Is FOX's 'K-Ville' Experiment the Wave of the Future?

docarzt · 08-26-2007, 12:36 PM

Earlier this year, FOX sought charges against a pirate for releasing the premiere of 24 to the internet. Apparently, they've learned a few things in the meantime. Most prominently, this giving away of advanced premiere's can be a good thing. The network is experimenting with using the internet for pre-release this season, starting with the New Orleans based buddy cop show K-Ville. Will this marketing tactic help, or hinder?

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Guest · 09-17-2007, 08:27 PM

this show was awesome ....i will be a loyal viewer after seeing the first episode...

Guest · 09-17-2007, 10:23 PM

Show sucks as does the Grip Department that probably stole you blind.

Guest · 09-17-2007, 11:00 PM

Dialogue shows the writers don't know the city's geography too well.

But they got the feel and atmosphere here in New Orleans dead on.

Fantastic show that accurately shows how the hard-working 97% of the city who isn't trying to rip off anyone, truly lives these days.

Guest · 09-18-2007, 08:48 AM

LOVED IT! Used to live there, and I love the authenticity, love that they're filming there and not in metairie or slidell somewhere. I hope that the show gets a lot of viewers, and should help with tourism and bringing back the city. and LOVED the storyline on Blackwater and land grabs. TELL IT FOX! Now if you can only get the news right...

Guest · 09-19-2007, 09:02 AM

Ok, I'm lost on where to start with this show. I lived in New Orleans when the hurricane hit and I still live here now. So I believe I know what I'm talking about on this topic. First let's start with the stereotypes! There were three references to gumbo and po-boys, plus they had to throw in a voodoo shop. I've never been to a gumbo party or have I ever heard of one and I don't think better when I'm eating gumbo. I know the NOPD isn't perfect by any means but I find it hard to believe they drink double shot bourbon on the job. It seems with television and movies about New Orleans if the characters aren't on Bourbon Street they're in a swamp or on the river. Believe it or not we do have normal sub-divisions. There were a few other inconsistencies that didn't make sense. If the white cop was in jail during the hurricane than how in two years did he join the army, tour Iraqi, and make detective on a police force?

Guest · 09-19-2007, 03:38 PM

At least viewers from the metro area should be patient enough to give Kville time to work through knots and kinks. The storyline is promising and it does indeed portray the cultural side of New Orleans where yes, gumbo parties do happen regularly. One thing everyone should have learned since Katrina is patience, patience with insurance adjusters, Fema, and Road Home, patience with political figures and law enforcement, patience with just continuing the fight to stay in New Orleans. Be patient with Kville. Every movie depicting New Orleans has always been met with staunch criticism from those who thought the dialect was not right, the scenery was not right, and etc. One should be excited to have a weekly show trying to portray the horrific remnants left from Katrina, still exposing what's not rebuilt, red tape preventing people from rebuilding, and the lives that are still suffering emotionally that are in dire need of physical and mental rebuilding.

Guest · 09-19-2007, 04:17 PM

and remember its a tv show...not a documentary....although it may help shed some light on the real new orleans....its gonna have some not so accurate portrayals of it as well...entertainment people...i like the show

Guest · 09-27-2007, 09:34 AM

I really enjoyed the show; give them a chance. i never heard of tabassco in oatmeal, they had me lost with that one. nevr heard of a gumbo party, but we have a hell of a lot of ghetto block parties,seafood parties on the river view , and new orleans bring DJ'S out just because. i am not surprise of the role the guy play of a person becoming a cop after criminal activity; theses days they'll hire anybody.this city is full of corruption from the people we elect in washington, the state, the city, and yes the DA office, as well as the N.O.P.D. thats the way business is operated in this neck of the south(its sad to say, but it is what it is).overall, i like the show

Guest · 11-19-2007, 08:04 PM

It's an over dramatized cop show, and everyone knows how the crime has risen here, that's a no brainer. An easy buck$$$. After all this City's been through, and with all the unresolved issues since katrina they could have used in their drama series, their version is just another kick in the teeth to those of us who are living in the real New Orleans. I'm disappointed, and don't find it entertaining in the least. Snore.... I live mid-city, I go out after dark and my neighbors arent' afraid to hang on the stoop/porch and holler hello at me. Never lived anywhere like this. It really isn't anything like what they have portrayed it in this show. It only perpetuates a negative image people have come to believe about a truly great city.

