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why it seem that tv networks are going down the toilet do they i mean there is good tv
but why cant network tv follow netflixs and hbo
It's as if the broadcast networks only see the northeast (NYC) and west coast (LA) parts of the country and cater their programming to those locations. With few exceptions, even when they do a Midwest or southern show it's usually an insulting caricature of the people in the region. That's OK. They keep putting out garbage and I keep watching Doctor Who, Sherlock, Mysteries At The Museum, How It's Made, Top Gear, and many other shows available on cable or satellite.
Perhaps the question should be 'why are people dumb enough to watch American Idol and Honey Boo Boo'? Because the networks make a half dozen clones of them and clog the channels with such crap.
Perhaps the question should be 'why are people dumb enough to watch American Idol and Honey Boo Boo'? Because the networks make a half dozen clones of them and clog the channels with such crap.
It's cheaper for network TV to make stupid reality and singing shows than to make great drama. Walking Dead and Mad Men are too expensive for them to produce.
Network TV could compete with cable if they allowed themselves to take a chance on something completely new and different, but because they are dependent on ratings, which means advertising dollars, they therefore can't afford to experiment with something esoteric like "Better Call Saul" but instead stick with what's worked for them before, catering to the lowest common denominator with another round of "NCIS: Staten Island".
If I have learned anything from this post it is that people don't get the business of tv.
You cant compare network tv to Netflix or HBO. Both of those are "pay per view" entities so the rules for them are different than the networks. The networks try to cater to the masses but if the masses dont show up to watch the they cancel the show.
That said people watch "Honey Boo Boo" because it is escapism tv. Most reality shows are. Sure they are cheaper to produce but no one would produce them if no one was watching them.
People seem to have it backwards. The average person doesnt watch reality shows because the networks say "they will watch this because it is cheap and we say they should'. They watch them because it is an escape from their lives so it gets decent ratings and the networks produce more.
It's cheaper for network TV to make stupid reality and singing shows than to make great drama. Walking Dead and Mad Men are too expensive for them to produce.
Network TV could compete with cable if they allowed themselves to take a chance on something completely new and different, but because they are dependent on ratings, which means advertising dollars, they therefore can't afford to experiment with something esoteric like "Better Call Saul" but instead stick with what's worked for them before, catering to the lowest common denominator with another round of "NCIS: Staten Island".
I would say that 30 years ago, this would be true, but totally unfounded today. My favorite show this summer was Welcome to Sweden on NBC which was set in . . uh . .Sweden. Very quirky and different. Nashville is set in "Nashville." The Good Wife is filmed in NY but set in Chicago. Then you have those CSI shows, wihich I don't watch. Isn't that set in Las Vegas and a number of network shows have been set in Las Vegas. And all those fairy tale/fanstasy shows are on networks.
Honey Boo Boo is a cable show isn't it? Cable shows are also set all over the place. Mad Men takes place in NY, but Breaking Bad takes place in New Mexico. Longmire took place in Wyoming, but filmed in New Mexico. Halt and Catch Fire was set in Texas. TV is all over the map.
Much of TV (both the OTA networks, the regular cable networks, the premium cable networks) represents a mediocre wasteland IMHO. It's about money, of course! What they can get on the air cheaply (the cheaper the better for most shows) enough and get enough people watching it to keep those advertising or other source of dollars flowing. They pretty much care about $$$. PBS is a little bit different...they depend primarily on donations or grants from various sources, but they have a financial bottom line also, otherwise they couldn't stay on air. If you want better quality programming, watch whatever you can find of that and hope it won't get cancelled. But most of us will watch some of the other stuff also.
Networks care about what people who spend money based on having watched commercials care to watch.
If you want to change what networks present, you have to (along with many others) start buying a lot more stuff, and make your purchasing decisions based on having watched commercials.
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