Saturday, October 07, 2006

As Diane points out, the audience for Friday Night Lights was abysmal -- the lowest rated new drama. The network will be looking closely at whether those numbers build; pilot numbers are less a function of how strong the show is than the hook plus the promotion budget. So here's an opportunity for all those conservative groups that threaten boycotts of various shows to do something constructive. If they're really serious about promoting family values on television, they ought to mobilize their viewership to watch the darn show. Punishing shows with happy gay people won't change the face of television. But nothing will get family values on television faster than people watching shows with family values.

10:26 AM

2 Comments:

Great show but it does have a key problem that might be affecting its numbers - it doesn't have much appeal for women 25+ which is a key demo.

Great show, amazingly great but where are the interesting female charaters?

By  blindmind, at 10:43 PM  

Is a reverse boycott the same as an endorsement? LOL
I'm actually one of the ones that didn't like it.
I'm definitely for family values; I just don't think living for the high school football game is a good one.

By  Milehimama @ Mama Says, at 5:29 PM  

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