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Post by fg on Jun 24, 2017 14:11:14 GMT -5
One of mine was My Network TV's original format of doing English televisas every weekday night with a recap on Sat.
When I heard about this, I thought it was a bad idea and it was. That's why they changed formats.
What are others?
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Post by Jiren on Jun 24, 2017 16:41:44 GMT -5
Steve McClaren as Newcastle Manager
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Post by bibboid on Jun 24, 2017 18:31:31 GMT -5
NBC executive: We should have Conan O'Brian take over The Tonight Show.
Subordinate: But what about Jay Leno?
NBC executive: We can give him a show in prime time five days a week.
Subordinate: BRILLIANT!!! GENIUS!!!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 24, 2017 19:53:40 GMT -5
Steve McClaren as Newcastle Manager Steve McClaren as England manager. Gianfranco Zola as any club's manager. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 21:12:30 GMT -5
TV Exec: "I have this great idea! Let's redo All In The Family, except we'll have a African-American family in the house!"
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jun 25, 2017 7:43:47 GMT -5
NBC executive: We should have Conan O'Brian take over The Tonight Show. Subordinate: But what about Jay Leno? NBC executive: We can give him a show in prime time five days a week. Subordinate: BRILLIANT!!! GENIUS!!! There's a great book called The War For Late Night that meticulously details for they screwed up every single step of that process. The Leno show was obviously a colossal disaster but the initial decision to go with a niche talent like Conan over the proven and still dominant ratings winner in Leno was the original brain fart. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 25, 2017 8:37:49 GMT -5
DC's New 52 initiative was bound to cause more problems than it solved and everyone knew it. especially when the perceived "problems" it fixed were only problems in the minds of DC's editorial staff.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 12:09:04 GMT -5
Lol, I thought it said Brian farts. I was all like, "Who the hell is Brian?"
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on Jun 25, 2017 12:46:49 GMT -5
Lol, I thought it said Brian farts. I was all like, "Who the hell is Brian?" |
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Jun 26, 2017 1:21:31 GMT -5
Dixie Carter- Hmmm I seem to have run into a roadblock with how to use all these young fresh talents I have.
Eric Bischoff- Allow me and my Friend the Immortal Hulk Hogan to help fix your problems.
Dixie Carter- *Swoons with nostalgia
Later...
Billy Corgan- "hmmm TNA sounds like a great investment and Dixie seems like an honest Southern belle."
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Post by SmashTV on Jun 26, 2017 6:28:48 GMT -5
When the Phantom Menace publicity came out and I saw the words 'computer animated comedy sidekick Jar-Jar' Binks'.
I knew at that point alone he'd be disliked by many.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Jun 26, 2017 6:36:48 GMT -5
I had no issue with them making a Lone Ranger movie a few years ago, I didn't at the time understand why they was ploughing $250m into it (not forgetting advertising budget), I wasn't surprised when it didn't end up as a money maker for them
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Post by Push R Truth on Jun 26, 2017 8:01:56 GMT -5
I thought McDonalds Mighty Wings were doomed long before they hit the market. From the start it was the wrong sort of product. McDonald's seems to thrive by offering cheap food. Cheap wings suck... and if you want premium non-cheap wings you aren't going to go to McDonalds.
That doesn't even get into the whole "wings and beer" combo that would be non-existent.
That was another one of those moments where McDonalds forgot who they are.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 26, 2017 8:19:51 GMT -5
Dixie Carter- Hmmm I seem to have run into a roadblock with how to use all these young fresh talents I have. Eric Bischoff- Allow me and my Friend the Immortal Hulk Hogan to help fix your problems. Dixie Carter- *Swoons with nostalgia Later... Billy Corgan- "hmmm TNA sounds like a great investment and Dixie seems like an honest Southern belle." Speaking of which, "TNA has signed Kevin Matthews to a 2 year deal." |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jun 26, 2017 8:19:54 GMT -5
I had no issue with them making a Lone Ranger movie a few years ago, I didn't at the time understand why they was ploughing $250m into it (not forgetting advertising budget), I wasn't surprised when it didn't end up as a money maker for them They just assumed Johnny Depp would make Pirates of the Carribean bank in whatever he starred in, which is stupid. There is virtually no nostalgia for The Lone Ranger, so if you want to do that as a franchise I'd think the smart thing to do is to start small. Maybe go ahead and don't cast Johnny Depp and save some money for one. |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 26, 2017 8:22:01 GMT -5
A LOT of these can be culled from the game show world too...
