February 27 2014
ABC to air Marvel special with 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' sneak peek.
The docu-special promises to give viewers a "front row seat to the inception of Marvel Studios, the record-breaking films, the cultural phenomenon, and further expansion of the universe by Marvel Television." Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe will premiere Tuesday, March 18 at 8 p.m.
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banner | February 27, 10:32 CET
Simon | February 27, 11:34 CET
faith in Angel | February 27, 11:45 CET
Darkness | February 27, 13:25 CET
MrArg | February 27, 13:30 CET
IrrationaliTV | February 27, 13:48 CET
gossi | February 27, 14:07 CET
Somehow, complaining once bi-monthly kinda makes me feel better. Indulge a simple mans simple pleasures, please. ;)
Thanks for that clarification, Gossi. :)
I promise iŽll try to buy some patience. Somewhere. Not one of my strenght, though.
Still, trying to be positive: this sound great. Will not overhype myself with the possibvle Ultron coverage. At least i will try. Its easy to expect too much. There is always pain in that.
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Darkness | February 27, 14:24 CET
gossi | February 27, 14:43 CET
I don't know if this sort of thing will work as well on networks but some of them are toying with versions of this format like above mentioned Hannibal on NBC.
I think this is sort of like what Gossi is suggesting.
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Buffyfantic | February 27, 15:16 CET
Still the vast majority of broadcast network shows will be stretched from September through May in the foreseeable future but it may be (very slowly) changing as more networks experiment with straight to series orders and competing with cable for top talent.
IrrationaliTV | February 27, 15:38 CET
I wish they could find a way of schedulling tv series taking theyre own schedule as part of the narrative the same way tv shows have been doing with the adverts breaks. A series that takes in account the fact of its own schedulling structurally is far better off than getting excited with a story and picking that same excitment where you left it in a month.
Even the XIX century monthly writers knew they came out every month and worked with it. Use the problem. Cause if you not, all you are getting is an alleatory set of unwanted and irritating interruptions.
Darkness | February 27, 16:39 CET
Changes will happen in scheduling and every other facet of TV when economic realities indicate they should. But I like the way you think about scheduling as part of the narrative. Shows used to do that a little more with seasonal episodes.
I kinda lean toward the view that unless hiatuses cause irreparable fall offs in viewership, the breaks create anticipation, allow people to get caught up and drive demand. Depends on the show I guess.
IrrationaliTV | February 27, 17:08 CET
PaperSpock | February 27, 17:43 CET
1) At one time when a network bought a series what they got was two airings. That made reruns extremely important to profitability, Can someone in the business tell us if that is still the practice ?
2) The conventional wisdom used to be that, all other things being equal, reruns got worse ratings in June-Aug than the rest of the year. Therefore you wanted to air your reruns in the
Sept-May period as much as was feasible. Is this still the case ?
JDL | February 27, 18:19 CET
And this is still better than how NBC treats its sitcoms. "Community" only got a mid-season pick up and it's still off the air for weeks, while "Parks and Recs" has been off for seemingly forever.
This is always how networks did it, btw. If you recall all the way back to "Buffy" airing in the WB, there were similar gaps in airing episodes. It's only since DVD, cable and streaming options came into being that viewers are suddenly unused to it.
dottikin | February 28, 04:06 CET
Seems like the old network scheduling model is changing, just wish it changed faster, specifically since a lot more people are following shows on the US schedule than used to be the case.
jpr | February 28, 04:38 CET
gossi | February 28, 07:01 CET
Jaymii | February 28, 07:58 CET
I'm not looking for the rest of Hollywood to imitate their shared universe or make even more comic book movies, but I would like to see more studios only making movies when there is real creative fire rather than just a hot property.
KS | February 28, 08:12 CET
@ks, creative fire seems to be in short supply specifically among the people who make the big money decisions.
jpr | February 28, 08:32 CET
And everyone really does need to keep in mind that no matter how important to the overall economics of a show from a studio perspective, the international markets/viewers have no bearing at all on the decisions of a US network that only gets money for US eyeballs.
IrrationaliTV | February 28, 09:45 CET