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ABC NOW FEARING A MASS TUNEOUT (The Brokeback Oscars Effect)
NY Post ^
| 2/1/06
| DON KAPLAN
Posted on 02/01/2006 2:38:50 AM PST by jimbo123
"Brokeback Mountain" and a slew of other arty, less-widely seen Oscar-nominated flicks are expected to take the polish off ABC's ratings for the Academy Awards this year.
With no big-budget films like "Titanic," "Gladiator" or "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in this season's crop of nominees, ABC may be staring down the barrel of one of the lowest-rated Oscar telecasts in recent memory when it airs on March 5, say TV-industry analysts.
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Of course decent people aren't going to tune into the Oscars to watch gay propaganda. Send a message to Hollyweird and tune out.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:38:52 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:39:26 AM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(suffering from tagline fatigue...)
To: Keith in Iowa
My understanding is that the majority of those who have seen this movie in the theater have snuck in through the back door.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:40:54 AM PST
by
shadeaud
(Liberals suffer from acute interior cornial craniorectoitis)
To: shadeaud
lol!
I'm going to use that.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:41:28 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: jimbo123
This is a brilliant time for some other network to counterprogram the heck out of the Oscars. Usually the other channels, nets and cable go into rerun mode. If I were FOX, I would do something huge and capitalize baby!!!!
To: jimbo123
Aren't they having a "Life of Snails" documentary on the Discovery channel that night?
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:42:08 AM PST
by
msnimje
(SAMMY for SANDY --- THAT IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD TRADE!!!)
To: jimbo123
Next time, try nominating something people actually went to see.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:42:26 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: jimbo123
I feel so sorry for them. I had to break out a tiny violin.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:43:42 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: jimbo123
Wow....first Alito's confirmation and now this.
The good news just keeps on coming. ;-)
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:43:49 AM PST
by
Allegra
(You Won't Find the Meaning of Life in This Tagline....at Least Not Today.)
To: msnimje
Sounds better than the Oscars - but then, I haven't watched it since my wife died.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:44:56 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: shadeaud
Are you accusing them of fudging the box office numbers?
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:45:59 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: jimbo123
Hollywood is on a relentless March toward irrelevance to the average consumer. Look for the dramatic rise of independent movie making with new movies delivered completely digitally and directly to the consumer.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
they're really packin' 'em in down at our local theater
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:48:51 AM PST
by
zipper
To: RadioCirca1970
This is a brilliant time for some other network to counterprogram the heck out of the Oscars. Usually the other channels, nets and cable go into rerun mode. If I were FOX, I would do something huge and capitalize baby!!!! You're right. FOX would rule...
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:49:16 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Massachusetts: where fat drunks are elected, and reelected, and reelected and reelected and ree)
To: zipper
I hope they have big sodas to wash down those hot dogs....from the concession stand.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:51:08 AM PST
by
Dallas59
((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
To: jimbo123
I was going to watch the Oscars, but I have a more exciting evening planned. I'm going to attend the Grand Opening of a new Umbrella.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:52:01 AM PST
by
230FMJ
(...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
To: jimbo123
Tough. Too bad, ABC. I feel sorry for you NOT.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:53:29 AM PST
by
BlessedBeGod
(Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
To: jimbo123
Oscars? Never heard of 'em. And what's an ABC anyhow?
The snail documentary sounds great, I think I'll watch that one.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:53:46 AM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(DO NOT read to the end of this tagline . . . Oh, $#@%^, there you went and did it.)
To: zipper
It's the kind of movie where someone grabs your seat and the theater isn't even crowded.
Surfing through movie boards, many gays do believe that this movie is a mandate for public acceptance of the gay lifestyle.
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posted on
02/01/2006 2:53:56 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: jimbo123
I was going to tune out even before they announced the nominations because I can't stand that antisemitic Jew Jon Stewart.
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