According to anonymous reports, NBC has canceled two of its high profile shows, Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy. I never watched either, but I’m not at all surprised: Lipstick Jungle looked like a crappy (and presumably watered down) rip-off of Sex and the City, and My Own Worst Enemy… well, it was just one of the worst-titled shows of the season.
Honestly, why name a show My Own Worst Enemy? Especially a thriller? It sounds like a sitcom. Thrillers, especially ones about undercover agents or hitmen or whatever Christian Slater played, should have cool one-or-two-word titles, not some cheesy title that immediately will turn audiences off. Think: Alias, Lost, CSI, JAG, Cold Case, NCIS, The Shield and countless others. Regardless of what you think of those individual shows, nice, short, cool names sell. Clever titles that might work as book titles don’t. My Own Worst Enemy was doomed before the marketing ever started.
Of course, the marketing didn’t help. The concept was cool in theory, but the previews prevented it as more of a gimmick than anything else. They needed some slick, action-packed previews, not the stuff that they threw at audiences seemingly every commercial break.
And personally, I almost find that well known actors are often a detractor for new shows. I’d rather see a show based around an idea rather than around an actor, and the fact that Christian Slater hasn’t done anything of significance in ten years was problematic. I have nothing against the guy, but more often then not, if I see previews for a new show led by a truly recognizable actor, I question its quality.
There’s my random blog post today…
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November 14th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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November 17th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Well, I liked it, despite the title! Christian Slater was suprisingly good and the story lines were great. I’m getting a bit fed up with these tv corps cancelling shows – this is the 4th time they’ve cancelled a show that is worth airing – Moonlight – amazing show, huge fan base – scrapped! Invasion – scrapped! Instead they allow vomit inducing shows like “priveleged” to air ! What the hell’s the matter with these people??????
November 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Hi Sally,
I do miss Invasion. That was a good show.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
No wonder Brooke Shields is hawking toothpaste, German engineered cars,and whatever else on tv and the internet.
And she is on many magazine covers. Gotta earn a living somehow cuz she won’t go to work at mickeydees.