Bionic Woman

[Charles22]

I've been looking forward to it but I've heard nothing but
bad things about it. All the reviews I've read of it have
given it a hard time and it's not sounding good.

[spiderr987]

This is the experience David Eick brings with him from the "re-imagining" of Battlestar Galactica:

[spiderr987]

This is what happened when Eick attempted to bring his Battlestar Galactica "re-imagining" over from the SciFi Channel over to NBC:



CBS Sinks NBC's 'Battlestar' on Saturday

(Sunday, July 10 08:38 AM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Saturday, July 9, 2005.
Led by a pair of episodes of "48 Hours," CBS won all three primetime hours on Saturday, though The Eye still couldn't beat FOX in the coveted young adult demographics.

Overall, CBS averaged a 4.3 rating/9 share, outdistancing second place FOX's 3.7/7. ABC was a distant third with a 2.7/5. NBC, which ran three hours of the Sci Fi Channel drama "Battlestar Galactica" was a dismal fourth with a 1.8/4.

FOX came in first among adults 18-49, doing a 2.1 rating in the demographic advertisers love the most. ABC was second with a 1.5 rating, followed closely by the 1.4 rating for CBS. NBC trailed again with a 0.9 rating.

CBS started the night off right with a 3.8/8 for "48 Hours Mystery," good enough to beat FOX's "COPS" (3.3/7) for the hour. ABC was third with the 2.2/5 first hour of "The Emperor's New Groove," while NBC was last with the beginning of the "Battlestar Galactica" marathon.

At 9 p.m., CBS got a 4.3/9 from "Cold Case," edging the 4.1/8 for "America's Most Wanted" on FOX. The second hour of ABC's Disney movie was third, while NBC got a 1.8/3 from its "Galactica" hour.

The second "48 Hours" episode delivered the night's strongest ratings for CBS, with a 4.9/10. ABC moved up to second with a 3.2/7 for "America's Funniest Home Videos." NBC remained last with "Battlestar."

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve...272|1|,00.html




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While Barbecues Sizzle, Ratings Fizzle

Three programs produced fireworks over the Fourth of July week; everything else fizzled. The three programs were the finale of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, which attracted 22.4 million viewers and was by far the most-watched show of the week; another was the season opener of Big Brother 6, which drew 8.5 million viewers; and the third was the season premiere of USA Network's Monk, which, with 6.4 million viewers, drew bigger audiences than many network shows last week. Otherwise, the week produced the smallest audiences of the year.

Indeed NBC drew one of its lowest ratings ever with a two-hour showcase of Battlestar Galactica set to air on Sci Fi channel, an NBC corporate sibling. It turned out to be the lowest-rated show of the week on any of the major networks, drawing just 2.3 million viewers.

The evening newscasts finished with virtually unchanged ratings, with NBC leading with 8.7 million viewers, ABC following with 8.2 million, and CBS trailing with 6.8 million. All of the networks experienced a spike in their ratings on Thursday following the terrorist attacks in London.

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-07-13#tv1





"Actress Katee Sackhoff sat down with reporters on the Vancouver set of her latest film WHITE NOISE 2...

There was talk on one point of putting us on NBC. I think everybody on the cast was like, 'No. We'd be canceled after a week. There's no way.' We wouldn't get the ratings, and we all know that."

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ka...v-mainheadline

http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php...page=4#1700088


http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~springob/bsgratings.html

[MonkeyPhat]

I really wanted to like it, but meh. Too much angst, too much overdone angst. It could get better but this is nbc. If they don't get huge ratings they'll cut it faster than..........I won't say it.

BTW, I watched it on my DVR On Demand for free along with Chuck, which I loved!

[Gartism]

For those of you new to the "Spider Experience" -- he is very anti-BSG and has good arguments about it...so the less you discuss "re-imaging" a show, the less you'll see the rant

[spiderr987]

Gart, that was probably the most tasteful warning about me, any mod has ever posted. Kudos to you, sir!

[bugsywillit]

Hi! If you're psyched for Bionic Woman, it premiered tomorrow night, so don't forget to watch/set your tivos.

If you need a Bionic fix before then, check out this site i"m helping with: www.bat-test.com... how bionic are you?

Hope you'll watch!!

[buddytvgina]

Tomorrow, make sure to check out BuddyTV's interview with Lucy Hale who plays Becca Sommers.

[Robert_DarkFall]

Originally Posted by ranchodan

You know you're getting old when you were around for the original and still around for the remake...lol... awww the good ole days of Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, and the Six Million Dollar man..... .only thing missing from that lineup is Maxwell Smart from Get Smart....

if you're old enough to remember him as well... then you know what I mean...

the old days, when Saturday mornings meant great cartoons and Sundays brought Godvilla vs Any creature they could think of , Abbott & Costello movies, and any random black and white film that your parents insist you watch, but couldn't stand.

Hmmm I do remember those shows - as well as some of my favorite Saturday Morning shows (You had to go and mention old times and Saturday Mornings didn't you?) like:

HR Puffinstuff
Sigmund the Sea Monster
Land of the Lost

[Robert_DarkFall]

While I often grumble a little about some of my favorite shows moving a little too slowly.... (Prison Break, Heroes etc)

I think Bionic woman was moving a little too fast for my taste. Still I liked the show and am going to give it a chance. They just crammed A LOT in that first episode that generally gets spread out over a season or two.

She is already comfortable with her abilities within like 5-10 minutes of getting them (our time I'm sure, not hers, but still).

There is ALREADY an evil bionic woman she has to contend with. WOW they definitely generally save the evil counterpart plot for later in the run. I don't know, just seemed like they crammed a little too much in all at once. Still I enjoyed it overall and look forward to seeing if it will continue.