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#1 ·
Wow.

A keeper.
 
#129 ·
When they were really hyping up the show and airing previews, as well as the night of the first episode, the announcer stated it would air new episodes for 15 weeks straight. I'm not saying that constitutes a "promise" by NBC (I learned my lesson from being "promised" I would know who killed Rosie Larsen by the end of season 1). But that is where people are coming up with the idea.
 
#131 ·
Liked this weeks show but getting a bit tired of the characters being surprised every time a family member or friend/coworker either gets taken hostage or murdered. Goes along with how many times can the cops be betrayed either by one of their own or a "victim" before they wake up. Glad they are rerunning during the weekend because my timer missed 2 weeks ago.
 
#132 ·
RunnerFL said:
TomCat said:
Not sure. That is what I understand is pledged by them, along with the intent (whatever that means) to air them on 15 weeks without a break. I think Kevin Bacon also mentioned this in his The Daily Show interview, but memory sometimes doesn't serve, so no guarantee there either.

But there is this new thing called Google that might lead you to a clue. Give that a try.
Ahhh, another one of your "facts". You're the one who brought it up, you use Google to find it.
That is how Fox has been advertising it on air. Their commercials, at least as part of the ad blitz in the beginning, were to air the episodes non-stop. IIRC, the commercials were saying something like it would broadcast non-stop until April.

Of course that doesn't mean much. Regardless of what was in the ad campaign they could still pull it if it isn't making the ratings.

Mike
 
#133 ·
I'm betting they'll air it. The ratings are declining but not awful yet and what else are the going to do? In March "Dancing with the Stars" comes back on ABC and they certainly do not want to start something new at that point in time.
 
#134 ·
RunnerFL said:
Ahhh, another one of your "facts". You're the one who brought it up, you use Google to find it.
But I am not the one who is so worried about this; that would be you. I stopped watching 2 weeks ago. Just to get you up to date, that means I D O N' T C A R E.

And I am not sure why you are having so much difficulty understanding the difference between what is rumored and what is fact. This is W H A T - I - H E A R D, and nothing else, and I never represented it as anything more than that. I was trying to help answer your question by telling you what I heard. What part of that is the part you don't get? When something is a fact, I will claim it as a fact. When it isn't, I don't, and I didn't. Sue me.
 
#135 ·
TomCat said:
And I am not sure why you are having so much difficulty understanding the difference between what is rumored and what is fact. This is W H A T - I - H E A R D, and nothing else, and I never represented it as anything more than that.
What you originally wrote sure doesn't seem like you were talking about a rumor or something you heard. Seems like you were stating a fact.

TomCat said:
We are pretty much guaranteed by FOX that 15 eps will air.
I guess the "pretty much" is your loophole?

In the future, if you'd like others to understand what you mean, it might be better to state "I've heard FOX is committed to airing 15 episodes", or something of that nature.
 
#136 ·
TomCat said:
But I am not the one who is so worried about this; that would be you. I stopped watching 2 weeks ago. Just to get you up to date, that means I D O N' T C A R E.

And I am not sure why you are having so much difficulty understanding the difference between what is rumored and what is fact. This is W H A T - I - H E A R D, and nothing else, and I never represented it as anything more than that. I was trying to help answer your question by telling you what I heard. What part of that is the part you don't get? When something is a fact, I will claim it as a fact. When it isn't, I don't, and I didn't. Sue me.
Oh, I'm not worried. I just don't appreciate someone thread crapping with "facts" that they aren't willing to back up. You DID state it as if it was written in stone so we have every right to ask for proof. The phrase "what I hear" was not in your statement of guarantee.

You said:

TomCat said:
It sounds like you are basing your investment in the ratings; as if cancelling it would mean that you wasted time watching the first eps. We are pretty much guaranteed by FOX that 15 eps will air.
If you stopped watching maybe it's time you stop thread crapping too.
 
#137 ·
Galaxie6411 said:
Liked this weeks show but getting a bit tired of the characters being surprised every time a family member or friend/coworker either gets taken hostage or murdered. Goes along with how many times can the cops be betrayed either by one of their own or a "victim" before they wake up. Glad they are rerunning during the weekend because my timer missed 2 weeks ago.
Yeah it'll be interesting to see how they develop the story because there's only so much you can do with it. This would've been better as a movie...
 
