Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.
- Renew in haste, repent at leisure. Someone at TNT might have some explaining to do about renewing their new Stephen Bochco legal drama Raising the Bar after just three episodes. Turns out the show has lost 71% of its audience since the season premiere. I called this one a stinker and said it should be one of the first canceled. However, I'll be gracious and only say, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"
- Amazon.com features a "Behind the scenes" clip of John Barrowman
filming the video for his first single of his upcoming album called
"Music Music Music". The single is called "What about us?" and
features a gay and straight couple acting out the story. And I am so
there! There! There!
- Charlie Herschel's first episode of Survivor hasn't even aired and already he's making news as a friend of Clay Aiken's. Just don't call him a Claymate.
- The first U.S. trailer for Breakfast with Scot is now available online. It differs from the Canadian trailer by having Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin swoop in carrying a moose-hunting gun as she rescues Scot from the two nasty homosexuals. At least that's how I remember it.
- Inner city youth deciding dressing gay is cool? I'm down with that.
- Speaking of Palin, conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan notes that no one seems able to locate any of the gay friends she claims to have.
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Submitted by
on Thu, 2008-09-25 17:03.
Sadly, John Barrowman isn't covering a classic Heart tune
The song's title is "What About Us" and it was written by Gary Barlow of Take That fame; and I couldn't find it at amazon.com but did find it at amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-John-Barrowman/dp/B001F0JD8O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1222382111&sr=1-1
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I would've sworn I added that link. Thanks
Buzzkill Lightyear strikes again
afhickman
"The mountain has wings."
Thanks for the video, Joseph. I think this may be the best song I've ever heard John do. Of course, judging from other tracks on the CD, I'm a bit worried. Does the world really need another cover of "I Made It Through the Rain"? "Uptown Girl"? "Both Sides Now"? I'm already reaching for my saccharine pills.
Well...
Does Sarah Palin read AE?
afhickman
"The mountain has wings."
She also claims to be a friend of Jesus. Maybe she's extrapolating from the AfterElton article.
Here's Palin's Best Gay Friend!
McCain Cheif of staff Mark Buse:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/SNkU7gDoqzI/AAAAAAAALjg/zJ9NjeESaR8/s1600-h/MarkBuseMcCainChiefOfStaff.jpg
Raising the Bar VS. True Blood Numbers
'True Blood' was also given a second season pretty hastily and its numbers (even with the 24% spike after Ep. 2) are nearly half those for 'Raising the Bar' at the time of its cancellation:
RTB @ time of cancellation - 2.26 million viewers (per MEDIAWEEK)
TB (after Ep. 2) - 1.8 million viewers (per LA TIMES SHOW TRACKER)
'True Blood' also premiered with the smallest audience of any HBO show since 2005 (LA TIMES SHOW TRACKER).
"True Blood" premiered @ 1.44 million viewers (2008)
"Big Love" premiered @ 4.56 million viewers (2006)
"Rome" premiered @ 3.8 million viewers (2005)
"Deadwood" premiered @ 5.79 million viewers (2004)
"True Blood" had an amazing marketing campaign before airing its first episode but its current numbers are pretty low in comparison.
Maybe what 'Raising the Bar' should have done to keep itself on the air was provide lots and lots of male nudity at frequent intervals throughout its time slot.
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-Sibelius
"It's curtains for you, Dr. Horrible. Lacy, wafting curtains..."
Yes things are going down the toilet!
To point out - not to be argumentative!
HBO has a restricted audience - I suspect that the ratings would be more realistic if they could include all the people watching the show thru the net (however they do it!)
I suspect that this is a phenomenon that is increasing - hey I saw both seasons of Dexter (fantastic!) via the net!
Accuracy of Numbers
I suspect that this is a phenomenon that is increasing - hey I saw both seasons of Dexter (fantastic!) via the net!
I hear that! I rarely use my TV any more. (buh-bye, Comcast!)
Most of my favorite basic cable shows are online in streaming HD. abc.com has a really great set-up as does FOX.com. And with Vuze... Uhmmmm... Never mind.
One of the questions brought up at abc.com regarding their new version of the Episode Player was in regards to the Neilson ratings. abc's reply included exactly what you mention - currently, the Neilson system has no way to capture 'online' viewing and visa-versa. (Legitimate online viewing trends are captured through cookies and DL hits for iTunes, Netflix, etc..)
As long as only one system is exclusively used, the actual numbers will be off, but the percentages should be close to accurate. (At least for the present time until more people upgrade their computers and use the net for TV viewing) I'm sure Neilson boxes are on their way to becoming obsolete.
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-Sibelius
"It's curtains for you, Dr. Horrible. Lacy, wafting curtains..."
How fast is it going down?
The Titanic sank in 2 hours and 15 minutes, while the Lusitania sank in just 15 minutes taking the openly gay theatrical producer, Charles Froman with her. In either case RAISING THE BAR is totally awful. When did they start casting shows out of the Midnight Mission?
INSIDEGUY
And the Hood sank in less than 3 minutes!
So, lasting more than 3 episodes is, I'd say, comparable to the Titanic. 2 episodes, like Viva Laughlin, is Lusitania-level disaster. 1 episode, like Emily's Reasons Why Not, is Hood-level catastrophe.
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John Barrowman's video for
John Barrowman's video for 'What About Us' is on youtube
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf4GFvSzPgo
Hope the link works. I love John but I'm hoping the song's going to grow on me.
The video has a gay couple and a straight couple, it's a so-so video but the message is quite clear. We all go through the same s**t.