NBC Keeps Making All The Right Moves
Two weeks ago NBC decided not to pick up the reboot/remake/Rihanna of ‘The Munsters ‘series ‘Mockingbird Lane’ and instead aired it as a Halloween special. This prompted many to speculate that it was probably somewhat decent if NBC was willing to give it that much of a chance. The special ended up doing decent ratings and received generally good reviews, all for something that was very last minute. In addition to this, it was reported a few days ago that NBC wasn’t going to give The Office spin-off The Farm a chance to live and for the most part, fans rejoiced in this decision. None of this should be too surprising, especially since NBC has been making great decisions all TV season (I’m ignoring the Up All Night news for the sake of my point).
Did you watch Mockingbird Lane? I did and I liked it, of course. I mean, it could’ve been shit and I would’ve enjoyed it because it was Halloween-themed. I am a sucker for almost anything Halloween related. Now, as much as I enjoyed the show, I can see why NBC made the decision not to pick it up. The special – which I’m assuming was the pilot – stank of Pushing Daises-like similarities. This is a compliment, of course, but remember what ultimately happened to Pushing Daises? NBC can’t make that same mistake right now, not when they’re winning this season against their competitors (did anyone really think The Voice would dominate as much as it has, especially against The X-Factor’s revamped judging panel? I didn’t), something NO ONE saw coming. Guys, I’m serious. Revolution is a giant hit and I don’t even know why but I don’t care because I’m just proud of NBC right now. Plus: there isn’t an audience out there, right now, for something like Mockingbird Lane. Maybe if it aired on Fridays? Sure, but I just don’t think it would’ve lasted.
NBC has, for the most part, dug itself out of the hole they were in just a few months ago. The show with 9 lives, Parenthood, delivers solid demo numbers every week, and posts at least a +3 million gain with DVR. Like I said, Revolution gets around 14 million viewers a week and I don’t know why. The Voice is killing it’s competition and everything else is doing okay to well (and then there’s it’s Thursday Night line up but let’s ignore that). Who would’ve thought that the Network that was once on top, then fell to the bottom, would rise back on top? More of this, NBC. More of this!