Fuller House

[Vee]

Stop. (That's a whole other conversation)

 

I've only seen the first few but so far Steve comes off like a stalker out of a Gavin DeBecker 'know your fear' manual.

[All My Shadows]

Oh, I didn't mean to refer to those particular shows you listed. Like you said, there is some very good stuff out there, but there are also things that fail to hit the mark they're aiming for.

 

Technically, the actors playing Nick and Alex are only seven months younger than me, but I can't even bring myself to refer to the one as "Nicky" anymore bc it makes me feel like a creep.

[KMan101]

I can only imagine the numbers Netflix got for Fuller House. It trended for like two days straight on Twitter.

 

So, no surprise here, it's already been renewed for a Season 2! https://t.co/LOpd5ZoNN6

 

And Jodie Sweetin has joined this season of Dancing with the Stars, again, shocking no one. She's paired with Keo.

[Darn]

This show could EASILY be on ABC, I wonder if Netflix and Warner Bros. would ever strike a deal with them. I mean, between The View name drop, the DWTS cast members and now JS on DWTS it's like corporate synergy.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Darn

[DRW50]

ABC has sort of moved away from this style of sitcom, although they could stick it on Friday and try TGIF 2 (3? 4? 500?).

[dragonflies]

Jeff Franklin the creator of both said he pitched Fuller House to networks 8 years ago and none were interested. I bet they're kicking themselves now

[Gray Bunny]

 

EIGHT years ago? Our generation wasn't quite ready to revisit the 90's just yet. Now it's all the rage. Strange it didn't get picked up by ABC. They could use the buzz, and they have no problem with running limited series these days. 

[dragonflies]

 Yep he said it was in 2008

[YRBB]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. The pitch he made back then is bound to have been different than the one he made for a show 8 years later. Also, Netflix spent a sh!tton of money promoting the show, which a network may or may not have done. Additionally, what constitutes success in terms of numbers on Netflix might have been a complete flop in terms of networks numbers (we don't know, unfortunately, what kind of numbers Netflix brings in). 

[dragonflies]

Here it is:

 

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/fuller-house-netflix-jeff-franklin-interview-1201715028/

 

“I started back in 2007 with this idea and I’ve been trying to get it set up, off and on — it took six or seven years for me to get this going,” Franklin admits, telling Variety that he sat in numerous unsuccessful pitch meetings for a “Full House” reboot.

“I knew that this kind of excitement was going to be there, but nobody else seemed to get it,” he continues. “I was pitching to networks that ‘Full House’ reruns were beating every night — we were airing 40 times a week and getting millions and millions of viewers. For some reason, a whole bunch of networks didn’t understand the hunger that was out there for this show. It was baffling me. Netflix finally stepped up, and that’s why it’s happening now. It could have happened seven years or eight years ago, but it didn’t.”

[Darn]

That show would have been quickly forgotten and a footnote in tv history. It was too soon.

[Vee]

It was. For one thing, television hadn't come along nearly as far then - there would be no space for something as saccharine as FH to exist and thrive as a counterpoint to all the other great programming, both drama and comedy-wise. The big reason something like FH now seems so viable and even charming to me is because everything else on TV is no longer just like it. Miller-Boyett Productions no longer rules the world, quality (or attempts at quality) do. When we have stuff like Black-ish and Fresh off the Boat holding it down for situation comedy I feel a bit more permissive about something that is both quaint and somewhat retrograde as FH.

 

Another big reason: Jodie Sweetin, who's run away with the show like I always knew she could, was not clean at the time.

[BetterForgotten]

Netflix was the perfect fit, I just don't see this show being a hit on network TV in the current network TV climate.

 

But I guess we'll never know, the original Full House had its best ratings on Tuesday nights when it was the lead-in for Roseanne. The two shows, though family sitcoms, couldn't be more different and couldn't appeal more to different audiences (in the grand scheme) . 

[dragonflies]

Looking at ratings from TV By the Numbers...Full House does over a million viewers per airing on Nick at Nite. Pretty impressive for repeats.

 

I agree that Netflix is the perfect fit. I love that there's no commercials and we get longer episodes too. Plus they can do stuff on Netflix that they couldn't do on network tv.

[Soapsuds]

Well that is good news that it was picked up for another season. Now I am more sure Season 1 will out on DVD in the near future.