I just found this great article about CBS. This author hit the nail on the head, twice! Once in regards to viewers and once in regards to show creators. Hopefully a day will come when no one wants their show on CBS and no one wants to watch CBS. They are the show killing network. There are still a few shows on that network that I watch, but no new ones. I specifically avoid new shows on CBS because CBS does not give its new shows or the showrunners much of a chance.
I hope Swingtown comes back, but with low ratings I would not get my hopes up. If they cancel it, executive producer Carol Barbee will have had two shows that CBS killed after one season. I do not expect any sort of anouncement from them regarding Swingtown until they "choose not order any more episodes". Perhaps I am wrong on this one and hopefully so, but if CBS remains true to form I would not expect to see Swingtown next summer.
After reading this article, it looks like The Ex List might not make it either.
http://tvoholic.com/news/cbs-definitely ... back-soon/
CBS Sucks!
CBS Sucks!
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Alex wrote:I just found this great article about CBS. This author hit the nail on the head, twice! Once in regards to viewers and once in regards to show creators. Hopefully a day will come when no one wants their show on CBS and no one wants to watch CBS. They are the show killing network. There are still a few shows on that network that I watch, but no new ones. I specifically avoid new shows on CBS because CBS does not give its new shows or the showrunners much of a chance.
I hope Swingtown comes back, but with low ratings I would not get my hopes up. If they cancel it, executive producer Carol Barbee will have had two shows that CBS killed after one season. I do not expect any sort of anouncement from them regarding Swingtown until they "choose not order any more episodes". Perhaps I am wrong on this one and hopefully so, but if CBS remains true to form I would not expect to see Swingtown next summer.
After reading this article, it looks like The Ex List might not make it either.
http://tvoholic.com/news/cbs-definitely ... back-soon/
The Ex-List is done
http://tv.yahoo.com/the-ex-list/show/43 ... tv_ex_list
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I worked for CBS TV NYC from 1963 thru 1972. I enjoyed it then and liked the company, but.....
.....now I am in your camp. And the news person who has brought CBS to the lowest level is Katy Couric, you know "...Sarah, what magazines do you read".
.....now I am in your camp. And the news person who has brought CBS to the lowest level is Katy Couric, you know "...Sarah, what magazines do you read".
As John Wayne once said: "Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid."
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I got really pissed off last night.
They swapped out an insipid sitcom for the hilarious "My Worst Week". Checked my tv guide, and sure enuf.... it was CBS.
They swapped out an insipid sitcom for the hilarious "My Worst Week". Checked my tv guide, and sure enuf.... it was CBS.

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Les Moonves renegotiated his salary last year to 3.8 million with bonuses based on the performance of the companies stock - LOL.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CBS
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CBS
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Once William S. Paley (Chief Executive 1928-1980) and Frank Stanton (President 1946-1971) were no longer in charge, it was continually down hill right into the toilet.
As John Wayne once said: "Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid."