It's on right now on NBC. Anyone watching?
Ian McShane stars as the King, that's reason enough to atleast watch the 2h Premiere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(U.S._TV_series) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(U.S._TV_series))
Yeah, I'm watching. This series is definitely Timmy Approved(tm).
Future flop in progress.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 15, 2009, 07:44:47 PM
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 15, 2009, 07:39:28 PM
Future flop in progress.
It's not on Fox.
Yet on a network mired in suckitude. Enjoy the 4 episodes before it gets the axe.
Never heard of it.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 15, 2009, 07:51:05 PM
4? After this one, this is it.
I thought it was an actual series. Oh well.
I'm rather enjoying it so far. :unsure:
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 15, 2009, 07:53:15 PM
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 15, 2009, 07:52:35 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 15, 2009, 07:51:05 PM
4? After this one, this is it.
I thought it was an actual series. Oh well.
Suppose to be, 13 eps ordered.
Revised prediction:
4 episodes to be shown, gets cancelled after abysmal ratings, desperate internet nerds send in some nut or fruit and some internet petition with silly names on it to the network to get it back on, NBC sees what happened with CBS and Jericho and laughs.
The Great Santini has spoken.
What happened with Jericho?
Quote from: Fireblade on March 15, 2009, 07:56:49 PM
What happened with Jericho?
It got cancelled after Season 1, Nerds sent tons of bags of peanuts to CBS HQ. CBS reupped the show for 7 episodes. Saga ended.
Perhaps it can be like Lipstick Jungle and be said to make a fall appearance in some fashion.
This would be cooler if they called it the Kingdom of New England or something. And they were at war with the Kingdom of Canada.
The butterfly thing is faggy too,
Oh Gay Fox, AHEM.
http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE52G1EQ20090317
QuoteNBC's "Kings" had a devastating premiere Sunday night.
Despite generally positive reviews, with some calling the project the most original new drama of the season, "Kings" drew only 6 million viewers and was the lowest-rated program between 8 and 11 p.m. on a major broadcast network.
BAM. The Great Santini knows all.
Read a review for the show in Time and it sounded like the 2nd stupidest idea for a show ever, surpassed only by My Mother The Car.
I never doubted you.
Saw it. Was ok. Not sure if I'll watch next week or not.
Probably not after reading the blurb someone posted earlier. It sucks when you get into a show and it's canceled early.
The most important question is of course: Does it have gay sex?
Quote from: Martinus on March 17, 2009, 05:47:42 PM
The most important question is of course: Does it have gay sex?
Given those Nielsen numbers, nobody will be able to answer your question, as nobody watched it.
Quote from: Martinus on March 17, 2009, 05:47:42 PM
The most important question is of course: Does it have gay sex?
The king's son is apparently a poof. And a traitor.
Quote from: The Nickname Who Was Thursday on March 17, 2009, 06:02:23 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 17, 2009, 05:47:42 PM
The most important question is of course: Does it have gay sex?
The king's son is apparently a poof. And a traitor.
If the first is true, then the second goes without saying.
A shame, I haven't seen it, but we need more original shows on TV and this will discourage producers from taking risks.
In other NBC has gone to hell news, they are going to rebrand the Sci-Fi network as "Sy-Fy".
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 17, 2009, 06:12:53 PM
In other NBC has gone to hell news, they are going to rebrand the Sci-Fi network as "Sy-Fy".
Why? Whatever would make someone do something so foolish?
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 17, 2009, 06:12:53 PM
In other NBC has gone to hell news, they are going to rebrand the Sci-Fi network as "Sy-Fy".
What? You serious? That's just too weird and stupid to be true.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2009, 06:15:28 PM
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 17, 2009, 06:12:53 PM
In other NBC has gone to hell news, they are going to rebrand the Sci-Fi network as "Sy-Fy".
What? You serious? That's just too weird and stupid to be true.
yeah, I made it up. I have nothing better to do than Alt-Hist television channels.
QuoteBuilding on 16 years of water-cooler programming and soaring ratings growth following its most-watched year ever, SCI FI Channel is evolving into Syfy, beginning this summer, Dave Howe, president, SCI FI, announced today.
By changing the name to Syfy, which remains phonetically identical, the new brand broadens perceptions and embraces a wider range of current and future imagination-based entertainment beyond just the traditional sci-fi genre, including fantasy, supernatural, paranormal, reality, mystery, action and adventure. It also positions the brand for future growth by creating an ownable trademark that can travel easily with consumers across new media and nonlinear digital platforms, new international channels and extend into new business ventures.