#138 ·
Supramom2000 said:
Well you just articulated my feelings- that I hadn't quite defined yet!! I think I am done with it after last night. Mostly because of just what you said. The only thing I would add is that as a viewer I need some sort of reward. Something hopeful or at the very least the possibility of some small victory.

Last night was too dark and awful for me. I see no light at the end of the tunnel.
My wife and I are probably done too. Same reason. We stopped with Criminal Minds also, too dark for us. I remember the reason I stopped watching Law & Order as it seemed the criminals were always getting off on some technicality and I ended up feeling disgusted. All well done shows mind you, just not my cup of tea.
 
#139 ·
spartanstew said:
...I guess the "pretty much" is your loophole?.
Exactly. Now you're getting it.

If FOX pledges that they will air 15 eps, then as long as they hold to their promise, we will see them. But I can't be held responsible for them backtracking, so rather than posting it as a Proclamation From On High (as many of you choose to post), I added that disclaimer. I did not do that because I felt I needed to protect myself or any "facts", I did it so you, the reader, would not blindly assume it was a fact. I did it for you. Again, sue me.

We're not exactly under oath here anyway, but that is certainly an appropriate way to indicate that this is what I have heard. I never put myself forward as an expert fortune teller, just as one more person who heard one more thing that might add to the conversation.

If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with that. But you might be able to guess how I feel about whether you do by rereading my last post about how I feel about The Following. And you don't have to be current viewer to have an opinion about what you've already seen. I can still comment on that; it's the internet, ferchrissakes. Forums are 95% opinion, and most of them are based on flawed information anyway.

In the future, if you'd like others to understand what you mean, it might be better to state "I've heard FOX is committed to airing 15 episodes", or something of that nature...
Of course, "in the future", unless you can figure out how to post "in the past". But as much as I appreciate you lecturing me on how you interpret the rules as they apply to everyone else, I will continue to ignore your advice and do whatever the eff I feel like doing. Deal. Comprehension is only partly my responsibility; the reader has to meet me half way and summon up the basic understanding ability that even the pointiest-headed little trolls regularly seem to be able to come up with.

When I post facts I post them AS facts. When I post opinion I post it AS opinion. When I post what I have heard that is unsubstantiated (sorry if that word had more than six letters) I post it AS rumor (although it usually doesn't matter, and most folks post opinion and rumor as if it WERE actually a fact). I am actually very conscientious about that, but it's up to the reader to have enough basic smarts to be able to distinguish the difference. If the simple and basic interpretation of "pretty much" whizzed over your head like the russian meteor, I'm afraid I can't really help you with that.
 
#141 ·
Hoosier205 said:
I still haven't found anything to suggest that, "We are pretty much guaranteed by FOX that 15 eps will air." I will keep looking however.
Well, maybe I can help you out a little bit, but don't excoriate me if my information isn't perfect, OK?

IIRC, during the intro to the first ep, I think that is what the announcer said, along with the phrase "over the next 14 weeks", or something to that effect. And I interpret that as "pretty much a guarantee" that this is their intent. They sort of went out on that limb. Also, Kevin Bacon may have also mentioned this in his The Daily Show interview; he definitely said 15 eps were planned. I read a lot of stuff; it might have come from Zap2it, or USA Today, or Flipboard, or any number of other sources. No one pays me to keep track.

I also don't have a photographic memory, but that is what I recall, and that is why I tried to add that to the conversation. After all, why would I have imagined that? What would I have to gain by saying something that I DID NOT hear?

But here's a secret: it might just not be the way things play out.
 
#142 ·
TomCat;3182115 said:
Well, maybe I can help you out a little bit, but don't excoriate me if my information isn't perfect, OK?

