I can see your true colors: Latino - No. White - of course
Cancellation of "The George Lopez Show", just plain WRONG. Sabotage, is what I would call the "financially" excuse. And though the Geico Caveman is clever as a commercial, I am already tired of it at thirty seconds. Come on.
In all fairness there are Hispanics on Cable (one of my favorites). But cable TV is not free or inexpensive. Not to mention that this is a proverbial middle finger to a huge demographic. I want real people, not a silly Flintstones knockoff.
George Lopez, the first Latino to lead a television series successfully, isn't laughing. "TV just became really, really white again," he said.
ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant.
"The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again. (more)
Hedging the bet: "End run" around the Unions. And now White Brits playing White Americans. WTF!
By Nellie Andreeva
May 15, 2007
It's crunch time for TV studios' business affairs departments, but this year it seems as if they're spending as much time preparing work visas for the shows' stars as they do closing deals for new series.
A trend that emerged during the pilot-casting season comes into focus this week when the networks pick up their new series: Foreign actors are playing the leads on a staggering number of new dramas next season.
There have been a few here and there -- Brit Hugh Laurie of "House" and Australian Anthony LaPaglia of "Without a Trace," both Emmy winners for their roles on the shows -- but never quite like this. It's across the board on every network, and it's massive. (more)
I can see your true colors Tiffany.
Survivor Fiji really surprised me. I have to watch the season finally again. Un-Flipping believable. I think that the producers decided Dreamz was going to be their Buckwheat. During Probst's questions it was clear that going in they (producers) were counting on Dreamz to be himself. Whoa. It was like lets see what this poor guy does for entertainment. Earl came across as a good man. Yau-man too. Both played smart with integrity, ethics and values within the rules of the game. Both were winners. Both are true role models.
Dreamz was not my favorite. I must admit I did not watch many episodes. He just was too duplicitous in the shows I caught. Street smarts he has. I liked Yau-man's take on Dreamz. Stating Dreamz was creative and smart, but not a disciplined mind. My take: Dreamz used his street smarts in a TOTALLY alien environment. Physically- the Fiji Island. Mentally - everyone else could relate to one another, one way or the other. But Dreamz background is apparently true poverty, a incomplete education and lacking the social skills the other contestants brought to the game. He was learning what the others instinctively knew.
It was also weird at the end when Dreamz did try to explain himself. I could almost hear in him, someone that was recently in the news. Guess ....
The video is here. You have to watch part one to get to part two where the interview happens.
I have two ideas for my own Television Shows. One is to put 24 people in unfamiliar large and small cities, with a video camera and batteries. Maybe give them $500.00 and call it "See if they Survive." Sadly some may not, which is why there are 24 contestants.
The other is to put 18 people in a remote location and they have to Work together to Survive. The goal is to remain 18 with the producers trying their best to cause havoc and dissent. When successful, a contestant is eliminated by a vote that requires three peoples names to be submitted by each contestant for a unknown question. True surprises. There can be no pre tribal planning by alliances. And the prize would reduce each time a member was lost. Start at $18,000,000 and reduce it in incruments of $1,200,000.00. Whacky and It would be real. Loose badly and you personally owe $200,000.
Kidding ... sorta
Maybe one year we'll see a series called Stereotypes on Parade. Television parading their own as stereotypical.
In all fairness there are Hispanics on Cable (one of my favorites). But cable TV is not free or inexpensive. Not to mention that this is a proverbial middle finger to a huge demographic. I want real people, not a silly Flintstones knockoff.
TV just got a lot 'whiter,' says a canceled George Lopez
George Lopez, the first Latino to lead a television series successfully, isn't laughing. "TV just became really, really white again," he said.
ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant.
"The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again. (more)
Hedging the bet: "End run" around the Unions. And now White Brits playing White Americans. WTF!
Fall season taking on foreign air
By Nellie Andreeva
May 15, 2007
It's crunch time for TV studios' business affairs departments, but this year it seems as if they're spending as much time preparing work visas for the shows' stars as they do closing deals for new series.
A trend that emerged during the pilot-casting season comes into focus this week when the networks pick up their new series: Foreign actors are playing the leads on a staggering number of new dramas next season.
There have been a few here and there -- Brit Hugh Laurie of "House" and Australian Anthony LaPaglia of "Without a Trace," both Emmy winners for their roles on the shows -- but never quite like this. It's across the board on every network, and it's massive. (more)
I can see your true colors Tiffany.
Survivor Fiji really surprised me. I have to watch the season finally again. Un-Flipping believable. I think that the producers decided Dreamz was going to be their Buckwheat. During Probst's questions it was clear that going in they (producers) were counting on Dreamz to be himself. Whoa. It was like lets see what this poor guy does for entertainment. Earl came across as a good man. Yau-man too. Both played smart with integrity, ethics and values within the rules of the game. Both were winners. Both are true role models.
Dreamz was not my favorite. I must admit I did not watch many episodes. He just was too duplicitous in the shows I caught. Street smarts he has. I liked Yau-man's take on Dreamz. Stating Dreamz was creative and smart, but not a disciplined mind. My take: Dreamz used his street smarts in a TOTALLY alien environment. Physically- the Fiji Island. Mentally - everyone else could relate to one another, one way or the other. But Dreamz background is apparently true poverty, a incomplete education and lacking the social skills the other contestants brought to the game. He was learning what the others instinctively knew.
It was also weird at the end when Dreamz did try to explain himself. I could almost hear in him, someone that was recently in the news. Guess ....
The video is here. You have to watch part one to get to part two where the interview happens.
I have two ideas for my own Television Shows. One is to put 24 people in unfamiliar large and small cities, with a video camera and batteries. Maybe give them $500.00 and call it "See if they Survive." Sadly some may not, which is why there are 24 contestants.
The other is to put 18 people in a remote location and they have to Work together to Survive. The goal is to remain 18 with the producers trying their best to cause havoc and dissent. When successful, a contestant is eliminated by a vote that requires three peoples names to be submitted by each contestant for a unknown question. True surprises. There can be no pre tribal planning by alliances. And the prize would reduce each time a member was lost. Start at $18,000,000 and reduce it in incruments of $1,200,000.00. Whacky and It would be real. Loose badly and you personally owe $200,000.
Kidding ... sorta
Maybe one year we'll see a series called Stereotypes on Parade. Television parading their own as stereotypical.
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