Card Sharks is coming back...but with wacky video clips and barely resembling the old show.
When the US version of Temptation was announced and boasted of "funny pop culture questions," I knew something was up. Little did I know that would be the least of the show's problems.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 26, 2017 9:37:45 GMT -5
DC's New 52 initiative was bound to cause more problems than it solved and everyone knew it. especially when the perceived "problems" it fixed were only problems in the minds of DC's editorial staff. and then they had problems like not putting any thought into it or having a plan so nobody knew what was and wasn't canon anymore. Then having stuff like Batman and Green Lantern's entire history apparently still happening which is entirely impossible in the 5 year time frame they were working with (and again things like Blackest Night not working when none of the people involved died and half of them didn't even exist at that point) It should have been obvious to anyone that it was a bad idea. I had no issue with them making a Lone Ranger movie a few years ago, I didn't at the time understand why they was ploughing $250m into it (not forgetting advertising budget), I wasn't surprised when it didn't end up as a money maker for them They just assumed Johnny Depp would make Pirates of the Carribean bank in whatever he starred in, which is stupid. There is virtually no nostalgia for The Lone Ranger, so if you want to do that as a franchise I'd think the smart thing to do is to start small. Maybe go ahead and don't cast Johnny Depp and save some money for one. Oh, and don't make a Lone Ranger movie 3 f***ing hours. There is no reason for a Lone Ranger movie to be 3 hours long. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 26, 2017 11:00:31 GMT -5
Lol, I thought it said Brian farts. I was all like, "Who the hell is Brian?" Good God the name of this video is aggravating. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jun 26, 2017 11:19:47 GMT -5
NBC executive: We should have Conan O'Brian take over The Tonight Show. Subordinate: But what about Jay Leno? NBC executive: We can give him a show in prime time five days a week. Subordinate: BRILLIANT!!! GENIUS!!! There's a great book called The War For Late Night that meticulously details for they screwed up every single step of that process. The Leno show was obviously a colossal disaster but the initial decision to go with a niche talent like Conan over the proven and still dominant ratings winner in Leno was the original brain fart. The initial error NBC made was in not having the forsight let Conan go to FOX in 2005 when he was renegotiating. It's easy to forget but from around 1998-2003 with the brief exception of the lost 9/11 Letterman shows Late Night was the hot show. David and Jay were mostly on auto pilot. The Daily Show didn't find it's footing totally until Bush's second term and Late Show with Craig Kilborn pretty much sucked. But Conan' s 12:30 show, like Letterman's before that was niche. NBC clearly want him for that timeslot, not for The Tonight Show. So when Conan demanded his getting TTS in that contract and it was agreed to NBC should have realized they were f'd. Because Jay wasn't Johnny. Johnny moved being off. Jay worked all the time. Jay still tours as a stand up. Johnny took a bunch of time off a year and then retired. Jay wasn't going to do that. Plus he had a giant contract with a massive buyout clause. So really NBC should have just let Conan walk in the first place. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 11:22:36 GMT -5
I had no issue with them making a Lone Ranger movie a few years ago, I didn't at the time understand why they was ploughing $250m into it (not forgetting advertising budget), I wasn't surprised when it didn't end up as a money maker for them And this was the same company that put $250mil into the John Carter (of Mars) film - that cost the last CEO his job - which bombed a bit worse than TLR would. They really must've thought Depp was guaranteed money... |
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