Thread View: aus.sf
27 messages
27 total messages
Started by Hugh Jass
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:06
February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Hugh Jass
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:06
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:06
36 lines
3492 bytes
3492 bytes
I don't know what's replacing Nielsen ratings as the primary way network shows' revenue is determined, but clearly something has, as the networks clearly do not give a shit about viewership during sweeps periods anymore. Witness tonight's "lineup", if I may use that term loosely. CSI:NY is a rerun, smack dab in the middle of sweeps. One of the top shows on TV. A rerun. Even a couple of years ago they wouldn't have dared. And then there's the continuing absence of Grimm on NBC. It disappeared for Christmas ... and never came back. Rumor has it it has *not* been canceled, but week after week goes by and no Grimm. Not even a rerun. If this streak continues for one more week, there won't have been any throughout the entire February ratings sweep, which a decade ago would have meant Grimm didn't have any data with which to demand good advertising rates until the end of May sweeps, by which time it would have ended for the summer. It would have been suicide for the show, in other words. Now that doesn't prove that sweeps-based advertising rates aren't important; the continuing ghettoization of scifi means it's 100% plausible that NBC has decided to strangle Grimm in the cradle by purposely sabotaging its profitability, then using that as an excuse to cancel it. After all they infamously did exactly that with the original Star Trek way back in the seventies. But they are being awfully blatant about it if so. They'd ALREADY shuffled it off to Friday nights, ala Star Trek, and then to yank it completely off the air through an entire sweeps period ON TOP OF THAT? The other possibility is that there is another revenue source that's beginning to eclipse ones that depend on getting good ratings during sweeps months. I'm not sure what that might be, though, that wouldn't also be hurt by the show's lengthy absence. Disappearing the show for months at a time won't exactly drum up DVD sales, for example, and no new episodes for months means nothing new to sell to streaming services. Does anybody know what it might be that is making sweeps less relevant? Are they simply trying to kill Grimm? Could CBS even be trying to kill CSI:NY?
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: RichA
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:29
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:29
8 lines
1585 bytes
1585 bytes
On Feb 22, 10:06 pm, Hugh Jass <h.jass...@gmail.invalid> wrote: > Does anybody know what it might be that is making sweeps less relevant? Are > they simply trying to kill Grimm? Could CBS even be trying to kill CSI:NY? 17 eps as a season, it's days are numbered.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00
28 lines
2488 bytes
2488 bytes
In article <kg9bnk$3p2$1@news.mixmin.net>, Hugh Jass <h.jass809@gmail.invalid> wrote: > I don't know what's replacing Nielsen ratings as the primary way network > shows' revenue is determined, but clearly something has, as the networks > clearly do not give a shit about viewership during sweeps periods anymore. > > Witness tonight's "lineup", if I may use that term loosely. CSI:NY is a > rerun, smack dab in the middle of sweeps. One of the top shows on TV. A > rerun. Even a couple of years ago they wouldn't have dared. It's not a rerun. In fact, it's the season finale. There's been discussion of this in the thread about Hill Harper moving to "Covert Affairs", as his contract with CSI:NY is up and he's not renewing it. > > And then there's the continuing absence of Grimm on NBC. It disappeared for > Christmas ... and never came back. Rumor has it it has *not* been canceled, > but week after week goes by and no Grimm. Not even a rerun. If this streak Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your calendar broken? Bye Seamus.... -- Barry Margolin Arlington, MA
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Hugh Jass
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:36
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:36
51 lines
3370 bytes
3370 bytes
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:08 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote: > In article <kg9bnk$3p2$1@news.mixmin.net>, > Hugh Jass <h.jass809@gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> I don't know what's replacing Nielsen ratings as the primary way network >> shows' revenue is determined, but clearly something has, as the networks >> clearly do not give a shit about viewership during sweeps periods anymore. >> >> Witness tonight's "lineup", if I may use that term loosely. CSI:NY is a >> rerun, smack dab in the middle of sweeps. One of the top shows on TV. A >> rerun. Even a couple of years ago they wouldn't have dared. > > It's not a rerun. Plot synopsis in the guide said "In the Season 9 finale ...", though it's the middle of February, and went on to sound very familiar. And I caught the ending. Mac proposed to Christine. Didn't I see them celebrating their anniversary with a rooftop dinner a couple of episodes or so ago? > In fact, it's the season finale. It's February, not May, and it's a long-running veteran show, not some rookie show that might conceivably have failed to get its back nine. > There's been discussion of this in the thread about Hill Harper > moving to "Covert Affairs", as his contract with CSI:NY is up > and he's not renewing it. I don't read the celebrity-gossip threads, as they don't interest me. Wouldn't a contract have been "up" at a season boundary, such as the end of May? >> And then there's the continuing absence of Grimm on NBC. It disappeared for >> Christmas ... and never came back. Rumor has it it has *not* been canceled, >> but week after week goes by and no Grimm. Not even a rerun. If this streak > > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > calendar broken? > > Bye Seamus.... I don't see an answer in your post to this: >> Does anybody know what it might be that is making sweeps less relevant? Are >> they simply trying to kill Grimm? Could CBS even be trying to kill CSI:NY? And I'm not Seamus.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: erilar
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:58
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:58
12 lines
1914 bytes
1914 bytes
In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > calendar broken? I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:43
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:43
20 lines
2835 bytes
2835 bytes
erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: > In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > > calendar broken? > > I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick > of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according > to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the second half of season two. There have already been indications that she's snapping out of it, IIRC. -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: shawn
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:56
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:56
24 lines
2806 bytes
2806 bytes
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your >> > calendar broken? >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. > >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the >second half of season two. There have already been indications that >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:54
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:54
33 lines
3499 bytes
3499 bytes
shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500: > On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: > >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, > >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > >> > >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > >> > calendar broken? > >> > >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick > >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according > >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. > > > >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but > >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck > >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the > >second half of season two. There have already been indications that > >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. > > Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. > Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet > and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't > take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out. You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either. -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: shawn
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:43
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:43
37 lines
3586 bytes
3586 bytes
