Yesterday, Ray T posted this comment:
“What do you think about The Good Wife now that CBS has decided to show reruns of old episodes over and over? They ruined a good show.”
I decided that rather than post the comment on the entry about the show, I would take this opportunity to write exactly how I feel about this:
Yes, Ray T, CBS has ruined a good show. I am absolutely incredulous every time the “high-ups” of one of the major networks think they can “get by” with this sort of thing. Rather than promote a new show during its first season, and treat the viewers with respect, they pull this type of lame-brained trick. Quite frankly, I would think that the major networks have a difficult enough time trying to attract viewers from all of the other channels that are available today.
I remember the first year that I became aware of this type of major network shuffle, the “air-six-episodes-during-twelve-weeks” game. It was the year that ER premiered. I considered myself “hooked” on that show…. until I saw that they started showing repeats of the brand new show over and over, and over again!
That’s when I found out that I really wasn’t that “hooked” on the show. I left it, and never looked back! Unfortunately, The Good Wife is not the only show with which the major networks are pulling this sort of stunt. I simply don’t have the patience to be strung-along. A show had better be downright wonderful for me to stay with it once the network decides to keep RE-airing the same shows.
And, as long as I’m writing about The Good Wife, I have to admit that I am getting VERY TIRED of the whole subplot involving the son hiding important black-mail items that arrive at their apartment. Right! >>> My dad’s in jail, and is being framed, but I’m not going to let my parents know about this black-mailing stuff that is intended for them. >>> Good grief! That got old for me the fourth time they tried to incorporate it into the plot!
(That’s right, I am still with the show, although I have to admit that I am on the fence about dropping it.)
Now I’ll get off my soap box….
Dru says
I know what you mean about the son. He should tell both his parents.
What the networks are doing is ruining good shows. No wonder many are watching the cable programming.
Maria BearMountainBooks.com says
Hey! Maybe more people will read???
:>)
I admit, I don’t watch tv except for sports and…well, I check the CNBC world news in the evenings. Frees up my time for other things!
maria
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Dru,
I don’t know if you have watched last night’s The Good Wife yet… BUT>>> Wasn’t it The Good Show? I loved that they kept that whole “Hardy Boys” son’s plot out of it! If the show continues like this, I’m off the fence about dropping it.
(Was that Meryl Streep’s daughter in the role of the prosecuting attorney?!?)
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I just checked… Yes, Mamie Gummer is indeed Meryl Streep’s daughter… As soon as I saw her, I thought that the resemblance in both looks and voice was rather uncanny…
Also, another give-away… The character kept referencing her mother… cleverly sly…
jerrella says
Reruns give us an opportunity to discover other shows on other networks. Wonder why they haven’t figured out how to build a loyal audience? I am glad that when I Love Lucy was being filmed they produced enough of the series to let me enjoy seeing them over and over.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I always figured that reruns were a way to maximize profits… Why pay for more episodes when you can re-air the same ones over and over? I mean, with actors’ absolutely exorbitant wages these days, how can a network justify paying for more episodes than they “have to”?!?
(If only medical research could get the same amount of money each week that say… an actor who gets (+/-) a million dollars each week for a half hour sitcom! I know that not all actors get that amount, but a lot of them do get close to that amount… And, while I’m on my soap box… How about the discrepancy between actors’ wages and teachers?!?)