....and the BIG question...who is the competition???

WEDNESDAY 9:00 PM (fall TV schedule)

NBC bionic woman

CBS criminal minds

The CW gossip girl

ABC private practice

FOX kitchen nightmares (new series)

So, my point is, for season three, we have four BRAND NEW SERIES to line up against....hhmmmmm tough not knowing who your competition is.....

And who does Mark Gordon cheer for??? :ph43r:

I think Private Practice will be pretty popular if it's anything like Grey's Anatomy...And Gossip Girls sounds okay too so it might be a little tough. Is kitchen nightmares another reality show? Thank god over here they tend to air all the good shows at different times!

im going to say that Private Practice might be our biggest compeition...all the fans from Grey's Anatomy (and they have alot!) are going to cross over, considering its a spinoff. Gossip Girl's also going to be huge because its from the creator of The OC, so fans from there are going to probably get into GG, PLUS it already has a ton of books out.

Private Practice is gonna be the biggest competion. Grey's Anatomy fans will be watching, and it's already got a bit of coverage over here, so I can just imagine the coverage it's getting for GA fans over there. I'm actually totally pysched for this when it hits the UK!

And Gossip Girls is by the creaters of The OC, so a load of their fans will come over and watch it.

Not sure about Bionic Women, I think that's got a better chance over here, since it's an english actress playing the Bionic Women. But, it is based on films and different series, so it may be slightly tricky.

Kitchen Nightmares sounds awful! But I'm not a fan of reality TV, although a lot of people are.

Basically, we could be in for a tricky season.

I think Private Practice is gonna be pretty awesome. CM are gonna need a strong season, it seems like a rough time slot for them :(

but CM's got US!!!! none of them other shows have got the super dee dooperness of the community over here!! :D

lol, that's so true! :D All Grey's fans planning to watch private practice, you must record and watch CM instead! :P Btw, what is the Bionic woman? It sounds wierd...

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amen sister!!



(but we need to record PP and watch Criminal Minds.....!! :rolleyes: )

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It's based on this story that's been running for aggggges. From tv.com I got:

It stars:
Michelle Ryan - Jaime Wells Sommers (Zoe Slater from Eastenders)
Chris Bowers - Will Anthros (Larry Bird from Rescue Me
Miguel Ferrer - Jonas Bledsoe (Dr. Garret Macy from Crossing Jordan)
Molly Price - Ruth Treadwell (Det. Faith Yokas from Third Watch)
Will Yun Lee - Jae Kim (Vincent Chan from Thief)
Lucy Hale - Becca Sommers (Rachel Rydell from The Apostles. Also an 'American Junior')

not my cup of tea but Michelle Ryan was good in that BBC thing Jekyll...

That saddens me that Private Practice is going to be on the same time of Criminal Minds!! Lol I love Doctor Shephard and have to see her on Private Practice! Ah, thankfully I can always record one while watching the other.

Gossip Girls sounds.. Interesting. But since it is on the CW, I doubt it will get too popular.

Bionic Woman sounds weird. Lol

Anyways all of these shows except for Criminal Minds sound like shows that appeal to women mainly (except for people like me LOL) so who knows.. That could make a difference, for good or for bad. :-/

I think the biggest competition will be around January or so when American Idol comes back and the results show will be against CM.

true, but CM generally has good January and February sweeps. Plus, im pretty sure AI is starting to lose a bunch of fans. its getting kinda old..

OUCH.........BUT THANK GOODNESS FOR OUR

of the BAU CM ORG community

Seriously? That many people are looking forward to a remake of the old 70's show the Bionic Woman? I can understand Private Practice - that will get a lot of Grey's Anatomy fans and there have been spin offs that have done really well but a lot of them turn out to be flops too. And I don't know how much of a threat Gossip Girl will be just because of the network it will be on.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see but I know where I'll be on Wednesday nights! :)

i know a lot of us are writing the network of CW out, but in several places, its HUGE!!! It just depends on where you are. im pretty sure Gossip Girl will be a tough competitor just because of how popular the books have become.

Oh....I didn't know there were books! Shows you how much I know. :P

here is the juice on "Gossip Girls"

Gossip Girls (full article)

I love the Gossip Girl books! I think it's gonna be big! What's wrong with the CW network? Is it crappy?

There probably isn't anything wrong with the network - it's just not one of the big ones ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX so I think shows have a harder time getting the ratings and a hit show on a smaller network.

But look at the compettion for all the different age groups and key pre-premiere metrics...........wow

true....you never know - it could be a big hit.

