Five years ago this weekend Tim Burton’s updating of Dark Shadows, the gothic/horror-themed soap opera which ran from 1966 to 1971 on ABC and was a seminal influence on a generation of budding horror fans (including Burton), was released on American movie screens, one weekend after Marvel’s The Avengers was still dictating the imaginations (and the wallets) of moviegoers everywhere. Given Burton’s track record with horror comedies (Beetlejuice being the primary example) and collaborations with Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands), a surprisingly low number of ticket-buyers seemed ultimately to care—the movie, which cost $150 million to make, and undoubtedly a hefty chunk of change more than that to market, would earn back only slightly more than half of that in the United States, though its final take globally came in at around $235 million. There were a few takers among critics, notably...
- 5/13/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
This TV season started off with two promising gay-centric shows, the CBS broad sitcom throwback Partners, and NBC’s The New Normal. Both shows had a strong pedigree, with Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnik helming the CBS comedy, and juggernaut Ryan Murphy bringing us the NBC show.
Unfortunately, Partners was slow out of the gate, and when ratings didn’t improve, it was cancelled after six episodes. The New Normal (which is frankly, a better show), was given a full season pickup, but also struggled mightily in the ratings, even as it improved in quality over its freshman year.
In sad but unsurprising news, today NBC officially pulled the plug on the show. Unless another network picks it up (which is unlikely), we won’t get to see how new dads Bryan and David cope with newborn Sawyer, and The New Normal will officially become another show that was Gone Too Soon.
Unfortunately, Partners was slow out of the gate, and when ratings didn’t improve, it was cancelled after six episodes. The New Normal (which is frankly, a better show), was given a full season pickup, but also struggled mightily in the ratings, even as it improved in quality over its freshman year.
In sad but unsurprising news, today NBC officially pulled the plug on the show. Unless another network picks it up (which is unlikely), we won’t get to see how new dads Bryan and David cope with newborn Sawyer, and The New Normal will officially become another show that was Gone Too Soon.
- 5/11/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
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