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irehtman · 12-02-2013, 02:23 PM

Bringing back Beverly to replace both Gwen and Shauna was terrible move. But I have a feeling that the Beverly character needs a cranky old man doctor added in the main cast so Beverly can have company on her own level, ASAP.

TMC · 12-03-2013, 01:35 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630574/.../197541444?p=1

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Making creative changes to Breaking In.

Canceling The Chicago Code.

Forcing Joss Whedon to make changes and re-shoot The Dollhouse pilot, thus changing the trajectory and quality of the first season.

Canceling The Sarah Connor Chronicles in favor of The mangled Dollhouse.

Not greenlighting Virtuality.

Forcing producers to make Alcatraz more procedural.

Not greenlighting Locke & Key.

Passing on Breakout Kings.

irehtman · 04-07-2014, 06:45 AM

Turning down Glee actress Jayma Mays, who plays Emma Pillsbury in Glee, too strongly in the wrong time was a terrible move. She is still guest starring, but still cannot get axed yet.

Not giving the hot-looking actress Zoe Jarman, who plays Betsy Putch in The Mindy Project, some more interaction. The erratic young woman nurse needs to get added so Zoe/Betsy can get saved properly.

TMC · 04-07-2014, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by irehtman

Turning down Glee actress Jayma Mays, who plays Emma Pillsbury in Glee, too strongly in the wrong time was a terrible move. She is still guest starring, but still cannot get axed yet.

Not giving the hot-looking actress Zoe Jarman, who plays Betsy Putch in The Mindy Project, some more interaction. The erratic young woman nurse needs to get added so Zoe/Betsy can get saved properly.

Sometimes, irehtman, I seriously don't know or understand if you're trolling/trying to be funny or you're being sincere in our repsonses. I in all honestly can't connect Jayma Mays' work on Glee as a geniune "mess up" on the hand of Fox. What makes you think that Ms. Mays' didn't want to come back to Glee (I mean, she's on The Millers now on CBS)?

irehtman · 04-22-2014, 12:43 PM

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Sometimes, irehtman, I seriously don't know or understand if you're trolling/trying to be funny or you're being sincere in our repsonses. I in all honestly can't connect Jayma Mays' work on Glee as a geniune "mess up" on the hand of Fox. What makes you think that Ms. Mays' didn't want to come back to Glee (I mean, she's on The Millers now on CBS)?

Her Emma character in Glee is about to give birth and we need to see her holding her new child first!

TMC · 04-24-2014, 05:57 PM

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Her Emma character in Glee is about to give birth and we need to see her holding her new child first!

Quite frankly, Fox allowing Glee to continue well past its apparent shelf-life (the two part 100 episode really should've been the series finale in hindsight) for at least another season and a half is a way bigger screw up in my humble opinion.

jimpickens · 04-24-2014, 07:31 PM

Relying too much on smut programing would it hurt them to add in some conservative based programing to the format
not allowing shows to grow imagine if Married With Children was allowed to be something more than a raunchy live action cartoon how good it could've been.

irehtman · 05-01-2014, 08:35 PM

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Quite frankly, Fox allowing Glee to continue well past its apparent shelf-life (the two part 100 episodes really should've been the series finale in hindsight) for at least another season and a half is a way bigger screw up in my humble opinion.

What are you trying to say?

irehtman · 05-01-2014, 08:37 PM

Zoe Jarman and her Betsy Putch character reduced as both guest actress and guest character for "The Mindy Project" season three is another BAD mistake.

All young adult fans of "The Mindy Project" were routing more on both Zoe and her Betsy character rather than that Beth Grant and her Beverly character because 1.) Zoe is more of a romantic comedy type and 2.) Beth is more of a comedy type and not a romantic type at all.

I think FOX is under a bad recession and of course losing balance this season on both Glee and The Mindy Project shows, IMO.

James28 · 07-10-2014, 03:19 AM

I wonder when the "fledgling" era of the FOX Network ended? 1997?

noveel · 07-10-2014, 04:39 AM

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I wonder when the "fledgling" era of the FOX Network ended? 1997?

when they got the NFL?

Mr. Television · 07-10-2014, 06:10 AM

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when they got the NFL?

Yep.

irehtman · 07-10-2014, 01:29 PM

Well right now, member Kevin O'Reilly has been officially fired.

Now this is a good time to fix both Glee and The Mindy Project series.

Glee:

1.) Let Rachel finish her broadway buildup.

2.) Rachel should find a new boyfriend, with these requirements:

* Broadway experience on both singing and acting.

* No rudeness nor meanness.

* No substance addictions.

* Mention that he had a deceased high school girlfriend after their high school graduation that he cannot let go.

2.) Let Emma return in public as a guest character holding her child.

3.) Return to McKinley for more successful power.

4.) A fisherman spots a gun in the lake and reports to the police.

5.) Sue Sylvester will get caught redhanded, arrested, expelled and thrown into jail for the rest of her life.

6.) Rachel and her new boyfriend graduate and get married.

7.) Finally, Rachel and her new husband will met both Emma and Will for the first time and Emma will give birth to another child, a girl to be named after the deceased girlfriend of Rachel's new husband.

The Mindy Project:

1.) Add a cranky old man doctor character, which is more important, to help this show survive longer.

2.) Betsy will stay put in the show as a reduced guest character.

3.) Slow down on the focus situation on Mindy's men.

