Pratt's AMC memories

[foxhunter]

what rating increase? during the tornado sl? i thought ratings went up 100k and the "event" was considered a bust considering how much promotion and $ they put into. the guy is delusional.

[R Sinclair]

Well, that was worth opening this thread. A two sentence blurb on old news.

[Cheap21]

He did wonders for Annie. I loved the Tornado as well. Plus I enjoyed his corporate Fusion with Amanda and Babe plotting to take it over while Adam was trying to buy it and Petey was a spy. Good stuff

[marceline]

I liked what he started out doing with Brot, Taylor and the war. It was a touchy subject that I thought he handled well and I thought the scenes of the VA support group were inspired.

[R Sinclair]

Speaking of which, I like how he owned the hell out of MacBeth Ehlers.

[Steve]

LOL, mine does now too!

Yeah, Pratt wasn't all bad, he just didn't respect the history of the show. Pairing Ryan & Erica was just beyond dumb. But I have to give him kudos for killing both Josh & Babe, reforming Annie and bringing David back! Imo, Pratt wasn't half as bad as McTavish.

[Cheap21]

IA. I loved that early stuff too. I liked Taylor at the beginning at least.

[marceline]

I did too. I thought she was a refreshing change from the Fusion crew and I thought Beth Ehlers and CSJ had really nice (friend) chemistry. You could believe they served together.

[You're Soaking in it]

He made Annie more likable and more interesting, and the tornado was interesting for its production value and for the fact that it spun everyone in Pine Valley into different directions. But what Pratt didn't do, perhaps even worse than McTavish, was even remotely consider who his characters are at their core. If something happened that was in-character, it was completely by chance or by the actor forcing it to occur in some way. But for the most part, characters acted off-the-wall. Erica's interest in Ryan was absurd, Liza was in every way Lexi from Melrose Place, Zach pushed a woman through a glass table and didn't seem to care, and David was reduced to being a "Michael Myers" always popping up and scaring people like Amanda. I know, that won Vincent Irizarry an Emmy... I'm sure it was specially awarded to him for making an impossible script better than anyone else could have.

It WAS exciting at first... There were good things that happened. But he ultimately damaged the show - in a different way than McTavish had. In tone and in terms of character writing, Pine Valley was completely off-course. Every story was written to be salacious... he went for making things as "juicy" and "tantalizing" as possible. Nothing was off-limits, nothing was ever considered to be offensive. Melrose Place eventually went downhill for a reason. "Anything goes" is not a way to write a story, and that's what did him in.

[SFK]

Brot has been so well-incorporated into the Hubbard family that his past with Taylor seems like a lifetime ago.

[DRW50]

Gaslighting Adam and causing him to have a heart attack.

[Cheap21]

I have to say I HATED the Jesse rewrite of him having a secret common law wife and kid, while he was supposedly grieving alone bc he couldnt have Angie. That totally pissed on his return and what the show just did with him on the run trying to protect his family from danger. Made it look like he was lying and playing Angie. The only good thing of this was that it gave us Natalie, who I love.

I LOVED the Erica and Adam stuff. It seemed as if the show was headed forward to reuniting them and then out of nowhere he put her with Ryan and Adam with Annie instead. That pissed me off to no end

[Angela]

That's definitely a matter of opinion Given all the horror he throwed out in his year and a half, I can only imagine what he would have done if he had four years like McTavish.

The Ratings: Charles Pratt Starts on 8/25

8/25/08.....*4.....1.9.....06.....7) 2,355,000....6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,726,000

9/1/08.......*6.....1.9.....07.....6) 2,510,000...*3) 1.2/08.....4) 0,802,000

9/8/08.......*6.....1.9.....06.....7) 2,465,000...*4) 1.2/07.....6) 0,766,000

9/15/08.......6.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,530,000.....5) 1.2/07.....5) 0,788,000

9/22/08.......7.....1.8.....06.....7) 2,343,000...*5) 1.1/07.....6) 0,736,000

9/29/08.......7.....1.8.....06.....7) 2,381,000...*6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,732,000

10/6/08.....*4.....1.9.....06.....7) 2,430,000...*6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,725,000

10/13/08...*6.....1.9.....07.....7) 2,506,000.....5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,725,000 <-- Tornado Strikes

