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Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Metal Ray Sunshine posted:

If anyone hasn't, look up some clips of it. If the stuff they've released to promote the show is their best material, than I will be surprised if it makes it through its first season

The pilot is up on Hulu, and it's worse than you can imagine

# ? Sep 14, 2016 13:42

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# ? Jul 11, 2025 04:00

c0ldfuse: Jun 18, 2004; The pursuit of excellence.

PassTheRemote posted:

The show has a loyal,but small fanbase. They know it will follow the show so they keep trying other shows , but those shows can't get to gain an audience.

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/fox-2015-16-season-ratings-38075/

It was hit pretty hard last year ratings wise, at least when they renewed for the two more seasons it was in the 3+ mil viewership area.

That said, my bet is the long term payment on digital streaming platforms is the easy money keeping this show moving. They can sell those seasons for a long, long time.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 16:02

PassTheRemote: Mar 15, 2007; Number 6 holds The Village record in Duck Hunt.

The first one to kill wins.

Iron Crowned posted:

The pilot is up on Hulu, and it's worse than you can imagine

Is it worse than Mulaney?

Is it worse than finding out Dan Mintz was a writer on Mulaney?

# ? Sep 14, 2016 16:18

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

PassTheRemote posted:

Is it worse than Mulaney?

Is it worse than finding out Dan Mintz was a writer on Mulaney?

I never watched it :shrug:

# ? Sep 14, 2016 16:23

BexGu: Jan 9, 2004; This fucking day....

Looking at the 2016-2017 Fall Network Schedule thread it looks like Fox only has local programming at t 9:30. This could be a case that if Football delays/takes over the start of Bobs Burgers at 7:30 they just shift everything/play Bobs Burgers in the 9:30 slot instead.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 16:38

swickles: Aug 21, 2006; I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

BexGu posted:

Looking at the 2016-2017 Fall Network Schedule thread it looks like Fox only has local programming at t 9:30. This could be a case that if Football delays/takes over the start of Bobs Burgers at 7:30 they just shift everything/play Bobs Burgers in the 9:30 slot instead.

Bob's Burgers is more family friendly, especially compared to Family Guy so it kind of makes sense for them to keep them at an earlier time slot rather than permanently putting them at 9:30.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 17:05

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

BexGu posted:

Looking at the 2016-2017 Fall Network Schedule thread it looks like Fox only has local programming at t 9:30.

Is that a first for this season? I remember that Mulaney debuted at 9:30. That makes it not as bad.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 17:09

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

PassTheRemote posted:

Is it worse than Mulaney?

Is it worse than finding out Dan Mintz was a writer on Mulaney?

You know who else is funny elsewhere but sucked on Mulaney? John Mulaney.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 18:44

PicklePants: May 8, 2007; Woo!

Iron Crowned posted:

The pilot is up on Hulu, and it's worse than you can imagine

It makes me feel bad for Tim Meadows, I want to like him, but all of his best stuff is as B characters in B Movies.

At least he'll be Mike the Mailman.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 22:06

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Y-Hat posted:

Allen Gregory was a comedy with an unlikable main character that never got to see any negative consequences of being a piece of poo poo. This was by design. It's a bar set so low that even Son of Zorn, as bad as it apparently is, can clear with ease.

Allen Gregory also had a lot of rape in it. They didn't even try to make the rape into a joke, it's just there for no real reason.

It's an amazingly unpleasant show.

# ? Sep 14, 2016 22:22

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

Wait, what? I don't remember the rape aspect of Allen Gregory, unless you're talking about the 2 gay dads thing where one was clearly not gay but forced into it.

# ? Sep 15, 2016 00:30

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

It's telling that the least bad episode of Allen Gregory was the last one aired, the one where his mom comes back and mercilessly talks poo poo about him to his face. The unlikable main character on a sitcom is an old trope that has a long track record of success, but the key is to make sure they regularly get knocked down a peg. To my knowledge, Allen Gregory and Girls are the only comedy shows that don't follow that formula and they're infuriating to watch because of it.

PicklePants posted:

It makes me feel bad for Tim Meadows

Funny, my friend said that about Son of Zorn too.

# ? Sep 15, 2016 04:03

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

AG is like someone's bad internet bragposts put to animation.

In contrast, Bojack Horseman. Which has a douche as the main, but kind of lets you sympathize with his situation.

# ? Sep 15, 2016 05:53

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

Gotta give Allen Gregory some credit: we're still talking about it, five years after its mercifully short run came to an abrupt end.

# ? Sep 18, 2016 20:05

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

Ballz posted:

Gotta give Allen Gregory some credit: we're still talking about it, five years after its mercifully short run came to an abrupt end.

We're the exceptions and not the rule. Most people have forgotten about if, if they were aware of it at all.

# ? Sep 18, 2016 20:31

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

I only brought it up because it scared me so much. It was embarrassing seeing people on Twitter being all "Oh ya!, Allen Gregory doesn't take no poo poo!". He took no poo poo beacuse he couldn't understand why everyone hated him, and assumed that it was something wrong with them and not him.

It best used as a "how not to make an unlikable protagonist".

Even if Bobs Burgers never gains high ratings, it at least has enshrined Tina as an icon to awkward girls everywhere.

