Comments on: How You and I Lost Kevin Reilly His Job

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:49:43 +0000

I think the comments about NBC having lost interest in high-quality programming are dead-on.

I'm beyond sick of ILLITERATE PROGRAMMING.

But the bulk of the viewing audience, apparently comprised of idiots with a penchant for schadenfreude, is obviously still eating that crap up with a spoon.

Lotsa good stuff gets canned, or is on the verge of it, these days.

Lots of loser-attracting "unscripted" shows filling the airwaves with sound and fury, signifying nothing.

By: fnl

fnl — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:11:45 +0000

Save FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS !!!

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:51:24 +0000

It's already apparent that NBC has lost any interest in keeping a quality show like "FNL" on longer than necessary in the coming season. The most obvious slot for it always was (and remains) Monday nights after "Heroes." Many critics were quick to dismiss "Brothers and Sisters" on ABC and p-o'ed "Grey's" fans seem to hold a grudge that it got the post "D H'Wives" spot "Grey's" had held. But "B&S" really hit its stride after it was given the chance to breathe. The Sword of Damacles cancellation threat was removed and it settled in to one (and only one) consistent time slot. "FNL" by comparison was mercilessly shuttled and shifted like an audible by Voodoo Tatum. If "FNL" doesn't get its props, NBC will look like goons come September 8 when Kyle Chandler strides to the podium to accept his Emmy shortly after Connie Britton accepts hers for Best Supporting Actress. They - and the show - are THAT good.

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 31 May 2007 01:34:27 +0000

Friday Night lights needs to stay on the air!!!! It needs to be on Friday nights, but not the 10:00 time slot. Putting Friday Night Lights on Wednesday or Sunday nights is like putting Saturday Night Live on a Tuesday night. We need more shows like this instead of all the stupid reality shows. Whatever happened to American Dreams? There is a great show that just vanished. Not everyone is interested in hearing or knowing about all these "Hollywood Wana Bees".

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:22:53 +0000

It does seem strange that NBC waited to can Reilly until after the fall schedule was set. I have to worry about what will happen to Friday Night Lights -- it's already been relegated to TV wasteland on Fridays at 10, but does this mean the network will have an extremely short leash if its ratings don't stack up?

I agree that NBC is really hurt by not having a reality franchise like Idol or Dancing with the Stars. And its Thursday night lineup is excellent -- the four best comedies on network TV -- but it gets absolutely killed every week.

By: p_lukasiak

p_lukasiak — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:59:45 +0000

I think Reilly got canned because he failed to produce the kind of shows that draw the kind of free publicity that Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, and American Idol get. (Was the Apprentice developed on Reilly's watch? It sure as heck went to hell on his watch.) It has to really ticket off the suits at GE to watch their news network giving loads of time to shows that aren't produced by NBC -- and seeing little or nothing (other than bad publicity about The Donald) on other networks. That would have filtered down to Zucker -- and Zucker made Reilly the designated fall guy.