RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Good Guys’ Make Quiet Exit

COMMENTS (14)

• Good Guys was a funny well-written show with good performances. Sorry to see it go

  Comment by Kent — Saturday December 11, 2010 @ 1:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• Its the Texas/AFTRA right-to-work-State curse. Did you learn anything Fox?

  Lonestar: Biggest Bomb Ever?
  The Good Guys: Massive Bomb
  The Deep End: Big Bomb
  Chase: Bombing

  ABC’s big Texas/AFTRA fail:

  My Generation: Huge Bomb

  Comment by Joe Brown — Saturday December 11, 2010 @ 3:58pm PST  Reply to this post

• USA should pick up “Good Guys” and run it as lead in for “Burn Notice”. It,s a great show in need of a great time slot.

  Comment by rubysson — Saturday December 11, 2010 @ 5:06pm PST  Reply to this post

  • agreed. friday night is a death slot, especially for a show that is geared towards a younger crowd.

    Comment by ryan — Saturday December 11, 2010 @ 5:53pm PST  Reply to this post

• I just couldn’t get interested in The Good Guys, I don’t know why.

  Comment by Bucky — Sunday December 12, 2010 @ 1:21am PST  Reply to this post

• I saw the first two episodes of “The Good Guys” and it was a mess. This is one show that did merit cancellation. I’m crossing my fingers that The Event follows very soon because that is a huge mess.

  Comment by J.A. — Sunday December 12, 2010 @ 4:42am PST  Reply to this post

• Hmmm, let’s see:
  Good Guys… Lone Star… Human Target…. Terra Nova is a undisputed disaster (it’s a special, it’s a series, no wait, we don’t have any scripts so it’s a special again)… Lie to Me (no back 9 and no one cares about it)….

  … who’s steering the SS Fox as it heads into an ice berg? Who developed/chose this stuff?

  Comment by CoCoMo — Sunday December 12, 2010 @ 9:21am PST  Reply to this post

  • Human Target is a prime example of gross mismanagement. Great first season – then they “fixed” everything, added new cast members changed the tone, the music, the dynamic and it is sinking fast.

    Comment by Ellie — Monday December 13, 2010 @ 3:43am PST  Reply to this post

• Fox TV development is a mess. The folks there are so out of touch. It is sad to pitch to them. I have to warn all my clients before they take the meeting just how dumb their decision making process is and how their questions will smell up the room.

  Whatever their mandate is from on high… it ain’t working.

  Comment by Jeff — Sunday December 12, 2010 @ 4:54pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Fox needs to get back to its roots and stop trying to be CBS-lite.

    It used to stand for edgy programming then they let cable sib FX steal the limelight. I’m not talking getting back to that reality When Animals Attack Joe Millionaire crap.

    Here is my FOX mandate.

    A) A raunchy sitcom starring a black comedian.
    B) A soapy sudser in the spirit of Aaron Spelling or JSchwa
    C) Stuff that would air on FX
    D) That’s not as an ambitious mandate as I wanted to make when I started it.

    We just need some blockbusters. I want a TRIPLE THREAT blockbuster fall from someone circa Lost/Greys/Desperate Housewives. I don’t care what network it is. Just bring me 3 hit shows, all on one network, all in one season. Even the CW could pull it off.

    Comment by Dana California — Monday December 13, 2010 @ 1:59am PST  Reply to this post

• TV is shooting itself in the foot. You can’t make all your money back in the first 4 months. People are not going to want to follow new series until they know they are well-established. Otherwise they’ve invested in 3 or 4 shows that may not be there in a few months, and it’s a big letdown when they’re suddenly gone.

  Comment by Penny — Monday December 13, 2010 @ 6:53am PST  Reply to this post

• “Good guys” was well-edited with quality actors who could handle the show’s spry touches. It’s a shame fox couldn’t find a place for it, instead letting it languish in that friday night coffin. Hopefully, a network (like usa) can make a place for it…

  Comment by sly — Monday December 13, 2010 @ 8:36am PST  Reply to this post

• If Colin Hanks wasnt related to Tom Hanks he would be making yr coffee at Starbucks. He is so dead-eyed and lame – so vanilla and middle of the road – I am sick of seeing him suck in high profile projects. The show might have worked with Whitford actually had someone to play off of.

  Comment by palette — Monday December 13, 2010 @ 11:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• OH, yes – we most assuredly DID rally behind the show. Too bad we weren’t the O-So-Special NIELSEN families.

  Comment by Amy — Saturday February 12, 2011 @ 9:43pm PST  Reply to this post