The Revolution: Discussion Thread

[Scotty]

Remember when Frons said this?

How's that strategy working out for you now ABC?

May the ratings continue to fall.

[dragonflies]

Revolution's chances of renewal are slim and GH's look better:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/revolutions-renewal-chances-slim-after-series-lows-general-hospitals-look-better/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[OLTL_fan]

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/03/the-chew-and-the-revolution-lose-more-steam/

More drops.

[Eric83]

lol but I thought viewers wanted to be informed these days :lol:

[dragonflies]

I have a feeling it won't be long before the Chew starts dropping like the Revolution has

[OLTL_fan]

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/04/updated-results-in-network-daytime-talk-6/

Series low in ABC's precious W18-49 demo.

[Eric83]

Lmao and 0.2 in 18-34... so pathetic.

[DAMfan]

The Revolution has been canceled by ABC.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

The Revolution will not be televised.

[Max]

I am really surprised that ABC came up with such a flimsy concept to begin with. Honestly, it would have made a lot more sense for GMA in the Afternoon to have started on January 16.

If memory serves me correctly, I seem to recall that some folks at SON predicted that The Chew would bomb even worse than The Revolution (or at least perform as poorly). I never agreed with this line of thinking, because a cooking show on network daytime television was a unique concept (in the sense that it had never been done before).

[dragonflies]

Not really there's all kinds of them on Food Network

[Max]

I apologize for the confusion, Dragonflies, but when I said "network daytime television" I was referring to the non-cable outlets. To the best of my knowledge, The Chew is the first cooking show to be on a "Big 3" network's daytime schedule. These networks have a wider reach than The Food Network, and therefore I can see why some would find The Chew to be appealing.

[Cheap21]

There's Rachel Ray

[Max]

I am really splitting hairs here, but Rachael Ray is syndicated whereas The Chew is actually part of a network daytime lineup. But even if Rachel Ray was on a network television lineup, cooking is popular enough to where I am not surprised two food shows (outside The Food Network) would do well. (Plus, The Chew is different from Ray's show in that the latter program has more elements of a traditional talk show than does the former.)

[DRW50]

People knew The Revolution was going to have less success, because the show was in development hell - that was the only reason OLTL got a few more months than AMC.