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My Friends and I are not watching any new NBC shows anymore!

posted 11 years ago by JRLilyNeil
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My close group of friends and I loved watching Go On and The New Normal!

We were all happy they got a 22 episode order and then NBC, being the perpetual dumbbells they are, cancelled both without giving them a second season chance at boosing ratings like they gave crappy shows like Whitney and Up All Night (both cancelled as well)!

We all agreed NBC is a useless place to get hooked on a show; so we all agreed to not watch any of NBC's new fall/spring shows. Not one!

They don't give any shows a chance; we won't give them one!

The only shows I watch on NBC now are The Voice and Grimm period.

Heck, I'm even trying to get other people I know (family, coworkers) to join me in my NBC new-show-not-watching strike!

Who out there will join me in showing this last place network who matters the most when it comes to TV: The Viewers!

[–] Leonatio 11 years ago

So...you don't support them because of them cancelling shows, and are in a way boycotting them.

But you still watch shows on their network, thus supporting what they're doing.

Wait...what?

[–] JRLilyNeil 11 years ago

I meant any NEW shows they bring out!

Believe me, I would much rather The Voice and Grimm were on different networks!

[–] AlwaysSunnyIsAlwaysFunny 11 years ago

The New Normal started off with good ratings, but declined through-out its run. I believe the series finale had only 1/3 of the ratings as the season premiere. Something like 6+ million ratings to start it, and only 2+ million at the end. It's the other way around for a show with potential. But NBC had a good enough reason to avoid renewing it. If the show's ratings go downhill, especially if it is a new show, there really is no reason to give it another chance.

Go On received good ratings because it came on the same night as "The Voice." But when The Voice went on its hiatus for that year, the ratings for Go On dropped, leaving us with no choice but to believe that The Voice was the main factor for Go On's good ratings.

NBC did what any network would have done.

"Hello, Dexter Morgan." - Arthur Mitchell

[–] priestly-nichols 10 years ago

See I feel like this is exactly the problem with TV today. If a show is not an immediate success, then the network cancels it. They don't give the shows enough time to get a footing and really find themselves so they can establish an audience. But because networks do this so often, audiences aren't willing to give a show a chance, and why would they if it is just going to get cancelled? It's a self-perpetuating cycle: networks cancel shows because nobody is watching but nobody is watching because they don't want to get invested in a show that is just going to get cancelled before it goes anywhere.

I don't even bother watching shows anymore until they finish at least their second season.