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Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have info on playing it straight here:

http://ilovereality.com/Shows/playingitstraight.html - I will keep it up to date on the status of the show.

No spoilers there either - I am not into "spoiling"

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey, thanks Ryn.

Is this your site? Very nice!

I've added it to my "Favourites". :-)

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
P.S.

Even though Laurence Olivier was bi and had some homosexual affairs with several other actors in Hollywood, I do not believe Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was one of them.

And Erroll Flynn was one of the most famous (rhymes with 'rocks')-man in Hollywood history. Actually his downfall was a passion for teenage girls.

He may have had one or two bi flings in his time but his proclivity (no...not another word for penis, lol) was for women ;)

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ty Rupertbear - yes its a site I made last year - I try to keep it updated with news and stuff but there are no discussion groups - because thats what TVCH is for after all :-) Thats why I have a link back to TVCH on almost every page :-)

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol....there's something else I have to thank you for Ryn.

Week before last, the motherboard died on our computer.

I went next door to my neighbours, to get a 'Clubhouse' hit...hee hee hee!

Anyhow, I couldn't remember the addy so I put TvClubhouse in the search engine...wasn't having much luck but ...VOILA!...your name came up and I knew I'd manage to get here & I did...through one of your links...so...thanks again!!! :-)

Sunrisedd
Member

09-15-2000

Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 12:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Make that 8 people!

Mark13
Member

07-01-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 11:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Wait. Did Jackie pick a gay guy or a heterosexual on "Playing it Straight?" What happened to those skanks and }himbos who were supposed to be on "Forever Eden," well, forever? Who, exactly, are "The Ortegas?" And what exactly is it like to live the "Still Life"? Those are just a few of the mysteries left obscured by FOX's multi-tiered schedule unveiled on Thursday (May 20).
Talking to reporters in anticipation of Thursday upfront presentation to advertisers, FOX Entertainment President Gail Berman trumpeted a schedule so full of shiny new offerings that no consideration will be given to dusting off a few old chestnuts during the summer months. "The Ortegas," scheduled for a fall premiere last year, will join the hardly esteemed ranks of the Randy Quaid alleged comedy "The Grubbs," which FOX also forcibly slipped through the cracks. "Still Life" had an interesting premise, an interesting pilot and a hypothetical midseason slot, but beyond your friendly neighborhood television critic, nobody ever got to see it.

"We don't put shows on our schedule that we ultimately feel don't have the juice behind them to work," Berman insists. "That's just a fact of life. It happens at every network. I don't know that ours is more than anybody else's."

Back in March, FOX sent a group of attractive, but unappealing strangers to live in the jungle and tolerate the fickle rules and STD potential of "Forever Eden." It aired four times. Nobody watched. The singles were, presumably, stranded in the jungle.
Also in March, FOX sent poor college student Jackie to a dude ranch where all of the men were either gay or straight (as opposed, apparently, to the real world). She had to choose a straight mate to win a cash prize, or a gay beau could fool her and snag the money for himself. It aired three times. Nobody watched. Fortunately, the show had been in on the shelf for so long that all of the contestants made it safely back to civilization.

"'Forever Eden' we don't anticipate returning to the schedule, nor do we anticipate bringing back 'Playing it Straight,'" Berman says, putting a dagger in the hearts of at least a dozen faithful viewers.

As a certain FOX drama once regularly reminded its fans, the truth is out there. Berman actually knows who won on "Playing it Straight" and she knows if anything worth watching eventually happened on "Forever Eden."

"We will certainly provide any viewer that needs the information with the information of the conclusion," promises Berman.

Also joining the ranks of shows that will probably never return is "American Juniors." The "American Idol" spin-off got a high profile launch last summer and was supposed to segue immediately into a second season last fall. However, while Berman is able to rule out the return of a talent show featuring adorable little people, she isn't quite so ready to give up on a dating show featuring lovelorn little people.

"'American Juniors' you will not see on our schedule returning this year," Berman admits. "'The Littlest Groom,' hey, I don't know. Maybe we'll do that one again. That was kinda fun."

Link (has commas in it - cut & paste):
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|88327|1|,00.html


Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the info, Mark.

This is such a bummer.

It was bad enough they pulled it off the air but then they 'soft-soaped' us, saying they'd finish it in the summer.

Why can't they even run the episodes at 3:00 a.m. ? As long as I could tape it and watch it, I'd be happy.

The only other time I was rooting for something to stay on the air and it didn't make it was back in the early-mid 90s NBC had a show called Home Fires, set in America in the 40s and it was cancelled unfortunately.

Lori
Member

04-18-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"We will certainly provide any viewer that needs the information with the information of the conclusion," promises Berman.

What does this mean? I want to know!

Madelane
Member

08-20-2001

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Will he call all of us personally? Post it on the internet? I don't understand either.

Not like it would be too many phone calls.

I will say I am happy to be spared the arm-breaking episode.

