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By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:14:48 on Aug 31, 2004

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Quote:"JAG" is about to start its 10th season there. "Joan of Arcadia" is apparently doing well there . . .

Goes to show how much I watch TV on Fridays, I had no clue.

I don't watch that show and I know it's been on forever, but if a show is compelling, people will make it a point to re-arrange their schedules for it - especially with the word-of-mouth that often gives shows like that a regular audience.

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But although it is possible for a show to make it on Friday, it's hard to ignore that Friday and Saturday nights are the least watched nights for TV.

If anything, Saturdays ARE the "least watched". Case in point was the much-acclaimed David Morse show "Hack", filmed here in my city (I often saw the crews setting up for shoots near where I work), that was recently cancelled due to dwindling viewership. It ran on Saturday nights.

However Fridays have always been variable, often skewing to an older demographic, although certainly the Tartikoff strategy skewed it younger in the '80s with shows like "Remington Steele" (young female), "Knight Rider" (young male - with some female due to the Hasselhoff factor), and of course, the incredible "Miami Vice", that captured, both younger (due to the setting and "hipness") and older fans (due to the writing and deeper "adult" plots). "Miami Vice" eventually moved around to try to be a lead-out to newer NBC shows after awhile.

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You've got the most attractive advertising segment either going out, or at a high school football game.

And the poorest. Certainly my age group funds that so-called "attractive segment" so they CAN "go out" (as I have been wont to do with my teenage neices and nephews who must have that $80 pair of whatever pants).

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People with money go out on Friday night, they are less inclined to sit home and watch TV.

On the contrary, "people with money" are often working 60 - 80 hours per week and if they are NOT at work late on Fridays, they are often crashed on the sofa.

Les Moonves knows this, which is WHY CBS is the #1 network and skews to those who in reality HAVE "money" - irrespective of what Madison Ave. claims. And Madison Ave. can keep this latest "fad" going, but eventually the $$$ (and who really has it), will force some common sense out of the industry.

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That's why ABC's TGIF family programming worked -- because young families can't afford to go out, and the kids can stay up and watch their sugary programs on Friday night.

I think that was ABC's lame attempt at capturing a piece of Friday after the fact by offering something "different". But I still say that there is a myth about the "Friday night" going out. If anything, alot of folks are renting videos on Fridays and just don't turn on the TV to watch "network". I guess all one needs to do is call up Domino's (or any delivery place) and get the real deal about "who" is home. ;-)

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Thank you for the clarification about Quantum Leap on Friday night. Isn't it ironic that the former lead for Quantum Leap fails to mention that Friday night almost killed his old show?

Fortunately, Bakula has alot of cards that he can play, not limited to acting, but his musical and singing ability (and he has been on Broadway). So although his TV career hasn't achieved something akin to stellar proportions, he DOES have a means for making a living. And if anything, there is all the talk of reviving QL - so far, using Sam Beckett's daughter since obviously Bakula is in ENT. But that option is always there.

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If I were S.Bakula, this is what I would have said when I heard the news about moving to Friday nights: "Oh boy . . ."

He's been there, done that with shows that have tanked or been cancelled. Ie., he's seen the "cycle". The problem is the rest of the cast, who haven't had said experience on a series as a regular (ie., they have either been guest stars or like Trineer, have been on soap operas).

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