"Imagine Greater" will become the new brand message and tagline, inviting both consumers and advertisers into a new era of unlimited imagination, exceptional experiences and greater entertainment.
Syfy more clearly captures the mainstream appeal of the world's biggest entertainment category, and reflects the network's ongoing strategy to create programming that's more accessible and relatable to new audiences. Syfy will continue to celebrate the traditional roots of the genre, while opening the brand to accommodate a broader range of imagination-based entertainment.
"Without abandoning our legacy or our core audience, we needed to cultivate a distinct point of view with a name that we could own that invites more people in and recognizes our broader range of programming with literally something for everyone," Howe said in a statement. "Syfy allows us to build on our 16-year heritage of success with a new brand built on the power that fuels our genre: the imagination. Syfy ushers in a new era of unlimited imagination, exceptional experiences and greater entertainment that paves the way for us to truly become a global lifestyle brand."
Syfy—unlike the generic entertainment category "sci-fi"—firmly establishes a uniquely ownable trademark that is portable across all nonlinear digital platforms and beyond, from Hulu to iTunes. Syfy also creates an umbrella brand name that can extend into new adjacent businesses under the Syfy Ventures banner, including Syfy Games, Syfy Films and Syfy Kids.
Additionally, as the channel's footprint expands rapidly around the globe with the launch of more international channels, Syfy meets the need of a globally relevant, trademarkable brand that stands for something unique to the brand in each territory.
The new brand evolution will launch in July, in tandem with the premiere of the new scripted drama Warehouse 13 on air and at SCIFI.COM, backed by an aggressive marketing campaign, which will kick off this spring.
I look forward to TLC renaming itself Tee-el-Sy
That actually makes sense. It's all about building a brand, and you can't trademark "Sci Fi".
:D
Those guys are fucked. I wonder if the 'Syfy' execs remember back when their programming was so bad and their channel so viewerless that they had to get part-time jobs to pay the rent on their studio apartments? That's where they're going.
IIRC, their show with the best ratings is not the craptacular Cattlecar Galactica, but ECW.
Bring back the nWo.
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:27:07 PM
:D
Those guys are fucked. I wonder if the 'Syfy' execs remember back when their programming was so bad and their channel so viewerless that they had to get part-time jobs to pay the rent on their studio apartments? That's where they're going.
Atleast Space hasn't totally jumped the shark, yet.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 17, 2009, 06:29:27 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:27:07 PM
:D
Those guys are fucked. I wonder if the 'Syfy' execs remember back when their programming was so bad and their channel so viewerless that they had to get part-time jobs to pay the rent on their studio apartments? That's where they're going.
Atleast Space hasn't totally jumped the shark, yet.
You have to be cool and popular at one point in order to jump the shark.
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:13:54 PM
Quote from: Cindy Brady on March 17, 2009, 06:12:53 PM
In other NBC has gone to hell news, they are going to rebrand the Sci-Fi network as "Sy-Fy".
Why? Whatever would make someone do something so foolish?
Because the corporate execs hate and don't understand science fiction. The new channel is about giant insect movies, paranormal, ghost hunting, and wrestling.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 17, 2009, 06:29:27 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:27:07 PM
:D
Those guys are fucked. I wonder if the 'Syfy' execs remember back when their programming was so bad and their channel so viewerless that they had to get part-time jobs to pay the rent on their studio apartments? That's where they're going.
Atleast Space hasn't totally jumped the shark, yet.
It hasn't? The programming seems to consist mostly of Stargate, Torchwood, Relic Hunter and other low-budget crap.
I suppose it's not their fault that nobody is doing any good sci-fi shows these days.
They show tons of Star Trek too.
Speaking of more crappy NBC channels, they have revamped their cable Sleuth channel from re-runs of Dragnet, Rockford and other groovy shows to JAG, Walker Texas Ranger and a cavalcade of shitty Canadian shows. Da Vinci's Inquest? Get that weak ass shit outta my country.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on March 17, 2009, 06:31:36 PM
Because the corporate execs hate and don't understand science fiction. The new channel is about giant insect movies, paranormal, ghost hunting, and wrestling.
Yep, this. They're following the History Channel down the shitter. Expect "Syfy" versions of Ice Road Truckers, MonsterQuest, UFO Hunters, Gangland, Axemen and all the other complete garbage they show.
