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Oh, HEROES fandom.
Mar. 6th, 2007 01:06 pmNow I remember why I stayed away from message boards for SO LONG. I haven't seen much of this on LJ, but, oy vey.
I'm torn between laughing at everyone who is so angry about being "jerked around" and "omg I'm never gonna watch this show again if they keep going on hiatus wah wah" and repeatedly smacking my face into my desk in frustration. I think these people are new to television-watching or something.
Nevermind the fact that all the news I read said the current hiatus, after this week's episode, would only be for five weeks and not six. (links to articles for proof of that; last and longest one mentions hiatus about half-way or closer to the end.)
We are lucky with this show! So lucky that they give us eleven, then seven, then five episodes in a row. Heroes is only one of three current-run shows I watch. Allow me, if you will, to rehash the current (third-season) airing schedule for House:
Season premiered September 5, 2006 -- aired 4 consecutive episodes, then went off the air for 4 weeks (the World Series - fair enough). Fox aired 5 eps (Oct 31-Nov 28), and now this is when it gets fun. It was off for 1 week. They aired 1 ep; were off 3 weeks; aired 1 ep; off 2 weeks; aired 3 episodes (ooh! this was February sweeps) and finally off for 2 weeks. This leads us to present, today, March 6, 2007, when there'll be 1 new episode, then another 2-week gap, then there'll be 1 new episode, and then my usual sources (including TV.com) has no new dates for new episodes.
The show premiered three weeks before Heroes, and has managed to be two episodes behind! And it's got one fewer episode, with the standard 22-episode seasons. The beginning really wasn't that bad. Four on, four off, five on.
So does everyone want a new episode, no new episode for two weeks, new episode for three, no new episode, new episode, no new episode for three weeks, and on like that?
Or! How about Stargate SG-1, which aired ten consecutive weeks from July to September, and then will air the final ten episodes in North America starting in April? Hello, seven-month hiatus! Nevermind the fact that the show has only ever had 20-episode seasons.
Which TV-show Powers That Be(tm) has been jerking which fans around, exactly? Isn't it easier to maintain interest in a show when you're given a few months' worth of episodes at a time to watch, rather than just a few weeks? Wouldn't you rather watch seven episodes in a row, rather than just one or two before they pull it off the air for some reality TV show?
Buncha whiners. Try being a House fan. What does FOX actually have going for them, besides American Idol? 24 and House. I know 24 just airs all its episodes from January to May, no repeats or hiatuses -- I guess that's the other option. But NBC is being very, very kind to its fans with the Heroes airing schedule.
I'm torn between laughing at everyone who is so angry about being "jerked around" and "omg I'm never gonna watch this show again if they keep going on hiatus wah wah" and repeatedly smacking my face into my desk in frustration. I think these people are new to television-watching or something.
Nevermind the fact that all the news I read said the current hiatus, after this week's episode, would only be for five weeks and not six. (links to articles for proof of that; last and longest one mentions hiatus about half-way or closer to the end.)
We are lucky with this show! So lucky that they give us eleven, then seven, then five episodes in a row. Heroes is only one of three current-run shows I watch. Allow me, if you will, to rehash the current (third-season) airing schedule for House:
Season premiered September 5, 2006 -- aired 4 consecutive episodes, then went off the air for 4 weeks (the World Series - fair enough). Fox aired 5 eps (Oct 31-Nov 28), and now this is when it gets fun. It was off for 1 week. They aired 1 ep; were off 3 weeks; aired 1 ep; off 2 weeks; aired 3 episodes (ooh! this was February sweeps) and finally off for 2 weeks. This leads us to present, today, March 6, 2007, when there'll be 1 new episode, then another 2-week gap, then there'll be 1 new episode, and then my usual sources (including TV.com) has no new dates for new episodes.
The show premiered three weeks before Heroes, and has managed to be two episodes behind! And it's got one fewer episode, with the standard 22-episode seasons. The beginning really wasn't that bad. Four on, four off, five on.
So does everyone want a new episode, no new episode for two weeks, new episode for three, no new episode, new episode, no new episode for three weeks, and on like that?
Or! How about Stargate SG-1, which aired ten consecutive weeks from July to September, and then will air the final ten episodes in North America starting in April? Hello, seven-month hiatus! Nevermind the fact that the show has only ever had 20-episode seasons.
Which TV-show Powers That Be(tm) has been jerking which fans around, exactly? Isn't it easier to maintain interest in a show when you're given a few months' worth of episodes at a time to watch, rather than just a few weeks? Wouldn't you rather watch seven episodes in a row, rather than just one or two before they pull it off the air for some reality TV show?
Buncha whiners. Try being a House fan. What does FOX actually have going for them, besides American Idol? 24 and House. I know 24 just airs all its episodes from January to May, no repeats or hiatuses -- I guess that's the other option. But NBC is being very, very kind to its fans with the Heroes airing schedule.
