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I just saw it in theater. They were many fans on this sunny Saturday after-noon for the English showing .

If you seen the first 2 movies(most had by now), then see it in theater. Besides, most summer blockbuster are worth it. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is long at times(2h50) and equivalent to the second movie. The first one is still the best. I did not watched the second one since last year and I suggest you watch it again for a refresher if you need to.

And one last thing…

Stay after the credit(most left the theater). Without going into details, I could see a fourth one. The weekend box office will surely tell us.

I seen a new(?) longer trailer for Transformers. I was not very excited at first but I’m more now because this one by gave us more details. I just hope I did not see the whole movie with this trailer!

This year was one of the worst TV season I tried to watch. Why? Most shows that I started to watched were canceled after just a few airing(many were serialized).

Those are my recommendations for you TV executives/Show Producers

• Stick to the time slot or people won’t know when it’s on. Create an habit first and change it the next season if need be.
• People use an invention called a VHS/DVD recorder/HTPC and they use it. I use 2 PVR(single tuner) and timeshift. Yes, in Canada we can do that. We may not see it live but we do watch it later. A 2 dual tuner solution would fix it in the U.S. in case of 4 good shows at the same time(no timeshift). That’s for die hard tv viewers.
• Take a note from 24h/Prison Break. Play them in order with no repeats. You can split them in two with a small break(2-3 weeks) for the holidays.
• Be more patient. Let the viewers find it. You used to do that.
• Use Saturday for new shows. Again, You used to do that.
• Make a free quality download version(sponsored with a 30sec ad) to create a buzz(pilot season) or better yet, watch Piracy is Good?. I was introduced to this ideal a few years ago and liked it and I showed it to many people(they liked it also). It’s mostly for the younger crowd that are more on the Internet than TV. But don’t forget to include a .MIS (plot, credit, .URL of the episode, sponsored URL…age) with the show . Both ways can exist at the same time.
• Think globally. A show airing in another country is often available on the Internet the same night while not available in the U.S./Canada months from now and vice and versa. It’s a reality and a small lost of income. The 30 sec ad would lessen the blow.
• Let non-US viewers see a show when streaming the rest of the season. For example, Canadian see most major U.S. show but an early cancellation deprive us of the pleasure of seeing it wrap up.(Day Break, Vanished)
• If a show run the whole season, ends with a cliffhanger and it’s not renewed(Jericho) then make a TV movie or an extra episode to wrap things up.
• Don’t aired serious serialized drama, like above, at 8pm. It could be difficult when many(kids) want to watched TV at the same time.
• Instead of ordering 13 episodes, try 6 and air them all. This could be good for non serialized show or for making a mini series that could be turn into a show(4400, Battlestar Galactica).

Conclusion

I may not know your industry but I’m a consumer on which you make a living. I do not claim to know it all but those are recommendations after the feedback from family, friends, forums, blogs… Many of my recommendations would benefit serialized dramas. I like those and willing to invest my time on them. But with this year fiasco, you make it much harder. You either adapt to new technology/way of doing things or you will be losing a lot of viewers, thus money, if you continue in the same vein.

So, what do you think? Any counter points?

P.S. If you still like TV like me, just make a post on your blog and link it here. Who knows, maybe one of the TV industry bigger blogs will pick it up from you or me.

This afternoon, I went to see Spider-Man 3 in English, of course. Everybody will make a review and I will be short this time. If you like the first 2, then go see it. Plus, nothing beats the big screen
in the theater. The theater was 80% full for the English version and that’s on a sunny Friday after-noon. For Quebec City, it’s amazing. I can’t imagine all the waiting for those that will go tonight in English or French.