Comments on: News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and The O.C. http://teendramawhore.com/2009/09/16/news-roundup-90210-gossip-girl-one-tree-hill-and-the-o-c-3/ There's always drama but without it, what fun would TV be? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: teendramawhore http://teendramawhore.com/2009/09/16/news-roundup-90210-gossip-girl-one-tree-hill-and-the-o-c-3/#comment-1686 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:56:04 +0000 http://teendramawhore.com/?p=4635#comment-1686 I’m pretty sure the royalties have nothing to do with The CW. Rather, it’s a deal worked out with the show’s distributors, which is Warners Brothers and Tollin-Robbins Productions. They profit it from it, as does Schwahn, the producers, the writers and the cast.

In regards to The CW, though, I do think they care more about buzz and ratings–Gossip Girl has proven that. They also don’t care to compete with the other networks for ratings (primarily because they’ll never get theirs that high) except in the demographics. But when looking at just The CW, One Tree Hill was one of their top shows last season. That does, in a way, make it profitable for them. So, I think, as long as the ratings stay high and they don’t tire of an “old show” and find something they want to risk replacing it with instead AND the cast and crew want to stay on, the show has a future.

]]> By: Michelle http://teendramawhore.com/2009/09/16/news-roundup-90210-gossip-girl-one-tree-hill-and-the-o-c-3/#comment-1680 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:08:00 +0000 http://teendramawhore.com/?p=4635#comment-1680 Yeah i dont think the cw really cares about ratings. doesnt the network pull in royalites from have past episodes of oth air on soapnet, because if that is true you know the network is pulling in some money from the show.

]]> By: teendramawhore http://teendramawhore.com/2009/09/16/news-roundup-90210-gossip-girl-one-tree-hill-and-the-o-c-3/#comment-1678 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:59:36 +0000 http://teendramawhore.com/?p=4635#comment-1678 I think the time switch was to help GG profit from OTH’s success. OTH did better all last season when it aired after GG, that means it gained viewers–people who weren’t watching GG tuned in to see OTH. So theory goes, if you switch them, maybe all those extra people who are watching OTH will now stick around for GG. Maybe it worked this week. The real test–the coming weeks, months–has yet to come.

If you’re not watching GG, then my live-blog of it will especially come in handy for you! ;-) But in all seriousness, that’s part of the test the show faces. This week, GG (and the other CW shows) didn’t have much competition. But as more shows start to come back, there will be many other options and reasons *not* to tune in to GG. It doesn’t bode well, but the network has clearly decided total viewers doesn’t matter to them. They seem to care more about doing well in the specific demographics, DVR viewings and iTunes downloads and having general buzz.

]]> By: Michelle http://teendramawhore.com/2009/09/16/news-roundup-90210-gossip-girl-one-tree-hill-and-the-o-c-3/#comment-1676 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:51:41 +0000 http://teendramawhore.com/?p=4635#comment-1676 wow, gossip girl didnt do that much better than one tree hill. i do think it has to do with the time switch, and the fact that the cw doesnt give a lot of publicity to one tree hill, and it does to gossip girl.

im not watching gg next week, two and a half men are on!

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