There will be no grand Hollywood ending for romantic comedy “” and legal comedy “,” as NBC has announced that neither new series will move beyond its 13-episode commitment.
Neither show deserved more than they’re getting with Bad Judge pulling in a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo and A to Z earning only a 0.7, but it’s still gotta be brutal for the cast and crew of both of these shows to go to work and film those last few episodes knowing that there is no future in it. Ye...
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November 2, 2014 9:13 PM
“The Blacklist” has the worst reveals ever for a supposed mystery show…. what is Liz hiding in the locked room? The good writers, I think, because they fucking disappeared midway through last season. If it weren’t for Spader being so much fun I’d have pulled the plug on this show after the first episode of season 2.
November 2, 2014 1:24 PM
I don’t think it’s a matter of networks being out of ideas, it’s more that they have way too many hours to program. Cable networks hit home runs more often (and let’s not pretend like they hit home runs every time; see Halt and Catch Fire, Low Winter Sun, Tyrant, even Homeland gets hate when not within the spectrum of the cable vs. broadcast argument) because they only program a couple of nights a week with original scripted programming. That stuff is still obviously better than the best of what’s on network, but there are still some great shows on the big four. But when you have 3 hours a night x 6 nights a week x 4 networks x at least 22 weeks of course you’re going to have a lot of shit that bombs.
November 2, 2014 9:11 PM
Me too. It seemed like it was about to find its footing, sadly, and Kate Walsh as the judge was great. And hot. So very, very hot.
November 2, 2014 7:54 AM
+1
November 1, 2014 9:43 PM
So I guess it should be called A to M.
November 2, 2014 1:24 AM
I thought “Bad Judge” was dog just from the 1 trailer I saw – she sentenced some snooty business women to hitch a ride to work on the side of trash truck. wow….yep. then I said – clearly NBC is merely button pushing and not actually baking anything that will eventually have a level of ‘substance’This is NBC’s M.O. now – it’s ALL Dash & Grab. No Substance. (Except the “Blacklist”)
November 1, 2014 3:33 PM
sucks. i liked bad judge.
November 1, 2014 3:11 PM
This is a very good analogy. I just watched an episode of A to Z this morning and I was baffled by the network sitcom’s “wackadoo man child” that is in most of them. I don’t know anyone like that. The viewers won’t relate. I do like Bad Judge though, probably because the judge is the man child.
November 1, 2014 1:24 PM
Hey, that’s where I work! So’s that’s what the big shoot earlier this year was.
November 1, 2014 1:02 PM
Unsurprisingly, NBC’s approach to producing broader, more approachable comedy is falling on its ass. I’m sure that somewhere, at this moment, Dan Harmon is having a laugh.
November 1, 2014 1:01 PM
Allow me to make a bad analogy.The big four networks are like the American car companies in the 80’s. All out of ideas, drunk on their own sense of self, and generally out of touch with the public.The fledgling Cable channels (AMC, FX, et al) are the Asian car companies, Full of new ideas, not held back by red tape and super old white guys at the helm. People are excited about what they have to offer.Combine that with the 4 BILLION other things that people can spend their time on, it’s no wonder the dinosaur networks can’t get anyone to watch what they have on, save live sports.
November 1, 2014 12:53 PM
First thing I pictured when I saw this headline: [i.imgur.com]
November 1, 2014 12:45 PM
Ahh, the Jack Donaghy method: [lh3.googleusercontent.com]