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:48 -0600, Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500: >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >> >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: >> >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, >> >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your >> >> > calendar broken? >> >> >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick >> >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according >> >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. >> > >> >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but >> >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck >> >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the >> >second half of season two. There have already been indications that >> >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. >> >> Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. >> Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet >> and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't >> take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out. > >You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the >spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really >suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either. No, I just meant that we will have to deal with that infatuation for a few more episodes before she snaps out of the spell. After that happens I expect all we will get is awkward silence if the two meet but no more than that.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:21
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:21
50 lines
4421 bytes
4421 bytes
shawn sent the following on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:43:03 -0500: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:48 -0600, Jim G. > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500: > >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. > >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > >> >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: > >> >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, > >> >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > >> >> > calendar broken? > >> >> > >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick > >> >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according > >> >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. > >> > > >> >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but > >> >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck > >> >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the > >> >second half of season two. There have already been indications that > >> >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. > >> > >> Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. > >> Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet > >> and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't > >> take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out. > > > >You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the > >spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really > >suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either. > > No, I just meant that we will have to deal with that infatuation for a > few more episodes before she snaps out of the spell. After that > happens I expect all we will get is awkward silence if the two meet > but no more than that. And hopefully the writers won't spend episode after episode with Nick and Juliet "exploring" their feelings for each other in the aftermath, or whatnot. Get 'em back together quickly. Break 'em up quickly. I don't care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for all, whether she's still with Nick or not. The current three musketeers need a female touch, after all. -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: shawn
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:16
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:16
57 lines
4622 bytes
4622 bytes
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:21:52 -0600, Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >shawn sent the following on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:43:03 -0500: >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:48 -0600, Jim G. >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >> >shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500: >> >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. >> >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> >> >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: >> >> >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, >> >> >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your >> >> >> > calendar broken? >> >> >> >> >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick >> >> >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according >> >> >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. >> >> > >> >> >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but >> >> >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck >> >> >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the >> >> >second half of season two. There have already been indications that >> >> >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. >> >> >> >> Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. >> >> Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet >> >> and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't >> >> take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out. >> > >> >You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the >> >spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really >> >suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either. >> >> No, I just meant that we will have to deal with that infatuation for a >> few more episodes before she snaps out of the spell. After that >> happens I expect all we will get is awkward silence if the two meet >> but no more than that. > >And hopefully the writers won't spend episode after episode with Nick >and Juliet "exploring" their feelings for each other in the aftermath, >or whatnot. Get 'em back together quickly. Break 'em up quickly. I don't >care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy >stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for >all, whether she's still with Nick or not. The current three musketeers >need a female touch, after all. I'll be shocked if they don't bring Juliet in on the secret by the end of the season. I suspect they will keep her and Nick together but either way I expect her to be brought in on the secret before long. Heck, even this sudden infatuation with Nick's boss should be raising questions in her mind. I do agree that whatever they are going to do they need to do quickly. This isn't the sort of show that works as a soap opera.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jonathan Wilson
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:05
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:05
5 lines
2485 bytes
2485 bytes
> care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy > stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for I have seen far too many potentially good TV series ruined when the producers started adding too much "soap" and not enough hard drama or action (Jericho being one example I can think of)
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:33
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:33
82 lines
5833 bytes
5833 bytes
shawn sent the following on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:16:18 -0500: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:21:52 -0600, Jim G. > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >shawn sent the following on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:43:03 -0500: > >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:48 -0600, Jim G. > >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > >> >shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500: > >> >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G. > >> >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600: > >> >> >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>, > >> >> >> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your > >> >> >> > calendar broken? