Guest SouthernCelt Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Copied from a breaking news item page on the internet today: NETWORKS PLAN 'END OF AMERICA' SHOWS The TV networks are getting edgier in their '06 pilot plans. The nets have filled their development slates with a bevy of brave ideas and bold format experiments, VARIETY reports on Monday, including shows about THE END OF AMERICA! ABC alone has at least two would-be shows set in post-apocalyptic America ("Resistance" and "Red & Blue") while Gavin Polone and Bruce Wagner are teaming for the comfy-sounding plague drama "Four Horsemen" at CBS (which also is developing "Jericho," about life in a small town after America is destroyed). (Emphasis added) Says Fox exec VP Craig Erwich: "The creative community appears to be really inspired this year," he says. "It was an exciting time to be buying. I came away pretty encouraged about network TV." Developing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPlainsDrifter Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 i thought this might happen....FOX has been sitting on a show called Briar & Graves which is a series similar to Revelations that was on NBC. Not sure when it will ever be released but could be a mid-season replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerbelch Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 BEER---> I am looking forward to these - hope they pan out. 'Threshold' has been cancelled, it will be on this week, then 'Criminal Minds' will take it's place. This is all according to my newpaper today. BELCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fisbin Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I must truly be the "kiss of death" for TV shows.... - Millennium - StrangeWorld - Haunted - Miracles - Revelations - NightStalker - Threshold .....................WHAT"S NEXT!!?? I am afraid to getting into watching any thing anymore..... fisbin - sad and dejected..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SouthernCelt Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I must truly be the "kiss of death" for TV shows.... - Millennium - StrangeWorld - Haunted - Miracles - Revelations - NightStalker - Threshold .....................WHAT"S NEXT!!?? I am afraid to getting into watching any thing anymore..... fisbin - sad and dejected..... I don't think it's you, it's the nature of the programs. I watched all of these more or less faithfully too. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't want serious, often thought-provoking stories. Instead they want fluff to keep them amused for a few minutes which can be forgotten as soon as it's over. Sad, but that's what I see as the reason for shows like this failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Wolf Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I don't think it's you, it's the nature of the programs. I watched all of these more or less faithfully too. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't want serious, often thought-provoking stories. Instead they want fluff to keep them amused for a few minutes which can be forgotten as soon as it's over. Sad, but that's what I see as the reason for shows like this failing. I agree, Celt. I remember thinking, after The X Files got cancelled, and Millennium was no longer on FX, thinking "Ohhhh....how spoiled I've gotten! Everything seems trite and sub-par after this! And, like you said, the shallow-mindedness of a culture that would rather watch pretty girls be forced to eat bugs is not what I'd call fertile feilds for the birth of new deep, thought provoking shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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