Primal scream time

dragonjax · Jul 5, 2010

So I've been watching PERSONS UNKNOWN and have been enjoying it. And what a shock -- NBC has moved it from 10 pm Mondays to...

Well, wait. Let's see.

First, tonight's episode will be on at 8 pm instead of 10. Has this change been announced? Not that I can tell.

Second, after a look at TV Guide's upcoming week revealed that on Monday July 12 there's no time allotted for PERSONS UNKNOWN, I did a Google search and discovered that starting on July 17, PERSONS UNKNOWN is moving to Saturdays at 8 pm.

Argh.

**begin primal scream**

I LOATHE IT WHEN NETWORKS DON'T SUPPORT A NEW SHOW AND THEN MOVE IT WITHOUT WARNING OR ADVERTISING TO A NEW DAY AND TIME!!!!!!

**end primal scream**

This is why I have been leaning toward not watching **any** new shows. I'm so sick of investing time into something that then gets canceled or so unsupported that it's cancellation is imminent.

alleycat · Jul 5, 2010

I watched the first episode of that but didn't want to get sucked into a Lost type show.

I'm not sure what happened afterward, but on the first show I wondered why they didn't just put a tourniquet around their leg so the control thing wouldn't work and just hobble out.

Jcomp · Jul 5, 2010

Well, this is NBC we're talking about here. They have a bit of rep for doing such things to even their halfway successful shows...

kuwisdelu · Jul 5, 2010

Damn, I thought this was going to be a thread comparing primal screams in different movies and which ones were the best.

ChaosTitan · Jul 6, 2010

I'm with you, Jackie. I think I'm going to stick with watching shows after they've been on for a year. The few new shows I tried this year have all been canceled.

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 6, 2010

Not surprisingly, I've never heard of Persons Unknown. How longs it been on? I won't ask when it's on since that's up for debate.

kuwisdelu said:
Damn, I thought this was going to be a thread comparing primal screams in different movies and which ones were the best.

I thought we were going to discuss all the uses of the Wilhelm Scream.

dragonjax · Jul 6, 2010

Shadow_Ferret said:
Not surprisingly, I've never heard of Persons Unknown. How longs it been on? I won't ask when it's on since that's up for debate.

Ummmm...maybe four episodes? Five, counting the one from Monday that I have yet to watch.

deepprincealain · Jul 7, 2010

I actually have been enjoying it. Watching it on hulu, I guess I miss out on all the schedule changes--I haven't really logged on enough to figure out that the update schedule has shifted around.

On another note, the actress who played Dualla on BSG was supposed to be on Monday's episode. So, in that respect, I can't wait to catch up.

heyjude · Jul 7, 2010

I like this one too. It's a miniseries, right?

Sounds like it's being moved to Saturdays in a few weeks. (Saw that on their board.) We've been watching it OnDemand, so it doesn't matter to me when it airs, but I'd be ticked without OnDemand. And isn't Saturday night usually the kiss of death?

dragonjax · Jul 7, 2010

darkprincealain said:
On another note, the actress who played Dualla on BSG was supposed to be on Monday's episode. So, in that respect, I can't wait to catch up.

Finally saw it. Yep, she was in the ep.

dragonjax · Jul 7, 2010

heyjude said:
I like this one too. It's a miniseries, right?

I believe so -- the promo before the show keeps promising that by the end of the summer, all will be revealed. Yeah, Saturday doesn't bode well...but if it's a miniseries with a set ending, maybe that will encourage NBC to run the whole thing.

heyjude · Jul 8, 2010

dragonjax said:
I believe so -- the promo before the show keeps promising that by the end of the summer, all will be revealed. Yeah, Saturday doesn't bode well...but if it's a miniseries with a set ending, maybe that will encourage NBC to run the whole thing.

Let's hope so, but boy does NBC have a bad track record with canceling good shows.

dragonjax · Jul 8, 2010

heyjude said:
Let's hope so, but boy does NBC have a bad track record with canceling good shows.

Not as bad as some other networks, though. **glares at Fox and ABC**

deepprincealain · Jul 18, 2010

Yes, it appears to be on Saturday. Just showing six more ep.s. I feel like it has gotten a lot more rough and tumble since the last time I posted. I'm not sure they're moving forward, but I'm in since I do have a lot of free time this summer.

heyjude · Jul 19, 2010

I'm still enjoying it (except for what's-his-names sort-of beard--are there NO razors there?!), but OnDemand hasn't put up the last episode yet. Which seems like a long time.

Wayne K · Jul 19, 2010

heyjude said:
Let's hope so, but boy does NBC have a bad track record with canceling good shows.

They cancelled Taxi when it was the number one show on TV.

Granted, that was a long time ago, but I still haven't let it go

heyjude · Jul 19, 2010

Yeah, and I will hold my grudge about Boomtown... um... forever. Canceling that show was a heinous crime and should be punishable by... something so bad I can't even think of it.

Wayne K · Jul 19, 2010

We should band together and plot our revenge

heyjude · Jul 19, 2010

YES! You devise the revenge, I'll go about implementing it so that we don't get caught.

Our first step should be to stop talking about it on a public message board...

deepprincealain · Aug 4, 2010

I still kind of want revenge for Ally McBeal. I guess I don't forget easily.

That said, I don't like the Persons Unknown mole (his name starts with a j, I think?) shorn. He looks like a shaved cat. I'm not yet finished with the most recent ep., but so far I am liking the way Lola Glaudini seems to have finally gotten more comfortable with her character.

dragonjax · Aug 4, 2010

Every week that Persons Unknown continues to air is another week I celebrate.

heyjude · Aug 31, 2010

Oh. Did anyone stick with this through the end? I just... I think I lost some brain cells.

Spoiler alert if you didn't watch the very end:

On one hand, seeing Tori as the night manager? Awesome.

OTOH, the 2nd group taking an elevator several floors down to the top of an ocean-going ship? Uh...

deepprincealain · Sep 7, 2010

I don't think you lost any brain cells, but I do think that was sort of ... not answering questions, where in the promos they'd promised to answer questions.

It certainly makes me wonder if the writers, even knowing it was supposed to be a miniseries, were trying to bargain for a second season, with that last bit. Or am I crazy?

heyjude · Sep 7, 2010

I've heard they always said they knew for sure it was miniseries only, and surely the ratings were a clue, but yeah, it could have gone for a 2nd season. Well, if anyone was left watching (with brain cells). What was the deal with the cages? How is that an ending?

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