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05-25-2009, 10:13 PM
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The studio suits want MORE REALITY TV, like "Big Brother" "Survivor" etc. They want the hip young KIDS watching and don't want anyone else. That's pretty much the 'scuttlebutt' around the business.
Television shows that have a narrative and are more expensive to film (all action based shows are more expensive than a 'talky' show that takes place in one location) are ALL endangered species right now. I know this for a fact. A lot of MY work has been impacted because of all these execs moving into senior positions who LOVE reality TV like "MTV's Real world" and "Pro Wrestling" over everything else. TV is going to suck even more from now on. Just curious. So a question to our younger members, how many of your peers fall into this vapid category of only liking reality TV shows that deal with 'relationship drama'? (like the Bachelor, etc.?) 
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05-26-2009, 02:01 AM
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05-26-2009, 02:04 AM
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I think what you said is accurate - talk shows and reality TV are being made more often simply because they're cheaper to make. Most of those shows are considered successful if they have only half a million viewers, whereas a show like "The Unit" needs to have at least 2-3 million viewers to be considered even moderately successful.
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05-26-2009, 02:14 AM
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Actually, that's one of my pet peeves about Hollywood in general - pretty much all actors playing U.S. soldiers look way too old to play the ranks they're depicting. Like the "privates" who are always in their 30s...
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05-26-2009, 06:37 AM
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Yeah, the new guy McBride coulda been a great part of the team but they didnt do much with him other than have him be a deep under cover agent. They had Hector killed in the 3rd season and Grey didn't show up for half of season 4
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05-26-2009, 10:51 AM
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Well, Sam definitely had me fooled with his cover. And I was really looking forward to seeing how things played out between Ryan and Sullivan after Sam's attacking the latter, too. Damn you, CBS.
So does anybody have any favorite episodes that stand out from among the others for you? My personal favorites are episodes 7 & 8 of season 4, "Into Hell" pts 1 & 2 (when Jonas' daughter was taken POW in Iraq and taken to Syria). Can't really say particularly why, but I enjoyed them the most out of the series. Maybe it's because I liked how their M4s were configured or something, I don't know.  Might seem like a dumb reason, but whatever.
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05-26-2009, 05:23 PM
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I forgot which episode it was, but one of my favorites was in season 2 where the team was in the middle east somewhere, they captured a local tribe leader for questioning, but unfortunately, the tribe leader's entire army comes after him, so the team held up at some army check point for a day holding the enemy off. It was the first and only episode I saw the Cheyenne Tactical M-200 Intervention. The episode had 2 of them.
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