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Lindley
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 Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:31 pm Why is everyone ignoring this thread? |
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Who here is watching the new Fox show, Wonderfalls? I've seen the first three episodes, and its really quite funny.....well worth watching.
Up until now, its been on Fridays at 9pm on Fox, but its being moved to Thursdays at 9 on a temporary basis to see if it gets better numbers there. Check it out! It needs numbers to survive----it hasn't been doing very well. Don't let another good show be cancelled! Watch it, and tell your friends to check it out too. Especially any with Nielsen boxes.
Its very....quirky and offbeat. In a fun kind of way.
Executive producer Tim Minear (co-creator of Firefly and co-executive producer of Angel) posted this a couple of weeks back on another board:
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Date Posted: 18:17:50 03/16/04 Tue
Author: Tim Minear
Author Host/IP: adsl-68-123-60-52.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net / 68.123.60.52
Subject: My open letter
An open letter to the Grass Roots from Tim Minear, Executive Producer of �Wonderfalls�:
Hi. My name is Tim Minear and I write television. Usually. Right now I guess I�m writing SPAM. But I�m not asking you to donate to some shady or even worthy cause. I�m not offering to enlarge any of your body parts (though I haven�t ruled it out), and I make no claims of miraculous cures for exotic diseases. What I can offer you is sixty minutes (really about forty five, minus commercials) of quality entertainment if you do one thing: turn on your TV to Fox this Friday night at nine.
For the last year or so I�ve been working with a bunch of really talented people to make a new show for Fox called �Wonderfalls.� We�ve made 13 episodes so far, and I really want you to see them.
Some of the folks at the network are telling me that �Wonderfalls� is the best reviewed new series they�ve had in ages -- maybe ever. I�m currently sitting on a stack of raves from all over the country, from major magazines, newspapers, small dailies, internet sites, etc. They seem to be doing me no good. Also, uncomfortable because of the sitting.
The big brains at the network, while happy with the reviews, tell me that good reviews don�t bring in an audience. Guess they were right. We premiered on Friday, March 12th to less than great numbers.
There are several things stacking the odds against us. Our time slot, charmingly known as �The Fox Friday Death Slot� is quickly living up to its name. There has been much confusion and differing opinion over just how to promote this odd little series. Maybe the unique charm, heart and volcanic snark aren�t coming through. I dunno. Fact is, I have no power over network promotion, I can�t force Fox to air �Wonderfalls� on Monday nights, I don�t have a Nielsen box or know anyone who does.
But I do have this keyboard, my cable-modem and a relationship with genre fans all over the world because of the internet. All of the shows I�ve worked on in the last several years have had loyal internet followings. From �Lois and Clark� to �The X-Files,� from �Angel� to the short-lived but much-loved �Firefly.� Ever since I�ve been associated with genre television I�ve had the extreme honor and pleasure (and sometimes hair-pulling madness) of interacting with fans of these shows via the internet. You are the most dedicated, passionate and, frankly, smartest fans around.
And I�m turning to you now because I believe you�re a huge untapped resource.
I know that every one of you is connected to many others that I can�t reach. If you can give a hand here, you might be keeping us afloat long enough for us to catch the tide. Worth a shot, anyway.
I know the network wants this show to work. They�re willing for it to work. And if there�s any way that my plea now will help Friday�s numbers tick up just a touch, I think that would be a tremendous sign to them.
The next new episode of �Wonderfalls� airs Friday, March 19th at 9:00pm on Fox. Please tune in and mention it to someone else. Preferably someone with a Nielsen box.
So anyway, I thought I�d mention it. Oh, also, the network is going to repeat our pilot on Thursday, March 18th at 9:00pm after �Tru Calling.� So if you missed it last Friday, here�s your chance to catch it.
Thanks --
Sincerely,
Tim Minear
PS - I know the conventional wisdom says that good reviews don�t mean anything to potential viewers, but here�s a taste of them anyway:
TV GUIDE (3/13-19), Matt Roush
�Ironic and romantic, WONDERFALLS is a true original. Surrender to its charms.�
PEOPLE (3/22), Terry Kelleher
�The reason to watch WONDERFALLS is Dhavernas. With a star like this, a series doesn�t really need a gimmick.�
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (3/19), Ken Tucker
"A-" �...a revelation - a blessing, even.... Each of the four episodes I�ve seen is better than the one preceding it.�
USA TODAY (3/12), Robert Bianco
"WONDERFALLS is such an unexpected treat�
LOS ANGELES TIMES (3/12), Robert Lloyd
�WONDERFALLS is so well done, so fresh and unpredictable, and so little in thrall to conventional virtues as to make the weary reviewer prostrate with joy... everything clicks here�
NEW YORK TIMES (3/12), Virginia Hefferman
�Beautifully shot and written with wit... Dhavernas is delightful.�
NEWSDAY (3/12), Noel Holston
�the best pilot of the 2003-2004 season... Dhavernas is a find, a marvelously understated comic actress and her supporting cast is impeccable�
CHICAGO TRIBUNE (3/12), Steve Johnson
�the series looks and feels like nothing else on television... it all remains, almost magically, in balance, a delicate, roadside-attraction wonderland where mysteries of the cosmos, lowbrow popular culture, family dysfunction, longing and, mostly humor can coexist.�
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (3/12), Tim Goodman
�unquestionably the best new drama series of the 2003-04 season... this is your time to love TV�
WASHINGTON POST (3/12), Tom Shales
�WONDERFALLS is wonderful... a prime example of risk-taking originality, a brassy blast of fresh air any way you look at it.�
BOSTON HERALD (3/12), Amy Amatangelo
�Executive producers Todd Holland, Tim Minear and Bryan Fuller have created a show unlike any other on television.�
THE GLOBE AND MAIL (3/12), John Doyle
�WONDERFALLS is the best new drama in ages... Caroline Dhavernas is impeccable�
US WEEKLY � John Griffiths
�The writing is deliriously clever, the plots strangely Zen and uplifting, and Dhavernas is beyond winning as the loser-stamped Jaye. A fun, wild free fall."
