JamesG
10-24-2013, 12:07 PM
Sean Hayes Defends "Sean Saves The World", Says NBC Just Doesn't Have Viewers
10/24/13
Sean Hayes thinks his sitcom, "Sean Saves the World", is great. Viewers and critics think otherwise.
“To me, the show is working,” Hayes said during a set visit, according to The TV Page. “It’s just the struggle of the elephant in the room which is 'how do you get viewers to NBC?' NBC programs great shows, it just doesn’t have the eyeballs CBS does.”
“Even if I wasn’t on the show, it’d be the funniest sitcom, to me, on the air right now,” he said. “I watch it and go, ‘Well, this is really f--king funny.’ I wouldn't change anything right now, I think it’s all working.”
When asked about the criticism, he said classic sitcoms like "Seinfeld" and even his previous hit show "Will & Grace" got bad reviews.
“I think critics like to associate themselves with cool, hip things and multi-cams feel retro to them ... But I think they get nervous because they want their name on something new and hip and cool, and a lot of times they associate that with single-cam shows because those are the du jour format. This format isn’t that so they get scared,” he said.
"Sean Saves the World" debuted to 4.4 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic in early October. Since then, the numbers have continued to shrink. The Thursday, Oct. 17 episode had 3.4 million viewers and a 1.1 rating.
The show hasn't been very well received by most critics.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/sean-hayes-sean-saves-the-world_n_4155654.html?utm_hp_ref=tv
10/24/13
Sean Hayes thinks his sitcom, "Sean Saves the World", is great. Viewers and critics think otherwise.
“To me, the show is working,” Hayes said during a set visit, according to The TV Page. “It’s just the struggle of the elephant in the room which is 'how do you get viewers to NBC?' NBC programs great shows, it just doesn’t have the eyeballs CBS does.”
“Even if I wasn’t on the show, it’d be the funniest sitcom, to me, on the air right now,” he said. “I watch it and go, ‘Well, this is really f--king funny.’ I wouldn't change anything right now, I think it’s all working.”
When asked about the criticism, he said classic sitcoms like "Seinfeld" and even his previous hit show "Will & Grace" got bad reviews.
“I think critics like to associate themselves with cool, hip things and multi-cams feel retro to them ... But I think they get nervous because they want their name on something new and hip and cool, and a lot of times they associate that with single-cam shows because those are the du jour format. This format isn’t that so they get scared,” he said.
"Sean Saves the World" debuted to 4.4 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic in early October. Since then, the numbers have continued to shrink. The Thursday, Oct. 17 episode had 3.4 million viewers and a 1.1 rating.
The show hasn't been very well received by most critics.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/sean-hayes-sean-saves-the-world_n_4155654.html?utm_hp_ref=tv