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Complex equation adds up to cable mediocrity
An article explaining why crap movies run repeatedly on cable.
- Why does HBO lean on the hit-and-miss “Antwone Fisher” while Showtime gets the Oscar-winning “The Hours”? Because the elite movie channels have exclusive, long-term contracts with movie studios. “Antwone Fisher” came from HBO’s studio partner, 20th Century Fox. Showtime snagged “The Hours” because the channel runs Paramount movies after a year. Same goes for Universal’s “Undercover Brother” on Encore.- Why did Showtime broadcast Steve Irwin’s stinker “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” twice in one week? Because Showtime was trying to reach a particular demographic audience — kids. By running certain movies on several Showtime spinoff channels, including Showtime Family Zone and Showtime Extreme, the channel can cover a broad range of ages and genders.
- How come Showtime viewers get hot, (relatively) new movies “Bowling for Columbine” and “The Hours,” while basic cable subscribers are stuck with 11-year-old recyclables such as “What’s Love Got to Do with It”? Studios and cable channels follow a rough, constantly changing formula to determine what movie lands where. Twelve months after its box office release, a movie goes to Showtime, HBO or another pay channel. Not long after that, it goes to the television networks. By 31 months, it goes to TBS, TNT and USA.
Dude was rolling on his bike, and hit a pole, fucking up his body, especially his legs, and ending his fuckin’ basketball career. The dude may come back, but look at Grant Hill. Some shit a man can’t overcome. You try like a motha, and shit don’t turn out like you wanted. I feel sorry for Jay, and I think he’s one of the dumbest assholes in history.
You got a couple million dollar contract, playing ball for a major city, although shitty sports team, and you fuck it up popping wheelies on your fuckin big wheel. Now that’s gangsta, or as we say, stoopid. Now, you get part of your contract dough, but your career is essentially over. No endorsements. No championships. No nothing. And you’re officially screwed.
Dude was living the life many young brothers would die for. And he ended it like a lot of young brothers might have. Take American Idol. There’s always some dumbass, after getting in the finals, of semi-finals, or whatever you wanna call it, and they fuck it up by drinking the night before auditions, or do some dumb illegal shit while in the process of getting picked. And the producers kick their ass off the show. Then they bitch to the Access Hollywood’s of the world, and we never hear from them again. And you wonder how gangsta a nizzo need to be?
I wish all the luck to Jay. He kind of disappointed me through his rookie year. But I still wish that brother the best. Here’s hoping he comes back, and comes back strong. Same for Grant Hill. But we kind of know how that story ends.
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