Re: So, is the "replacement" show -- Ghost Whisperer -- up to snuff?

>You assume that if something is in the old JOA slot it was designed to 
>appeal to the same audience? When a clothing store goes out of business, 

It's a combination of factors, not just the time slot.  JOA dealt with
God and Heaven, GW deals with the Ghosts and the Afterlife, both shows
feature a relatively young female star -- the parallels are fairly
clear.  I don't think this is an accident, CBS is trying to present
something that they view as thematically similar, but which they think
is somehow better tuned to their desired demographic.  

So, yeah, I'm no mind reader, but in this case I think what's going on
in the head's of the executives is pretty obvious.  GW is meant as a
replacement, but not exactly for the same audience per se.  In fact,
they clearly want a different audience -- both bigger, and younger.
But it's meant to tune into the same interest, in Other-worldliness
and Spiritness and Mystical Possibilities, something like that.  

It's like a network doing Star Trek, but then not being happy with the
ratings, so they come out with something that's still in outer space,
but more action-oriented, like Battlestar Galactica, or dopier, like
Lost In Space, because they have no friggin' idea that a Quality show
like Star Trek (some Star Trek, at least) might gain traction over
time -- not to mention that some things are worth doing just for the
sake of being art, as was JOA....  I'm going to start an "I Hate The
Suits Club."

Steve O.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:57:17 -0400, Bill Steele <ws21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>In article <9f8de$43389ce0$5217bf64$18697@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >I assume Ghost Whisperer is meant to fill in for JOA.  I did not see
>> > the premier.  Was it any good?  (Did any JOA fans even bother to
check
>> > it out!?)
>
>You assume that if something is in the old JOA slot it was designed to 
>appeal to the same audience? When a clothing store goes out of business, 
>can the building only be used for another clothing store? I shudder at 
>the thought that people identify their viewing with time slots rather 
>than program content.


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