Having new characters in shows is a curse rather than a blessing - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

waichingliu81 · 03-06-2007, 03:20 PM

who agrees with me that the idea of introducing new characters, change of scenery, further twists in the plot and storylines later on a sitcom is the nail in the coffin? because i for one, don't like it. as the saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it, and yet there have been many sitcoms which have been cancelled party because of additional characters and storylines, which rather than help the story and the show progress, it instead puts a lot of it's viewers off and it's these people of whom that got used to and grown accustomed to the show, characters, humour etc

AB · 03-06-2007, 03:52 PM

It seems like most of the time they do this to try to boost a shows ratings,
only it generally backfires on them.

catlover79 · 03-06-2007, 04:53 PM

Sometimes having many new characters smacks of "potential spinoff". Yuck. Also, many times new characters in sitcoms are kids. That makes it worse!!

03-06-2007, 03:20 PM	#1
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	Having new characters in shows is a curse rather than a blessing who agrees with me that the idea of introducing new characters, change of scenery, further twists in the plot and storylines later on a sitcom is the nail in the coffin? because i for one, don't like it. as the saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it, and yet there have been many sitcoms which have been cancelled party because of additional characters and storylines, which rather than help the story and the show progress, it instead puts a lot of it's viewers off and it's these people of whom that got used to and grown accustomed to the show, characters, humour etc

03-06-2007, 04:53 PM	#3
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Sometimes having many new characters smacks of "potential spinoff". Yuck. Also, many times new characters in sitcoms are kids. That makes it worse!!
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03-06-2007, 03:52 PM	#2
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	It seems like most of the time they do this to try to boost a shows ratings, only it generally backfires on them.