4.) Help both Gwen and Shauna characters to return to this show as reduced guests.

5.) Add an erratic young woman nurse character in this show as a recurring guest in the second half of next season.

6.) Return to a full-season order from 15-episodes to 22-episodes.

7.) Finally, Betsy, Gwen, Shauna and that erratic young woman nurse character will get added in this show's main cast once again.

What I am saying is more reasonable and NOT completely absurd. We need to finish fixing both shows right away before time runs out too quick.

TMC · 01-03-2015, 02:56 AM

Fox has always had a schizophrenic approach to television - the studio that actually produces the content goes for quirky high-concept series and creators with fresh new ideas, but the people on the airing end don't know how to market or program such content and get trigger happy on changing timeslots and pulling the plug before an audience can find a show.

irehtman · 02-24-2015, 09:22 AM

Well, Jayma Mays returned to Glee and her final Glee appearance would be the series finale with everybody else!

Now this should be a good time to let actress Zoe Jarman return to The Mindy project ASAP because of these reasons:

1.) Increase the ratings.

2.) Grab some more US west coast audience to watch, in order to catch up with US, east coast and central audiences at the same time!

3.) See Mindy's pregnancy.

There could be a case that anything high-concept could destroy marketing in a fast speed, no offense.

04-07-2014, 06:45 AM	#18
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Another wrong things... Turning down Glee actress Jayma Mays, who plays Emma Pillsbury in Glee, too strongly in the wrong time was a terrible move. She is still guest starring, but still cannot get axed yet. Not giving the hot-looking actress Zoe Jarman, who plays Betsy Putch in The Mindy Project, some more interaction. The erratic young woman nurse needs to get added so Zoe/Betsy can get saved properly.
	Last edited by irehtman; 04-07-2014 at 06:47 AM. Reason: Additional paragraph...

12-02-2013, 02:23 PM	#16
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Bringing back Beverly to replace both Gwen and Shauna was terrible move. But I have a feeling that the Beverly character needs a cranky old man doctor added in the main cast so Beverly can have company on her own level, ASAP.

04-24-2014, 07:31 PM	#22
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	Relying too much on smut programing would it hurt them to add in some conservative based programing to the format not allowing shows to grow imagine if Married With Children was allowed to be something more than a raunchy live action cartoon how good it could've been.

05-01-2014, 08:37 PM	#24
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Zoe Jarman and her Betsy Putch character reduced as both guest actress and guest character for "The Mindy Project" season three is another BAD mistake. All young adult fans of "The Mindy Project" were routing more on both Zoe and her Betsy character rather than that Beth Grant and her Beverly character because 1.) Zoe is more of a romantic comedy type and 2.) Beth is more of a comedy type and not a romantic type at all. I think FOX is under a bad recession and of course losing balance this season on both Glee and The Mindy Project shows, IMO.

07-10-2014, 03:19 AM	#25
James28 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 3,976	I wonder when the "fledgling" era of the FOX Network ended? 1997?

07-10-2014, 01:29 PM	#28
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Well right now, member Kevin O'Reilly has been officially fired. Now this is a good time to fix both Glee and The Mindy Project series. Glee: 1.) Let Rachel finish her broadway buildup. 2.) Rachel should find a new boyfriend, with these requirements: * Broadway experience on both singing and acting. * No rudeness nor meanness. * No substance addictions. * Mention that he had a deceased high school girlfriend after their high school graduation that he cannot let go. 2.) Let Emma return in public as a guest character holding her child. 3.) Return to McKinley for more successful power. 4.) A fisherman spots a gun in the lake and reports to the police. 5.) Sue Sylvester will get caught redhanded, arrested, expelled and thrown into jail for the rest of her life. 6.) Rachel and her new boyfriend graduate and get married. 7.) Finally, Rachel and her new husband will met both Emma and Will for the first time and Emma will give birth to another child, a girl to be named after the deceased girlfriend of Rachel's new husband. The Mindy Project: 1.) Add a cranky old man doctor character, which is more important, to help this show survive longer. 2.) Betsy will stay put in the show as a reduced guest character. 3.) Slow down on the focus situation on Mindy's men. 4.) Help both Gwen and Shauna characters to return to this show as reduced guests. 5.) Add an erratic young woman nurse character in this show as a recurring guest in the second half of next season. 6.) Return to a full-season order from 15-episodes to 22-episodes. 7.) Finally, Betsy, Gwen, Shauna and that erratic young woman nurse character will get added in this show's main cast once again. What I am saying is more reasonable and NOT completely absurd. We need to finish fixing both shows right away before time runs out too quick.

01-03-2015, 02:56 AM	#29
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,176	Fox has always had a schizophrenic approach to television - the studio that actually produces the content goes for quirky high-concept series and creators with fresh new ideas, but the people on the airing end don't know how to market or program such content and get trigger happy on changing timeslots and pulling the plug before an audience can find a show.

02-24-2015, 09:22 AM	#30
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Well, Jayma Mays returned to Glee and her final Glee appearance would be the series finale with everybody else! Now this should be a good time to let actress Zoe Jarman return to The Mindy project ASAP because of these reasons: 1.) Increase the ratings. 2.) Grab some more US west coast audience to watch, in order to catch up with US, east coast and central audiences at the same time! 3.) See Mindy's pregnancy. There could be a case that anything high-concept could destroy marketing in a fast speed, no offense.