#NBC's Greenblatt bashes CBS for calling #UndertheDome an event series. #TheSlap is ONLY 8 episodes, but #EmeraldCity could go on #TCA14
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 19, 2014Greenblatt mocks #UndertheDome's miniseries label: "I don't know when that dome is ever going to be breached but I'll wait for it!" #TCA14
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 19, 2014
They said from the beginning that Under The Dome could have more than one season if the ratings were good.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who thinks it's unprofessional of him to bash another network's show like that? When was the last time NBC had a success with a freshman summer show the way UTD has?
ReplyDeleteI don't understand all this chatter. CBS said all along that the show could be renewed for multiple seasons.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteWhen King first talked about the project, he said that it might end up as a miniseries on HBO, but that changed when it moved to Showtime and CBS.
ReplyDeleteIt's free competition so Greenblat can say whatever he wants but it's not going to change the fact that Under The Dome, a summer series, beats 80% of NBCs prime time shows. So yeah Greenblat keeping bashing
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to really hate the term "miniseries" hahaha. Why can't we just call all shows a series, and be happy with that? Why must we put a definitive term on the length of a show? At least that's how I feel.
ReplyDeleteNBC has better comedies/dramas despite the bad ratings so if anything he should have got on them about that
ReplyDeleteI actually like the term miniseries. It is good to know that a show will have a definitive end after the first season.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, but Sean Saves the World and TMJFS aren't that good.
ReplyDeleteI don't argue that, it's just that so many people get the terms wrong. I can't tell you how many times people have asked me "Isn't that a miniseries?" and I've answered "No, it's a limited series" and only gotten a blank look back...
ReplyDeleteI think the tv landscape is changing where "miniseries" are shows that only have at least 13-15 episodes. Event series are one shot seasons, anthologies that have the same premise but different story per season and regular series which is 20-24 eps
ReplyDeleteCommunity and Parks and Rec are amazing.
ReplyDeletedont get me wrong both sides have bad shows but NBC has made better ones then CBS has and Community and Parks and Rec are though
Community lost its quality halfway through season 2.
ReplyDeleteCommunity and Parks are pretty great.
ReplyDeleteNBC has its fair share of bad shows but for the most part they are the best primetime network.
The real issue is Greenblatt would have done exactly the same thing, and is going to do a ten episode limited event show next season that has a chance to be renewed as well.
ReplyDeleteI so support that statement! I loved Community until halfway through its 2nd season. That's when it turned for me. And I have tried - I really have - to enjoy NBC's shows, but I just don't.
ReplyDeleteThey may have better shows but those are the veterans like Parenthood and Parks. They haven't made anything as good minus The Blacklist
ReplyDeleteI thought:
ReplyDeleteLimited series - limited number of episodes per season.
Miniseries - each season is on its own; no connections to other seasons and no specific number of episodes.
Regular series - we all know what this is.
Hannibal is the best drama on primetime TV
ReplyDeleteYour opinion is not the definite answer. Hannibal is far from the best drama. In fact, there is no best drama. Everyone has their own opinion.
ReplyDeleteNo they didn't say that before after the first promo aired.
ReplyDeleteLol ironic. By your user name I would have thought you would have said Breaking Bad
ReplyDeleteIsn't that basically in the beginning?
ReplyDeletewell Breaking Bad isnt on primetime tv but overall i'd say that BB was the best while it was actually on.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with that either, NBC shows are hit or miss, like any other network.
ReplyDeleteWhen the project came on CBS, it was never addressed as a miniseries.
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, it was one time. Back in its very first promo on CBS, it was referred to as a miniseries. But that was very early in production, and I think I read somewhere the PR department quickly replaced the text, so maybe it was a goof.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the hit or miss comment but when comparing hits then NBC wins even if they cancel the best shows they have (Southland/Awake).
ReplyDeleteSource on that? Because as far as I can remember, CBS has been the #1 network with a huge number of major international successes since the early 2000's. Maybe NBC beats FOX or ABC, but I still think CBS has been the biggest network with the most success shows at least since the 2000's.
