[AngelesCrestHighway]

Why are new shows bombing?.......

Because there’s a hell of a lot more important things going on than t.v. programs failing!.....

[Chipper]

Occam’s Razor - it’s all crap.

So You Think You Can Dance is the only “Must See” TV for me this summer. I might try to catch back up on Burn Notice, but nothing new that came out is in the least bit interesting. Royal Pains, never kept me after it was obvious where they were headed.

[Lucky9teen]

2 of my new show favorites are:

Warehouse 13 on Syfy and;
Ghost Adventures (I think) on Travel Channel

But I agree, those other shows that are tanking, SUCK. More and more I see the reason our country is in the decline it is. There aren’t many shows anymore that teach good values and morals. Everyone is sleeping with everyone else and stealing, cheating, gossiping, lying, etc.

People are watching the 7 deadly sins, nightly on TV, so it must be ok.

[D_Idaho]

FWIW- I nearly fell asleep trying to watch “Defying Gravity.” TV Heroism can be so boring!!

[dfwgator]

Uhh, because they suck?

[norraad]

...uh, because they s u c k , royally!

Every once in awhile I cruise through the icky selection of crap proffered, eeeeewww, click , ewwwwww, click , etc., is my usual response and it's back to freeperville, netflix, youtube , my own dvds, etc.

[SomeCallMeTim]

It’s been a bad bad summer, no doubt.

I’m sorry to say, I’ve watched the Dating in the Dark twice... it’s oddly interesting?? I guess.. but, I haven’t set me Tivo to catch it.

[davisfh]

I don’t pretend to have the intellect or insight required to analyze people’s viewing habits. I can only say that those viewing habits might arise from a recent movie theater experience. I took myself and my wife to see “StarTrek 2009” and left the movie halfway through. It came across as a childrens movie and that made halfway through a good enough reason for us. Perhaps people who view the shows you’ve mentioned are having similar experiences

[coconut47]

There is nothing worth watching on TV and they don’t get it.

[La Lydia]

In June, Mañana Es para Siempre on Univision was beating every other program on TV except for So you think you can dance, Two-and-a-half men, Wipeout, Big Bang, Family Guy and the Bachelorette, according to Nielsen.

[redhead]

"Why are new shows bombing?"

Ever try to run in a dream? The entertainment industry is so bogged down in political correctness it's a wonder they can even get a show to the screen, let alone find a hit.

[Disambiguator]

TV is a wasteland and a waste of time. We didn’t get a converter, since we don’t need one. Ours has been disconnected from the airwaves for over a year and a half.

I’m finding I have plenty of things to keep busy with besides exsanguinating my intellectual capacity.

[The Toll]

Because they cancelled Jericho and I put a curse on them!

[PureSolace]

Movies, Netflix, Video Games, The Internet, Chatting, Social Networking, YouTube, TV on the Web (Hulu and what not), It's the summer (And not that hot outside, so lots of people are out having fun.) Live Music, Coffee Shoppes, Restaurants, Church Prayer Meetings, Town Hall Meetings...

Lots of other things to do than TV these days.

[Parmy]

Because they are no good and not worth watching. Never mind stupid.

[Isabel C.]

My TV viewing is basically comprised of The History Channel, The Science Channel, The Food Channel, Fox News, and occasionally a sporting event or a movie.

[GSWarrior]

"Why are new shows bombing?"

Because television as we know it is becoming outdated.

[Grut]

I turned on the TV a couple of weeks ago to see if the set still works. It does. I’ll check again in a few months.

[Sloth]

There's no clear trend that the titles have in common -- other than flopping.

And the fact that it sounds like they all suck.

[backhoe]

Perhaps because it’s junk?