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Apr 16, 2013 11:09 PM
Lol. Kellogg is a #%#@.
Apr 16, 2013 11:09pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:10 PM
gerb131;1427189 wrote:only worse news would be Seinfeld coming back
I'd say it would have a much better chance than Friends. Curbed is [was?] still excellent...no doubt Larry David and Seinfeld could still turn out great scripts.

In today's sea of garbage Seinfeld would certainly have an above-average chance. Actually probably Friends would too (if they got the same writers). Not sure how you make money on either show given what you'd have to pay the casts to come back. Have to be like a top-3 show just to break-even paying everyone $1M+ per episode.
Apr 16, 2013 11:10pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:13 PM
reclegend22;1427190 wrote:Did 30 Rock go off air?
They had the series finale a few months ago.

I never thought The Office was very good.
Apr 16, 2013 11:13pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:13 PM
Hey, they got Boy Meets World to come back. Not sure if that's still happening or not. And they are obviously not high-profile stars.
Apr 16, 2013 11:13pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:24 PM
We need to start a thread entitled "Rec's List of Hate"
Apr 16, 2013 11:24pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:24 PM
wes_mantooth;1427195 wrote:I think that poor ratings are more because the nba game is getting harder and harder to watch....piss poor product.
Some might argue that 1990s NBA basketball -- what with every game being almost indistinguishable from the WCW -- was hard to watch. I personally loved that era, even with all of its physicality and low-scoring, defensively-dominated games. But that's mainly because there were so many great, natural rivalries back then. Indiana-New York. Knicks-Bulls. Sonics-Lakers. Pistons-Bulls. The '90s were also home to perhaps the greatest collection of legends in one era ever to play together in the NBA.

Today, though, you have a much more aesthetic game where there is more of a focus on offense and letting the game's best players play. If the NBA never would have left NBC, I think it's popularity would be booming today. I think people really underestimate how bad ESPN/ABC have been for the League. Their production value is on par with the Disney Channel. It's laughable. The announcers are nowhere near as good, the camera angles are atrocious, they actually drown out crowd noise so that you can more clearly hear the announcers -- which totally takes away from the excitement of a game -- and their pre-game, half-time and post-game shows are almost non-existent and horrendous. Don't even get me started on the intro music, which switches between Usher, the Ying Yang Twins and Bruno Mars each week. ESPN's NBA coverage is a fucking mess.
Apr 16, 2013 11:24pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:25 PM
Laley23;1427209 wrote:We need to start a thread entitled "Rec's List of Hate"
You don't hate the NBA on ABC? This is legitimate hate. It sucks.
Apr 16, 2013 11:25pm
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Apr 16, 2013 11:42 PM
Watching Lebron lower his shoulder and hit the hole like a running back is neither entertaining nor particularly aesthetic. I also preferred the era where some teams played truly great defense.

IMO the NFL is going down the same path heavily favoring offense and it's ruining the game. Just seems like it's all about turnovers and/or getting the ball last.
Apr 16, 2013 11:42pm
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Apr 17, 2013 12:40 AM
reclegend22;1427211 wrote:Some might argue that 1990s NBA basketball -- what with every game being almost indistinguishable from the WCW -- was hard to watch. I personally loved that era, even with all of its physicality and low-scoring, defensively-dominated games. But that's mainly because there were so many great, natural rivalries back then. Indiana-New York. Knicks-Bulls. Sonics-Lakers. Pistons-Bulls. The '90s were also home to perhaps the greatest collection of legends in one era ever to play together in the NBA.

