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It's all over the news that the show's cast just signed a big deal to bring the show back this coming season. lots of news coming out of this: * Dan Castellaneta's being made consulting producer, which means he's going to be writing more episodes (for those of you who've seen The Days of Wine and D'Oh'ses, this is an iffy prospect). * Harry Shearer's status is up in the air; some sites (E! online) are saying that he missed out on the original signing due to a technical glitch and remains an unsure prospect; others (CNN) are saying he's hammering out details and will likely be back. * The season's going to run twenty episodes instead of twenty-two because the lack of VA work has pushed production back a couple of months. * Though everyone signed four year $400,000 an ep deals, the ultimate fate of the show hasn't been sealed, because Gracie Films' deal with Fox only extends through season 20. So I hope we don't lose HS, and it's a shame we're gonna be down two episodes because of all of this. Here's some articles about it all. |
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 06:40:54 pm » |
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Why does season 20 feel like it'll be OFF's swan song?
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 06:55:47 pm » |
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I'm getting a similar feeling, I don't imagine this year being very good for OFF.
I have yet to see The Days of Wine and D'Oh'ses so I don't have any feeling about Dan Castellaneta being consultant producer.
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 08:05:31 pm » |
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It's going, it's going...
I personally found "Days of Wine and [Annoyed Grunt]ses" to be one of the few decent episodes in... whichever season it was. Before I stopped watching it, at least. Sure that's not saying a lot...
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 08:10:35 pm » |
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This dose proves that FOX still are committed to the series. But with regards to the low ratings there have been for some episodes lately, I suspect that the lower number of episodes suits them very well. Personally I hope the equation goes: Lower number of episodes = More time to make good quality. But i might bee naive.  |
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2008, 08:33:45 pm » |
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The show's certainly facing more problems now than it would've a couple of years ago. Four million plus viewers've fled the coop over the course of three months. It's not a problem exclusive to OFF, but they don't have the writer's strike excuse to fall back on because the shows were finished well in advance of that.
RE: Days of Wine and D'Ohs-es; it had a tad of jerkass!Homer, but I really liked Barney in it - too bad the big change made to him was retconned out of existance less than a season later.
Ratings are low all over that particular block, though, and throughout TV in general. Nothing really bounced back from the strike. OFF's ratings have been going down since E Plurbius Wiggum in January. Make of that what you will.
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2008, 10:13:33 pm » |
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So Harry Shearer "missed out on the original signing due to a technical glitch". Sounds odd.
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2008, 11:15:27 pm » |
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RE: Days of Wine and D'Ohs-es; it had a tad of jerkass!Homer, but I really liked Barney in it - too bad the big change made to him was retconned out of existance less than a season later. Considering that big change removed everything that made him an interesting character, that was definitely a good thing. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 12:41:41 am » |
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@Fellranger - reports about HS's participation are all over the place, as you can see from the articles I posted. The only story that's repeated in every one of them states that he hasn't re-upped.
@Stretch Dude - I wish they'd do more with Barney, period - drunk, sober, what have you. After going to all of the trouble of making him sober, though, they could have at least done more with that new story twist.
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2008, 11:11:17 pm » |
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Very interesting blog post about the 20th season. Could the 20th season of "The Simpsons" be the last?
Don't look now, but that's this morning's Holy &%$#& question.
And it's a valid one.
On Monday, Fox announced that the classic had been re-upped for an "historic" 20th season, which (of course) would make it prime-time's longest-running, and give it a dead tie with "Gunsmoke," the previous record holder. But it was only a ONE-year deal, when the cast was signed to a FOUR-year deal.
What gives ... and, why only one season, and why the emphasis on history being made? I'll give you the answers right now, born of a quarter century following this business: Because Fox is covering its bets.
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The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
1066 and All That
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
Dorothy L Sayers
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Ayn Rand
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« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2008, 03:49:12 am » |
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Fox's entire animation block is down similarly, as I've said before. I wonder if the net regrets the million-buck deal Seth MacFarlane just signed with them.
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