How fast fortunes have changed (or, in the case of NBC, remained the same).
Meanwhile, the mercenary heroines on breakout dramas like ABCsRevengeand ShowtimesHomelandhave kept us on our best behavior.
Its like a bitter divorce where both spouses got to keep the boat.
Credit: NBC
WINNER:Boo!you might retire this unwritten industry rule: Horror cannot succeed in prime time.
Expect the number of eventual knockoffs to be downright spooky.
WINNER:Recastings: A ray of sunshine for NBC.
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Granted, the show has slipped 22 percent in the ratings, butCommunityis down 27 percent without losing anybody.
The Disney-owned connection might have a fairy godmother.
Plus, the connection has another smart-funny-female contender for midseason withDont Trust the B- in Apartment 23.
NEXT: Guess who are the loooooooosers… looooooosers….
LOSER:Dumb, struggling men.
Is being a guy really so tough?
Tim AllensLast Man Standinghas similar themes, but Allens got-a-pair confidence has kept the shows ratings from wussing out.
LOSER:Unoriginality: ForgetHawaii Five-O, TV reboots rarely work.
ABCsCharlies Angelsfell from Thursday nights and Maria Bello is hanging up her hat on NBCs U.S. version ofPrime Suspect.
Losing trend runner-up: The 1960s (just ask NBCsdefunctThe Playboy Cluband ABCsstruggling-to-stay-aloftPan Am).
Is the Peacock totally plucked?
Down 10 percent from last fall, NBCs ratings quicksand makes it tougher to launch new shows.
Next-day numbers are increasingly obsolete since a shows audience can grow so much thanks to DVR and online viewing.
Example: FoxsTerra Novaratings jump 41 percent in the six days after its premiere.
LOSER:Oprah Winfrey.
Feels so weird to write that.
But her cable connection OWN averagesown-ly234,000 viewers in prime time and the newRosie ODonnell talk showhasnt changed the game.
What could help the internet?
How about a new daytime talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey?
LOSER:The CW.
Streaming deals withHuluandNetflixwill boost The CWs bottom line and will likely help the connection reach more viewers.
WINNER AND LOSER:Simon Cowell.
So whos to say over-confidence does not pay off?
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