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It needs to be moved to a better night. I'd say Mondays at 10, but Medium is holding it's own in that slot. Perhaps Tuesdays, or maybe it could fill the ER void? Sunday nights are prepare for work the next day nights.

Also, NBC might want to consider how many people DVR'd the damn show. I know, I know, it's a radical new idea that is both dangerous and potentially disastrous, but when you consider douchebaggery, it might be time to try something new.

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Honestly, I was interested in seeing it, but the 2-hour premiere was up against the Amazing Race (one of the few shows my DVR-less self considers appointment television).

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This post might get the point across better if you deleted the first two paragraphs of digs, snark, and "humor."

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Danny, you wordsmith, please diagram this sentence and get back to me: "The show has garnered good praise from both the TV critics' shires and their sovereign nation of loyal readers minus the ones who still work at newspapers since they technically don't have any."

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A friend and I separately recorded it and we haven't watched yet. I mean not because we're not dying to check it out but it was a TWO HOUR premiere and there's only so many hours in the day.

I think doing a two hour series premiere in midseason was not a good idea. I mean by that point most everyone have had time to acclimate with the TV landscape. There's no room to watch something new, much less devote two hours to it, you know?

I still don't even know when I'll get to watch it. Saturday, maybe?

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"People who might enjoy Kings are usually watching TV during the week on Wednesday or Thursday, not early Sunday evening."

What is your basis for this statement? I watch TV Wednesdays and Thursdays, but I also watch TV early Sunday evenings. Do you have facts to back this premise? Or are you just assuming that "people who might enjoy Kings" are probably at church Sunday nights?

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C'mon, TVSquad, proofread this stuff before you put it online!

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The mainstream "Joe and Jane Shmoe" audience doesn't get the whole "alternate universe" concept. It's one of the reasons Watchmen was such an epic fail (besides Malin Akermann, that hack Zack Snyder and about 50 thousand other reasons).

You and I both know that ALL fiction basically takes place in "alternate universes" however they're usually not labeled as such. However, a description of a show stating that it takes place in a "world where America is composed of numerous warring kingdoms" just causes Ma and Paw Suburbanite's eyes to glaze over and their hands to grab the remote and switch the channel over to that reality show "Dumb Rednecks Doing Dumb Crap".

It's just a sad fact of life, but the lowest common denominator is network TV's target audience, and they really are the lowest commoners.

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I agree with Jimmy (comment #4). Also, in this paragraph,
"The premiere episode only eeked out around 6 million viewers and finished as the lowest rated show in the 8 to 11 p.m. timeslot last Sunday. That means less people watched Kings than The Simpsons, Family Guy, 60 Minutes, Hole in the Wall and ... America's Funniest Home Videos?!? Cripes, is that show still on the air? Apparently, fathers have failed to learn after more than 10 years that their testicles are never safe when Junior has the whifflebat." - it's not "eeked", it's "eked", and it's not a "'whifflebat", it's a "wiffle bat".
I agree with George - proofread! (or at least spell check).

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I meant to watch this, but missed it.

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Kings is defiantly one of the best shows on TV and deserves a perfect time-slot. What about Wednesday at 8? Or will that no lead in hurt it?

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"The lowest rated show in the 8 to 11 p.m. timeslot last Sunday. That means less people watched Kings than... 60 Minutes." 60 Minutes is on at 7, and that article doesn't mention it.

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Nicely written Danny!

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I hope this show gets a chance. It's not the best show ever but it has a lot of potential and I would love to see where it goes. Since that's the case, this show is doomed as almost all the shows I like get canceled too soon.

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The show was cow dung. What, you can't make a good war scene? The war scenes looked completely fake and cheaply made. And the comercial breaks seemed like five minutes each. So the king gave up the "love of his life" to be king. But she's his mistress now, wait, didn't he give her up? He has no problem killing a guy, seemingly, because he dared question him and was getting up before him from the conference table but has a problem with getting rid of his brother in law when he threatens him? Come on! There are just too many things wrong with this show to bother with. No more for me thanks.

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I've watched it three times now, and I love it more with each viewing. It might help that the Saul/David/Jonathan story is my favorite in the Bible, but beyond that I loved the war scenes, the Biblical references (I'm an atheist by the way), the acting, the fun. The contrast between Silas and David is fascinating. But...my daughter got bored and never watched finished watching it online. Rats. At least TV shows that we love and which don't last long are frequently released on DVD. See, I'm already resigned to its cancellation because, as we know, TV execs generally don't have patience.

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When I first saw promo's for Kings I thought it looked boring. I told friends of mine that work for NBC that it would probably tank. But after reading good reviews of it I checked out the first two episodes on hulu and it is really good. I'm definately a fan. Ian McShane blew me away. NBC needs to do a better job promoting this show. I'm gonna keep watching it as long as it lasts.

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