NBC, ABC, FOX, and all the other Networks are once again asking me to invest my time into their new Fall programming, in in some cases their Summer shows also.
But they don't really give me one good reason to. They expect that based on a certain genre I'll tune in, or due to a certain actor I should be dying to see their product. I'm sorry Mr. Network Head Honcho but you have screwed me way to many times in the past for me to really consider looking into something you're hoping will be the next big thing. Does "Drive", "Happy Town", "The Cape", "Harper's Island", "Law & Order", "Arrested Development", "Freaks & Geeks"(brilliant move by the way most of these kids have pretty much gone onto become big stars). That's just to name a very, very, very small list. Don't even get me started on shows you give 3 weeks to before pulling off the air.
Perhaps, and this is but a suggestion, but perhaps you could start investing in MY time since you expect me to invest in your product. I'm proposing doing something similar to sports figures and having guaranteed contracts to go along with you're shows. Oh well if the ratings are low and the show is shit, someone is still taking the time to watch it so let them finish out the season.
Low ratings are your own fault anyway, if you stopped shifting the damn time slots we'd know when things were on.
And you could also stop green lighting everything that comes in the door. Or ask the creators "do you have a general direction you want this to go, could we end it in the number of seasons we have you contracted to?"
Had you done this when someone proposed "Outsourced" you would have known it was going to be a bad idea. Seriously who said "In the middle of a recession I bet the hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans will laugh about their jobs being given away to India". That was pretty much the equivalent of green lighting an Al Qadea comedy sitcom after 9/11.
The line has to be drawn somewhere so that time and money isn't just being wasted on the studios and my part. Otherwise I'll just keep waiting for the DVD set.
I'm just saying.
