first on fox 18 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Faced with disappointing, last-place ratings, MyNetworkTV executives are plotting changes that could cut the network's current all-telenovela programming from six nights a week down to as few as two, multiple sources close to the network said. Such a move, which sources said likely would happen no earlier than next summer, would mark a retreat from a format that News Corp.'s Fox fielded in September in response to the formation of The CW earlier in the year. Trying new programming signals that Fox isn't ready to give up on the network, and it may tamp down speculation that the company might pull the plug on MyNetworkTV in the next year if its ratings don't improve. http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKyuubi 0 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I just knew this was going to happen, now that they are giving up on all telenovelas, might that morning show they were originally planning finally materialze? If I were managing MNTV, I'd do shows traditionally for most of the season, and switch to telenovelas every day during the summer and winter months only, making sure traditional stuff would show up during sweeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvpirate05 1 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Seriously, would it be feasible for MNTV to say screw the network route, and just become a full-fledged syndication entity, thru FOX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Did anyone think that 7-day a week soap operas would actually work? 5-day a week evening soaps work in Australia. (Seven, Ten... ) But I digress. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnuts6 89 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My network TV should leave Telenovelas to the Spanish Language networks,THEY do it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler 150 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I never expected My Network to do good at all in the first place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboy247 42 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I bet this would be the first time in History that a Television Network only lasted one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My network TV should leave Telenovelas to the Spanish Language networks,THEY do it right ELENA! (Gives untrusting eyes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTrack8000 0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I also didn't expect high ratings for MNT How are the CW ratings, anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Broken News Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I bet this would be the first time in History that a Television Network only lasted one year. The Overmyer Network/United Network lasted less than a month in 1967. Their one program was "The Las Vegas Show". More info here: http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumont9.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 363 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I also didn't expect high ratings for MNT How are the CW ratings, anyone know? About on par with either UPN or WB... some shows are slightly better than when they were on UPN/WB, some are worse, but overall it's still a netlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free2BthaCW 0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I also didn't expect high ratings for MNT How are the CW ratings, anyone know? Basically their biggest draws are at the 4-5 million mark, and those shows are ANTM, Smackdown (even beating Fox on Fridays), and Reba. Mon. Nights are down slightly from last year, (probably because of them originally having it on Monday Nights.) 7th Heaven is doing better, with Reba. Gilmore Girls, OTH, Supernatural and Smallville are doing about the same. However, Veronica Mars are sometimes lower than their UPN ratings. Honestly, the Telenovela format for MNTV was dumb in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman 0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Right now, anything else would be a vast improvement over the telenovelas. I'm just not sure people would flock to see the new programs. After all, you get only one first impression. Either way, I couldn't care less about MyTV, except I hope it goes off the air so we can have an indie in D.C. (WJAL isn't really much of an independent...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsdude 41 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I still say they're going to turn it into some kind of "Fox2" concept with repurposed programs from FX and Fox News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Former Member 207 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 They should have gone the route of repurposing shows from the other Fox networks in the first place...one night you pull one of the better FX orginals (Nip/Tuck, Shield), a Fox "Movie Night"--something from their vast movie library, and maybe the telenovelas for only a single night. The former WB/UPN stations that lost their affilations to The CW should have just gone the indie route and stack up on as much first-run syndicated, sports, and classic movie product for prime time as they could. It just seems that Fox is so hellbent to put some sort of "network" product on their former UPNs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B 0 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I honestly think they should dump MyNetworkTV and replace it with a kind of FOXExtra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GForceTV Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I honestly think they should dump MyNetworkTV and replace it with a kind of FOXExtra. Maybe they should go the whole hog and call it "FX on ____." The "________" would be the channel call letters and number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegulaOne3000 0 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 why not just let the TV stations go back to being full-time syndicated TV stations. Let them play a variety of programming. Programming should include Old movies like those old sci-fi movies from the 1950-1980's, rerun TV shows, cartoons, sports and locally produced TV shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedYoungMan 0 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 If I'm not mistake a majority of the MyNetwork affiliations went to former UPN stations. My local UPN station with through a bunch of changes, image wise. Was originally WB till 97 or so, then went to UPN and was "UPN 23," then a couple of years later "UPN Indiana" then "WNDY UPN" then now "MyNDY Channel 23" with different logo changes and all that stuff. Then if they drop their MyNetwork affiliation should it be cancelled, it will be something else. I don't know what it was like in other stations but people don't really get a chance to identify with a station that well when the station can't keep one identity for long! Now imagine how many of the other stations may have gone through this and may have to go through this again. That's maybe one perspective of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdcnow 14 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 As someone (I believe cfif) very accurately pointed out on another thread about this sinking ship, the only way you can survive on sappy soaps is if you are a spanish language channel. Otherwise forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2idiots 21 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Too bad, that 8-10 block sucks anyway. They should just show reruns of comedies at least I would watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrothers 0 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 If there is a good movie on Thursday or Friday, then I may watch it. Sometimes the IFL is entertaining, if there is nothing else cool on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHawk447 17 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Movies are a good idea for MNTV, especially capitalizing on the vast 20th Century Fox film library (that studio is also a NewsCorp property). Original telemovies would also work; those things are rare over the air nowadays, so maybe the network could try (and even do well!) to bring that genre back. As for telenovelas...the network did something right with the first set of them; the telenovelas would be perfect for the summer/fall half of a year, but that should probably be it. BTW, I wonder how the Elton John at MSG special fared on the MNTV stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2idiots 21 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Maybe they the should get the soon to be cancelled NBC soap opera Passions and put in primetime. Then acquire Days of Our Lives in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEPA 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 They should buy the rights to Barney Miller and show those every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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