ReplyDeletei'm not talking ratings i'm talking quality, only time I care about ratings is when they put a favorite show of mine in danger of being canned.
ReplyDeleteOh come on. You can't seriously believe quality is the determining factor? Since when has quality been the factor for a show's renewal? Ratings are pretty much the only solid piece of actual evidence we have to determine how many hits a network has had. I could say I love Here Comes Honey Boo Boo with all my heart (not true, just for the record), but that still doesn't make that a fact for TLC's number of success shows.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind everyone have different opinions. I personally like CBS the most, while you obviously like NBC the most. But that doesn't justify saying that NBC "wins".
I clearly suggested that ratings are the determining factor, when I said hits I meant in terms of quality shows.
ReplyDeleteAnd I get that everyone has an opinion but CBS is absolutely terrible with dramas/comedy it's all surface level humor and typical procedural shows.
They quite easily have the worst lineup of any network on primetime but thats just me I guess.
CBS has ad it's fair share of great dramas in recent years; The Good Wife, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Harper's Island and many more. NBC only has had a handful.
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest and The Good Wife are no way near terrible. And people seem to be watching other CBS shows so they surely aren't terrible.
ReplyDeleteThe Good Wife is as overrated as Scandal it's good but certainly not great and Person of Interest is a pretty meh show, nothing but your run of the mill crime procedural.
ReplyDeleteCBS shows get good ratings but ratings dont determine how good or bad something is.
I'm getting tired discussing with this guy :P It's difficult to talk to someone who willingly bashes other networks and shows to the fullest extent possible, don't you agree? I never thought I'd see someone who supported NBC to this degree, but I have been proven wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe mini-series label on American TV is meaningless and bears no resemblance to how countries like the UK uses it, actual shows with not many episode that aren't opened ended and aren't ever meant to return just because ratings are great.
ReplyDeleteOnly HBO seems to get it right with shows like Band of Brothers and the Pacific
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ReplyDeleteI have nothing left to say.
Yeah. Say whatever you will about CBS, but majority of their shows aren't "terrible", while NBC shows aren't particularly ground breaking.
ReplyDeleteI didnt even respond to you originally nor did I want to have a long drawn out discussion with you about this either.
ReplyDeleteSorry but I'm quite bored with most of what the primetime networks have to offer most of the time specifically CBS.
That's fine. But you got to understand what me and Babar are trying to say. It's fine that you love NBC and dislike CBS, but don't go around bashing CBS and their programming when that's your opinion. Opinions are never fact, no matter how much we want it to be.
ReplyDeleteits not serious at all nobody should take offense to bashing a network dude and you shouldnt have responded in the first place
ReplyDeleteThere are no minisseries on american TV, there isn't a big sample of cable shows (only a few by HBO and maybe the upcoming FX drama Fargo) and network TV abandoned the format a long time ago
ReplyDeleteBtw, my problem with more seasons of Under the Dome is the show's premise, limited by the book that based the show, for me, it could easily be a two-hour movie, same goes to Hostages, when CBS announced the show, I wondered how they would fit even the 15 episodes ordered.
I feel a lot of people misunderstand the actual premise of Under the Dome. Of course the story is about the Dome, but it's also mostly about how people react under such a circumstance. We're all limited to being on this Earth (at least for now, anyway), and same goes with the Dome. It's about human behavior, plain and simple. That's the way I see it. If it was about the Dome, all the characters would constantly try to get out - which is not what they are doing. We have the story of Big Jim, which is largely unconnected to the Dome, but it's about the town.
ReplyDeleteHave you never seen Person of Interest before? It's not a procedural. And not run-of-the-mill at that.
ReplyDeleteIf it is a hit, it will have another season. If not, it's likely to end on a cliffhanger. That's how USA TV works (luckily now the networks allow final seasons to happen more often and actually end shows)
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