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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Thursday, 28-Nov-13, 12:31 PM | Message # 496 |
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Quote Evy (  ) @ DSP : I think that your answer is for Marta 75 ! (je pense que ta réponse s'adresse à Marta75) !
Tu as raison, désolée… Je m'a trompée!  |
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| Evy |
Date: Friday, 06-Dec-13, 9:22 AM | Message # 497 |
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New poster
Photo on instagram are in close up but I'm not connected
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| Mossibecca |
Date: Friday, 06-Dec-13, 11:33 AM | Message # 498 |
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I've posted the close up from instagram in Simon news and chat, but here it is again......
Message edited by Mossibecca - Friday, 06-Dec-13, 11:34 AM |
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| Evy |
Date: Friday, 06-Dec-13, 4:32 PM | Message # 499 |
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Thank you for posting Mossibecca  That's what I wanted !!
PJ in the sunshine. Bye bye dark period 
Message edited by Evy - Friday, 06-Dec-13, 4:33 PM |
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| Tina |
Date: Friday, 20-Dec-13, 12:24 PM | Message # 500 |
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Good news for the German fans ...it seems Sat 1 has changed it's mind (because many fans sent emails, me too) and starts airing TM Season 6 on free tv on January 12. Yeeees! So happy about this. I was so angry that they wanted to hide it on a not popular pay tv channel. Sometimes it DOES help to protest. |
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| Ivana |
Date: Friday, 20-Dec-13, 2:19 PM | Message # 501 |
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This is great for you and German fans. In my country (Serbia) no one airs TM and I don't understand why. It appeard 6 years ago on one of the most watched tv stations and disappeard after few episodes without any explanation. I guessed it had to do with tv wrights or something. But I remebered my fascination with Jane at the time and I was soooo happy when I've found internet links this spring, watched back to back all 5 season and I am lost since then in Jane's world. |
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| Tina |
Date: Friday, 20-Dec-13, 3:26 PM | Message # 502 |
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Too bad Ivana.
Thankfully these days there is the chance to get tv shows on DVDs. I prefer to watch in English, some years ago it was almost impossible to get tv shows in English since in Germany they air anything dubbed.
And thanks to the internet that give us fans so much opportunities to see what we would never see without it. Like talkshows and clips etc.
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| Ivana |
Date: Friday, 20-Dec-13, 4:54 PM | Message # 503 |
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Yes, it's too bad that some non english speaking countries dub the voices over, Simon's voice and speaking manners are pretty special and I am sorry for anyone who misses that pleasure.
And as for the internet, I do think it is one of the most significant achievements of mankind to date!  |
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| Mossibecca |
Date: Friday, 20-Dec-13, 6:09 PM | Message # 504 |
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I am so glad for you tinamarianne, the power of the TM fan is a force to reckon with.
So sad for you Ivana, I am glad that you have been able to both find the episodes on the internet, and are clever enough to speak English so well that you are able to see it in it's original form....I would struggle greatly if it wasn't in English, so I am in awe of your cleverness with languages. We in Britain seem very lazy at learning languages, but I am trying to learn Spanish...slowly!! |
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| Ivana |
Date: Saturday, 21-Dec-13, 1:31 AM | Message # 505 |
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I don't know any other language than my native Serbian and moderate English, but motivation is the one that counts. If Simon were Spanish you would have written novels by now |
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| beautyfulbabyboy |
Date: Saturday, 21-Dec-13, 12:53 PM | Message # 506 |
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That is GREAT news, Tina! January 12 already?! How cool is that?!  |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 23-Dec-13, 7:00 PM | Message # 507 |
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A very interesting french article about Syndication and renewal of TV shows:
"Rules of Syndication" : pourquoi "Elementary", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Good Wife" et "Blue Bloods" sont mieux placées pour revenir que "The Mentalist" pour une saison 7
http://www.audiencesusa.com/article....91.html
Here is my english translation:
"Rules of Syndication" : why "Elementary", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Good Wife" and "Blue Bloods" are more likely to be renewed for a 7th Season than "The Mentalist"
How to tell the likelihood of a TV series continuation? When the audience, and more specifically the 18-49 years ratings (advertisers favourite target) is very low compared to other shows broadcast on the same channel, renewal becomes very uncertain. If it is a new show and it ranks amongst the latters on the network, you can be sure it will be thrown out soon, if it's not already done. But when a TV series gets older, many other factors come into play and make predictions less obvious.
Nowadays, in the middle of the 2013/2014 Season, CBS is the network which has the largest gray area concerning the "Elementary", "The Mentalist", "The Good Wife", "Hawaii Five- O" and" Blue Bloods " TV dramas. These five shows get relatively disappointing audience figures, especially the last four. It's hardly conceivable that all of them will be canceled in May 2014, but it also seems unlikely that they will all be renewed. What are their chances of renewal? What are the arguments speaking for renewal or cancellation ?
First, the figures
To answer this article's question, we will consider another important parameter: the Production Studio behind the series.
There is a clear distinction between the TV channel broadcasting the series, and the studio producing it. The production studio is the owner of the series: it sells the episodes broadcasting rights to the networks. To earn an income and obtain a return from their investment, Networks only get the advertising receipts generated during the broadcasting of episodes (during their first brodcasting but also on reruns). Meanwhile, the production studio, in addition to the sale of broadcasting rights to networks, get income from the international sales, DVD sales, merchandising. And of course, the most important: the selling of syndication rights.
