Comments on: Saturday: Night Of The Living Dead, Pt II FOX vs. Kings, Harper’s Island, Eli Stone

By: kleir

kleir — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:44:25 +0000

KINGS! KINGS! KINGS! it’s a great show! If you’ve watched it and didn’t like it, fine, you’re done w/ it & no one’s making u watch it. If u haven’t seen it tho, you should! The plot is getting thicker every episode. People aren’t watching it now days bcs I think they want light, brainless, humor now when times r tuff for many. But, if YOU are looking for something that’ll make u think a little, intrigue u a little, scoot u down to the edge of your seat a little… KINGS!

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:38:25 +0000

KIngs is doing terrible even though its running its course, it tied with a Smallville repeat.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:31:05 +0000

It’s so sad to hear about Michael Jackson. As a dancer, I’m performed almost every one of his hits in some form or another. A lot of celebrities have died recently, but he’s the first one that had a big impact on my life personally. It’s a really weird feeling. Anyway, nice post.

By: john

john — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:59:37 +0000

I’m just really glad CBS is letting Harper’s Island run it’s course. To be honest, it’s not really a great show, and it took forever to really get going. I mostly watched it out of a feeling of obligation: as a huge horror fan, I feel the need to support horror on TV. That said, it is entertaining, and some of the characters are quite compelling. I would be pretty bummed if CBS pulled it early and left me hanging until the DVDs released. Thanks for following through despite the ratings, CBS! I am one of those few that are watching.

By: Brian D

Brian D — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:08:29 +0000

I honestly didn’t think Kings had much more then a miniseries in it. Regardless of my opinion others on here argued my thoughts were wrong and that Kings had tons of storyline it could offer because of what the story is based on. Regardless of any of that BS I stand by my original thoughts Kings was a miniseries and the ratings show that. If it has a good ending I’d consider buying the DVD.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:22:38 +0000

The weeks before it premiered, and especially, especially the week leading up to the premiere it got heavy promotion by NBC. I watch The Office, 30 Rock, and Chuck all on the broadcast station, not the internet, so I remember seeing several dozen ads for it, at times it was at every commercial break. I decided to watch just from how much press it was given.

And then it bombed, and kept dropping week after week, and I saw less and less ads for it, because it had done so poorly even through the promotions.

So your right, I haven’t seen any promotions for it; not in like 3 months, because thats how long its been dead. No point in promoting it.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:24:03 +0000

It’s the truth, have you seen any commercials promoting it? yeah me neither. And you name a show on NBC besides The office that is above average. I think this show is better then 90% of shows out there and 95% better then any show on NBC. You also forgot to explain or prove your sentence about it getting advertisment.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:26:43 +0000

Really? Going to bring up that “it didnt get enough/right advertising” argument? And to MichaelJA, I haven’t heard from anyone who thought the show was “too heavy”. That was not a reason it failed.

I honestly didn’t hate the show, it was merely ok I thought, but I only watched the first two or three episodes. What really irritates me is hearing from people who still believe it can come back/think it was too smart for its audience. It really wasn’t.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:17:31 +0000

Love Kings, it honestly should be on a station that would do it right like HBO or Showtimes. When I first saw this show on Hulu, I had never heard about it and watched an episode and loved it. Definatley a show thats not working due to apsolutley no promotions or advertising. I can understand people not liking it but I really think if more people knew about it more people would like it then not. Sucks if your not a hulu user or a friend of someone who likes kings because you’ll never hear about this show otherwise.

By: shelly

shelly — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:23:59 +0000

Glad I could amuse you, Ricardo. Taste is the most subjective thing there is – one person’s trash is another’s treasure. Like I’ve said in other posts, I happen to love scifi and fantasy and BBC shows. And I know I’m not the only one who found Kings utterly mindnumbingly boring. That’s the great thing about America – you can like and dislike whatever you want.

