My Network TV~~Home For Dark Shadows?

[David]

This new network is showing Telenovellas, short term serials with beginnings, middles & ends.
65 eps over 13 weeks, 5 nights a week.

Desire & Fashion House, the first 2 offerings, don't look very good, but, might this short term format on a new network be a possible home for DS?

Desire/Fashion House are getting nightly ratings of under 1.5.  DS would surely do far better than that, & put the network on the map!
And we'd have another 65 DS eps!

David

[Cousin Barnabas]

That would be an idea, its not much of a network though,,,, then neither was UPN

[Brandon Collins]

I think anyone who is a fan of DS would love to see this happen, but unfortunately I don't think it will. The reason for canning the 2004 Pilot, the WB says, was that it wasn't "salvagable". I didn't and still don't understand this. Having seen the pilot at this years fest, I thought it was absolutely amazing. The end wasn't very good, it was A LOT exaggerated, but if you had just cut off the last 20 seconds or so of the end, then it would have been just fine. I think that the WB was just not bold enough to take on the project.

Also, I think that DCP is very protective over DS, and this is something that it should be. We should only expect the highest from DS and for DS, so I'm not entirely sure that MyNetworkTV, with their soapy nighttime dramas, is exactly the best place for DS. I think we should be aiming for something higher than that. Primetime on a REAL network, like CW (please no) or one of the four majors. But I do agree that no DS is better than no DS, even with these new audio dramas that are coming out, which I love.[/b]

[David]

I would love to read Brandon's reply to this topic, but the blue lettering is out of focus!
(at least on my screen)

Possible to repost?

David

[Raineypark]

Also, I think that DCP is very protective over DS,...

I don't follow this stuff religiously so I don't know exactly WHO gets to make decisions regarding a new DS......but the simple fact that it is no longer Dan Curtis himself, makes many things possible that were not possible before.

The biggest problem, in my opinion, is the failure of the most recent pilot.  I suspect the taint of "failure" will prevent any new possibilites for some time to come.

Unless, of course, Heaven and Earth move, and Johnny Depp says he's still interested.

[Midnite]

I would love to read Brandon's reply to this topic, but the blue lettering is out of focus!
(at least on my screen)

Hopefully, the lighter blue made it easier to read.

[Brandon Collins]

David,

Sorry about that blue. I decided against font colors after I did that.

Also, I think that with DC not running the biz anymore, like Rainey said, it may open up more doors, but I do agree that the "taint of failure" may not lure people in, despite it's alluring sound. Hopefully DS will at least live on through novels and the new audio dramas. I just wish more novels were coming out. I mean, I don't want another Marilyn Ross deal, turning out novels every month--quality over quantity anyday--but I do wish that more were coming out. The last three I red were "Angelique Descent" "Dark Shadows--The Salem Branch" and "Dreams of the Dark", all of which were very entertaining and that I enjoyed very much. Hmm, maybe I should put pen to paper....

[BuzzH]

I just wish more novels were coming out.

Brandon, there are plenty of fan novels out there if you're interested in a fan's take on things.  Like Mark Rainey's books (I'm reading one now and it's great) and I myself have not only a novel about the 1841 (and beyond) plotline out, but also a volume of short stories.  If interested send me a personal message on here.  

[MagnusTrask]

Oh for one or two normally functioning eyes.   And disposable income.

[Lydia]

Oh for one or two normally functioning eyes.

Better yet, half a dozen.  It's always good to have spares.