Posts Tagged ‘bionic woman’

Do We Like Eick?

{ March 30, 2008 @ 2:39 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Children of Men 

Battlestar Galactica co-creator David Eick is scripting a pilot for a television series based on the novel-cum-film, Children of Men. Prospects for the series rests on the answer to two questions: 1) Is Children of Men a story that lends itself to serialization? 2) Is David Eick the man for the job? Answers after the jump… … continue reading this entry.

Quality, Not Quantity, is the Problem

{ March 24, 2008 @ 11:00 pm } · { nbc }
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At the recent AdAge Digital Marketing Conference, NBCU head honcho Jeff Zucker suggested that networks will have to reduce the number of hours of scripted content to cut costs and remain competitive. But less of the same isn’t going to move NBC out of its third place ranking among the broadcast networks.

Whether NBC produces its current 22 hours of original programming, or cuts back to 15, the focus needs to be on quality. If the next batch of offerings from NBC are as boring as Journeyman, or just a hot flaming mess, like Bionic Woman, NBC is not going to pull in viewers. Just something to think about, Mr. Zucker.