# ? Sep 18, 2016 22:21

EricFate: Aug 31, 2001; Crumpets. Glorious Crumpets.

Ballz posted:

Gotta give Allen Gregory some credit: we're still talking about it, five years after its mercifully short run came to an abrupt end.

I don't remember it at all. I think my Fox animation low point was "Sit Down, Shut Up". How did such a talented group of people manage to make something so painfully terrible?

# ? Sep 19, 2016 03:12

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

twistedmentat posted:

I only brought it up because it scared me so much. It was embarrassing seeing people on Twitter being all "Oh ya!, Allen Gregory doesn't take no poo poo!". He took no poo poo beacuse he couldn't understand why everyone hated him, and assumed that it was something wrong with them and not him.

It best used as a "how not to make an unlikable protagonist".

Even if Bobs Burgers never gains high ratings, it at least has enshrined Tina as an icon to awkward girls everywhere.

One of the most cringeworthy things Jonah Hill said when he was promoting Allen Gregory was when he bragged about how he loves Eastbound and Down and listed Kenny Powers as an inspiration for his animated little poo poo avatar. I don't think he gets the entire point of Kenny Powers, or Sterling Archer, or the gang on Seinfeld and Always Sunny, or the many, many other unlikable protagonists that have been done right.

Love of Tina transcends gender. A lot of people can relate to her weirdness on some level.

# ? Sep 19, 2016 06:48

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

EricFate posted:

I don't remember it at all. I think my Fox animation low point was "Sit Down, Shut Up". How did such a talented group of people manage to make something so painfully terrible?

They aired The Goode Family for awhile which was pretty awful

# ? Sep 21, 2016 00:48

EricFate: Aug 31, 2001; Crumpets. Glorious Crumpets.

FlamingLiberal posted:

They aired The Goode Family for awhile which was pretty awful

I thought that was ABC?

# ? Sep 21, 2016 03:27

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

EricFate posted:

I don't remember it at all. I think my Fox animation low point was "Sit Down, Shut Up". How did such a talented group of people manage to make something so painfully terrible?

I forgot about that show, but I remember at the time everyone was saying "no, give it a chance... Arrested development!".

# ? Sep 21, 2016 15:14

Tiny Brontosaurus: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

My favorite hellishly bad primetime animated series was Father of the Pride.

Dreamworks Face here was a lion in Siegfried & Roy's stage act, which means the show was promptly, mercifully cancelled after "the incident."

# ? Sep 21, 2016 19:49

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

My favorite hellishly bad primetime animated series was Father of the Pride.

Dreamworks Face here was a lion in Siegfried & Roy's stage act, which means the show was promptly, mercifully cancelled after "the incident."

On a Simpsons commentary, one of the writers talks about meeting S&R and they said "We want to make a show, like the Simpsons, but softer". What?

# ? Sep 22, 2016 01:06

Tiny Brontosaurus: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

twistedmentat posted:

On a Simpsons commentary, one of the writers talks about meeting S&R and they said "We want to make a show, like the Simpsons, but softer". What?

Do you remember which episode? I want to hear that.

PSA, btw: You can listen to the commentary tracks on the FX simpsons site

# ? Sep 22, 2016 03:04

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

FlamingLiberal posted:

They aired The Goode Family for awhile which was pretty awful

I thought that was Comedy Central's show. We could have gotten another season of Beavis and Butthead instead of that poo poo.

twistedmentat posted:

On a Simpsons commentary, one of the writers talks about meeting S&R and they said "We want to make a show, like the Simpsons, but softer". What?

Maybe they meant "The Simpsons, but less cynical?" I'm on a classic Simpsons kick and while it's great, it's also ridiculously cynical about society. That's one of the reasons why I hesitate to compare Bob's Burgers to that era of the show, since its attitude is far more cheery. Also because it's not quite as good, though it's definitely closer than most that have tried to capture that magic.

# ? Sep 23, 2016 07:02

dovetaile: Jul 8, 2011; Grimey Drawer

The Goode Family was ABC.

# ? Sep 23, 2016 14:03

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

dovetaile posted:

The Goode Family was ABC.

Agreed, it was A Bad Cartoon.

# ? Sep 23, 2016 15:11

c0ldfuse: Jun 18, 2004; The pursuit of excellence.

Only two days!

# ? Sep 23, 2016 16:43

ChesterJT: Dec 28, 2003; Mounty Pumper's Flying Circus

TBS picked up syndication and their promo is pretty funny.

# ? Sep 23, 2016 20:45

HungryMedusa: Apr 28, 2003

I can't wait for Sunday, I love me some Bob!

I know the answer is no, but has anyone said anything about the soundtrack release lately? I need me some Boyz 4 Now.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:56

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

ChesterJT posted:

TBS picked up syndication and their promo is pretty funny.

Couldn't have been that hard to get since Adult Swim has rights to air it as well, and they're both part of the same umbrella of networks. Also I didn't know it reached syndication! All riiiiiight!

# ? Sep 24, 2016 05:41

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

It's been airing on my local CW affiliate in syndication for at least a year.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 06:05

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# ? Jul 11, 2025 04:00

smashpro1: Mar 1, 2009; Shirley, these things happen in video games. We can't get hung up on real-world morality.

New thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3791984

# ? Sep 25, 2016 16:46

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