Posted on 05/30/2008 10:52:48 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
HBO might want to ask for a ratings recount.
The Sunday night premiere of its much-discussed original movie covering the 2000 presidential election fiasco was seen by a modest number of viewers when compared to the network's other high-profile projects.
"Recount" was seen by 1 million HBO subscribers, which is on par with the network's last film, February's lesser-known Susan Sarandon telepic "Bernard and Doris."
Compared to recent HBO movie titles that received considerable media attention,"Recount" fares worse -- 1.9 million watched the first airing of last year's historical epic "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" and 1.5 million watched Queen Latifah in last year's "Life Support." The premiere of the March miniseries "John Adams" was seen by 2.5 million.
Interestingly enough, the "Recount" viewership is less than the actual number of disputed ballots in the Florida election (Al Gore initially asked for a hand recount of 1.8 million votes).
Last year's Jim Broadbent biopic "Longford" was seen by only 600,000 viewers, however, and later went on to win three Golden Globe awards.
Ratings for HBO movies also tend to quadruple in subsequent airings after their premieres.
"Recount" (and "Wounded Knee") also aired over Memorial Day weekend, when audiences levels are lower than usual.
Starring Kevin Spacey and Laura Dern, "Recount" has received heavy media interest due to its retelling of the election returns drama. According to Metacritic, the movie received generally favorable reviews and averaged a score of 66 out of 100.
Check out the comments. Even the viewers are smart enough NOT to watch the show due to the lefty bias.
Even John Adams had an anti-GOP slant, but not as in-your-face as this Dumocrap propaganda flick.
With all these 61” LCDs we bought, maybe Americans are sick’n’tired of President Osama and Mrs. Bill Clinton 24/7/365?
[note: Missed in my original post] As, I am sure, is this tripe as well.
Fewer viewers than Bernard and Lewis?
The Dems are soooo obvious.
HBO is good for:
John Adams
Deadwood
ROME
A few other assorted shows, that is about it.
One thing we need to remember in connection with the Real 2000 recount is how important it is to have Republicans in charge of voting in as many states as possible, and especially in key states.
You know that if there are Dem governors, secretaries of state, and other officers in charge of voting they will be stealing as many elections as they can (probably most of the close ones). We need to ensure there are Republicans in those positions to keep the elections honest.
Even if some of us have a problem voting for the Republican presidential candidate, we need to make sure we vote Republicans for state offices.
I watched it yesterday. Warren Christopher and the entire Gore team are the heros merely wanting every vote to count. Merely wanting to know who REALLY won or lost. Baker and the Bush team are the hardball politicians ready to steamroll anybody in their way. They are better planned, and better prepared for the backdoor politics needed to steal an election. Gore is just about to pass Bush in the recount when the Supreme Court stops it with about an hour left.
Harris is a mindless buffoon who is basically a puppet of the GOP lobbyist Mac “the knife” Stipanovich.
Members of the Bush team like Olson are awarded with cushy administration jobs for their good work.
I watched it expecting the worst, but didn’t think it was so bad...
I thought they made Christopher look like a bafoon who was in over his head, and Howard Baker looked like the smart one.
They did a hit job on Kathrine Harris for sure.
They did give Spacey’s character the line, “I just want to find out who really won this election!”, despite the fact that all of his legal strategies were designed to produce more Gore votes rather than an objective tally.
And then they were a little goofy in bashing the SCOTUS decision.
It certainly had a leftward bias, but not nearly as bad as I expected.
Except for the thousands of Military Absentee ballots they tried to throw out!
Funny thing is - HBO came out with that show just as the Dems are setting up to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Florida voters by invoking the "rules".
Where were the "rules" in 2000 when "every vote (needed to be) counted"? It's too funny!
"Irony can be pretty ironic, sometimes." - Lt. Frank Drebbin, Police Squad.
"Recount" was *heavily* advertised on HBO and newspapers for weeks... too badnot HBO had to spend so much money on this Demonicrat hit piece that nobody watched
and they canceled deadwood which was a great show
The ending of Rome was weak, and Deadwood, well, I’m still waiting.
And they still haven't been counted.
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