PH: I wasn't really sure about Back To You. But in many ways, me, Kelsey [Grammer], Ty [Burrell] and Fred Willard, I thought, "How could it not run?" So you just never know in this business, which is one of the things that makes it a great business is that anything can happen. It's funny that Kelsey's new show is on, mine follows him, and Ty Burrell's show, run by the exact same producers, runs after our show. It's odd that we are all together again.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/26/patricia_heaton_qaamp_a_on_her_new_abc_s

It's just really too bad ABC couldn't have just picked up BTY. Oh well.

It really is odd how all 3 shows are on back to back this season. It's also funny how instead of having 3 shows, ABC could have had just 1 with all 3 actors in it, lol. But like Patty said, that's how the business goes sometimes.

Back to You was ok in the beginning, but near the end, it just plain sucked. The numbers sucked, and the storylines sucked. I don't blame FOX for cancelling it.

Back to You was ok in the beginning, but near the end, it just plain sucked. The numbers sucked, and the storylines sucked. I don't blame FOX for cancelling it.
I think that's because they put too much emphasis on the daughter and not enough on the newsroom. Marsh, Gary, Montana and Ryan were all very funny characters who took a backseat to the Gracie story.

I think that's because they put too much emphasis on the daughter and not enough on the newsroom. Marsh, Gary, Montana and Ryan were all very funny characters who took a backseat to the Gracie story.
That might be it. Didn't the weather girl (Montana, correct?) leave too. After that it was downhill for me.

That might be it. Didn't the weather girl (Montana, correct?) leave too. After that it was downhill for me.
Yes, Montana was the weathergirl.

Back to You was ok in the beginning, but near the end, it just plain sucked. The numbers sucked, and the storylines sucked. I don't blame FOX for cancelling it.thank you i never cared for back to you ether i thought i was the only one here who really didnt like it no offence to the bty fans here

thank you i never cared for back to you ether i thought i was the only one here who really didnt like it no offence to the bty fans here
None taken - to each his own.

Fox interfered with the direction of the show. BTY also had the misfortune to air in a strike year too. They could never get any kind of traction. And ratings were still better than Til Death. :rolleyes:

Fox interfered with the direction of the show. BTY also had the misfortune to air in a strike year too. They could never get any kind of traction. And ratings were still better than Til Death. :rolleyes:
You're right. Circumstances seemed to conspire against this show. But hey, that's show business!

Fox interfered with the direction of the show. BTY also had the misfortune to air in a strike year too. They could never get any kind of traction. And ratings were still better than Til Death. :rolleyes:
Exactly. Just when it was starting to pick up a bit of momentum, that's when the strike hit. :mad:

I only saw a few episodes of the show and I thought it was great. It's too bad things didn't work out.

and Fox never treats it's comedies well. They canceled Titus in it's prime and GFL which luckily was picked up by the WB. They haven't had a hit sitcom since That 70's Show and Til Death does not count.

and Fox never treats it's comedies well. They canceled Titus in it's prime and GFL which luckily was picked up by the WB. They haven't had a hit sitcom since That 70's Show and Til Death does not count.

I blame its cancellation simply on the misfortune of airing on FOX. FOX is just not a network you want to be on if you're a sitcom. Back to You was a great show, but like you said, FOX interfered in its direction, probably trying to kill it, then cancelled it a day after they said it was a shoo-in for renewal.

Then of course there was Kevin Reilly, who hated the show from the beginning. It just wasn't a good year for BTY all around.

...wasn't originally intended as a Fox network series in the first place [even though they produced it, with Steven Levitan]. I recall reading an article in the TV section of the NEW YORK POST {owned by News Corp., who also owns Fox} in January 2007, announcing production of a pilot, "ACTION NEWS", starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, quoting an "authority" on media who claimed it was the beginning of a resurgence of sophisticated comedy on TV, along with the fact that it was going to be offered to the major networks for the fall of '07.

First of all, the title had to be changed, because "Action News" is an actual title of many local news broadcasts across the country. Then, when Fox offered the series to CBS, NBC, and ABC, they politely turned it down [I believe their collective attitude was, "thank you very much, but we have our own sitcoms that we're producing in-house for less money than the licensing fee you're asking for, good day"]. That's when Fox realized they'd have to schedule it on their own network, or lose their investment on the whole venture (apparently, they had an agreement with Steven Levitan that 'guaranteed' "BACK TO YOU" would become a series). The only problem was, the last series he'd produced for them, Pamela Anderson's "STACKED", lasted about a year on Fox. And the format of "BACK TO YOU" was too "sophisticated" for their taste {let's face it, almost all Fox comedies are rather crude- scheduling a series like "BACK TO YOU" had the same effect as holding a wine and cheese tasting affair in the same area with a tailgate party in progress}...it just didn't "fit in". This is why Kevin Reilly was against scheduling it in the first place. But Fox executives "forced" the series onto his projected fall 2007 schedule. And I knew it wasn't going to last beyond one season....

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You knew they were in trouble when the changed Gracies.

You knew they were in trouble when the changed Gracies.
Yea I agree and I was totally against that. The problem with BTY was the fact that Fox never really wanted it. They'd rather have classic sitcoms like Til Death and Brothers. :rolleyes:

I'm not surprised. You know how politically correct these networks are (rolls eye)