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Re: Second Half of Seven’s Year

Mark — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:02:02 -0000

I'll believe it when I see it.

At least 7 isn't butchering their shows as badly as 10 is with House.

Re: Second Half of Seven’s Year

fourthof5 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:14:59 -0000

Well they are a bit late with Heroes and Prison Break. I wonder if Seven are planing to air the intrem Heroes miniseries which is to run before the next season is due to start in order to keep fans interested. ie to keep people watching the show. I am almost willing to bet they don't. In fact if they do show them, they will put them on as part of series two which it isn't. Hell they didn't even tell people that was the last ep of Prison break.

Re: Second Half of Seven’s Year

Adam D — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:52:43 -0000

There's what 'as close as practically possible' actually means, and there's what Seven thinks it means. :) If Heroes goes out on a Monday in the US, for example, I can't see Seven bumping StarDancers or All Saints to another night.

Perhaps it's an experiment to see if rapid screening increases the ratings as a result of less downloading.

Re: Second Half of Seven’s Year

Ross — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:55:38 -0000

Bullshit (to the article not to you Adam).

This from a network who took off the high rating My Name Is Earl just 6 eps before the end of the series and replaced it with million year old (yet previously unscreened) eps of The 70s Show.

It's ok though, they left on the hilarious How I Met Your Mother.

As close as possible means the day after they are screened in the US. It also means continuing to show them during Australian non-ratings. Unless these unlikely things occur it is just empty rhetoric.

Re: Second Half of Seven’s Year

Adam D — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:28:27 -0000

So the US distributor(s) has/have announced a new delivery option, and Seven has signed up for it? Am I getting warm?

I'm keen to see what 'as close as practically possible' turns out to be. If Seven wants to tackle downloading, it needs to be well inside a week.