TMC
10-04-2014, 04:46 AM
Take for example, Fox and The Critic (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ScrewedByTheNetwork/WesternAnimation):
http://listverse.com/2014/09/25/10-movies-sabotaged-by-their-own-creators/
The Sabotage:
This cartoon from Simpsons show-runners Al Jean and Mike Reiss ran on ABC for one season before being picked up by Fox in 1995. It had done poorly on ABC (running against the Winter Olympics) but it seemed to have fresh promise on its new network. There was just one problem: The president of Fox hated it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfYR-zNyeZo).
When he and his colleagues previewed two episodes, he allegedly asked those there why they were laughing. When they replied that the show was funny, he yelled, “NO IT’S NOT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3toU_nzCS-0)!”
The president moved the The Critic‘s time slot to make it harder for viewers to know when to tune in. The network didn’t advertise it. Mike Reiss called this a perfect example of a network “actively killing [its] own show.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymkYcohj0M)
Did They Succeed?
Yes. An initially successful and highly rated show on Fox quickly lost its audience and didn’t receive another season. Still, at least the show has a cult following (http://wrch.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/nite-of-lite-laughter-starring-jon-lovitz-tim-meadows) decades later.
http://listverse.com/2014/09/25/10-movies-sabotaged-by-their-own-creators/
The Sabotage:
This cartoon from Simpsons show-runners Al Jean and Mike Reiss ran on ABC for one season before being picked up by Fox in 1995. It had done poorly on ABC (running against the Winter Olympics) but it seemed to have fresh promise on its new network. There was just one problem: The president of Fox hated it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfYR-zNyeZo).
When he and his colleagues previewed two episodes, he allegedly asked those there why they were laughing. When they replied that the show was funny, he yelled, “NO IT’S NOT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3toU_nzCS-0)!”
The president moved the The Critic‘s time slot to make it harder for viewers to know when to tune in. The network didn’t advertise it. Mike Reiss called this a perfect example of a network “actively killing [its] own show.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymkYcohj0M)
Did They Succeed?
Yes. An initially successful and highly rated show on Fox quickly lost its audience and didn’t receive another season. Still, at least the show has a cult following (http://wrch.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/nite-of-lite-laughter-starring-jon-lovitz-tim-meadows) decades later.