10/20/08...*3.....2.1.....07...*3) 2,743,000...*3) 1.3/07.....3) 0,866,000 #1 on ABC

10/27/08...*4.....2.0.....07.....6) 2,581,000.....5) 1.2/07.....5) 0,771,000

11/3/08.....*4.....2.0.....07.....6) 2,664,000.....6) 1.2/07.....6) 0,804,000

11/10/08.....5.....2.1.....07.....5) 2,683,000...*4) 1.3/08.....4) 0,859,000

11/17/08...*5.....2.0.....07.....7) 2,590,000.....6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,758,000

11/24/08...*5.....2.0.....07.....6) 2,758,000...*3) 1.2/07.....6) 0,770,000

12/1/08......7.....1.9.....07.....7) 2,541,000...*5) 1.2/07.....6) 0,766,000

12/8/08.....*5.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,567,000...*5) 1.2/07.....6) 0,773,000

12/15/08...*4.....2.1.....07.....6) 2,690,000...*5) 1.2/07.....6) 0,786,000

12/22/08...*5.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,732,000.....5) 1.2/07.....5) 0,763,000

12/29/08...*5.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,776,000...*4) 1.2/07.....4) 0,824,000

1/5/09.......*5.....2.0.....07.....6) 2,715,000...*4) 1.3/08.....4) 0,884,000

1/12/09.....*5.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,635,000...*5) 1.2/07.....5) 0,800,000

1/19/09......5.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,606,000...*5) 1.2/06...*6) 0,772,000

1/26/09.....*5.....2.1.....06.....6) 2,751,000...*4) 1.3/07...*4) 0,855,000 Kendall Wakes Up

2/2/09........6.....2.0.....06.....6) 2,573,000...*4) 1.2/07.....5) 0,788,000

2/9/09.......*6.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,501,000...*5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,743,000 Greenlee "Dies" Cliffhanfer

2/16/09.....*4.....2.1.....07.....5) 2,729,000.....5) 1.2/07.....5) 0,799,000 Breese Wedding

2/23/09.....*4.....2.0.....07.....5) 2,634,000...*4) 1.2/08.....4) 0,802,000

3/2/09........4.....2.1.....07.....4) 2,700,000...*4) 1.2/08.....4) 0,828,000

3/9/09.......*4.....1.9.....06.....7) 2,618,000.....6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,728,000

3/16/09.....*4.....2.0.....07.....4) 2,699,000...*4) 1.2/07.....5) 0,773,000

3/23/09.....*4.....2.1.....07.....5) 2,779,000...*4) 1.2/08.....5) 0,816,000

3/30/09.....*4.....2.0.....07.....4) 2,713,000...*2) 1.3/08.....5) 0,836,000

4/6/09.......*4.....1.9.....06.....5) 2,510,000...*4) 1.1/07.....4) 0,741,000

4/13/09.....*4.....2.0.....07.....5) 2,572,000.....6) 1.1/07.....6) 0,710,000

4/20/09.....*4.....1.9.....07.....5) 2,423,000...*4) 1.1/07.....5) 0,720,000

4/27/09.....*5.....1.9.....07.....6) 2,485,000...*4) 1.1/07.....5) 0,718,000

5/4/09.......*4.....1.9.....07.....4) 2,459,000...*5) 1.1/08.....6) 0,738,000

5/11/09.....*3.....2.0.....07.....5) 2,555,000...*3) 1.3/08.....5) 0,835,000 <-- Stuart Is Murdered

5/18/09.....*4.....1.9.....07.....6) 2,518,000...*4) 1.2/08.....5) 0,793,000

5/25/09.....*4.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,430,000...*4) 1.1/07.....6) 0,718,000

6/1/09........6.....1.8.....06.....6) 2,486,000...*5) 1.1/08.....5) 0,761,000

6/8/09.......*5.....1.8.....06.....6) 2,519,000.....5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,702,000

6/15/09.....*4.....1.8.....06.....5) 2,429,000...*5) 1.0/06.....5) 0,668,000 <-- New low in 18-49 Rating

6/22/09.....*5.....1.7.....05.....6) 2,286,000.....6) 0.9/06.....6) 0,623,000 <-- New low in HH Rating, 18-49 Rating & Viewers

