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Hey NBC Executives,
I think the problem is that you want to repeat the success you had with these shows:
- The Fresh Prince Of Belle Air
- The Cosby Show
- Friends
- Seinfield
- Golden Girls
- Cheers
- I Dream Of Jeannie
- Frasier
Every season you show us ads for “NBC…COMEDY” blah blah, and every season I sit down grab a beer and invest time and brain space on a show that in a few months won’t even make it pass the Christmas break.
There’s a huge problem here and at some point when are you going to start looking at yourselves. I know no one likes to be called old or out dated but if there is something I learned from Heidi Klum (Project Runway) “One Day You’re In, And The Next Day You’re Out”. It’s show business, but in any business the goal is to stay in style. And you can see that kinda with your casting choices. Picking either great writers from SNL or comics that have huge followings to carry your shows, BUT clearly that’s not enough. Like in the case of “Don’t Trust The B*tch In Apt 23″ The show was doing great on hulu and I know your wallets weren’t feeling it like back in the good ol’ 80s and 90s but media is a new beast, no one wants to be told when to watch something. They want to watch it on their own time.
I’m not one to purpose a problem without give a solution. I think you should start really using your online resources. PAUSE! Now I know you money hungry jerks are thinking of a way to use this to your advantage but stop while you’re ahead. CLEARLY no one who makes decisions at NBC or ABC knows how the internet works, you can ask HBO charging people to view stuff online doesn’t work. Also no one wants to watch shows your your own websites, the internet speeds are awful and the ads are stupid. For all that trouble I could just pirate it, and your trouble retaining a pay audience continues.
I think you really should stop looking at people who watch your shows on tv, and focus on Hulu and Netflix and who’s pirating which shows, as a better reflection of a shows success. And you should use that information to develop a show like you would in the 80s or 90s build a show the hard way like you did with all of your great shows from the past! Remember what happened when you canceled “Freaks And Geeks”? The NBC motto show be NEVER AGAIN!
With Love,
Davon Magwood
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You start hiring better writers, like new writers(I’m free).