Now I'm not implying anything with this question, I'm simply asking all of your collective opinions. How long do you think it can last? Will it be...soon, or will it be one of those shows that last like ten years? Not what you're hoping for, but what you really think it will end up with all either "it will never end!" or "cancel it, please!".
And...go...
oh, please cancel it now! look at all shows that follow 2 1/2 men. . .they ride on the cotails of their lead-in. i like new adventures of old christine but when they had a repeat of men and a new old christine a few weeks back christine suffered b/c ppl knew men was a repeat and didn't tune in as much.
FACTS: -2 1/2 usually gets 3 million more viewers than christine -the week of the rerun, men got approx12m and christine got approx 9m which proves that with men down mil, christine was down 3mil
courting alex, which was horrible and formulaic and cliche also did good b/c of two and a half men, as did out of practice at one point. put ROE on on thursday nights and u'll see the ratings slip beyond belief. hell, put it on on tuesday or wednesday and it would do horrible. i give it 1-2 seasons tops and only b/c of men.
the show is filled with every cliche in the book. i liked patrick warburton but the show is still cliche.
-the beaten down husband who does what his wife tells him b/c he's too tired of fighting & b/c of this sex is replaced with letterman
-the new lovebirds (who of course have to be beautiful) finds the guy realizing that the girl might turn into the long married woman (megyn price) and at the end a light illuminates his fiance b/c after a talk with a ditzy chinese gurl he realizes his fiance is the only one for him.
-and of course we must toss david spade into the mix of formulaic comedy b/c even though he's not that attractive we are supposed to believe he can nail every woman he wants and b/c he looks at that card (from the nurse woman at the museum) for a second while he's in bed with that blonde ditz we're supposed to believe he's multi-dimensional even tho two seconds later he wants more sex. what girl in their right mind would even look at him. he's not that attractive. if u had to have an attractive person in the show at all it hsould've gone to this part instead of the fiance couple.
i've said too much, case in point: this show needs to go & give 9:30 back to old christine.
what do u guys think?
Listen, I believe that this show will be renewed and here's why. Obviously anything out of Two and a Half Men will do great, (around 13 million viewers) Last year there were 3 shows in those time periods: Out of Practice, Courting Alex, and The New Adventures od Old Christine. All 3 shows did about the same ratings wise but CBS obviously favored Old Christine over Practice and Alex. Think about it, TNAOOC is more like its lead in Two and a Half Men. Both shows have the same kind of situation which is a single parent with a kid and both shows together would be a good match. Practice and Alex were cancelled because neither show could hold out on its own in the Wednesday night timeslot last March. Rules of Engagement has the same kind of set up as How I Met Your Mother: (three guys, two girls two couples and one guy single) so I believe that in May CBS will cancel The Class along with King of Queens and bring back TAAHM, TNAOOC, HIMYM, and ROE so the schedule for fall could look like this...
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 Rules of Engagement
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine
Or if Rules declines over the course of the next 6 weeks it could get cancelled and CBS could put a new show on Monday but regardless I believe that TAAHM, TNAOOC, and HIMYM are definitely returning while KOQ and The Class are not.
Hello, here are the actual ratings for Rules of Engagement for the last two episodes:
Pilot--9.8/14--5.8--15.6 million
The Birthday Deal--8.7/13--5.0--13.7 million
I got the total number of viewers by adding Rating + 18-49.
| sitcomfreak wrote: |
| Yes, if ROE has to return put it on @8:30pm. I never thought about it, but it does seem to be a better fit with HIMYM rather than TAAHM. And you've said exactly what I said, put ROE on Wednesday night, or even @8pm on Mondays (if there wasn't HIMYM) and you'd see that it couldn't stand on it's own, b/c it relies on it's lead-in. So did TNAOOC but I found it to be more humorous than this show. A great show will be able to stand on it's own eventually. I don't see that happening here. |
I think CBS might just stick with dramas on Wednesdays. Last Season Still Standing and Yes Dear did badly on wednesday which led to the episode orders getting cut. Also Out of Practice and Courting Alex which once did great after Two and a Half Men did poorly on Wednesday when they were moved in March.
I actually want CBS to put The Class out of its misery and cancel it after the season finale airs on March 5. I'm surprised they havent aready axed the show, the ratings are way lower than theyshould be at 8:30 also considering how many more people watch How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men. Even though ROE seems like a copy of Til Death its actually a funny show and it should be renewed and paired with HIMYM 8:30 next season.
