menuBarBack
Beam Up News | Join | Your Account
Home
Advanced Search
boxBottom
News Tribblets
boxBottom
Stardates Calendar
News Story

Features

Brannon Braga and Brent Spiner's THRESHOLD Debuts in Second Place for CBS

Features

By Steve Krutzler / 10:43, 17 September 2005 / People

The sci-fi drama THRESHOLD debuted with a two-hour premiere last night on CBS, coming in second in the nine o'clock timeslot in the Fast National ratings published this morning by Zap2it. The Brannon Braga-produced alien invasion series earned a 5.3/9 for CBS, following DATELINE on NBC, which took the slot with a 6.9/12.

The THRESHOLD premiere improved in its second hour against LAW & ORDER SVU, still taking second place, but moving up to a 5.6/10 vs. SVU's rerun with a 5.9/11. CBS was #2 overall on the night, averaging 5.2/9 to NBC's 6.0/11.

TNG actor Brent Spiner co-stars in THRESHOLD, co-created by David Goyer. The show also is home to former TREK writers Mike Sussman and Andre Bormanis and airs Fridays at 9p.

Read the full Fast National ratings round-up here.



More Top StoriesComments
Nov 06Rumor Mill : Bryan Singer Battlestar Galactica Movie is Underway ?18
Nov 06Star Trek Online MMORPG Game Gameplay Trailer Released Online 2
Nov 06First Images from the Upcoming Star Trek The Art of the Film Book4
Nov 05Brent Spiner Criticizes Insurrection and Defends Nemesis, Stuart Baird and Rick Berman25
Nov 05J.J. Abrams in Talks to Produce Micronauts Movie7
Story Archives...Browse:   

Talkback

13 comments Post New | Help
View:

The verdict is still out | Report this post to moderator
By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:31:07 on Sep 19, 2005

I wasnt all that impressed. The plot was ok and the dialogue fair. Not as good as Battlestar Galactica or the new Doctor Who or Firefly.


Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote

Move on folks. Nothing new here | Report this post to moderator
By: GreatCzarsGhost (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:36:02 on Sep 18, 2005

Oh come on now. A government team comprised of a good looking female scientist who has no life, a handsome military guy (who will surely love and save her), a wacky professor (Data of course playing the Dr. who created him again), and a guy who thinks he's a ladies man but never gets the girl. Oh and a twist. The ladies man is a horny midget.

I had high hopes and knew little specifics about the show before watching it. Now I hope it goes off the air quickly so something else with some imagination and creativity can maybe take it's place.


Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote

It was Alright | Report this post to moderator
By: Sxottlan (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:23:45 on Sep 18, 2005 | Edit History (1)

So I taped it and watched it. I'm always a sucker for a group investigating a mystery in some desolate area. Witness my love for Event Horizon, Alien vs. Predator and TNG's Night Terrors, which along with TNG's Genesis could be seen as a big inspiration for this series. So much of it is familiar.

I don't know if I'll stick around exactly though. I'm getting the impression that this will be like The 4400, but instead of mental powers, we'll start getting people with all sorts of X-Men abilities. It could be worth watching, but frankly I myself would only want to see a couple seasons before they wrap up the show.

And indeed I had a few questions afterwards. Namely: what are the odds that our genetic material matches up with the aliens so well that a signal would just add a bit or "unlock" all these powers that we somehow don't have access to? The first mate's line about being all connected might be a key to the bio-forming plot, because I would otherwise think that simply turning all of us into them wouldn't mean that the new aliens here would be of the same ideology.

I also had to chuckle at the covert ops guy not recognizing one of the shipmates simply because he shaved his face and then stated that fact like it was some revolutionary way of changing one's appearance. :-D


Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote
RE: It was Alright by steveleenow @ 19:37:13 on Sep 18

Here's why the numbers were so great for CBS... | Report this post to moderator
By: Deathrock (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:57:05 on Sep 18, 2005

Threshold debuts at #2 for CBS...

I would wager that the reason for this is that there are a lot of people who realize now that Braga is partly responsible for dismantling Star Trek and they wanted to see his hoof-prints on this show out of morbid curiousity.

Remember, ENT's 'Broken Bow' premiered to 12 million viewers and was down significantly by season's end.

This may turn out to be a career killer for Charles S. Dutton.

--------

So come on

Jump in the Fire


Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote
RE: Here's why the numbers were so great for CBS... by Matt Rojanakiathavor @ 13:45:23 on Sep 18
    RE: Here's why the numbers were so great for CBS... by Deathrock @ 13:59:07 on Sep 18

come on ... | Report this post to moderator
By: Nameless (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:50:48 on Sep 17, 2005

Spiner is too good for this shit.


Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote
RE: come on ... by The Higher, The Fewer @ 21:09:15 on Sep 17
RE: come on ... by hughwolfgang @ 18:05:05 on Sep 17
RE: come on ... by hughwolfgang @ 18:04:53 on Sep 17
    RE: come on ... by PyBolar @ 23:03:44 on Sep 17
       RE: come on ... by Garak11 @ 08:18:41 on Sep 18
Promenade










TrekWeb Merchants
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.ca
Amazon.de
Barnes & Noble

Get Firefox!
Privacy Policy | About Us | Legal Notice | Contact Us | | Get Firefox!
© 1996-2009 TrekWeb.com and Steve Krutzler. All rights reserved.