Gefällt mir gut, was er von sich gibt, auch seine ausgesprochen positiven Meinungen zu einigen Serien der Konkurrenz.
Mir gefällt es auch ganz gut. Vor allem wirkt er nicht so festgefahren wie die Ostroff und ich finde es ganz interessant, wenn er auch Serien mit breiteren Demos eine Chance gibt. Er sagt ja schon, dass er vermutet, dass die SMG/Rachel Bilson-Serien nicht unbedingt die Zielgruppe ansprechen, welche sie in den vergangenen Jahren überwiegend verfolgt haben.
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Homeland
Aus der Showtime-TCA-Session:
- Is controversy good for Showtime's business? "Maybe," Nevins acknowledges. He warns that "Homeland" is "going to freak some people out."
- Why was "United States of Tara" canceled? "It was a big show for us," Nevins says. "You've gotta make decisions about where to deploy your resources," Nevins adds and says that "that show had accomplished what it was going to accomplished."
- How are things going on "100 Bullets"? "I think it's a very interesting idea for a television series. I'm not ready to make a move just yet, but it's an important piece for us," Nevins says. They're still working on the script for "100 Bullets." It hasn't even been sent to pilot, much less series.
- "I like shows that have some scope. I like shows that feel like they have some bigness to them," Nevins says of Showtime's direction going forward. "Homeland" and then "House of Lies" are examples of where the network will be going, going forward. Nevins likes ensembles.
- "I am optimistic," Nevins says on the future of "Weeds." He says, "I think that show has real life in it," praising the directing that "Weeds" has evolved and been reinvented this season. "I haven't picked it up yet, but I'm optimistic," he says.
Ich glaube, Weeds wird noch ein paar Staffeln laufen.
Die Begründung, die er für die Absetzung von United States Of Tara gibt, trifft aber auch auf einige andere Showtime-Serien zu.
Breaking Bad WEying Two Season Final Run
With 11 days left until the license fee deal on AMC's drama Breaking Bad is set to expire, the network and producing studio Sony Pictures Television are heading into the homestretch of their negotiations for a fifth season of the dark series starring Bryan Cranston. Despite Sony sending out feelers to other cable networks and reportedly getting interest from FX, all sides feel confident that Breaking Bad will return to AMC for what is expected to be its final chapter. Creator Vince Gilligan had made it clear that he wants to end the series after Season 5. I've learned that AMC has an offer on the table for a standard 13-episode fifth season but Sony is looking for more. People close to the matter expect the final deal to be for 13-20 episodes, possibly spread over 2 seasons. Besides pinning down the exact size of the order, a sticking point has been who will shoulder the production cost for Breaking Bad going forward. In TV, starting with Season 5, the network take over 100% of a show's production cost. In the early days of original series on basic cable, the networks didn't know quite how to handle the tricky Season 4-Season 5 transition financially and tended to cancel shows after four seasons, like Lifetime's Any Day Now. In the case of Breaking Bad, I hear AMC is asking Sony for some participation in the budget, which most recently was around $3.2 million an episode. AMC and Sony's previous license negotiation last year was also lengthy and difficult. But this time around, a renewal appeared a much easier proposition, given the series' double-digit ratings growth for the start of Season 4, including posting a series high with the season premiere. Additionally, the auxiliary market, where Breaking Bad had been far weaker than AMC's signature series Mad Men, also has picked up. Thanks in part to a savvy deal Sony made with Walmart, DVD sales for Season 3 went up double digits from Season 2, a rare feat for a series these says. And after it wraps a deal for the show, Sony has to also forge a new pact with Gilligan whose contract is also up after this season.
Ich weiß zwar nicht, wo Staffel 4 endet, aber für die Entwicklung, welche Vince Gilligan für Walt vorsieht, fände ich eine Laufzeit von 13 bis 20 Folgen über Staffel 4 hinaus eigentlich recht in Ordnung.
