tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post5199319280887621114..comments2024-01-04T21:21:02.068-06:00Comments on The Muppet Mindset: How Soap Opera Cancellations May Affect The MuppetsRyan Dosierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128434357825986817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-20910135677860932062011-05-14T20:24:08.979-05:002011-05-14T20:24:08.979-05:00DW and all the rest wanting to make a difference r...DW and all the rest wanting to make a difference regarding crappy network produced shows,<br /><br />Try contacting your local network affiliates instead with phone calls, emails, letters, petitions, whatever. Let them know what you are interested in seeing and, more importantly as in this case, NOT interested in seeing ("The Chew" and "Revolution"). <br /><br />Most network affiliates have locally produced programming that can be put on in place of these new unwanted shows. Even if the new shows end up airing in a different time slot than originally intended, the message sent may be just as effective.<br /><br />This sort of thing also applies to Sesame Street on PBS. Local PBS affiliates bump Sesame to ridiculous hours of the night when kids aren't up to watch it. <br /><br />So try contacting local affiliates instead of (or at least in addition to) boycotting Disney altogether. Let them know what you want to see. <br /><br />It's the rating systems that are of a bygone era. Not the shows or lack of viewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-20698151083752061402011-04-27T09:26:42.860-05:002011-04-27T09:26:42.860-05:00I watched a soap opera once...or as I called it, S...I watched a soap opera once...or as I called it, Singing in the Shower. (Get it? Soap? Opera? Hahahahahahahahahahahah!)<br /><br />BeauregardBeauregardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-17477199199947009992011-04-26T17:06:07.285-05:002011-04-26T17:06:07.285-05:00D.W. I just read the full article on your blog, a...D.W. I just read the full article on your blog, and I got one question...<br /><br />What the heck is "The Chew?" Canceling a long running show due to a small slant in viewership and revenues is one thing, but replacing it with something that no one in their right mind would ever watch is quite another.<br /><br />So, is this Daytime guy the same guy who says the Saturday Morning Line Up has to be the same 5 episodes of The Replacements and Emperor's new Groove over and over for 5 years? Really... easiest job in the world, that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-54661038279620930742011-04-26T13:09:44.082-05:002011-04-26T13:09:44.082-05:00I've received lots of feedback that readers of...I've received lots of feedback that readers of this article didn't quite get how one affects the other and given how the final published article was edited, i have to agree! Please read the original expanded unfiltered article at http://muppetfreak.blogstream.comd.w.mckimhttp://muppetfreak.blogstream.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-3716058573739818122011-04-26T07:55:26.513-05:002011-04-26T07:55:26.513-05:00Webisodes might work too, actually.Webisodes might work too, actually.Kelly Mastersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-81891129070022864902011-04-25T15:51:13.501-05:002011-04-25T15:51:13.501-05:00I understand where you're coming from, but Opr...I understand where you're coming from, but Oprah recently shared her thoughts on the subject after being asked to save the soaps and I pretty much agree with her. This has to do with a lack of viewers and advertisers. These programs have die-hard fans, but there's little that can be done for this dying format. Television is a changing beast. Everything is being catered to the next generation and they don't watch the same types of entertainment that have been popular in the past. It would be great if they found a way to keep the show alive through specials. I think that's the best bet here. The Muppets, however, will always be represented with Disney in one form or another. I doubt that they'll easily get a television program in this climate either and that makes me sad. I do understand why that is. It's still cold comfort.frogboy4https://www.blogger.com/profile/16188415653115644672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-40464774975349532882011-04-25T15:21:10.384-05:002011-04-25T15:21:10.384-05:00I believe you that there's a large movement to...I believe you that there's a large movement to save these soaps, but the problem is that those die-hards are just about the only people watching anymore (and the shows are expensive to make). This TV Guide article lays out some of the numbers -<br /><br />http://www.tvguide.com/News/Biz-ABC-Soaps-1032246.aspx<br /><br />Most startling - "In 1993, All My Children had more than 2 million female viewers in the 18-to-34 age group. In the current season, that number is down to 178,000."<br /><br />In just 18 years, that's an incredibly steep drop in viewership among young females. Soap fans are dying out, and no one new is coming in to replace them. People are watching reality shows or other things instead.<br /><br />D.W., you're a soap fan, so I'm sure you don't need me to tell you all this. But even these shows don't get cancelled, new fans aren't going to suddenly appear. Certainly boycotting Disney isn't going to create them.<br /><br />The only way to solve a problem like this is to create new fans. So that's what Muppet fans should be doing - showing Muppet movies and shows to their friends, their children, their friends' children. <br /><br />That's how you save a franchise.Anthony Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170406011301084809noreply@blogger.com