any requests?

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2002-12-31 04:10pm

Farscape, once the final season starts playing.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-12-31 04:12pm

Never, ever, ever watch "reality TV" shows.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-31 04:14pm

Believe me, you won't make an impact.

We sure didn't...

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-31 04:16pm

Also, no shows that start with "Dr.", "Judge" or your generic daytime talk/variety shows (Caroline, Wayne Brady, Montel, Lowanda).

I also think you have some work to do to help weed out all the really crappy cartoons that are currently on.

Please do what you can to get rid of Yugi-Oh.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2002-12-31 04:55pm

Darth Wong wrote:Never, ever, ever watch "reality TV" shows.

Or Enterprise. But I guess that goes without saying.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-12-31 05:25pm

So far all the don'ts are shows that I'd never watch to begin with. If there's anyone who actually looks at all this data, I wonder what they'd think of a household that watches five or six sci-fi shows but NOT Enterprise.

I might not be able to do Farscape, by the way. The Sci-Fi channel routinely has four minute commercial breaks, and I won't watch a show with that many commericals just on general principle. Ditto MTV and VH1.

<sigh> Of course, I'm outnumbered. For each person strategically watching good television to try to boost the ratings, there's 100 idiots happily tuning into "Survivor: Mogadishu" or wherever the fuck they are now.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-12-31 07:11pm

Please watch Firefly. I pray with all my heart and soul.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-12-31 08:39pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Please watch Firefly. I pray with all my heart and soul.

I'm with you, my brother. I love that show. I wish it wasn't on Friday night when half the time I'm not there to see it--hmm...I wonder if that might possibly be why the ratings suck?

They need to talk to the guys who schedule commercials to schedule these shows. Do you see tampon commercials during football games? Beer commercials with big-breasted women during soap opera hours? Of course not. The target audience isn't watching TV then. So why in the world would you run a sci-fi show targeted at young males in a time slot where practically nobody between the ages of 13 and 25 is home watching TV? Idiots.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-12-31 08:42pm

They canceled it too, after shelving the pilot and showing the eps out of order. Check my sig and send postcards and stuff to UPN to get them to pick it up!

Malachius · Post by **Malachius** » 2002-12-31 08:45pm

Oh how I love watching Andy Ricter.

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-01-01 02:59am

RedImperator wrote:W00t! This means I actually have some say in what shows live and what shows die. I intend to have Firefly, Futurama, King of the Hill, Andy Richter, Malcom in the Middle, and John Doe on if we have the little measuring box (if we don't, I'll write in the diary that I watched them). Other than that, I never watch TV...so any requests?

And how would I acquire one of these magical boxes?

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-01-01 03:38am

That's what I did when we got one of those damned surveys. All of the shows I liked I marked.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-01-01 09:33pm

RedImperator wrote:I might not be able to do Farscape, by the way. The Sci-Fi channel routinely has four minute commercial breaks, and I won't watch a show with that many commericals just on general principle. Ditto MTV and VH1.

So tune in and walk away during commercials.

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