6/29/09.....*5.....1.8.....06.....4) 2,552,000...*4) 1.1/07.....6) 0,709,000

7/6/09.......*5.....1.7.....06.....5) 2,370,000.....6) 1.0/07.....6) 0,668,000

7/13/09.....*3.....1.8.....06.....6) 2,395,000...*5) 1.0/07.....5) 0,687,000

7/20/09......4.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,483,000.....6) 1.0/07.....6) 0,694,000

7/27/09......6.....1.8.....06.....6) 2,424,000...*5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,741,000

8/3/09.......*3.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,410,000...*3) 1.1/07.....5) 0,735,000

8/10/09.....*5.....1.8.....06.....6) 2,319,000...*5) 1.0/06.....6) 0,656,000

8/17/09.....*6.....1.7.....06.....7) 2,283,000...*5) 1.0/06.....6) 0,639,000

8/24/09.....*6.....1.7.....06.....7) 2,208,000.....6) 0.9/06.....6) 0,608,000 <- New Low in Total Viewers, 18-49 Viewers

8/31/09.....*6.....1.7.....06.....7) 2,280,000.....6) 0.9/06.....6) 0,617,000

9/7/09.......*5.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,461,000.....6) 1.0/07.....6) 0,657,000

9/14/09.....*6.....1.9.....07.....6) 2,598,000...*4) 1.1/07.....5) 0,729,000

9/21/09.....*4.....2.0.....07.....6) 2,522,000.....5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,747,000

9/28/09.....*5.....1.9.....06.....6) 2,448,000...*5) 1.0/07.....5) 0,669,000

10/5/09.....*4.....1.9.....07.....5) 2,473,000...*4) 1.1/07.....5) 0,709,000

10/12/09.....4.....2.0.....06.....4) 2,602,000...*5) 1.1/07.....6) 0,721,000

10/19/09.....4.....2.0.....07.....4) 2,670,000...*4) 1.1/07.....4) 0,735,000

10/26/09....*4.....2.1.....07.....5) 2,722,000...*4) 1.1/07.....4) 0,738,000

11/2/09.......5.....2.0.....07.....5) 2,576,000...*4) 1.1/07.....6) 0,701,000

11/9/09......*5.....2.0.....07.....5) 2,753,000...*5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,752,000

11/16/09...*5.....1.9.....07.....5) 2,531,000...*4) 1.1/07.....6) 0,694,000 <-- Pratt's Firing Announced

11/23/09...*4.....2.0.....06.....5) 2,618,000...*5) 1.0/06.....5) 0,684,000

11/30/09...*4.....1.9.....06.....4) 2,646,000...*6) 1.0/07.....6) 0,687,000

12/7/09.......4.....2.0.....06.....4) 2,663,000...*5) 1.0/06..... 5) 0,660,000

12/14/09.....4.....2.0.....07.....4) 2,611,000.....7) 0.9/06.....7) 0,625,000

12/21/09...*3.....2.0.....06.....4) 2,658,000.....5) 1.0/06.....5) 0,640,000

12/28/09.....4.....2.1.....06.....4) 2,955,000...*5) 1.0/06.....5) 0,676,000

1/4/10.........4.....2.2.....07.....4) 2,978,000...*5) 1.1/06.....5) 0,744,000 <-- 40th Anniversary Returns

1/11/10.......4.....2.0.....06.....5) 2,629,000.....7) 0.9/06.....7) 0,627,000

1/18/10.......4.....2.1.....06.....4) 2,808,000...*4) 1.1/06.....4) 0,719,000

1/25/10.......4.....2.1.....07.....4) 2,847,000...*5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,741,000

2/1/10.........5.....2.0.....06.....5) 2,720,000.....5) 1.1/07.....5) 0,734,000

Pratt removed as HW Feb. 5-16 2010 (Pratt; 76 Weeks)

[Skin]

I actually think Megan was good until 2005 specifically, the second quarter of 2005 hit then it got progressively worse. I still say the show never recovered from the baby-switch.

[Adam]

That's why I said 2005.... year-to-year AMC was always down after that, except in late 2008 and early 2009. And I didn't say he was super-awesome. In my previous posts I said that I pretty much agree that overall he was a mess. I am just pointing out facts to balance out the obvious biases evident in his outright condemnation, the biases you are currently up against in another thread lol.