The Event has been declining in ratings since its premiere 4 weeks ago. It's still performing better than NBC's Chase, which is TV By The Numbers' choice for next show to be canceled. I honestly haven't watched the show since the pilot, so I don't know if the plot has improved. It's competing with Monday Night Football and Dancing with the Stars.
What I'm really excited for is the premiere of The Walking Dead AMC on Halloween. According to Variety, the network is "throwing all of its weight behind the global launch" of The Walking Dead. The show will be distributed to channels in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. There doesn't seem to be much other news, but the buzz around this show has been mostly positive.
The Walking Dead comes from the director of the Shawshank Redemption and the producer of Terminator. Though the content of the show may seem like a contrast to the rest of the original programming on AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad), the quality of the content of The Walking Dead will fit right in.
if the Event is competing with Monday Night Football, it is also competing with Monday Night Raw(WWE). I have never watched this show, but my parents have, and they have no idea what's going on. I think that is why the rating are going down. People watch the first 2 episodes thinking "wow, this show is so wacky, i don't even know what's going on, i can't wait to watch next week." Then they watch it, they still have no idea what's going on, and the interest starts to die out.
ReplyDeleteI am also, like Jess, very excited for the Walking Dead. Zombies rule. It will fit right in on AMC. The range of shows that are on channels like AMC, or HBO, or STARZ (is there a z?), a show about zombies will do fine. Not to mention will attract a new level of audience. I mostly don't watch any show's from neither AMC, HBO, or other channels like that-- But a show about zombies? I can dig that shiz.
It's not going to win if it competeing against Monday night football and dancing with the stars....maybe it should of debued in the spring when there is no football
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