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Old 14-04-2016, 16:50
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Empire is dropping again. This week was a lot better of late. It didn't have that dull, dull, oh-so dull s/l about the company takeover featuring Naomi and just focused on the music and the Lucious story.

Blindspot is at a funny place. It is getting nearer the time when the writers need to be telling audiences what these tattoos are signifying as a whole. Some of the threats they have foiled are pretty big national security stuff, and yet it remains ridiculous, for example, to have Pattison solve them and yet there is little to no curiousity by the team to wonder if they are linked together in some way. Because at the moment it still feels procedural like "solve-the-tat-puzzle" and move on to the next "solve-the-tat-puzzle" drama. A couple of the romance relationships are unconvincing. And they need to stop calling her Jane - her name is Taylor!!!

It's the problem an awful lot of network dramas are plagued with: the filler-quota weeks which last 3/4 turid weeks or more before the build up to the grand finale begins. The Blacklist feels a bit like that right now, maybe even longer than that. Quantico has been like that since day one, lol!
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Old 14-04-2016, 16:53
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IMO, Quantico would of been more ideal with less episodes. It has struggled to maintain telling stories over a long period of time. I think quite a few network shows these days struggle to tell stories over 20 something episodes. Apart from sitcoms or crime dramas.
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Old 14-04-2016, 17:13
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IMO, Quantico would of been more ideal with less episodes. It has struggled to maintain telling stories over a long period of time. I think quite a few network shows these days struggle to tell stories over 20 something episodes. Apart from sitcoms or crime dramas.
The shows that debuted last season or started strong this season are struggling while older shows are holding up. What a curious season.
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Old 14-04-2016, 17:17
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The shows that debuted last season or started strong this season are struggling while older shows are holding up. What a curious season.
It has been a very interesting season indeed.
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Old 14-04-2016, 19:00
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IMO, Quantico would of been more ideal with less episodes. It has struggled to maintain telling stories over a long period of time. I think quite a few network shows these days struggle to tell stories over 20 something episodes. Apart from sitcoms or crime dramas.
You're so right. I think back to shows like House of Cards, Daredevil, Banshee, Halt and Catch Fire, even The Girlfriend Experience which you recommended and I started watching yesterday, are just between 8 to 11 (max 13) episodes and they are so much better at keeping the audience's attention. They do have their moments (well, HoC actually), but these aren't usually down to boring fillers. Oftentimes it is do with the direction that whole season took story-wise.

Another problem with 20 something episodes is that writers run out of ideas that you can't see coming a mile off or isn't something you haven't seen happen in some other drama.

The shows that debuted last season or started strong this season are struggling while older shows are holding up. What a curious season.
It has been such a curious season! It certainly makes what they have planned for next year interesting. I suspect that a lot of this year's pilot shows looked really good on paper but somehow they just do not translate that well on screen. Some shows were plain idiotic to do in the first place - Minority Report, and I think Rush Hour is going to the newest recruit in this category. Blood and Oil was a daytime soap opera that got lost and stumbled onto a Sunday night slot. They threw the kitchen sink at The Player - anything that was anything, however ridiculous it was, was included in that series. I'm sure I have two episodes left to watch, lol. Quantico, I swear the writers must be making this bomber story up week-by-week as they go along. Game of Silence is just a reboot of the film Sleepers and has the same tonal feel as Shade of Blue. It is a 10 episode drama atm, but gawd, don't watch it if you don't want your soul chucked into a tumble dryer and tossed around a few times with its unrelenting scenes of child abuse. The Catch hasn't yet hooked. The Family is f-ing dull so far because it relies on some characters making some truly unfathomable stupid decisions so that the drama more roll-eyed plot-driven than character-driven. Shade of Blue ended in such a way that I didn't even realised that that was it. Season finale. Until next time. I guess.

