And whom do *you* ship for?

Mar 29, 2009 11:20

My mind has been whirling lately, thinking about retiring, eventually leaving behind everything I've (we've) known for all of our 5+ decades. I try to give the poor gray matter some respite, but at this time of the year (still grey, still just a bit too cold to go out in the yard and work -- damnit!), I don't have the pleasure of puttering around ( Read more... )

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badkarma_one March 30 2009, 10:28:37 UTC
>Aren't you missing one -- or are >you not going there? :)

I probably did -- I suffer from rampant CRS. Who did I leave out?

>You'd think even when they >had/have a woman running a >network that they would >understand but it is still aimed >at the male viewer in the 18-30 >age bracket no less...

Because that demo is so ingrained in them, that even common sense won't make a dent.

They go on and on about the older viewer being a waste of time, even though the money is in that demo, because they went to get the younger viewers who haven't become slaves to brand loyalty. Well, I just read a story yesterday which pointed out that over 60% of Boomers have no brand loyalty at all. Hey, we love trying new stuff -- new stuff on the shelf translates into new stuff in our cart.

>Bonnie Hammer when she ran >various networks canceled many >shows that had HUGE female >viewership because the Holy >Grail wasn't being met. Forever >Knight, Sentinel to name a few. >Sentinel had one of the highest >ratings on UPN when Bonnie >canceled it. She axed good show >on Sci-Fi when she ran Sci-Fi >too.

Oh, I remember her idiocy all too well.

>Bitter who me?

To paraphrase Yoda, alone you are not.

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