Oh okay, thanks for that info ILTS. I don't like Fox, they have cancelled a few shows that I loved :lol:

Well....I like both CM and Grey's Anatomy, but I'm not ditching CM for Private Practice. I never really did plan one watching that show anyways ;)

As for Bionic Woman....I think people are getting a bit tired of the superhero craze. First was supernatural, then Heroes, now Bionic Woman? *shakes head*

Aw man! I wanted to watch Gossip Girls! But I guess I can't. Criminal Minds definatly tops GG. xD

Oh but as for CW, aren't they known for cancelling like every show they create? Haha. But I live in Canada and I don't get CW on normal channels. It's like channel 152 or something, but they play Hidden Palms on CityTV and it's a CW show. So Gossip Girls, I think, will be a big compitition. A lot of my friends read the books and stuff.

i think that gossip girl might be a competition too

but then again, I dont know of many younger children who watch the show. I think it is mostly people like 12 and older, sorry if your under 12 :P and I dont think many older people will watch GG, but who knows

its hard to tell

As a teen in 70's America I was a huge fan of "The Bionic Woman" & "The Six Million Dollar Man" (the star of this show, Lee Majors, grew up just a few miles from where I live) He's a really nice guy and a great actor. Anyway, I just can't imagine anybody else portraying the Bionic Woman, other than Lindsay Wagner. She was terrific. I'm old and set in my ways and I like things to stay the same .. lol .. that's a product of getting older :P I'll watch a couple episodes I suppose .. just to see what it's like. Who knows, maybe i'll like it.

On the other hand I can't think of anything the networks could put on opposite CM that I would watch instead. :D

yea...cause i only watch criminal minds on wenesday at 9

Oh Garcia44.....it will be so nice to have someone else to talk with when references are made to "older things" like 70's TV shows!!! :D

Jentzer and I get a good laugh about some things like that but we feel like the majority of the members don't get it because they probably weren't even born yet!

We had a really good laugh when Kate Jackson (a.k.a. Emily's mom) made a guest appearance. The former Charlie's angel (Scarecrow and Mrs. King.....) In the find a picture game that came up and I think a picture of Drew Barrymore was posted. (we of course were thinking of the original Charlie's angels!) :lol:

I remember watching the bionic woman and the six million dollar man. Now that show would seem so cheesy! I bet they could do a lot with technology/visual effects kind of thing but I just don't know that I would really want to watch a remake of it. And besides I know where I'm going to be at that time! :lol:

It will be nice to have people who share memories with me .. I loved watching those shows and you're right on 2 counts ..they would seem way too "cheesy" today, but if they could do them over they could do wonders with todays technology and special affects .. I just hope they would keep that "dunnnnnna" thing in .. I loved that ... it was the signal that the bionics had kicked in .. lol . Oh to be able to run 60mph ... LOL
I had the same thougts when I saw Kate on CM .. lol .. I was OMG, it's Sabrina .. lol
I also remember watching Emergency! S.W.A.T, Adam-12, The Partridge Family, Lost in Space & yeah I watched Scarecrow and Mrs. King ... (Kate is such a great actress).. I could go on and on .. lol and the music that came out during the 70's ... classic

Oh yes! Let's see you left out Dukes of Hazzard, Chips.......I won't continue! :lol:

I remember all the shows you named - they were SO groovy! :lol: (yikes!)

Bionic woman.....remember how she had to brush the hair away from her ear and they did a close-up of that ear with the sound effect so you knew she was using her bionic hearing? Too funny! :lol:

OMG ... LOL .. yes, I do remember that ... it was as if those few strands of hair would interfere with millions of $$ worth of bionics .. LOL ... but I loved it :P Those shows were indeed groovy man .. far out! .. LOL

see im 19..i dont remember those shows

You're just a baby! :lol: It's pretty sad when you're only old enough to remember the remakes of these shows.

Seriously......you didn't miss out on too much. Horrible fashion styles, Really big hair, awful slang words like "groovy" and "far out" not to mention really cheesey TV scripts......no, I'd say you really didn't miss too much! :lol:

But hey...it was all very popular then!

...see when i was little i watch shows like rugrats, are you afraid of the dark, goosbumps, hey arnold, uhhh clarissa explains it all, all that

I loved Rugrats! I think I laughed harder than the kids. :lol:

i loe that show too..LOL :lol:

I heard someone say Private Practice and Bionic Woman did really well, is that right? I hope CM got lots of viewers!