It's been such a weird season, and I feel sorry for those who worked hard at these shows only to find that they haven't seen much reward for it. I just don't know how those shows which have been given a second season are going pick up the slack/give them an edge that would compel viewers to give them a second look-in.
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Old 14-04-2016, 23:28
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Wednesday final ratings: ‘The Goldbergs’ adjusts up, ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Nashville’ adjust down

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Old 15-04-2016, 10:17
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Archer Season 7
Episode 1 - 1.06 mill
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Underground 880k
Outsiders - 950k
Awkward - 540k
Stitchers - 390k
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Old 15-04-2016, 16:07
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Game of silence tumbles.
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Old 15-04-2016, 16:28
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IMO, Quantico would of been more ideal with less episodes. It has struggled to maintain telling stories over a long period of time. I think quite a few network shows these days struggle to tell stories over 20 something episodes. Apart from sitcoms or crime dramas.
I'm afraid I gave up on Quantico for this reason, the lead actress is great, but it would have been so much better if it was about 10-12 episodes, found out the traitor get to the finale, move on.
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Old 15-04-2016, 16:35
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I'm afraid I gave up on Quantico for this reason, the lead actress is great, but it would have been so much better if it was about 10-12 episodes, found out the traitor get to the finale, move on.
If I remember rightly it was originally 12 episodes but got extended after a reasonable start.

And it will be getting a second season, so don't expect a conclusion by May. That's the nature of tv these days. Keep 'em hanging.
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Old 15-04-2016, 16:48
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They should conclude this season's arc and set another one ready for season 2.But i doubt it.
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Old 15-04-2016, 17:23
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If I remember rightly it was originally 12 episodes but got extended after a reasonable start.

And it will be getting a second season, so don't expect a conclusion by May. That's the nature of tv these days. Keep 'em hanging.
They should conclude this season's arc and set another one ready for season 2.But i doubt it.
It may well be the nature of TV, but sometimes it just doesn't work, as it's clearly shedding viewers by the bucketload. Yes, I didn't expect them to wrap it up altogether if it was a success, I just wanted this arc over when it should have been. Then they could have worked out a proper 20+ episode arc next season.

I think they may have ruined, or at least seriously derailed a badly needed hit show.
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Old 15-04-2016, 18:19
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They should conclude this season's arc and set another one ready for season 2.But i doubt it.
You know that, I know that, almost every viewer knows that, but when did that mean sense would prevail.
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Old 15-04-2016, 19:01
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You know that, I know that, almost every viewer knows that, but when did that mean sense would prevail.
Very true
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Old 16-04-2016, 02:55
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The Vikings - 2.23 mill
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Old 16-04-2016, 03:25
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Thursday final ratings: ‘The Blacklist’ adjusts up

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No other significant changes
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Old 16-04-2016, 10:37
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Outlander - 1.46 mill
A week late but only just found the numbers. That's a series high for the show.
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Old 16-04-2016, 16:15
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Friday's ratings.
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Old 18-04-2016, 16:09
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FG wins the night for scripted shows

Season low for MS.
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Old 18-04-2016, 16:12
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FG wins the night for scripted shows

Season low for MS.
Good news about Family Guy it had been a while since the last episode and this was a good one.

Elementary isn't doing too well, but the style of the show was back to normal.
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Old 18-04-2016, 16:34
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Yeah i loved FG last night a hell of a lot. I love most of Lois centric episodes.
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Old 19-04-2016, 14:44
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FTWD - 5.58 mill
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Double Girls Finale - 580k and 510k
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Old 19-04-2016, 16:16
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Old 19-04-2016, 23:28
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For the first time Lucifer overtook Gotham! This to me is the biggest shock of the night. Gotham got a 1.2 and Lucifer a 1.3.

Supergirl ended with 1.3. Blindspot also was at 1.3. Castle was at a 1.0.

Sorry can't post properly as I'm on the phone but if little monster doesn't get there before me (sorry I've been missing) than I'll post from tomorrow. But I'm quite slow and unreliable lately!
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Old 20-04-2016, 11:51
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So these are the Monday finals:

CBS:
Supergirl- 6.11m (1.3)
Scorpion- 8.35m (1.5)
NCIS LA- 7.79m (1.2)

ABC:
DWTS- 10.95m (1.6)
Castle- 5.86m (1.0)

NBC:
The Voice- 10.07m (2.2)
Blindspot- 5.46m (1.3)

FOX:
Gotham- 3.72m (1.2)
Lucifer- 3.81m (1.3)

CW:
Crazy Ex Girlfriend- 0.82m (0.3)
Jane the Virgin- 0.96m (0.4)
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