Two new shows on The CW have experienced such a drop in ratings that two of the series, Easy Money and Valentine, have been shut down on a 4 to 6 week hiatus while the creators work on scripts. Fortunately for The CW these shows are on their "rented out" space on Sundays. This is unfortunate for MRC, the company that actually runs those shows.Is this a delay of the inevitable? Is the CW hemorrhaging viewers and is it doomed to fail? What was the point of that whole merger between UPN and the WB anyway (if you still want to watch The WB, it's online)?
Easy Money and Valentine, Inc. still have 13 episode orders and will likely be back. One can only hope that when they come back that they still have a network to broadcast the shows on. If not, there is always cable. Does anyone even watch these shows?
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10-14-2008 @ 11:03AM
cdawg said...
is Valentine the rob thomas show? oh well.... CW didn't actually promote these shows now did they? (and i actually watch at least 4 hours of CW a week)
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10-14-2008 @ 11:16AM
Andrew Troth said...
No, Rob Thomas has nothing to do with Valentine, even though there are some conceptual similarities with his upcoming show Cupid (which will be on ABC).
10-14-2008 @ 12:26PM
Carissa said...
Have to agree with cdawg. No advertising = no viewers. It seems they really didn't want this to work...but the question is why?
Oh well. CW better not fail. I have four shows I watch now.
10-14-2008 @ 11:12AM
Blair Mitchelmore said...
I've seen both and neither of them are bad. They even have their charms at times.
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10-14-2008 @ 11:23AM
Andrew Troth said...
I doubt that the success or failure of the Sunday night lineup will make much difference as to whether the CW continues or not. If it were crucial to the network's survival, they wouldn't be experimenting with turning it over to an independent contractor to begin with.
Far more telling will be whether 90210 can maintain its momentum in certain demographic groups through the entire season, and whether shows like Gossip Girl and Supernatural can increase their audiences over last year.
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10-14-2008 @ 11:27AM
CK said...
I watch Valentine. It's pretty good. But i've only seen two episodes...it seems networks aren't very patient. I could see potential, but now I guess I'll never know.
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10-14-2008 @ 12:00PM
Beth said...
I can't speak for Easy Money, but I have been tuning in to Valentine the past two weeks and have really enjoyed it. I have loved Autumn Reeser, Kristoffer Polaha, and Christine Lakin in past shows (yeah I liked Step by Step). I am a little sad, I hope this comes back.
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10-14-2008 @ 2:16PM
nattyff said...
i have seen valentine too, and i really like it... figures...
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10-14-2008 @ 4:01PM
MERVE-THE-PERVE said...
They screwed up by not bringing Jericho and Moonlight over. That would have been 12-15 million viewers right there. And they wouldn't have even needed any promotion with their fanbases. They would've only had to post 1 message on 2 sites. But those 2 shows don't fit in with their target demos : 12-25 year olds with the attention span of a fruit fly.
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10-14-2008 @ 6:16PM
djbuhhda said...
i didn't really like valentine but i really love easy money. that saddens my that its already goin on a hiatus. now im going to have to watch family guy on sundays oh well =[
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10-14-2008 @ 8:04PM
rachel said...
I have seen both, and I love Easy Money. I could live without Valentine (though, it's possible some work on the scripts could change my mind).
Easy Money, however, has an interesting story and a great cast. The family dynamic reminds me of Arrested Development in the "lots of love/more lies" kind of way, and I hope people can relate to this better. Or at least now that the world has seen AD, they can finally relate.
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10-14-2008 @ 11:33PM
nancyofthepants said...
no! where will we go for cheesy teen romance dramedies, etc. if the cw fails?!
i haven't seen easy money but like valentine so far. only two episode so far, so hard to judge...
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10-14-2008 @ 11:57PM
Mike said...
They need to have reruns of gossip girl on sun's again...with Chuck back I can't watch it on Mon's anymore.
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11-05-2008 @ 1:46PM
Bob said...
Easy Money - I'm over 50 and my son is 30. We both like the show. We've become an avid fans. Great group of characters with a number of story lines to explore. But putting it on Sunday is a loser - to many other competing show. Plus as nancyofthepants says - CW is were all the "cheesy teen romance dramedies" run. Easy Money doesn't fit and will have trouble finding a audience at CW.
EM is the only show on CW I would even think of watching. Put it on a different network, give it some advertising and time and I'm sure it could build a fan base.
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