Century City Canceled!

[Belen]

After 4 airings (7.7 million average viewers), CBS has canceled Century City. I only saw it once, but I liked it and was going to start watching. They put it against American Idol and expected it to win?!

This pees me off. I am tired of reality crap and networks that cannot give a show time to hit its groove!

 

[Wycen]

This doesn't surprise me. This year networks have wimped out on several shows, cutting normals seasons down to 16 or 17 episodes.

I flipped the channel when Century City came on. I said, "Look, he's wearing a fake leather tie, how 70's is that?"

 

[Iron_Chef]

Century City, like almost everything else on CBS except Survivor, looks like boring junk for the geriatric set to me, or misguided, middle of the road "safe" attempts to do something "hip" like the failed Early Edition, The Guardian, Hack, etc.. I couldn't even figure out what Century City was about from the previews. Nothing CBS does is exciting. Last time I watched CBS regularly was when Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard was on (yee-ha!). It seems that CBS can only appeal to one target audience at a time: hillbillies or old people, neither of whom have or are willing to spend any money on products advertised in commercials.

Why CBS constantly fails to diversify successfully is probably because it is viewed as "the old people's network" by generations of viewers (Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Touched By An Angel, Judging Amy). Instead, they get a few scattered "hip" hits like CSI (which I can't sit through a single episode of without getting the fidgets) or Joan of Arcadia (basically just Touched By An Angel for the teenage soap opera "90210" crowd---ugh!).

Survivor is the only cool show CBS has, IMO. The Apprentice (an awesome show) should have been on CBS---it's the same creator as Survivor, but CBS blew it. I don't even think of CBS as a competing network anymore. I don't even think of it at all, except for Survivor, then it's time to change the channel to The Apprentice on NBC, followed by Match Game PM and Lingo on GSN.

 

[jasamcarl]

Century City, like almost everything else on CBS except Survivor, looks like boring junk for the geriatric set to me, or misguided, middle of the road "safe" attempts to do something "hip" like the failed Early Edition, The Guardian, Hack, etc.. I couldn't even figure out what Century City was about from the previews. Nothing CBS does is exciting. Last time I watched CBS regularly was when Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard was on (yee-ha!). It seems that CBS can only appeal to one target audience at a time: hillbillies or old people, neither of whom have or are willing to spend any money on products advertised in commercials.

Why CBS constantly fails to diversify successfully is probably because it is viewed as "the old people's network" by generations of viewers (Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Touched By An Angel, Judging Amy). Instead, they get a few scattered "hip" hits like CSI (which I can't sit through a single episode of without getting the fidgets) or Joan of Arcadia (basically just Touched By An Angel for the teenage soap opera "90210" crowd---ugh!).

Survivor is the only cool show CBS has, IMO. The Apprentice (an awesome show) should have been on CBS---it's the same creator as Survivor, but CBS blew it. I don't even think of CBS as a competing network anymore. I don't even think of it at all, except for Survivor, then it's time to change the channel to The Apprentice on NBC, followed by Match Game PM and Lingo on GSN.

Les Mooves (spelling) was on Charlie Rose some time ago and pretty much copped the being the whore to the elderly. He claims he doesn't buy into the notion that advertising is only effective when targetting the 18-35ers. Personally, I think that is bunk; more likely CBS simply hopes to monopolize that demo while assuaging the 50+ers' fears that they might be out of it by glossing their shows over with a 'cool' sheen. CBS = cool gimmicks + old people attitude!!!!

 

[NeuroZombie]

Actually Century City was pretty darn good. The cast had good chemistry and the legal battles were pretty intriguing as the had to do with cloning, and cybernetics and virtual rape, and I HATE lawyer shows. Very good show, the best genre show since (and I'm not comparing it to...) Firefly.

 

[Crothian]

I wouldn't really call Early Edition a failure, it was on a few seasons.

 

[Altalazar]

They don't give new shows a chance. I've just about given up on Network TV.

Go to HBO. They have had consistently AWESOME shows and mini-series.

Band of Brothers
Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Sex in the City
Carnivale
Deadwood
The Wire

I've sat and been ENTHRALLED by the dramas they have put on. Commercial TV just can't hold a candle to it. I think its days are over.

 

[Iron_Chef]

They don't give new shows a chance. I've just about given up on Network TV.

Go to HBO. They have had consistently AWESOME shows and mini-series.

Band of Brothers
Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Sex in the City
Carnivale
Deadwood
The Wire

I've sat and been ENTHRALLED by the dramas they have put on. Commercial TV just can't hold a candle to it. I think its days are over.

Band of Brothers = BORING, only 1 good episode out of how many? Hardly any action. Too many characters I can't tell apart because of helmets.
Sopranos = Mostly great; most season openers are boring, though (not this one).
Six Feet Under = Eh. Has its moments. Take it or leave it. Mostly leave it, though the funeral home premise is interesting.
Sex in the city = Mostly great.
Carnivale = BORING.
Deadwood = BORING.
The Wire = BORING.
DEF Comedy/Poetry = Ugh! Change the channel quick!
Real Sex = Sometimes fun, but not consistently "gripping," hehe!
G-String Divas = Please! If I was interested in what these dumb strippers had to say, I'd buy them a drink.
Taxicab Confessions = Jerry Springer in Las Vegas. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes BORING. It was a novelty when it first came out, but not now. Getting old fast. 15 minutes are up... Tick, tick, tick...
Autopsy = BORING. It's like Unsolved Mysteries except not as interesting because it's always about murders. No variety. Interesting when it first came out, but no longer.
Real Time = Politically Incorrect with 4 letter words. Loved the original, love the new version even more. Tough Crowd with Collin Quinn should move to HBO. So should the MacLaughlin Group; that would be fun to see with potty mouths!
Curb Your Enthusiasm, now that's a freakin' hilarious show.
OZ = I liked that show, except it got a little weird toward the end...

Most of the HBO shows are really boring to me, including their original movies. They make up for it by putting out some really great stuff every now and again, but rarely do it consistently. I'm considering canceling my subscription I'm so unimpressed with their service vs. STARZ/ENCORE. The movies they buy and put on usually aren't ones I care to watch. Those are on STARZ, and HBO doesn't produce enough original programming to make me think $15 a month is worth it.

 

[Iron_Chef]

I wouldn't really call Early Edition a failure, it was on a few seasons.

Sure, if you call limping along a success. If it wasn't a failure, it would still be on, instead of in reruns on PAX or whatever obscure network has it. Nothing CBS does EXCEPT SURVIVOR has enough appeal to make people watch that network in consistent numbers. Nothing! That's why the only way to fix it is to change everything, boot out the old people faves, and get hip new shows on pronto. The only shows that should remain are Survivor, Price Is Right, and (ugh) CSI. Make it more like Fox, only better.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

While I was interested in seeing the show when it first got buzz, I can't say I'm suprized at the cancellation. The characters weren't gelling for me, the most recent one I saw was pretty juvenille IMHO (one subplot where they seemed to have a bet on about how many times they could say "penis" in the same episode, and one beating up on a character who had done nothing I could see to deserve it). The future is lame and its lawyers have issues. joy. The only character I liked was 'hornblower', but he was solid enough that hopefully he can get more work out of this.

A "for he's a jolly good fellow" scene not as a dream sequence? UGH with a capital 'gh'.

Kahuna Burger