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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 620068" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I have 2 problems with what you said.</p><p></p><p>First, I doubt that this system would result in a different television landscape than we have now. There would still be a million reality shows because that's what a lot of (stupid) people watching tv want to see and would be willing to pay for.</p><p></p><p>Also, if one show does this and succeeds, then others will follow suit. Suddenly, you have a hundred new shows vying for tv time (some of which might concievibly be so bad that a network wouldn't want to air them no matter the cost).</p><p></p><p>And, while it would be nice to think that the investors wouldn't want any profit, I don't think that would happen. At the very least, they would want some creative control which, if given, would severly drop the quality of the show (most people aren't professional writers for a reason; they can't write and/or aren't creative).</p><p></p><p>And, regardless of how cheap the show is to produce, advertising is the bread and butter of the industry. The networks would still want to know haw many people are watching in order to determine their commerial rates (think of how the commercial time during the Super Bowl is much, much higher than any time else).</p><p></p><p>If they totally ditched the rating system, it would fall to judging which shows have the most money backing them since that means the most viewers or richest viewers (2 things advertisers are most intereseted in). This would mean that people who could invest the most would have the most control of tv.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, what do you mean by "people are griping about something for which they've paid nothing more than waiting for the commercials to end"? Unless you're relying on an antenna, you are probably paying a cable or satellite bill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Villano, post: 620068, member: 505"] I have 2 problems with what you said. First, I doubt that this system would result in a different television landscape than we have now. There would still be a million reality shows because that's what a lot of (stupid) people watching tv want to see and would be willing to pay for. Also, if one show does this and succeeds, then others will follow suit. Suddenly, you have a hundred new shows vying for tv time (some of which might concievibly be so bad that a network wouldn't want to air them no matter the cost). And, while it would be nice to think that the investors wouldn't want any profit, I don't think that would happen. At the very least, they would want some creative control which, if given, would severly drop the quality of the show (most people aren't professional writers for a reason; they can't write and/or aren't creative). And, regardless of how cheap the show is to produce, advertising is the bread and butter of the industry. The networks would still want to know haw many people are watching in order to determine their commerial rates (think of how the commercial time during the Super Bowl is much, much higher than any time else). If they totally ditched the rating system, it would fall to judging which shows have the most money backing them since that means the most viewers or richest viewers (2 things advertisers are most intereseted in). This would mean that people who could invest the most would have the most control of tv. Secondly, what do you mean by "people are griping about something for which they've paid nothing more than waiting for the commercials to end"? Unless you're relying on an antenna, you are probably paying a cable or satellite bill. [/QUOTE]
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