frustration with schedule - careful: rant ahead

[brabbel.livejournal.com]

I'm extremely frustrated, now that I've examined the CBS-schedule for CM - after today's episode there's another 3-week hiatus planned. How do they expect people to keep interest in a series when they keep interrupting the season for 3 weeks after just 2 episodes. And why does this season only have 22 episodes (my guess, since a season generally runs just to the middle of May)? Okay, we had the Olympic Games which account for 2 weeks without CM - but 24 episodes would still have been possible...

It seems as if they spent all their efforts on one mediocre episode (The Fight), respectively on the hype around 100 - and don't know quite how to continue from there... which is majorly disappointing, especially the non-follow up so far to the events of the first half of the season. If that's a spectre of what this series has still to offer in coming seasons, I'm seriously underwhelmed.

Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. Let's just hope the last 4 episodes of season 5 at least reflect some of what makes CM such a good programme, so that I'm inclined to switch on my TV again next season... right now, I'm very ambivalent about this series unfortunately.

Comments

[lilylynnicons.livejournal.com]

This is too, obviously the year of new shows. Every station feels like they have to get something new out, which, to me, is unnecessary.

[midgetnazgul.livejournal.com]

It's true there are quite a few new shows out, but I am heartened by the fact it's not overwhelming amounts of reality TV, and (at least in Fox's case) they're being kind of smart about it by releasing in half-seasons. I really think USA has the market cornered on that, though. I'm beginning to wish all TV dramas aired like that. It's much better than 21-24 eps then waiting 5-6 months for more, imho.

Criminal Minds already operates on a somewhat similar basis - i.e. 10-12 eps of 'normal' episodes, then a mid-season OMGWTFBBQ episode, before cycling back to 'normal' episodes and then actual season finale. Just split it in half with a three-month break, and I think we'd have better-written shows.

[lilylynnicons.livejournal.com]

Agreed. :)