TV Land disappointment...

[JSP]

Originally Posted by ILuvCarolBurnett

If people ever get nostalgic about 2 Broke Girls....OMG! That is simply the worst show....the writing is horrible the acting is over-the-top high school talent show time.

I have a good friend who is an actor here in LA. He gets sent out on auditions for sitcom guest star roles. He says he just can't understand what happened to the writing, why things are so bad. So, I asked him, when you audition, are the show's writers in the room? He said sometimes. I said, "So, describe to me the average comedy writer on sitcoms today. Who are they?" Overwhelming, most of them are fresh out of college, early 20s, grew up thinking "Saved By The Bell" was masterpiece comedy.

THAT explains the situation of comedies today......

People overrate youth.

[ILuvCarolBurnett]

I couldn't agree more. In the "good 'ol days" of sitcoms, the average writer was in his or her 50s and 60s. You have a broader, more realistic awareness of the world. That lends far better to comedy than people who just entered puberty.

[JSP]

Originally Posted by ILuvCarolBurnett

I couldn't agree more. In the "good 'ol days" of sitcoms, the average writer was in his or her 50s and 60s. You have a broader, more realistic awareness of the world. That lends far better to comedy than people who just entered puberty.

Yeah, writers back in the 70s defintely were older.

[mets82]

It used to be quality over anything else. I mean now it's about how you look, if you have 6 pack abs, big boobs and texting and taking selfies.

[MrCleveland]

Originally Posted by ILuvCarolBurnett

If people ever get nostalgic about 2 Broke Girls....OMG! That is simply the worst show....the writing is horrible the acting is over-the-top high school talent show time.

I have a good friend who is an actor here in LA. He gets sent out on auditions for sitcom guest star roles. He says he just can't understand what happened to the writing, why things are so bad. So, I asked him, when you audition, are the show's writers in the room? He said sometimes. I said, "So, describe to me the average comedy writer on sitcoms today. Who are they?" Overwhelming, most of them are fresh out of college, early 20s, grew up thinking "Saved By The Bell" was masterpiece comedy.

THAT explains the situation of comedies today......

Growing up in the 1980's and 1990's, there were some good sitcoms out there, I will say that the whole All in the Family motif faded, but was somewhat active. It seemed that it was 1996 when we saw the beginning of the end...Friends was becoming VERY popular and every TV sitcom HAD to be Friends...and it was also on at 8 p.m. where that should be Family Hour, now we either might as well have our kids go to bed or watch Nickelodeon in the other room!

Now every sitcom is basically Friends or Seinfeld clones...except with 3-4 bland characters and one ******* character! This is why I can't even get into watching Rules of Engagement or How I Met your Mother...bland characters and one *******! But that's today's sitcom!

[gidgetgrape]

Originally Posted by ILuvCarolBurnett

I have a good friend who is an actor here in LA. He gets sent out on auditions for sitcom guest star roles. He says he just can't understand what happened to the writing, why things are so bad. So, I asked him, when you audition, are the show's writers in the room? He said sometimes. I said, "So, describe to me the average comedy writer on sitcoms today. Who are they?" Overwhelming, most of them are fresh out of college, early 20s, grew up thinking "Saved By The Bell" was masterpiece comedy.

THAT explains the situation of comedies today......

I read an article once that said that the "Cheers" writers were the last generation of sitcom writers to grow up with books instead of TV. What a difference that makes!

[bmasters9]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

I'm one of those Millennials that grew-up on shows from the 60's and 70's.

I'm another! In fact, quite a bit of what I have on DVD is 50s, 60s and 70s-- shows like:

Perry Mason
M Squad
Barney Miller
The Bob Newhart Show
Star Trek: TOS

[tooltime1987]

Please bring "Home Improvement" back to Nick@Nite/TV Land.

[tenter]

Originally Posted by opus

Hugo's runtime is 2:06. Does that mean 54 minutes of commercials?

Since it runs off the clock, yes that would mean more commercials.

[Gumdrops]

TV Land's editing is soooo bad. Last summer, I was watching Gilligan's Island. The eppie had a 40 minute time slot. Yet, they still ended up chopping the episode up all to hell.
They're way too beholden to commercials. I know every channel is really, but geez, TV Land takes it to another level. I won't even watch the channel anymore because of it.

[Crusinforabrusin]

Originally Posted by gidgetgrape

Did they drop Bewitched too? I haven't seen it on the last few times I tuned in.

Yeah they dropped it. They also dropped I Dream Of Jeannie for more Andy Griffith.

[Crusinforabrusin]

Originally Posted by bmasters9

I'm another! In fact, quite a bit of what I have on DVD is 50s, 60s and 70s-- shows like:

Perry Mason
M Squad (are you referring to the 50s show or the late 1960s cop show?
Barney Miller
The Bob Newhart Show
Star Trek: TOS

[tenter]

Originally Posted by Family Matters

Yeah they dropped it. They also dropped I Dream Of Jeannie for more Andy Griffith.

Hmm.. I sworn back in last month had Bewitched. But I guess it stayed for a little but didn't do well in TVLand

[tenter]

Speaking of which, TVLand has made major schedule changes in January month even the blog didn't mention this! I don't know when it started because I barely pay attention to TVLand schedule since it doesn't appeal to me.

Facts of Life, Three's Company are off the lineup completely. More Andy Griffith Show, more Gunsmoke, but one airing Bonanza. And more Everybody Loves Raymond on primetime.

Roseanne quietly returned to TVLand only for late night airings. How I Met Your Mother airings are slowly being reduced.

[mets82]

So FOL lasted a whole 3 months on TVLand??