IIRC, during the intro to the first ep, I think that is what the announcer said, along with the phrase "over the next 14 weeks", or something to that effect. And I interpret that as "pretty much a guarantee" that this is their intent. They sort of went out on that limb. Also, Kevin Bacon may have also mentioned this in his The Daily Show interview; he definitely said 15 eps were planned. I read a lot of stuff; it might have come from Zap2it, or USA Today, or Flipboard, or any number of other sources. No one pays me to keep track.

I also don't have a photographic memory, but that is what I recall, and that is why I tried to add that to the conversation. After all, why would I have imagined that? What would I have to gain by saying something that I DID NOT hear?

But here's a secret: it might just not be the way things play out.
Kevin Bacon said 15 episodes were planned because 15 episodes is what he agreed to film per season. Still, I am looking for something more along the lines of an actual or implied guarantee. Every network plans for a new series to succeed, but it is something else entirely to guarantee that an entire first season will air.
 
#143 ·
Wow. Yes before the first Ep. Fox made it a point in the ad to say they are running all 15 episodes straight through. I took note because of so many shows that break the seasons in half with several month breaks and die accordingly and found it funny that Fox was making it a point that they weren't going to do the same.

With the sniping internet age you just about have to put IMO, AFAIK or IIRC before everything to cover your ass from someone incessantly calling you out on everything you are saying as apparently being fact.
 
#145 ·
Galaxie6411 said:
Wow. Yes before the first Ep. Fox made it a point in the ad to say they are running all 15 episodes straight through. I took note because of so many shows that break the seasons in half with several month breaks and die accordingly and found it funny that Fox was making it a point that they weren't going to do the same.

With the sniping internet age you just about have to put IMO, AFAIK or IIRC before everything to cover your ass from someone incessantly calling you out on everything you are saying as apparently being fact.
Not at all Galaxie, but when you state something most people will wonder where you heard it. Tom's just known for spouting off without following up with anything, just like he did here. Here's the chain of events:

TomCat said:
We are pretty much guaranteed by FOX that 15 eps will air.
See, that's the statement that he made.

RunnerFL said:
Where is this guarantee stated?
Runner asked a simple question.

TomCat said:
Not sure.
And that was Tom's reply. He makes a statement (as fact), then claims it was something he heard, but still has no idea where he heard it.

Hoosier205 said:
I still haven't found anything to suggest that, "We are pretty much guaranteed by FOX that 15 eps will air." I will keep looking however.
He is asked again.

TomCat said:
IIRC, during the intro to the first ep, I think that is what the announcer said,
And there we finally have it. A reply he could have made after he was first asked, but instead he subjects everyone to 4 or 5 more diatribes over the course of several days blaming all the readers for not being able to figure out for ourselves where he picked up that nugget of (supposed) knowledge.

So, you see Galaxie, you don't have to back up everything and put disclaimers on all your statements, but if you do state something (as fact), and someone asks how you gleaned that information, at least have the decency to tell them and not play a cat and mouse game with several members over the course of several days.

Simple, eh?
 
#147 ·
TomCat said:
IIRC, during the intro to the first ep, I think that is what the announcer said, along with the phrase "over the next 14 weeks", or something to that effect. And I interpret that as "pretty much a guarantee" that this is their intent.
You interpreted incorrectly. In no way is that them saying that they will air every episode. That is them saying they've planned 15 episodes and feel hopeful that all will air. In NO WAY is that a guarantee.
 
#151 ·
RunnerFL said:
You interpreted incorrectly. In no way is that them saying that they will air every episode. That is them saying they've planned 15 episodes and feel hopeful that all will air. In NO WAY is that a guarantee.
renbutler said:
Anyway, the overnight ratings rebounded nicely on 2/18:

1/21: 3.1
1/28: 3.3
2/04: 2.9
2/11: 2.4
2/18: 2.8

It was up 55% over Alcatraz the same week last year.
At this point, I feel comfortable we'll see all the episodes. As I noted in the ratings thread it appears that the demo audience is holding at about 85% of the premier and Fox simply doesn't care about the fact that the 50+ audience is down a third. It's demo last night was higher than "Bones."

I just don't see Fox cancelling this show even if episodes 9-12 are way down. An order for a second season will depend on how episodes 9-14 do, but I'm not worrying about that.
 
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