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In article <4edb0690$0$1731$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 12/3/2011 1:02 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > "Zeb Carter"<zeb_car...@ymail.com>   wrote in message
> >>
> >> Buck Rogers in the 25th Century with Gil Gerard and Erin Gray would
> >> probably fall into that category. The theatrical release of the movie was
> >> good but the series went downhill after season 1.
> >
> > It suffered from the same stupid management decisions as Battlestar
> > Galactica - in fact it was probably the same stupid management people.
> > Both shows completely "jumped the shark" for their second season with lots
> > of idiotic changes, which unsurprisingly failed spectacularly and were
> > then cancelled.   :-(
> 
> The problem I see with that theory is that the kind of radical changes 
> you are talking about are usually the result of bad ratings.  Networks 
> or production companies demand them in an attempt to save an already 
> failing show.  Such changes rarely work though and fans tend to blame 
> the changes for the show's cancellation rather than seeing them as 
> attempts to stave off cancellation.

Not always true. The morons in management are never satisfied with the
number of viewers and often make silly decisions that make no sense
whatsoever.

They also change shows or move them to ridiculous timeslots on purpose so
that the ratings do decline and they can get rid of them, often to be
replaced with cheaper "reality" rubbish.

For example:
Here in New Zealand the TVNZ network plays a British soap opera called
"Coronation Street" (one of that networks highest rating shows and one of
the longest running shows on TV in the world) that has played in the
7:30pm timslot on Tuesdays and Thursdays (and Fridays during the summer)
for many, many years. For some idiotic and incomprehensible reason the
morons in charge decided to move the show to a 5:30pm timeslot, swapping
it with a silly Masterchef show that had less than half the supposed
ratings. 

After many silly excuses and non-sensicle "reasons", numerous complaints
from the soap's fans, and the fact that (surprise) the ratings for that
timeslot dropped through the floor, they eventually moved the show back to
7:30pm on Thursdays and Fridays ... meanwhile te 7:30pm timeslot on other
nights have re-runs (some re-runs of re-runs).   :-\

Supposedly the show was moved to save it being interrupted by Rugby World
Cup coverage (which was never in that timeslot anyway) and New Zealand
Government Election coverage (which was only once or twice in that
timeslot). One of the reasons theorised by the newspaper "experts" was
that they were really trying to get rid of the show because it's one of
their most expensive.

More likely it was simply some management moron trying to prove how
"clever" they are to justify their obscene salary ... and failing
miserably as usual.