Knight Rider 2008

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 18th, 2008, 8:38

Well, I just watched the pilot ep/movie thing.

I'm not sure about it yet, wasn't unwatchable, but wasn't quite right, certainly as a movie it's missing a lot of everything.

I suspect it's the large Hoff shaped gap that does it.

I'll probably give it a go it if it gets picked up as a series.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » February 18th, 2008, 9:01

Surely it can't be as good as Team Knight Rider!

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » February 18th, 2008, 9:08

Are they still using the '82 Trans Am? Because if they aren't I ain't interested.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » February 18th, 2008, 12:48

Wiggy wrote:Are they still using the '82 Trans Am? Because if they aren't I ain't interested.

And if they're also missing The Hoff, I'm probably going to avoid it.

Not alot of the late 70's/general 80's stuff will pull off a great revive like BSG did.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » February 18th, 2008, 14:56

I swear the merkins are getting more and more pathetic every new TV season...

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 18th, 2008, 15:05

This reminds me of something I was pondering the other day - why do they have such a rigid season for TV? I heard on the news that following the end of the writer's strike, some shows would now carry on, but some wouldn't have time to be finished before the end of the season (in May iirc) and so would slip until next year (think 24 was the example given). Why is this the case, and what do they watch all summer? 4 months of straight adverts?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 18th, 2008, 15:09

As expected, Wikipedia has the answer, kinda. It defines the "Seasons", but doesn't explain them satisfactorily enough for my liking.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » February 18th, 2008, 16:18

TV season always started in the Fall here....September mostly. I don't know why for sure...but I'm guessing its about money and advertising.

Summertime, most people try to be outside whereas, people tend to stay in more during the Fall,Winter and Spring. And, yes, rerun city during summer.

Although, with more networks involved other than the Big 3: ABC, CBS and NBC, the others have mixed things up a bit and thought outside teh box and have some series during the middle months.

I'm guessing the issues with the TV's being put off till next season or even getting cancelled could be due to other contract committments. Our TV actors tend to bounce in and out of movies so they might have to ditch out. And of course, I'm sure money has something to do with it.

Fall is also when the *new* cars come out and thats huge advertisement/money from the manufacturers.

I'm blowing smoke outta my ass...but until proven wrong...I'm stickin with it...

Post by **deject** » February 18th, 2008, 16:26

Lateralus wrote:This reminds me of something I was pondering the other day - why do they have such a rigid season for TV? I heard on the news that following the end of the writer's strike, some shows would now carry on, but some wouldn't have time to be finished before the end of the season (in May iirc) and so would slip until next year (think 24 was the example given). Why is this the case, and what do they watch all summer? 4 months of straight adverts?

There's been no Battlestar Galactica for over a year now. March whatever cannot come soon enough.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 23rd, 2008, 10:06

Apparently this got picked up for a season, airs Wednesday.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 25th, 2008, 13:33

...

Meh.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » September 25th, 2008, 13:54

I missed the questioning about the "TV Seasons" here in the US, so allow me to elaborate more since I work in the industry! Several times a year, all stations go through what's called a "ratings period"--what we commonly called a "book"--where the amount of viewers they pull in are measured. Several demographics are measured and sorted and this information is used to sell ad space to advertisers until the results from the NEXT book. There are two in the fall, each at the fall at the beginning and end of the fall show season, and the same for the winter (about February). There are also a few "mini-books" in the summer which sales usually ignores for whatever reason (unless the results have changed in your favor).

Since they measure at those points in the year (summer doesn't count because more people are outside doing things), networks try to push their new content at the beginning and end of these periods with the hope that it will attract even more viewers so their ratings will go up, so they can use the data to charge more for ads or to get more advertisers in general.

The old way of measuring data was to send out little logs and ask people to fill them out with the hope they would send them back. This also made it desirable to do it for specific stretches of time rather than all the time. However, Neilsen--the company that does the measurement--is now using set top boxes and such to get a "real time" ratings that is accurate down to the quarter or less.

So basically to sum it all up, we do new shows in the fall and winter because that's when people are inside and we try to lure them over with new content so our number of viewers to go so we can get more money from advertisers.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » September 25th, 2008, 14:06

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 2nd, 2008, 13:40

ep 2: Meh.

Moderately entertaining, passes 45 minutes. but little more.