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Braga's THRESHOLD Moving from Fridays to Tuesdays at End of the Month

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By Steve Krutzler / 07:57, 5 November 2005 / General Genre/SciFi

CBS is expected to announce a time slot change for Brannon Braga's THRESHOLD, the alien invasion drama currently airing Friday nights at 9 o'clock. According to The Futon Critic, THRESHOLD will swap with another of CBS's freshman series, CLOSE TO HOME.

That will put THRESHOLD on Tuesdays at 10pm November 22nd and 29th. No word yet on whether the change will be permanent but the network is hoping to energize both series' soft ratings, according to the report. THRESHOLD has averaged 7.80 million viewers so far and CLOSE TO HOME has averaged 9.93 million. Both series have yet to be picked up for the full 2005/2006 season.

Read the original report here.



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RE: Threshold on Tuesday night | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:21:29 on Nov 08, 2005 | Edit History (1)

Not everyone is interested in legal shows, though. Good or bad, Threshold makes a change from all the courtroom and CSI clones out there.

Moving it from Friday night was probably smart since it was in the "death" timeslot. It does show that CBS has some confidence in the show, otherwise they'd just cancel it. Presumably they're hoping it'll build an audience on another night as Lost did or X-Files for that matter (another Friday night refugee IIRC).

The problem is Threshold is following the 24-Lost format of revealing bits and pieces every week like a jigsaw puzzle, which makes it hard to win new viewers if they missed the first episodes. I "get" the show so it has kept my interest (Carla Gugino doesn't hurt either). I certainly find it more entertaining than the other alien show clones.

A measure of how desperate the show (and CBS) are for ratings will be illustrated by whether or not any of the newly ordered scripts include scenes that get Gugino into a bikini or finally have her getting into bed with Cavanaugh. I'm not kidding -- there are many shows Trek included that have pulled the sex card to boost ratings. And given the choice between Bill Shatner and Carla Gugino in a bikini ... ;-)

Al

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