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March. I quit watching it because I got so sick > >> >> >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according > >> >> >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch. > >> >> > > >> >> >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but > >> >> >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck > >> >> >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the > >> >> >second half of season two. There have already been indications that > >> >> >she's snapping out of it, IIRC. > >> >> > >> >> Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon. > >> >> Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet > >> >> and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't > >> >> take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out. > >> > > >> >You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the > >> >spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really > >> >suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either. > >> > >> No, I just meant that we will have to deal with that infatuation for a > >> few more episodes before she snaps out of the spell. After that > >> happens I expect all we will get is awkward silence if the two meet > >> but no more than that. > > > >And hopefully the writers won't spend episode after episode with Nick > >and Juliet "exploring" their feelings for each other in the aftermath, > >or whatnot. Get 'em back together quickly. Break 'em up quickly. I don't > >care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy > >stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for > >all, whether she's still with Nick or not. The current three musketeers > >need a female touch, after all. > > I'll be shocked if they don't bring Juliet in on the secret by the end > of the season. I hope that you're right. > I suspect they will keep her and Nick together I agree. But then again, this *is* NBC, and if they think that the soapy stuff will keep the non-skiffy fans coming back... > but > either way I expect her to be brought in on the secret before long. Again, I hope that you're right. > Heck, even this sudden infatuation with Nick's boss should be raising > questions in her mind. Yeah, she's not stupid, and now that she's got *most* of her faculties back, she should be busy processing things... > I do agree that whatever they are going to do > they need to do quickly. This isn't the sort of show that works as a > soap opera. Amen. And I can only hope that someone is beating this point into the NBC suited pinheads on a daily basis. -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:33
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:33
15 lines
2920 bytes
2920 bytes
Jonathan Wilson sent the following on Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:05:12 +0800: > > care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy > > stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for > I have seen far too many potentially good TV series ruined when the > producers started adding too much "soap" and not enough hard drama or > action (Jericho being one example I can think of) Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always bad. -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: shawn
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:15
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:15
16 lines
2484 bytes
2484 bytes
On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600, Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >Jonathan Wilson sent the following on Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:05:12 +0800: >> > care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy >> > stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for >> I have seen far too many potentially good TV series ruined when the >> producers started adding too much "soap" and not enough hard drama or >> action (Jericho being one example I can think of) > >Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can >string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so >common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always >bad. See "Revolution" as an example.
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Merrick Baldelli
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:09
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:09
20 lines
2539 bytes
2539 bytes
On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600, Jim G.
<jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can
>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so
>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always
>bad.
Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a
disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be
getting more than a handful...
--
-=-=-/ )=*=-='=-.-'-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
_( (_ , '_ * . Merrick Baldelli
(((\ \> /_1 `
(\\\\ \_/ /
-=-\ /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
\ _/ You can't spell 'disgust' without
/ / 'SGU' - Anim8rFSK
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: anim8rFSK
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:07
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:07
28 lines
2680 bytes
2680 bytes
In article <fommj8ph0cpmecghhsktqj0j83efjmmkbd@4ax.com>, Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600, Jim G. > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >bad. > > Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > getting more than a handful... >-- >-=-=-/ )=*=-='=-.-'-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > _( (_ , '_ * . Merrick Baldelli > (((\ \> /_1 ` > (\\\\ \_/ / >-=-\ /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > \ _/ You can't spell 'disgust' without > / / 'SGU' - Anim8rFSK Merrick! Yay! :) -- "Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:54
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:54
13 lines
1942 bytes
1942 bytes
Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always >>bad. >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be >getting more than a handful... Animal House!
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: anim8rFSK
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:10
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:10
21 lines
2079 bytes
2079 bytes
In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >>bad. > > >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > >getting more than a handful... > > Animal House! I'm only 13 ... -- "Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: shawn
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:15
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:15
24 lines
2243 bytes
2243 bytes
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote: >In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > >> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can >> >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so >> >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always >> >>bad. >> >> >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a >> >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be >> >getting more than a handful... >> >> Animal House! > >I'm only 13 ... Then don't look at this: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: anim8rFSK
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:25
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:25
33 lines
2500 bytes
2500 bytes
In article <0c5pj8hl6vdnqbo8lt683vmvlt5h7aqvm6@4ax.com>, shawn <nanoflower@gNOTmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > wrote: > > >In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > > > >> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > >> >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >> >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >> >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >> >>bad. > >> > >> >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > >> >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > >> >getting more than a handful... > >> > >> Animal House! > > > >I'm only 13 ... > > Then don't look at this: > http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm- > photoshoot-video rowr! -- "Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Murdoc
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:09
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:09
28 lines
2419 bytes
2419 bytes
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400, shawn wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > wrote: > >>In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, >> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >> >>> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can >>> >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so >>> >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always >>> >>bad. >>> >>> >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a >>> >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be >>> >getting more than a handful... >>> >>> Animal House! >> >>I'm only 13 ... > > Then don't look at this: > http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video 480p?! What the fuh? This ain't the freaking nineties. We demand HDTV!!!1
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Your Name
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:31
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:31
33 lines
2758 bytes
2758 bytes
In article <8mte0ov7caq3.3wja2h0we47e$.dlg@40tude.net>, Murdoc <murdoc11@tweedledum.tweedledee.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400, shawn wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > > wrote: > > > >>In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > >> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>> > >>> >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >>> >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >>> >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >>> >>bad. > >>> > >>> >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > >>> >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > >>> >getting more than a handful... > >>> > >>> Animal House! > >> > >>I'm only 13 ... > > > > Then don't look at this: > > http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video > > 480p?! What the fuh? This ain't the freaking nineties. We demand HDTV!!!1 HDTV?! What the fuh? This ain't the freaking noughties. We demand Retina display quality!!!! ;-)
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Jim G.