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I e-mailed them about a week ago Lori, asking for them send me the info about how the program ended but they have yet to reply. :-(

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rupertbear, I think that show you were referring with was "Homefront" with Kyle Chandler. That was a good one. I loved it, too! Took place immediately following WWII. Here's a link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101121/



Sanfranjoshfan
Member

09-17-2000

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I found an email link to FOX on their now unlinked on the FOX site message board.

I sent them the following:

Dear FOX,

A friend told me that there would be a 2 hr "Playing it Straight" special wrap-up on July 5 this year. Is this true?

I also understand that a Fox spokesperson (FOX Entertainment President Gail Berman) said this:

As a certain FOX drama once regularly reminded its fans, the truth is out there. Berman actually knows who won on "Playing it Straight" and she knows if anything worth watching eventually happened on "Forever Eden."

"We will certainly provide any viewer that needs the information with the information of the conclusion," promises Berman.

Well, I'm asking. Will you please tell me who won and who was straight and who was gay?

The way this was abruptly canceled makes me want to stop investing ANY time in new Fox programming....especially since you first announced that you would air the "entire series from start to finish" in the summer, and then you announced that you would air the "previously unaired episodes" this summer, and then there was an announcement that it would "not return" at all. (Take notes - I rarely tune my TV to ABC anymore....AKA "Already Been Canceled.")

What gives? Look at "Boy Meets Boy" and "Queer Eye"....HUGE hits! Did it ever occur to you that you simply made a monumental blunder by running this intriguing show on the wrong night? What have you got to lose? (certainly not the loyalty of your viewers) If you won't air it, why not offer to sell it to a network that has more courage than you? (like you did with Keen Eddie)

Hopefully expecting a reply,

Daniel Pittman

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great letter SanFran!!! I loved your ABC and Keen Eddie references, great touch!

Did you mean to leave your real name for ppl to see here?

Lori
Member

04-18-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope they answer you...I so want to know how it all turned out. Can't believe they wouldn't air the rest of the episodes.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wonder if they paid the winners

Sanfranjoshfan
Member

09-17-2000

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy - I'm not afraid for you folks to see my real name! If it came right down to it, I could take any one o' ya with one hand tied behind my back! :-)

edited to add - Btw, here is the link I used to email FOX: askfox@foxinc.com

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL!

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OT- who's showing Keen Eddie? I loved that show then it went poof

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jaxmom...you're right, it was Homefront. :-)
It's really too bad they axed it, I really enjoyed that show.

Funny, Josh...lol. I also used the 'Askfox' addy...let's hope they answer one of us.

Or maybe if we can get everyone here at the site to e-mail them, they'll figure it'd be easier to just air it! hee hee

Sanfranjoshfan
Member

09-17-2000

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OT - Jasper, BRAVO got the entire season of Keen Eddie, including at least three episodes that never were aired by FOX before they canceled it. It was running a couple of times a week at least, but it appears that it's run on BRAVO might be over now:

http://www.bravotv.com/Keen_Eddie/

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
maybe we can email them and link them here to see what we have all said!

Realfan
Member

08-08-2001

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yesterday I realized for the first time that I couldn't remember seeing the end of this show. I could hardly remember the name of it. Then I finally remembered the name, and dropped by here to see what had happened to it. Did I just miss watching it? Apparently not. Guess I've been watching so much reality TV, I didn't even miss it when Fox pulled it.

So, it never finished airing, huh? No wonder I wouldn't picture the girl with any particular guy!

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SanFran, or anyone... did Fox ever reply to the emails?

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, Kitt....so much for "we'll let people know the ending, if they're interested. "

That must have been just PR hype. :-(

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah. If they're really never going to show it, why can't they just tell us what happened on the website? Annoying.

Sanfranjoshfan
Member

09-17-2000

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitt, nope....no answer from FOX.....Fox LIED when they said they'd tell any viewer that wants to know. I asked very politely and they ignored me.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sanfran, have you seen what Chaserla posted in the other thread (the spoiler thread)? They have sold the show to Norway, but someone who's watching it is doing show summaries, so we should find out who's who in a few weeks.

FOX sucks

Sanfranjoshfan
Member

09-17-2000

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah.....but it's so much trouble to try and follow a show that's only airing in Norway after it was canceled it here. I just check this thread once in awhile when I think of it. I did see the supposed winner in a spoiler thread....I'll just rely on that info unless it's proven incorrect down the line....

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, I wasn't sure if you'd seen this thread, that's all, I knew you wanted to know how it played out. I think there must be only a few episodes left, so keep checking on the spoiler thread!

Sia
Member

03-11-2002

Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is this the "Reality-Show-Addicts-Anonymous" thread? I must admit that I was following both "Forever Eden" and "Playing it Straight." Not having much time for research and having had major slow-downs with my web-browser, however, I hadn't been able to find out why the shows had disappeared. Thanks for clearing up that mystery for me. I would record the episodes at any hour, as you suggested, Rupertbear, on my DishTV DVR and watch them at my convenience. Why don't TPTB ever listen to the viewing public?