Author Topic: NBC Friday Night Schedule Change (Read 9693 times)

sotcfan2004 · « **on:** April 20, 2006, 05:35:48 PM »

According to Zap2it.com, NBC has decided to yank "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" from the lineup for tonight and tomorrow. On Friday, "Deal or No Deal" will air in its place (new or rerun yet to be announced).

Hardly surprising, due to the lackluster ratings.

Here's a link:
Celebrity Cooking Shutdown

clemon79 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2006, 05:40:58 PM »

[quote name=\'sotcfan2004\' post=\'116683\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 02:35 PM\']
According to Zap2it.com, NBC has decided to yank "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" from the lineup for tonight and tomorrow. On Friday, "Deal or No Deal" will air in its place (new or rerun yet to be announced).

Hardly surprising, due to the lackluster ratings.

Here's a link:
Celebrity Cooking Shutdown
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Wow, that was quick. Glad I watched last night, then.

/well, not really
//NBC owes me an hour of my life back

davemackey · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:22:30 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'116684\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 05:40 PM\']
//NBC owes me an hour of my life back
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I'm still awaiting payment from NBC for "Pink Lady and Jeff" and every single last Very Special "Facts Of Life".

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:36:05 PM »

I haven't seen the show (and I guess probably won't), but with reality shows, you never know whats gonna work and what won't. If only Bruno Gerussi had been alive to host, maybe it would have worked.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:50:53 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'116686\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 03:36 PM\']
I haven't seen the show (and I guess probably won't), but with reality shows, you never know whats gonna work and what won't. If only Bruno Gerussi had been alive to host, maybe it would have worked.
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Well, no, in this case you pretty much looked at it and said "Ya know, they changed JUST enough of Iron Chef to not get sued." Then you realized that Alan Thicke is a ninny and they pulled the hooting and hollering audience straight out of a DoND taping and wondered what idiot thought this was a good idea.

Plus, anytime I turn on my TV and Tom Arnold standing there doing that idiotic nervous bounce of his is bound to end in tears. That guy would be on a streetcorner with a "WILL TELL BAD JOKES FOR FOOD" sign if he hadn't banged out Roseanne.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:54:29 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'116687\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 06:50 PM\']
That guy would be on a streetcorner with a "WILL TELL BAD JOKES FOR FOOD" sign if he hadn't banged out Roseanne.
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Yeah, that's an image I really wanted in my head. So much for dinner. :-P

Is NBC still in 4th?

JayDLewis · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:59:40 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'116686\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 05:36 PM\']
If only Bruno Gerussi had been alive to host, maybe it would have worked.
[/quote]

Golf clap for the obscure-to-anyone-ouside-Canada Canadian TV Icon reference. I don't follow the link but whatever floats your boat.

BTW, Jackson Davies would be the correct answer. :-D

dad1153 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:02:48 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'116688\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 06:54 PM\']
Is NBC still in 4th?
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If they're not then they deserve to be. According to this story from The Futon Critic (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/newswire.cgi?id=7137) the Wednesday night episode of 'Cooking' got a 1.6 rating and ranked fifth for the night in its time slot behind everything but 'One Tree Hill'...FIFTH[/u]. Is this the lowest rating a network show on the big three has ever gotten? My God that's low!

narzo · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:08:25 PM »

[quote name=\'sotcfan2004\' post=\'116683\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 04:35 PM\']
According to Zap2it.com, NBC has decided to yank "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" from the lineup for tonight and tomorrow. On Friday, "Deal or No Deal" will air in its place (new or rerun yet to be announced).

Hardly surprising, due to the lackluster ratings.

Here's a link:
Celebrity Cooking Shutdown
[/quote]

rerun of episode #24 from 4/12

BrandonFG · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:14:15 PM »

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'116690\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 07:02 PM\']
[T]he Wednesday night episode of 'Cooking' got a 1.6 rating and ranked fifth for the night in its time slot behind everything but 'One Tree Hill'...FIFTH[/u]. Is this the lowest rating a network show on the big three has ever gotten? My God that's low!
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That's the 18-49 ratings...still pretty damn low. The show got an overall 4.9, which is almost half of last week's D/ND rating.

Source...oww too much link typing!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:17:16 PM »

[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'116689\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 06:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'116686\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 05:36 PM\']
If only Bruno Gerussi had been alive to host, maybe it would have worked.
[/quote]

Golf clap for the obscure-to-anyone-ouside-Canada Canadian TV Icon reference. I don't follow the link but whatever floats your boat.

BTW, Jackson Davies would be the correct answer. :-D
[/quote]

That was a nod to the successful Canadian "Celebrity Cooks" series Bruno hosted starting in the fall of 1975. It was still running on CBET in Windsor at least in 1988. (albeit in reruns)

brianhenke · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:19:41 PM »

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'116690\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 07:02 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'116688\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 06:54 PM\']
Is NBC still in 4th?
[/quote]

If they're not then they deserve to be. According to this story from The Futon Critic (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/newswire.cgi?id=7137) the Wednesday night episode of 'Cooking' got a 1.6 rating and ranked fifth for the night in its time slot behind everything but 'One Tree Hill'...FIFTH[/u]. Is this the lowest rating a network show on the big three has ever gotten? My God that's low!
[/quote]

A 2001 XFL game on Saturday night drew a 1.6 HH rating.

Brian

The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?

dad1153 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:26:39 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'116693\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 07:14 PM\']
That's the 18-49 ratings...still pretty damn low. The show got an overall 4.9, which is almost half of last week's D/ND rating.
[/quote]

My bad, sorry! And that XFL 1.6 HH rating sounds about right for lowest rating in the 'big three' history.

JayDLewis · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2006, 08:27:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'116694\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 06:17 PM\']
That was a nod to the successful Canadian "Celebrity Cooks" series Bruno hosted starting in the fall of 1975. It was still running on CBET in Windsor at least in 1988. (albeit in reruns)
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Ya learn something new everyday.

Jackpotman800 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2006, 08:47:09 PM »

Would the Friday night showing of Deal or No Deal in question be the Miss USA show, just as a lead in to the Miss USA Pagent tomorrow? For my sake I hope it is, 'cause I missed it.