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08-26-2007, 12:36 PM	#1
docarzt Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 1,594,967	Earlier this year, FOX sought charges against a pirate for releasing the premiere of 24 to the internet. Apparently, they've learned a few things in the meantime. Most prominently, this giving away of advanced premiere's can be a good thing. The network is experimenting with using the internet for pre-release this season, starting with the New Orleans based buddy cop show K-Ville. Will this marketing tactic help, or hinder? To read the rest, click here.

09-17-2007, 08:27 PM	#2
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	this show was awesome ....i will be a loyal viewer after seeing the first episode...

09-17-2007, 10:23 PM	#3
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Show sucks as does the Grip Department that probably stole you blind.

09-17-2007, 11:00 PM	#4
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Dialogue shows the writers don't know the city's geography too well. But they got the feel and atmosphere here in New Orleans dead on. Fantastic show that accurately shows how the hard-working 97% of the city who isn't trying to rip off anyone, truly lives these days.

09-18-2007, 08:48 AM	#5
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	LOVED IT! Used to live there, and I love the authenticity, love that they're filming there and not in metairie or slidell somewhere. I hope that the show gets a lot of viewers, and should help with tourism and bringing back the city. and LOVED the storyline on Blackwater and land grabs. TELL IT FOX! Now if you can only get the news right...

09-19-2007, 09:02 AM	#6
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Ok, I'm lost on where to start with this show. I lived in New Orleans when the hurricane hit and I still live here now. So I believe I know what I'm talking about on this topic. First let's start with the stereotypes! There were three references to gumbo and po-boys, plus they had to throw in a voodoo shop. I've never been to a gumbo party or have I ever heard of one and I don't think better when I'm eating gumbo. I know the NOPD isn't perfect by any means but I find it hard to believe they drink double shot bourbon on the job. It seems with television and movies about New Orleans if the characters aren't on Bourbon Street they're in a swamp or on the river. Believe it or not we do have normal sub-divisions. There were a few other inconsistencies that didn't make sense. If the white cop was in jail during the hurricane than how in two years did he join the army, tour Iraqi, and make detective on a police force?

09-19-2007, 03:38 PM	#7
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	At least viewers from the metro area should be patient enough to give Kville time to work through knots and kinks. The storyline is promising and it does indeed portray the cultural side of New Orleans where yes, gumbo parties do happen regularly. One thing everyone should have learned since Katrina is patience, patience with insurance adjusters, Fema, and Road Home, patience with political figures and law enforcement, patience with just continuing the fight to stay in New Orleans. Be patient with Kville. Every movie depicting New Orleans has always been met with staunch criticism from those who thought the dialect was not right, the scenery was not right, and etc. One should be excited to have a weekly show trying to portray the horrific remnants left from Katrina, still exposing what's not rebuilt, red tape preventing people from rebuilding, and the lives that are still suffering emotionally that are in dire need of physical and mental rebuilding.

09-19-2007, 04:17 PM	#8
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	and remember its a tv show...not a documentary....although it may help shed some light on the real new orleans....its gonna have some not so accurate portrayals of it as well...entertainment people...i like the show

09-27-2007, 09:34 AM	#9
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	I really enjoyed the show; give them a chance. i never heard of tabassco in oatmeal, they had me lost with that one. nevr heard of a gumbo party, but we have a hell of a lot of ghetto block parties,seafood parties on the river view , and new orleans bring DJ'S out just because. i am not surprise of the role the guy play of a person becoming a cop after criminal activity; theses days they'll hire anybody.this city is full of corruption from the people we elect in washington, the state, the city, and yes the DA office, as well as the N.O.P.D. thats the way business is operated in this neck of the south(its sad to say, but it is what it is).overall, i like the show

11-19-2007, 08:04 PM	#10
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	It's an over dramatized cop show, and everyone knows how the crime has risen here, that's a no brainer. An easy buck$$$. After all this City's been through, and with all the unresolved issues since katrina they could have used in their drama series, their version is just another kick in the teeth to those of us who are living in the real New Orleans. I'm disappointed, and don't find it entertaining in the least. Snore.... I live mid-city, I go out after dark and my neighbors arent' afraid to hang on the stoop/porch and holler hello at me. Never lived anywhere like this. It really isn't anything like what they have portrayed it in this show. It only perpetuates a negative image people have come to believe about a truly great city.