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Humbled NBC sees motivation in ratings slump ("last season like a colonic!")
REUTERS.COM ^ | JULY 26, 2005 | STEVE GORMAN

Posted on 07/25/2005 8:00:11 AM PDT by CHARLITE

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If NBC would change its format, attitude and programming to reflect Fox News Channel, they would quickly zoom up to # One among the networks. No one at NBC seems awake enough to realize this.

I would also suggest adding a prime time one hour show featuring either Rush Limbaugh, Michael Reagan, Mike Gallagher or Roger Hedgecock, or all four on a revolving basis. Ratings would skyrocket.

1 posted on 07/25/2005 8:00:12 AM PDT by CHARLITE
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To: CHARLITE
"Colonic"? Do they mean as in Katie?
2 posted on 07/25/2005 8:02:40 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: CHARLITE

If they just buy tv programs that people want to watch, they would be fine.


3 posted on 07/25/2005 8:03:56 AM PDT by HitmanLV
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"Last season for us was kind of like a colonic.

Yes indeed !! More programs like THIS, please.


4 posted on 07/25/2005 8:04:24 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: CHARLITE

Interesting they did not break down the age erosion into genders. I believe the only TV show on networks which are watch by a majority of men in that age bracket is monday night football.


5 posted on 07/25/2005 8:05:43 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: CHARLITE

For some reason I keep forgetting that I can even watch ABC, CBS or NBC on my TV set.


6 posted on 07/25/2005 8:06:20 AM PDT by syriacus (Muslims who really want peace should unite behind a non-violent leader like Gandhi, King, or Walesa.)
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To: CHARLITE

The only tv show I feel a need to watch is "Lost". If NBC figured out how to make a show as good, I'd watch that. I think people are tired of the same three sitcoms, re-wrapped and given a fresh coat of paint.


7 posted on 07/25/2005 8:06:47 AM PDT by JenB
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And they can dump that Law and Order CI, that made the Tom DeLay crack.
I guess they thought they were real cute at the time but I refuse to watch it anymore and I did rather like it.
I doubt they'll ever catch on.


8 posted on 07/25/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by jackv
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To: CHARLITE

Frankly, I consider the droppings from all the alphabets as the product of high colonics.


9 posted on 07/25/2005 8:09:27 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: JenB

I absolutely agree. I watch Lost and House...and sports...and news...and that's all.


10 posted on 07/25/2005 8:09:53 AM PDT by Grn_Lantern (Let's go to work...)
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To: CHARLITE

Medium was fairly interesting.
Vegas got old; same-o; little to hold interest.
West Wing, the election cycle was about as exciting as watching paint dry. It was foregone conclusion who the final 2 would be.
Law and Order. So many versions. That is as saturating as all of CBS's CSIs. Clue, guys, try something new. A dozen carbon copies of a successful program will just lead to series-fatigue.

And the leftist agenda that keeps slipping irrelevant quips into the dialog doesn't help a program.


11 posted on 07/25/2005 8:09:59 AM PDT by TomGuy
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I have quit watching any of the Law and Order shows because of the political slant, and I bet I'm not the only one.


12 posted on 07/25/2005 8:10:02 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
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Fourth place of the "Big Three."

That's gotta hurt. *snicker*

13 posted on 07/25/2005 8:11:17 AM PDT by The_Victor (Doh!... stupid tagline)
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To: Grn_Lantern

I don't even get tv - I acquire my Lost elsewhere - but I don't miss it. My couple hours a week of mindless viewing are satisfied by movies and foreign shows I can download.


14 posted on 07/25/2005 8:11:31 AM PDT by JenB
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To: Dallas59

I think so. Katie Colic Colonic Couric. She is one reason why their ratings are so low. I will not watch NBC because of her, nor do I watch ABC because of Jennings, nor do I watch CBS because they employed Dan RATher, nor do I watch CNN . . .

These idiots just don't get it. Stop the bias and their ratings may improve.


15 posted on 07/25/2005 8:12:41 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority is Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . Our nation #64.)
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"The E-Ring," starring Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Hopper"

This makes sense - have two flaming liberals play patriots.

16 posted on 07/25/2005 8:13:17 AM PDT by FreedomSurge
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"And they can dump that Law and Order CI, that made the Tom DeLay crack."

I just happened to walk into the room when I heard the female actor say that line. As a strong supporter of the Second Amendment (see my tagline), I was offended. I didn't watch the show much before that, and have not watched the show since.

But help may be on the way. I understand that Chris Noth, an alum of the original Law and Order, will be alternating weeks this fall with the somewhat unstable current male actor on L&O:CI. I predict that whatever-his-name-is will be eased out before long.


17 posted on 07/25/2005 8:14:08 AM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: CHARLITE

Hey, what do they expect. It was an election year, and they backed the wrong horse.


18 posted on 07/25/2005 8:15:07 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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What to get red state America watching? How about a drama about the war in Iraq? Something showing how the noble Iraqis are helping our warriors fight this war, show the developing friendships between the US forces and the Iraqi forces. How about stories about those who are rebuilding a nation that was all but destroyed by Saddam.

Want some real drama, how about flash backs of some of the Iraqis who were tortured and had their families killed before their eyes. Talk about gripping drama!

19 posted on 07/25/2005 8:15:37 AM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

What is "CBS"?


20 posted on 07/25/2005 8:15:51 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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