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| What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: Kaoru 10:59 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! - Valalala 08:33 pm EST 12/17/17 | |
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| I'm on West Coast, so when the show started, of course it was not live. But I still wasn't sure if the show was broadcast "Live" originally. Did they want to replicate "live theatre" feeling? Or back in the day, all the broadcast were televised "live"? Whatever it was, "Live" really didn't add anything valuable through the screen to me. | |
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| re: What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: twocents 11:19 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: What is the point of doing "Live"? - Kaoru 10:59 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| It's a whole different energy! It's thrilling, live wire, tight rope performances. Fun to see how cast reacts to each other's flubs. Chris just piled on to Maya's last night instead of sweeping it under the rug, for example. | |
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| re: What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: Kaoru 04:50 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What is the point of doing "Live"? - twocents 11:19 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| Are you being sarcastic? It wasn't thrilling to me. So it's more for the cast than for the audience to enjoy?? | |
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| re: What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: twocents 11:53 am EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What is the point of doing "Live"? - Kaoru 04:50 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
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| I enjoyed the adrenaline rush the cast had; it came through. I've also been on TV sets, but never during a live telecast. So I got a lot out of imagining being in their shoes too. | |
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| re: What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: mikem 12:58 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What is the point of doing "Live"? - twocents 11:19 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| The way people consume television has dramatically changed in just the past couple of years. There's a lot of delayed viewing, which the advertisers don't necessarily pay for in the same way as live viewing. So the networks have turned to more and more "event programming," and one way to try to get the audience to watch the actual broadcast is if it's live. While the ratings were not great, I wonder if Fox thinks they are good enough. They programmed against a huge football game, and so close to Christmas means that people are distracted with shopping and parties, so I think they would have expected lower ratings. They got a 20%+ bump over their usual Sunday ratings. |
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| re: What is the point of doing "Live"? | |
| Posted by: twocents 11:55 am EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What is the point of doing "Live"? - mikem 12:58 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
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| I sampled the game for about thirty seconds during each commercial. It was a doozy. The competition had powerhouse programming. Plus the shopping and parties. It was tough getting myself to sit down promptly at seven. But worth it. | |
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| Ratings: 'Christmas Story' gets thumped by NFL game; beat by 'Sound of Music,' too | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 11:42 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 11:41 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What is the point of doing "Live"? - twocents 11:19 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| Deadline.com reports, not surprisingly, that the night's big winner was CBS' ''Sunday Football Live'' with a 12.3 rating. Fox's ''A Christmas Story Live'' scored a ''mere 2.8,'' and beaten by 7% by ABC's annual encore of ''The Sound of Music'' (1965 movie). ''A Christmas Story'' was down 62% from Fox's ratings for its last live musical, ''Grease.'' |
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| Link | Deadline.com: 'Sunday Night Football' Ratings Up; Low 'Christmas Story Live!' Topped by 'Sound of Music' Encore |
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