Today, though, you have a much more aesthetic game where there is more of a focus on offense and letting the game's best players play. If the NBA never would have left NBC, I think it's popularity would be booming today. I think people really underestimate how bad ESPN/ABC have been for the League. Their production value is on par with the Disney Channel. It's laughable. The announcers are nowhere near as good, the camera angles are atrocious, they actually drown out crowd noise so that you can more clearly hear the announcers -- which totally takes away from the excitement of a game -- and their pre-game, half-time and post-game shows are almost non-existent and horrendous. Don't even get me started on the intro music, which switches between Usher, the Ying Yang Twins and Bruno Mars each week. ESPN's NBA coverage is a fucking mess.
I miss the personal rivalries of the 90's NBA. To me, that's what made the game a lot more fun to watch than what they put on the court today. These are the AAU days where all the stars have been friends since high school, and it's not nearly as entertaining.

As for the thread, Friends was a really good show. It will be interesting to see what direction the show goes in.
Apr 17, 2013 12:40am
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Apr 17, 2013 4:36 AM
I don't see how a re-boot of Friends will save the day for NBC.

The "energy" and premise fueling Friends was the comical antics and sexual tension among college-aged pretty boyz & girlz.

Now that the characters are in their mid-to-late 40's I'm not sure that "energy" will be quite the same unless they want to talk about going bald, considering using Viagra, and sing a few lines of "Glory Days."

NBC is desperate to be relevant again.
Apr 17, 2013 4:36am
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Apr 17, 2013 7:05 AM
reclegend22;1427188 wrote:NBC needs to get the NBA back pronto. They -- and the NBA -- better hope they can snag it when the NBA's TV rights are up for grabs in 2016. I am fully convinced that the NBA's flailing overall ratings over the last 10 years compared to their heyday in the 1990s is 100% a result of ABC's terrible coverage/promotion/general ineptitude. Nobody could convince me otherwise.

The NBA on NBC was the GOAT. The NBA on ABC is a fucking joke.

As Wes stated, I think the NBA's ratings are due to other factors than abc (bunch of mentally weak pussies with a can't beat them, join them attitude amongst one of them). However, I agree NBA on NBC was GOAT. Also had the GOAT theme song.
Apr 17, 2013 7:05am
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Apr 17, 2013 7:26 AM
reclegend22;1427188 wrote:NBC needs to get the NBA back pronto. They -- and the NBA -- better hope they can snag it when the NBA's TV rights are up for grabs in 2016. I am fully convinced that the NBA's flailing overall ratings over the last 10 years compared to their heyday in the 1990s is 100% a result of ABC's terrible coverage/promotion/general ineptitude. Nobody could convince me otherwise.

The NBA on NBC was the GOAT. The NBA on ABC is a fucking joke.

NBC Sports is fucking terrible now, though. They've essentially quit even trying since the 1990s. If they get them back at the end of the contract, it'll be worse than anything before because of how incompetent they currently are at NBC.
Apr 17, 2013 7:26am
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Apr 17, 2013 7:59 AM
"NBC Sports is ****ing terrible now, though."

Perhaps I should fix this. NBC is terrible now.

Amazing how a network that ruled Thursday night comedy has fallen so far. David Tartikoff would roll over in his grave if he wasn't still alive.
Apr 17, 2013 7:59am
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Apr 17, 2013 10:36 AM
believer;1427246 wrote:I don't see how a re-boot of Friends will save the day for NBC.

The "energy" and premise fueling Friends was the comical antics and sexual tension among college-aged pretty boyz & girlz.

Now that the characters are in their mid-to-late 40's I'm not sure that "energy" will be quite the same unless they want to talk about going bald, considering using Viagra, and sing a few lines of "Glory Days."

NBC is desperate to be relevant again.

They were not college-aged. Ross was a Ph.D. The show was based on them being late 20's, early 30's.
Apr 17, 2013 10:36am
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Apr 17, 2013 10:45 AM
Who cares? Next year it will be the same shit. NBC will get 2.5 ratings after three years ross will be fired along with joey and phoebe then we will switch back to the Matthew Perry sitcom "Go On".
Apr 17, 2013 10:45am
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Apr 18, 2013 9:14 AM
Reminds me of the 30 rock scene where Jack Donaghy says the NBC plan through magic or science is to make it 1997 again
Apr 18, 2013 9:14am