Loved it. (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv128%2Fnhstud1216%2Fsmilie%2Flove.gif&hash=685687c84670f45f0ca32a6ace04c6f89663ccd4)
Watched it on Hulu. Damn good, actually. Surprising.
Too bad it will probably get canceled. Terrible ratings. :(
I haven't watched the next episode. But I loved the premiere. fun stuff. Not enough swearing though.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on March 25, 2009, 12:19:22 PM
I haven't watched the next episode. But I loved the premiere. fun stuff. Not enough swearing though.
Not enough FUCKING.
This show is awesome, and so will be cancelled.
If I had a vagina, Ian McShane would make it wet.
I'm digging this show so far. cheeky... and well Ian McShane gets to speechify. needs more swearing then it would be perfect. :p
Good show--just spent the last few hours watching all the episodes on Hulu--but I am betting it will be canceled. I wonder if they'll even show the entire season.
It has to air next week just so we can see Caulkin finnally show up.
I got bored post episode 3. Does nought for me.
Gay.
Just reminds me of how much I miss Deadwood.
The show got a bit too cheesy with the fourth episode. Tired of David always with a crying face. Not very excited about the intrigue.
Languish gets it right AGAIN!
http://eztv.it/index.php?main=tvnews&show_news=3652
QuoteNBC is pulling freshman drama Kings from Sunday nights, yanking the struggling allegorical series after four episodes.
Kings will be replaced with another hour of Dateline, which will now run for two hours starting at 7 p.m.
Sunday's Kings episode was seen by 3.6 million viewers and received a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49. Yet Dateline had a 1.5 rating in its half hour leading into Kings. NBC suspects an expanded Dateline will provide a better lead-in for 9 p.m.'s Celebrity Apprentice, which has seen some audience erosion in recent weeks that might be attributed to Kings.
The remaining eight episodes of Kings will air on Saturday nights at 8 p.m. starting April 18.
The loss is a real shame because, as nearly every TV critic pointed out, NBC took a chance here on an imaginative idea with a strong cast. Kings, which retold the story of King David in modern times, wasn't another police procedural, it wasn't a cynical programming move. Some may carp on NBC for airing Kings on Sundays at 8 p.m. -- it's a weak slot for the network -- but if the show was really working you would not have seen its ratings sharply decline from its debut.
Atleast they'll finish season 1. Maybe SyFy or Comedy will pick it up.
Last few episodes they started airing since June are better now that they know the show is canceled.
http://www.hulu.com/kings
I seriously love this show. I think I'm cursed when it comes to TV shows I like. :(
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on July 04, 2009, 01:30:46 AM
I seriously love this show. I think I'm cursed when it comes to TV shows I like. :(
Yep. No more jerking off to new episodes featuring the Princess.
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on July 04, 2009, 01:30:46 AM
I seriously love this show. I think I'm cursed when it comes to TV shows I like. :(
We all are.
Ya I love this show. "They" never gave it a chance.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 04, 2009, 11:57:37 AM
Ya I love this show. "They" never gave it a chance.
Bad marketing.
Quote from: Phillip V on July 04, 2009, 12:06:02 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 04, 2009, 11:57:37 AM
Ya I love this show. "They" never gave it a chance.
Bad marketing.
I never understand why networks will spend tons of money on a show, but not make any effort to market it.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 04, 2009, 12:07:29 PM
I never understand why networks will spend tons of money on a show, but not make any effort to market it.
People with fancy marketing degrees probably told them so.
Lovejoy ain't dealing antiques anymore. The show seems good so far.
Spoilers ahead, more or less...
And so the true battle between Silas and David begins. I wonder how David will escape to Gath and what will become of the other players. In theory, shouldn't Reverend Samuels be dead by this point in the story? Mayhap an unfortunate end coming for him via the brother-in-law and his coup plan for not backing him? Who knows. Also, anyone else notice the Ark of the Covenant in the train in Saturday night's episode when David grabbed the charter?
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 04, 2009, 12:07:29 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 04, 2009, 12:06:02 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 04, 2009, 11:57:37 AM
Ya I love this show. "They" never gave it a chance.
Bad marketing.
I never understand why networks will spend tons of money on a show, but not make any effort to market it.
what I always found odd is that networks who produce a show don't take potential foreign customers, as well as the web-crowd into acocunt when making stuff. They really need to learn that the world is bigger than their tv or their country.
This goes especially for english-language productions as many of them can expect to find a global audience.