POPGURLS - Allyson A Popgurl
"...get together with some friends, order in some Chinese, watch Wonderfalls at 9pm on FOX this Friday, and then go out to your favorite dive bar and snark with each other. Make it a regular Friday thing. You'll be happier for it."
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Lindley
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| Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:21 am |
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Here's a new memo just sent out by the production staff:
| Quote: | Come find us on THURSDAY! Our new night
Starting THIS WEEK (April 1st)
@ 9:00/8:00 Central on FOX
THIS IS THE NIGHT THAT MATTERS!
FOX must see us perform in the new time slot
or they will not let us live there.
We're asking for your support one more time!
Tune in THURSDAY night!
E-mail this to everyone you know!
Bribe a Nielsen family!
SEE YOU THURSDAY!
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Lindley
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| Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:32 am |
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*Crickets chirping*
Yeah, this bodes well for the show's future......
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Lindley
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| Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:52 pm |
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Depressingly, this thread seems to be being solidly ignored. So I changed the title.
Tonight at 9pm after Tru Calling....
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Lindley
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| Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:40 am |
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Hilarious episode. Possibly the best yet. Anyone else see it, or did you all just ignore me? Is anyone even *reading* the thread?
Best line of the ep:
"Jaye, did you know our basic cable comes with a lesbian *beep* channel?"
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Lindley
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| Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:46 pm |
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I feel like I'm talking to myself. No wonder this spectacularly funny series is hanging under the threat of cancellation, if people can't even be bothered to read a thread about it. 
The numbers weren't so good last night, but then, that's to be expected immediately after a timeslot change. Hopefully they'll pick up next week.
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| Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:38 pm |
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| Lindley wrote: | | Depressingly, this thread seems to be being solidly ignored. |
Don't worry, man, I've seem to caught the "posts being ignored" flu as well. About the show...what's the premise?
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Lindley
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| Deciviel wrote: | | Lindley wrote: | | Depressingly, this thread seems to be being solidly ignored. |
Don't worry, man, I've seem to caught the "posts being ignored" flu as well. About the show...what's the premise? |
The premise....hmm. I'll describe the premise, but understand: My description will not even begin to capture the wackyness of the show. That's why I didn't describe it above----I wanted folks to just see it. But I'll try.
Jaye Tyler is the main character. She's a cynical, disaffected 20-something, "overeducated and unemployable", who works at a giftshop in Niagra Falls.
Abruptly, one day, she has a very strage experience----a deformed wax lion from a vending machine starts talking to her. Pretty soon other inanimate objects begin offering advice----from the eagle on the back of a quarter to the decorative flamingos on her parents' front lawn.
If she does what they say, things turn out well-----people are the better for it. If she doesn't......well, they continuously bug her until she gives in. Having a managerie of inanimate objects singing "99 Bottles of beer on the wall!" all night long tends to get her to cooperate.........
On the surface, the show sounds similar to other "young girl helps people through paranormal means" shows, like Tru Calling and Joan of Arcadia (the latter is a very good as well, check it out....the former....not so much), but Wonderfalls really sets itself apart by being extremely funny. Not just through dialog, but through some really funky camera stuff they do.
Anyway.....next Thursday at 9. If you've got any friends with Nielsen boxes, tell them to tune in! Once people see this show, I'm convinced that a lot of them will like it and stick with it. The trick is just getting them to give it a chance in the first place....
Oh, and by the way, Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly) will have several guest appearances a few eps down the road.
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Hey Lindley, Long time No see....You used to reply to ALL the Queries in the DS9 Forum and these days I'm even beating you to the replies 
So Hows it going? (A Lil' Off topic I guess)
The reason I never replied is I don't have American Television and takes roughly 2 years for me to get American Mainstream TV shows 
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Lindley
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| Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:14 pm |
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These days, TrekBBS is my primary hangout. I'm trying to become a bit more active here as well, though.
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| Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:15 pm |
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I checked it out. I was most definetly worth it. And Lindley was right, the description doesn't even begin to capture the wackyness of the show.
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| Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:25 pm |
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www.timminear.net is now reporting that Wonderfalls is cancelled.
Why do I even bother with Fox at all?
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| Sun Apr 04, 2004 7:30 pm |
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I hate fox they seem to take evil pleasure in cancelling good shows,
counts the days until tru calling is cancelled
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Yeah I feel the same way when they cancelled my favorite show Keen Eddie. Im sure Tru Calling will stay in the Air for about 4 more months.
It seems that fox would rather have reality shows than actual non-reality good tv shows.
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