TAR 2 INFO March 11 Return?????!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Car54 | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 04:16 am     Posted this in the Survivor4 thread, but it bears repeating, I think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS shows "Survivor" skills Reuters Jan 30 2002 2:04AM HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Call it Super Sunday II: In a bid to maximize its May sweeps performance, CBS has moved the two-hour final episode of the upcoming "Survivor: Marquesas" from a traditional Thursday-night berth to Sunday, May 19. In addition, CBS will bulk up its midseason schedule with a pair of reality hours, bringing back "The Amazing Race" earlier than expected and bowing the Tony Scott/Ridley Scott-produced "AFP: American Fighter Pilot" at the end of March. As for "Survivor," the Sunday scheduling means CBS will have no fewer than four hours of "Survivor"-related programming during the last full week of the May ratings book. The penultimate episode of season four of Mark Burnett's reality hit will air as planned on Thursday, May 16; a two-hour finale follows from 8-10 p.m. on May 19; and an hourlong post-show is set for 10 p.m. CBS also avoids pitting the "Survivor" finale night opposite the May 16 denouements of NBC's Thursday sitcoms and Anthony Edwards' "ER" swan song. On the down side, "Survivor" will now likely sign off against the series finale of Fox's "The X-Files." Whatever the pros and cons of the move, CBS execs call the Sunday scheduling a simple matter of arithmetic. In order to cram in 14 hours of the show between the show's Feb. 28 season premiere and the end of May sweeps, the network needed to double-pump the franchise for a week. "Getting more episodes in sweeps is a plus, but if you do the math, and count the weeks, this is the way the numbers dripped out," said Kelly Kahl, executive VP of scheduling and program planning for CBS. Once CBS decided to double up during sweeps, it had to figure out on which night to schedule the extra episode. "Putting it on a Sunday seemed like a logical choice," Kahl said. "It's a night where the networks have traditionally put some of their biggest events, and nothing's bigger than a 'Survivor' finale." Indeed, the number of homes using TV is generally higher on Sunday than most nights of the week, giving CBS more potential viewers for the "Survivor" wrap. What's more, CBS' Sunday ratings track record has been spotty this season, ensuring the network will substantially improve its average for the night by putting the "Survivor" finale on May 19. While "The X-Files" finale figures to do big numbers for Fox, CBS executives said their "Survivor" scheduling was based more on maximizing its value to CBS and less on avoiding other networks' big guns. "It's such a competitive month, at some point, you're going to have a hard time finding a night where you're not going to go up against something else," Kahl said. Meanwhile, CBS is hoping to use "Survivor" to boost "The Amazing Race 2." "Race" will premiere with a preview episode on March 11 at 10 p.m., following CBS' successful Monday comedy block. It will then settle into its regular 9 p.m. time slot March 13, boosted on that evening and on March 20 by special Wednesday-night editions of "Survivor." As previously announced, "Survivor" will air on Wednesdays for two weeks because of CBS' commitments to NCAA basketball on Thursday nights. "AFP: American Fighter Pilots" will premiere at 8 p.m. March 29, replacing the on-hiatus "Ellen" and the canceled "Danny." It follows U.S. Air Force pilots as they train for combat. CBS has had success airing "JAG" repeats at 8 p.m. Fridays as a lead-in to the modestly successful midseason legal drama "First Monday." Network executives think the same audience will tune in for "AFP." Reuters/Variety |
Crazydog | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 09:57 am     I'm actually a little disappointed in this news... I greatly enjoyed TAR and I'm glad it's coming back, but I was hoping the producers would have more sense this time around. If they had saved TAR2 for the summer, they could have reaired the first series to build interest, and then air it against summer reruns. Instead, they choose to put it in the EXACT SAME time slot it had so much trouble in the first time around. It's not the terrorist attacks, people, it's the West Wing. Of course it's not going to get the numbers they want if they put it against one of TV's highest rated shows. If they really wanted to give it a "Survivor boost", they should put it after Survivor for its entire run. Better yet, save it for the summer. As much as I enjoyed Big Brother 2, clearly it would not have done as well had it aired during the regular season. |
Mark13 | Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:56 pm     I agree - best move CBS could make would be to boot the Agency to some other night and make the Thursday night line-up Survivor - TAR - CSI. Bet CSI wouldn't want to give up that Survivor lead in though. |
Gadzooks | Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 11:12 pm     This makes me sooooo happy. All kinds of good news today. My 3 favorite shows are coming back to my tv. Survivor, Amazing Race and Big Brother. Ooops, there goes my social life for another few months. Yippee! |
Enbwife | Friday, February 08, 2002 - 08:50 am     I agree Gadzooks!!! Yippee!!! |
Aussiedeb | Friday, February 08, 2002 - 09:26 am     Yay...i'm getting all excited about the shows coming back on...Worst part is we had our hours cut at work and I am home at the times these shows were normally on..Will be my luck that I will be working those nites when they are back... Bring on all the fav shows for us |
Car54 | Friday, February 08, 2002 - 09:39 am     Well Deb, that just gives you more time to be a super Spoiler here! We have lots of people who have to tape them and watch later... you just have to stay away from our Spoler threads so we don't ruin it for you! |
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