View Full Version : Viacom's cable networks are cutting down on scripted programming


TMC
11-21-2017, 01:25 AM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/viacoms-tv-strategy-emerges-scripted-series-as-networks-rebrand-1059732

CMT will be done with scripted TV after Nashville and TV Land is pressing pause while the upcoming Paramount Network is being built up as a premium drama outlet.

MA
11-21-2017, 07:05 AM
Go back to the classic sitcoms that we know and love TV Land.

tlc38tlc38
11-21-2017, 08:45 AM
This is good news because all of their scripted, original stuff was pure crap.

Mr. Television
11-21-2017, 12:51 PM
This is good news because all of their scripted, original stuff was pure crap.
Most of the viacom channels are pure crap

mets82
11-21-2017, 04:14 PM
How about when the article mentions how they are niche channels? They haven't been niche channels in years. THAT'S the problem.

stevea
11-21-2017, 06:52 PM
This is good news because all of their scripted, original stuff was pure crap.

You beat me to it. Couldn't have said it better. Junk TV at its worst--smile, we're paying for it.

Regulus
11-21-2017, 08:09 PM
You beat me to it. Couldn't have said it better. Junk TV at its worst--smile, we're paying for it.

The only TV shows I pay for are the ones I purchase on home video. :D

Tubehead
11-22-2017, 01:44 AM
i hadn't watch tv land or nick at nite in years!! last time i watched nick at night when they showed sanfrod & son family matters family ties & home improvement!! i don't like nick at nite some times i watch the goldbergs but its ok show i guess!! one time i watched it when they showed hanging with mr cooper but that was an joke they only kept it an whole month then they started showing it at 6:00 am!! i don't like friends george lopez or how i met your mother!! im getting tired of full house & fresh prince of bel air i seen them million times!! i wish tv land would bring back classic sitcoms & stop showing too many westerns shows!! & pleases play another sitcom besides the andy griffith show!!

LUNCH
11-23-2017, 02:10 PM
Who cares what viacom does.

Dale Key
11-23-2017, 06:01 PM
As long as Paramount doesn't cancel Lyp Sync Battle it's all good with me. There's more variety of classic tv than there was during the glory days of Nick @ Nite and TV Land.

mikey0581
11-24-2017, 11:03 PM
As long as Paramount doesn't cancel Lyp Sync Battle it's all good with me. There's more variety of classic tv than there was during the glory days of Nick @ Nite and TV Land.
Lip Sync Battle is coming back and is the only show i know from spike that is transfering over. it fact it supposed to be the first show showing thats jumpstarts the transformation.

TMC
11-29-2017, 05:56 AM
Go back to the classic sitcoms that we know and love TV Land.

Logo has for all intent and purposes, become the defacto TV Land 2. On that end, from what I've heard, all focus - including original programming and the majority of the budget - will be placed on those channels and the others (TV Land, VH1, CMT, Logo, etc.) will be considered "non-essential" (their words). The programming on the second level channels will consist of off-network reruns and rebroadcasts of original programming from the main six networks.

TMC
01-17-2018, 12:36 AM
SPIKE TV Employee Takes Over Spike TV Twitter After Being Fired...And Goes Off On Everyone (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/spike-tv-employee-takes-over-spike-tv-twitter-after-being-fired-and-goes-off-on-everyone.1396902/)

I'm not posting pictures of the tweets on here because there is some profane words used in them.

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loaferman
01-17-2018, 09:23 PM
By dropping "Nashville" which just debuted Season 6 to very good ratings by CMT standards, they may as well shut CMT down. It also shows on Hulu and by cutting back to 16 episodes per season ending the show is short-sighted. They should let Netflix have it, with the right new characters that show could continue easily.

TMC
01-18-2018, 01:32 AM
Spike TV started out as “The First Network for Men,” but it departs without much of a legacy (http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/17/a-requiem-for-spike-tv/)

From its birth in 2003 as the successor to TNN/The Nashville Network with the motto “The First Network for Men” to its “Get More Action” phase to its “fiery” departure (http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/spike-tv-paramount-network-launch-1202667421/) on Wednesday, Spike TV never really found its identity. There were some standout programming like the Guy’s Choice Awards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_Choice) and The Joe Schmo Show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Schmo_Show) — starring a pre-SNL Kristen Wiig (http://www.chicagonow.com/an-improvised-blog/2011/05/before-the-bridesmaid-she-was-the-quack/). But Spike never lived up to its original “First Network for Men” mission. “Spike ends on Wednesday and will become the Paramount Network on Thursday,” says Darren Franich. “When you consider its (lack of) legacy, you have to remember that ‘manhood’ – as an identity self-aware enough for capitalism to sell – was in a strange place circa 2003. In the crosscurrents of the National Network becoming TNN and then Spike TV, Comedy Central had The Man Show, Maxim was popular enough to justify an ancillary publication so generic it was literally just Stuff, and a macho celebrity was fending off sexual harassment allegations while running for political office. There was an unsteady quality to all of this, like to be in on the joke you had to take it seriously. This is a cultural divot we’ve never properly repaired. And the original programming lineup for Spike TV shows a hazy mission already drifting. ” ALSO: Check out Spike TV’s mock goodbye Twitter rant. (https://www.mediaite.com/online/spike-tvs-mock-goodbye-rant-on-twitter-is-how-everyone-wants-to-leave-a-bad-job/)