Journeyman is Ending Soon
Monday, November 26, 2007
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This news is sure to upset our own writer Avery who’s a big fan of the NBC show Journeyman. It’s probably going to end in December or January around episode 12.
Kevin Falls the creator of the show says that because of the show’s low ratings and the writers strike is still on, the series is probably doomed.
iF: Will the ratings tonight determine the fate of the show?
FALLS: Ratings always determine the fate of a show, but if the questions is, “if we slip tomorrow night, will we be back on for episode 10 and 11?” The answer is yes, but then, nothing is in stone. I’ve been told we will air episodes 10 and 11 after a December 3rd preemption of LIFE and episode 12 is the one that doesn’t have a home right now except for DVD or if we get a back nine. But the strike will determine that.
iF: NBC is happy with the show creatively, right? Since the numbers seem to be growing, isn’t it in their best interest to nurture the show a little while longer?
FALLS: Well, yes, if they grow. Last week they didn’t and that hurt, but it wasn’t fatal. People have to get off the notion that Episode 8 and 9 determined our fate either way. I anticipate going up tonight, but the December shows will be a challenge, There’s a traditionally lower viewing audience because people are busy shopping or traveling. But hopefully other shows will be in reruns. But I’m not going to sugar coat it — we need to show the network there’s a building audience. I think there is and our fans are starting to make some noise. The fact that we have a great season/series ender of a quality television show [Episode 12] that might not air during a strike season, has pissed off the fans and it does border on the insulting. This show and its fans deserve better.
Falls thinks lack of promotion is a big factor, but for me as a viewer…the story just became boring. I hate to say that since it is better then some of the shows I’ve seen this season. A few episodes in when I had a lot to choose from, Journeyman was one of the first I dropped. After a few weeks I would see trailers for upcoming shows and I still wasn’t interested in seeing him time jump to the 70s. Add the fact that even the writers don’t know why or how to explain the time jumping doesn’t help.
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Coolsuperdude says:
November 27th, 2007 at 1:47 am
Journeyman rocks, it’ll piss me off big time if it’s cancelled. I was just getting all the way into it and stuff was starting to make sense!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s one of the best shows on TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avery says:
November 29th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I wrote NBC exec. Joanne T. Park (JoanneT.Park@nbcuni.com) to express my concern on Journeyman’s situation; here is the my e-mail followed by her response:
“Hello Joanne,
I got your email off of a board that was discussing “Saving Journeyman.” I haven’t heard how well Joureyman has been doing, but I do want to say that I simply love Journeyman. I went as far to write about the show on flickscribe.com comparing Quantum Leap to Journeyman:
http://www.flickscribe.com/2007/11/09/journeyman-versus-quantum-leap
I am a big fan of Heroes, but I have to say I am all about Journeyman this season. I was hooked from day one and if it is cancelled, there will be too many unanswered questions, similiar to how I felt when NBC cancelled Quantum Leap when it did (they had to rush a finalize the ending- very lame).
Again, Journeyman my all time favorite show of the season.
You should listen to me on this one, you got a good thing going here. For those non-DVR households, you might want to move it to an earlier time of perhaps 9pm on another day. I was a loyal fan of shows like Smallville and Heroes from the beginning and I speak for others that we are tired of doctor and cop dramas (accept House, that show is actually quite good, but Brian Singer produces it and he directed X-men, X-men 2, and Superman Returns, see the connection?). We need shows like this one for the fantasy sci-fi geeks.
Thanks for reading. Take care.”
Joanne’s short response:
“I am thrilled to hear that you are such a big fan. Thank you for watching and please encourage all your friends to watch! Thanks”
Now everyone write her and then watch it! If a DVD set comes out! Buy it! If it comes out with different editions, buy them all. Nuff said.