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:01
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:01
31 lines
3319 bytes
3319 bytes
shawn sent the following on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > wrote: > > >In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > > > >> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > >> >>Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >> >>string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >> >>common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >> >>bad. > >> > >> >Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > >> >disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > >> >getting more than a handful... > >> > >> Animal House! > > > >I'm only 13 ... > > Then don't look at this: > http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video Thank you for that. I owe you a beer, or something. :) -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Daniel47
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:37
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:37
38 lines
3078 bytes
3078 bytes
Jim G. wrote: > shawn sent the following on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400: >> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> >> wrote: >> >>> In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, >>> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can >>>>>> string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so >>>>>> common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always >>>>>> bad. >>>> >>>>> Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a >>>>> disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be >>>>> getting more than a handful... >>>> >>>> Animal House! >>> >>> I'm only 13 ... >> >> Then don't look at this: >> http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video > > Thank you for that. I owe you a beer, or something. :) Did you notice, over in the "Summer Glau Pop Quiz" section:- Summer Glau What was here first role on TV? I've got no idea what "here" first appeared on T.V. in ..... nor do I know what *her* first role was!! Daniel
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: anim8rFSK
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:41
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:41
48 lines
3321 bytes
3321 bytes
In article <_FY%s.235614$411.30504@newsfe02.iad>, "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au> wrote: > Jim G. wrote: > > shawn sent the following on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400: > >> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > >>> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>>> Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >>>>>> string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >>>>>> common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost > >>>>>> always > >>>>>> bad. > >>>> > >>>>> Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > >>>>> disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > >>>>> getting more than a handful... > >>>> > >>>> Animal House! > >>> > >>> I'm only 13 ... > >> > >> Then don't look at this: > >> http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-f > >> hm-photoshoot-video > > > > Thank you for that. I owe you a beer, or something. :) > > Did you notice, over in the "Summer Glau Pop Quiz" section:- > > Summer Glau > What was here first role on TV? > > I've got no idea what "here" first appeared on T.V. in ..... nor do I > know what *her* first role was!! > > Daniel That's not a real toughy; she had a bit on ANGEL and moved on to FIREFLY. -- "Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."
Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Author: Your Name
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:15
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:15
46 lines
3305 bytes
3305 bytes
In article <anim8rfsk-BF6576.08414713032013@news.easynews.com>, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote: > In article <_FY%s.235614$411.30504@newsfe02.iad>, > "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au> wrote: > > Jim G. wrote: > > > shawn sent the following on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:15:56 -0400: > > >> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:10:59 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim8rfsk@cox.net> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> In article <khh774$ofj$1@news.albasani.net>, > > >>> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Merrick Baldelli <mbaldelli@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>>>> Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>>> Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > > >>>>>> string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > > >>>>>> common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost > > >>>>>> always > > >>>>>> bad. > > >>>> > > >>>>> Yes indeed.. It's like tissues in a woman's bra. Always a > > >>>>> disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be > > >>>>> getting more than a handful... > > >>>> > > >>>> Animal House! > > >>> > > >>> I'm only 13 ... > > >> > > >> Then don't look at this: > > >> http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/summer-glau/videos/24670683/title/summer-glau-fhm-photoshoot-video > > > > > > Thank you for that. I owe you a beer, or something. :) > > > > Did you notice, over in the "Summer Glau Pop Quiz" section:- > > > > Summer Glau > > What was here first role on TV? > > > > I've got no idea what "here" first appeared on T.V. in ..... nor do I > > know what *her* first role was!! > > That's not a real toughy; she had a bit on ANGEL and moved on to FIREFLY. Her first appearance (rather than role) on TV was probably some advert. :-)
Thread Navigation
This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.
Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.
Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.
Back to All Threads