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on July 04, 2009, 01:30:46 AM
I seriously love this show. I think I'm cursed when it comes to TV shows I like. :(
I fully expect any TV show I like to be replaced with idol shows or Mansquito sequels as soon as it starts getting good.
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on July 06, 2009, 05:04:19 AM
what I always found odd is that networks who produce a show don't take potential foreign customers, as well as the web-crowd into acocunt when making stuff. They really need to learn that the world is bigger than their tv or their country.
This goes especially for english-language productions as many of them can expect to find a global audience.
It takes a lot of foreign and DVD sales to pay for a TV series like Kings, which I am willing to bet cost $3-4 million an episode.
In marketing, they should have mentioned its Biblical origins so as to capture some Christian people. I had no idea it was based on King David until I watched it, and other Christian-focused people I know had passed up watching it because they were unaware of its premise.
Quote from: grumbler on July 06, 2009, 08:16:54 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on July 06, 2009, 05:04:19 AM
what I always found odd is that networks who produce a show don't take potential foreign customers, as well as the web-crowd into acocunt when making stuff. They really need to learn that the world is bigger than their tv or their country.
This goes especially for english-language productions as many of them can expect to find a global audience.
It takes a lot of foreign and DVD sales to pay for a TV series like Kings, which I am willing to bet cost $3-4 million an episode.
There's foreign advertising too. Take 2 or 3 countries worth and you have the equivalent of what they'll get in the US.
And yeah, I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the religious angle. I assumed they would have done. It just makes sense.
Quote from: Tyr on July 06, 2009, 12:02:19 PM
There's foreign advertising too. Take 2 or 3 countries worth and you have the equivalent of what they'll get in the US.
And yeah, I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the religious angle. I assumed they would have done. It just makes sense.
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute
The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
Quote from: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 12:13:36 PM
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
I wouldn't want to produce such a film with Gibson involved.
Quote from: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 12:13:36 PM
Quote from: Tyr on July 06, 2009, 12:02:19 PM
There's foreign advertising too. Take 2 or 3 countries worth and you have the equivalent of what they'll get in the US.
And yeah, I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the religious angle. I assumed they would have done. It just makes sense.
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
Doesn't make it any better of a film. Faces of Jesus' death is no less torture porn than a regular faces of death.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 06, 2009, 12:21:31 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 12:13:36 PM
Quote from: Tyr on July 06, 2009, 12:02:19 PM
There's foreign advertising too. Take 2 or 3 countries worth and you have the equivalent of what they'll get in the US.
And yeah, I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the religious angle. I assumed they would have done. It just makes sense.
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
Doesn't make it any better of a film. Faces of Jesus' death is no less torture porn than a regular faces of death.
It's what the kids like these days. Sort of like Saw, but in Aramaic.
I hadn't watched this show before today. I hadn't read most of the thread or read about it online and was thinking it was some kind of King David era Rome remake. Incredibly disappointing. It was horrible.
Quote from: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 12:13:36 PM
Quote from: Tyr on July 06, 2009, 12:02:19 PM
There's foreign advertising too. Take 2 or 3 countries worth and you have the equivalent of what they'll get in the US.
And yeah, I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the religious angle. I assumed they would have done. It just makes sense.
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
That is in the past now and we can see that it was a big success (despite being a sucky film). If there's one thing the media is good at its jumping onto things that were succesful and ripping them off.
Christianity is a very well known cash cow these days.
Quote from: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 12:13:36 PM
Ignorance and bigotry. Just like how Mel Gibson had to produce, market, and distribute The Passion of the Christ himself because California execs and their teams did not think it would make any money.
True. Every movie not made by Hollywood is not made because of their ignorance and bigotry. And every movie that
is made by Hollywood is only made because of their ignorance and bigotry. :tinfoil:
Of course, if one looks at the facts, one discovers that Gibson mostly turned down financial offers because he wanted full creative control. It wasn't that the Hollywood suits thought he would lose money, but that they should be able to make changes if investing, to improve their own profits from the film.
But I don't suppose facts have any applicability when one has thrown the bigotry card.
Looks like we're almost at the endgame. I saw a thing that listed episode 11 as The New King Part I or something to that effect, and that's the next episode. Looks like Silas has one episode left, two tops before he bites it. Jack will undoubtedly be joining him. I wonder if/when David will flee to Gath as the biblical one did. Some how I don't think there's enough time left. We shall see...
:cry: Damn. What a shame to see this show end. I guess I should be happy they aired all of the already finished episodes, but damn... to see the potential this show had and know that it's dead is brutal.