Monday, March 12, 2007

Grey's and Housewives Need Help, Too


Thursday, March 8
Sunday, March 11

ABC has a lot of problems, right now, but one would think that Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives should not be among them. One would be wrong.

While Grey's Anatomy is among the highest rated series on TV this season, and Desperate Housewives, though not the powerhouse it was in its first few seasons, still makes the top 10 for every new episode, they both repeat horribly. A new episode for Grey's will bring in over 20 million viewers, a repeat is lucky to get 10 million. For Desperate Housewives it's even worse.

This is not the most important issue for ABC to think about right now, but perhaps they would do better with airing only original episodes, and scheduling a few long hiatuses where they try out a replacement series in its place. They may even want to order longer seasons. For Grey's, at least, it would be well worth the money. Especially if they can charge a bit extra for the DVDs.

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