Syndication is the resale of a TV series rerun rights to cable channels or local TV stations. This market is very important and lucrative, as we shall see later. The more a series cumulates a large number of episodes, the more it generates interest for the syndication market. To put it simply, Syndication is a daily rerum of a series: you understand easily that a series with only 20 or 40 episodes will not be very interesting for this market, because the stock will quickly come to an end and you'll have to rebroadcast the same episodes repeatedly. It is estimated that from 80 to 100 episodes, a series becomes interesting for a daily replay, and so for syndication.
Now that you understand what Syndication is, and that it's the production studio that earns revenue from the syndication, you will more easily understand why some series, with equal audience, are more threatened than others by cancellation.
Roughly speaking, a series produced by a production studio that belongs to the same group as the broadcasting channel will have a significant advantage.
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 23-Dec-13, 7:06 PM | Message # 508 |
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Let's see case-by-case.
"Elementary" is a series produced by CBS Television Studios. In May, the series will total up 48 episodes over two seasons. Far too little for the syndication market. As CBS TV Studios belongs to the same group as CBS, there is therefore an interest for CBS to renew "Elementary" for a 3rd season, and necessarily a 4th season the following year (if there is a season 3, season 4 is almost 99 % certain). If CBS thinks "Elementary" has a good potential for syndication, it will be renewed.
"Blue Bloods" is a series produced by CBS Television Studios. In May, the series will total up nearly 90 episodes over 4 seasons. The series is not yet sold in syndication, but with such a stock, there is no chance that CBS and CBS Television Studios will leave such a potential lying in the drawer. With season 5, "Blue Bloods" will become more interesting and attractive for the syndication market, even if this series is sold at a lower price than the others. In short, the renewal of "Blue Bloods" is almost guaranteed.
"Hawaii Five-O" is a series produced by CBS Television Studios. The series is as old as "Blue Bloods" (currently in season 4), but has an advantage: "Hawaii Five-O" has already been sold at a high price in syndication, to the cable network TNT, which bought the rights to rebroadcast the series around $ 2 millions per episode, as much as for "NCIS Los Angeles" for example. Thus, although the series may slightly decrease in ratings, the shortfall of a drop in advertising revenues will be offset, at CBS group level, by selling syndication. CBS has every interest to renew "Hawaii Five-O" for a season 5. More episodes = more income.
"The Good Wife" is a series produced by CBS Television Studios. The series is currently in its fifth season and will total more than 110 episodes in May. In March, CBS has managed to develop a unique syndication model combining streaming websites, a cable network and local TV stations, which provide a total of nearly $ 2 millions of additional revenue per episode for the production studio CBS TV Studios. Moreover, beyond its audience, "The Good Wife" has received critical acclaim, is loved by the press, and one of the last network series able to get a nomination in the "best drama" category at the "Emmy Awards" or the "Golden Globes" (it's nominated for the next ceremony in January). In short, two factors (syndication and good critique), make the renewal of "The Good Wife" for a season 6 almost certain.
Will The Mentalist see his end coming ?
At last, we have "The Mentalist". And "The Mentalist" is a production of Warner Bros. Television. If "The Mentalist" has already been sold in syndication to nearly $ 2 million per episode If you have payed attention, you'll quickly realize that CBS does not make any money from it. Neither from international sales. It's the producer who earns the income. With "The Mentalist", CBS earns only advertising revenues generated during the broadcasting of the series on CBS.
For the 2013 /2014 season, the average estimated price of a 30-second long TV ad for "The Mentalist" is $ 67,000 ($ 121,000 for "Elementary", $ 79,000 for "The Good Wife" and $ 58000 for "Hawaii Five-O" and "Blue Bloods"). You'll notice that even if "The Mentalist" brings in a little more than "Hawaii Five-O" and "Blue Bloods" for an original broadcast on CBS, this small surplus is far from reaching the additional $ 2 millions dollars per episode generated with syndication by "Hawaii Five-O". You understand why CBS will much easily renew "Hawaii Five-O" (and "Blue Bloods") than "The Mentalist".
But for "The Mentalist", all is not lost. Indeed, if the series is very profitable for Warner Bros. Television, the production studio will have great interest in the series lasting as long as possible, and in convincing CBS to carry on. To convince CBS, Warner Bros. leverage is to sell CBS "The Mentalist" episodes at the lowest cost possible, and see if CBS still show interest. Meanwhile, the production studio can counterbalance this shortfall with syndication, derivatives or international sales.
But there is another factor to consider: CBS schedule is not expandable! Each new school year, new productions are available, and to make room for them, they must eliminate some. Therefore it's impossible to renew everything. The potential of new incoming projects for the 2014/2015 season is also important: if CBS has several promising novelties in the pipeline, then it will further endanger the series already on the hot seat. And conversely, if projects development is low, it may give them another chance.
Anyway, there's a possibility that "Elementary", "The Good Wife", "Blue Bloods", "Hawaii Five-O" and "The Mentalist" may be all renewed. And we've seen it here: "The Mentalist" is the worst positionned for a renewal. Furthermore, while concluding this article, we realize that "CSI" is perhaps also in danger. If by the start of the next school year, CBS programme schedule runs out of space, it could encourage the renewal of "Blue Bloods" and "Hawaii Five-O" against "CSI" 's, because they are more profitable regarding syndication.
Ultimately, will the success or failure of "Intelligence" (with Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger, ex "CSI") decide on the fate of "CSI"?
Message edited by DS_Pallas - Monday, 23-Dec-13, 7:10 PM |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Monday, 23-Dec-13, 7:17 PM | Message # 509 |
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Thanks very much for that, DS Dallas. Would you mind if I shared it elsewhere? |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 23-Dec-13, 7:21 PM | Message # 510 |
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Yes, no prob. But feel free to correct the usual English mistakes before! |
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