Btw, for anyone who wanted to watch the Castle pilot and didn’t know it was on, it’s back up on ABC’s website:

http://fep.abc.go.com/fep/player?src=abccomjs&show=186439&pn=index

By: AZTop

AZTop — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:17 +0000

There’s been a lot of remarks about CBS not getting outside their comfort zone of procedurals such as CSI, Criminal Minds, NCIS, etc. They at least tried something different with Harper’s Island instead of cheap reality stuff. They may be the network of old white people, but they seem willing to test diffeent concepts. I like the idea of the closed-end 13 week series. It might not make sense from an economic standpoint if you can’t put it on DVD or syndicate it later on. Maybe they should have shown it on consecutive nights over a shorter period.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:24:11 +0000

shelly: you don’t like Kigns but you like Merlin??? lol

By: DJ Mike

DJ Mike — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:13:14 +0000

I’m loving Harper’s Island…but then again…I love slasher movies…My co-workers talk about it at first break Monday mornings…We think we have kinda figured out who the “KILLERSS” are…It has definitely gotten better and better each week. I think it would have done much better following 48 hours but that’s just me..Scheduling can “kill” a show (no pun intended)..and this type of show requires better scheduling in order to keep the viewers following week after week. I do love the concept of a “13 week mini-series” for Saturdays..

By: MichaelJA

MichaelJA — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:43:08 +0000

The Cinematography on Kings is very well done and personally I enjoy it quite much. If you get a chance check it out looks great in HD. The show is ambitious and for what its worth I found enjoyment in it thru the cast and the weaving in of the stories from the Books of Kings found in the Old Testament of the Bible. I admit the writers did change many things to try and update the story but still all is within the frame of the books. Perhaps the requirement to fully understand the show, knowledge of the Books of Kings from the Bible, is what was lacking and maybe even some found the source of the material too heavy. But I will watch the remaining shows and enjoy whats left.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:19:32 +0000

Jim, the series finale of Eli Stone will be broadcast on July 11 at 10pm. All episodes will be on the DVD.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:14:04 +0000

There are more new episodes of Eli Stone? Someone please email me with the scoop?

jim
jimdrect@aol.com

By: AZTop

AZTop — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:31:56 +0000

Harper’s Island has sort of hit its tacky stride as we get down to the end. I find it much more honest than Kings which is pretentious nonsense as oppossed to good old fashioned slasher-movie-mayhem-lite of Harper’s.

By: djm

djm — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:47:14 +0000

MikeJA, for the love of all things please dont bring up the “Americans are stupid because they dont watch my tv show” argument. it gets old reeealy fast.

By: Bad Robot !

Bad Robot ! — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:33:49 +0000

Caught Kings – a power failure? Dull and plodding episodes like that is why people arent watching it. Then the Home Alone kid pushes a button and turns the power back on? People walking around, flashbacks (this isnt LOST), Wow, that was exciting! No wonder NBC is 4th place network. I was hoping Day One would succeed where Jericho failed – now? Im pretty much expecting it to end up like Kings.

By: mcdude

mcdude — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:08:50 +0000

sam does the rick roll ever end?

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:40:25 +0000

djm, was that needed? No!
Harper’s Island did show growth from last week and did grow from a repeat of Without a Trace, so it wasnt all that bad.

By: AO

AO — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:54:08 +0000

Poor Harper’s Island =(

Yet still one of the better watched shows of the night! =)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:11:55 +0000

i bet ratings from Merlin will be off cause its not aring on the west coast and thankful to see it here on the on east coast

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:45:10 +0000

alright i will give it a try

By: shelly

shelly — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:33:10 +0000

I found Kings utterly pretentious, dull, and incomprehensible, not to mention that the actors playing David and Michelle couldn’t act worth a damn. But some people love the show.

Christoper, definitely give Merlin a shot if you’re a scifi/fantasy fan, and even if you’re not, try it anyway. It’s very well made and very highly entertaining, even if it feels like Smallville set in the middle ages.