Rangers: How are decisions are made?

Is broadcasting a show and looking at ratings the primary way TV stations make decisions? Do they ever use other means such as showing it to a test audience - sneak previews, etc. - the way some movies do?

By using other testing methods they might be able to proceed with contracts for the actors and more definite plans to begin filming episodes.

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Ratings would be the primary way, if only because Ratings are the way revenue rates may be determined for advertising.

Other element might surely be used, but fundamentally its butts in the seats and eyes on the screen.

Difficult to measure as that may be.

Ro

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Well normally there's a lot more risk involved. Doing a telemovie then waiting to see isn't normal practice. Normally the commission something like 13 episodes, and see how it fairs. If it does okay, they commmision the back 9 to make it a full 22.

Before that process, obviously a lot of people are involved. Test audiences and focus groups may be used, and in some cases (like Buffy) an initial pilot was made to sell it to a network.


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Sometimes I think we should be glad if SciFi relied soley on the ratings: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>WB did a focus group for B5. Peeled of 20 folks for an in-room review, the rest of us watching through mirrored glass. One guy hates the show vehemently, keeps saying it's not science fiction. Finally the guy running the group says, "Could you tell us what you feel is an example of good science fiction?"

And the guy says, "Power Rangers."

I damn near went through the glass at him.

jms<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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-- Harlan Ellison qouting Gustave Flaubert

Power Rangers?



That's a tragedy.

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Apparently this guy sees the future color coded for his convenience.


Talk about your lowest common demoninator...

Can I get a species check on aisle 3? I think we have an amoeba masquerading as a complex life form here.

Ro

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by drakh:
Sometimes I think we should be glad if SciFi relied soley on the ratings: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMAO
I love that JMS quote!

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G'Kar - Andreas Katsulas

power rangers???...


my god...Oh my god

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