[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 10:07 PM\'] [quote name=\'joe_capitano\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 03:00 PM\'] [quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 08:07 AM\']If they would only let this series fade away into the sunset...[/quote]
You have got to be kidding. Kill off a compelling series that has stayed in the top 20 consistently since its premiere? Not to mention all the merchandising that makes it a "cash cow"? CBS is wise to kick the next run off right after the single biggest television event of the year.
Besides, Who needs that Lingerie Bowl? We have Richard and Rupert. Now that's a matchup I want to see!
...and if I recall, didn't CBS launch Survivor I after their last Super Bowl? [/quote]
You guys, it's his opinion. Perhaps he doesn't like Survivor. I personally don't like it either--and wouldn't mind seeing it be cancelled. Will it? Probably not. But that doesn't make his (or our) opinion any less valid. [/quote]
I am in agreement there. Survivor may be a consistently strong show, but it doesn't mean it doesn't suck (see American Idol).
However, as much as I loathe it, CBS will have a golden opportunity when Friends dies its long-overdue death in May (Thank goodness). This is CBS' opportunity to make big on this; they better not blow it.
Joey won't go far this fall; I can almost guarantee that. With Friends and Frasier gone by June, that leaves Will & Grace as the longest running sitcom currently running on NBC. Since the writers have loused this one up in recent years, I would not be surprised if Death came a'knocking in 2005.
What I am saying is, though I personally think Survivor sucks, CBS better take this ball and run with it; Thursday Nights will soon be theirs.
The Inquisitive One