The Event

Well, looks like I may be walking down a familiar path real soon. As I said the other day when talking about The Cape getting pulled by NBC...things unfortunately do not look strong for my other favorite new show, The Event.

According to the Syfy news forum Blastr, " The series returned from its three-month mid-season hiatus with two back-to-back episodes that could only score a 1.4/4 rating, with 5.53 million total vies in the first hour and 4.59 in the second, or a shocking drop of 25 percent."

When will networks learn that what a show NEVER needs is three months off the air when it's trying to find an audience.  A week here and there is bad enough to screw with the most loyal watcher of a new show. But, three months off in mid-season is a killer!

Blaster went on to quote show executive producer Evan Katz (who previously worked on Fox's 24) about the down time. "I think the mistake was not starting us in January to begin with. I mean, as a serialized show. It was like, we need to run these episodes straight through."

I agree with Katz. One of the great things about 24 was that once it started it hit the ground running and you knew that, baring a national event, there was going to be no break in episodes. 24 even had the added bonus of running episodes on back-to-back nights to increase the pull.

The Event is a good show, with a great cast. I personally love serialized drama like this.

Another point the Blastr artricle brought up was that DVR numbers are another story for the show. When the last episode aired in November it got an almost 53 percent boost in DVR numbers. I think it's about time the networks realized that the traditional TV view who sits down and watches a show as it airs, on the night it airs has become a thing of the past.  The family that sits down around the TV every Monday night at 8pm to watch their favorite show is dead...long live the new king...and that king is the DVR.

Fingers crossed that the network gets the message and waits until all the information is in and doesn't make a knee jerk reaction and cut the order or can The Event all together.

The Cape....a good show gone wrong.

Seems like NBC is killing it's super hero drama "The Cape". Which is kind of a bummer for me. I have always had a soft spot for the super hero genre.

It would appear that the exploits of The Cape and his fight against the evil ARC Corporation and it's chairman Peter Flemming AKA: CHESS haven't really caught on with the fans. Some saw the show as a low rent Batman. Other apparently just had no time to give to a new show that never really developed its footing right off the bat.

For those who may have skipped the show the premise goes a little something like this.

Former cop Vince Faraday (David Lyons), after being framed as the evil genius Chess, takes matters into his own hands to bring down ARC and win back his family who think he's dead. In a world of crazy comic book bad guys the only thing Vince can do to regain his good name (and family) is to become his son Trip's favorite comic book hero....The Cape.  With the guidance of Orwell (the always lovely Summer Glau) and  the aide of the Carnival of Crime, Ringleader- Max Malini (Keith David), midget strongman- Rollo (Martin Klebba), acrobat- Raia (Izabella Miko) and hypnotist- Ruvi (Anil Kumar). Vince fights the good fight to bring the coruption in Palm City down to a resonable level and hopefully expose Peter Flemming (James Frain) and the ruthless psycho that he truely is.

Throw in Vinnie Jones, Richard Schiff, and other guest stars it was starting to shape up to be a fun show.

Viewers knew the end was near when NBC decided to cut the season order of episodes from 13 down to 10. Then came word that the final episode of the season (series?) probably won't even air. Seems NBC has decided to run the final episode as a special event...online only.  While no official word has been given yet if that final episode with wrap the story up or leave viewers hanging....I'm not holding my breath. This is the reason I don't like to get too invested in new shows. I gave this a shot since it seemed like a fun concept, had Summer Glau, was getting a good deal of publicity on the run up and oh yeah...it wasn't gonna be on FOX!

Now I just need to cross my fingers that my other favorite new show doesn't get canned early. Bring on the return of The Event!