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SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 11:22 AM (EST) "Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" I've received a report that the Friday 8PM timeslot has once again claimed another reality show as "Playing It Straight," the first reality show to air in the time period since 2001's "The Mole 2," has been pulled from the airwaves -- anyone else heard anything??? Thanks, SB   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Reeflex7 03-30-04 1    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... SurvivorBlows 03-30-04 9  What!!?!?!?!?! Breezy 03-30-04 2    RE: What!!?!?!?!?! mookiemeister 03-31-04 24        RE: What!!?!?!?!?! angeleyesnc5 03-31-04 26            RE: What!!?!?!?!?! Breezy 03-31-04 27  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Reeflex7 03-30-04 3    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Breezy 03-30-04 4        RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... volsfan 03-30-04 5            RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... smiley 03-30-04 6            RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Estee 03-30-04 16  Carp!!!! Breezy 03-30-04 7  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Pamselfish 03-30-04 8    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... covertwo 03-30-04 11  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... FarmBoy 03-30-04 10  Noooooo....... tribephyl 03-30-04 12    RE: Noooooo....... just_for_fun 04-03-04 29  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... managerr 03-30-04 13    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... CantStandToLook 03-30-04 15  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... SilverStar 03-30-04 14  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... SurvivorBlows 03-30-04 17  Eddie's Incident volsfan 03-30-04 18    RE: Eddie's Incident Reeflex7 03-30-04 21        RE: Eddie's Incident volsfan 03-30-04 22            RE: Eddie's Incident just_for_fun 04-03-04 28  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... Sagebrush Dan 03-30-04 19  RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... redefine_perfection13 03-30-04 20    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... covertwo 03-30-04 23    RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... SurvivorBlows 03-31-04 25        RE: Playing It Straight pulled from... fm535 04-05-04 30

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Reeflex7 187 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 12:08 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" The Hollywood trade papers seem to confirm that Playing it Straight is toast, for now. (you'll need to register to read the whole article, which I can't be bothered to do.) http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117902526&cs=1   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 02:56 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" LAST EDITED ON 03-30-04 AT 02:57 PM (EST) The full story doesn't say much more -- yes, it's pulled, and apparently what was originally a one-week Wonderfalls/Forever Eden Thursday/Friday swap is now "permanent" -- or at least as "permanent" as a it can be considering that as of this Friday, Eden will now have aired six episodes on four different days. The only noteworthy part is "Because the skein has a strong competition element, Fox plans on bringing the show back this summer so viewers can find out how the game ends." and a mention that NBC did the same with "Lost" while ABC did it with "The Family" ...no mention of the much better "Mole 2" comparison, two thumbs down to the Variety writer -SB   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Breezy 18379 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 12:17 PM (EST) 2. "What!!?!?!?!?!" But I need to know, who's playing it straight!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mookiemeister 284 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star" 03-31-04, 10:33 AM (EST) 24. "RE: What!!?!?!?!?!" I want to know if she end up with a guy and money!! I hope Fox show the ending sometimes. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Einstein   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

angeleyesnc5 1 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson" 03-31-04, 04:01 PM (EST) 26. "RE: What!!?!?!?!?!" I am upset that they pulled it. I loved watching it and looked forward to it coming on each friday. Does anyone know anything about Wonderfalls if its still on or not? I think its pretty good to.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Breezy 18379 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-31-04, 04:15 PM (EST) 27. "RE: What!!?!?!?!?!" I believe Wonderfalls is trading spots with Forever Eden. So it should be on, on Mondays.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Reeflex7 187 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 12:17 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" Fox pulled it from the schedule on its website too. http://www.fox.com/schedule/   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Breezy 18379 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 12:23 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" They show it on next weeks.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

volsfan 19846 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 01:05 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" DAMMIT! I was really gettin into this one! Director of Public Relations for GAWKUR!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

smiley 2009 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Roller Coaster Inaugurator" 03-30-04, 01:13 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" Double dammit!!!! *Proud Member of the RR/RW Old Fart Club*   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 55195 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 04:53 PM (EST) 16. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" I knew I shouldn't have asked for the finale. Kiss of death, right there...   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Breezy 18379 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 01:28 PM (EST) 7. "Carp!!!!" Pulled from Fox's message board. CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- FOX is dumping its reality dating series "Playing It Straight," while "Wonderfalls" and "Forever Eden" are swaping time periods permanently beginning this week. The news comes as little surprise for "Straight," as last Friday's broadcast averaged a paltry 2.1 rating/4 share and 1.3 rating among adults 18-49 according to fast national data. Both those scores would mark the network's worst Friday, 8:00/7:00c time period performance this season should they hold up nationally. FOX plans to fill the show's time slot with clip shows "Totally Outrageous Behavior" and "World's Craziest Videos" starting on April 2. "Behavior" and "Videos" previously aired for five weeks in said time slot earlier this year. "Straight" will get the hook after just three weeks on FOX's schedule, a rarity for a reality series. Only a handful of series in the genre - such as ABC's "The Family," NBC's "Lost" and UPN's "Under One Roof" - have gotten shelved mid-run. "Straight" most likely will burn off its remaining installments this summer.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Pamselfish 106 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 01:48 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" I always thought the time slot was the pits. Does this affect paying out the $1 million prize money in any way? Just wondering.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

covertwo 54 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square" 03-30-04, 03:57 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" too bad. the vegas trip looked interesting...   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

FarmBoy 2618 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 03:55 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" #@%*@!*# Bovinated BR549- An Original Draco Masterpiece Your WSC3 SR Winner   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

tribephyl 9688 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 04:13 PM (EST) 12. "Noooooo......." Well Galldernnit! I finally get absorbed by a reality show, other than Survivor, and they pull it. Argh! So damm mad! Don't they know better than to tease a gay? Well, I'll see ya'll in July. But you can call me tribe. S7ABCABP Winner "I just had to get those guys comfortable riding the big banana. And they did." King Dicque(RIP)   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

just_for_fun 19 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson" 04-03-04, 11:11 AM (EST) 29. "RE: Noooooo......." These people just don't know who they are messing with. Us gays won't put up with this ##### forever. I hated it when they did this to the Mole 2 also. Why even bother starting something if they aren't going to finish it?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

managerr 1959 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Herbal Healing Drugs Endorser" 03-30-04, 04:32 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" Why not just finish it? Doesn't seem typical of Fox. *Everything* they show in that time slot fares poorly.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

CantStandToLook 6254 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 04:51 PM (EST) 15. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" That's what I'm thinking too managerr...besides...by the time they do finally finish the run wont everyone have been outed anyway....I mean seriously...do they think the gay guys are gonna stop being gay for several months just because they pulled the show. (not that there's anything wrong with it.. i just love those seinfeld references I wasn't heavy into the show but it was good fun when really there aint sh*t worth watching on friday's anyway. Handcrafted by RollDdice "Dook ....still sux"   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

SilverStar 6205 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 04:47 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" I am so bummed!! Don't they know about our GAYME?? I wanted to win something for once in my life! Do they really think that the show will do better in the summer, after being off the air for 4 months?? what a bunch of morons. Proud Member RBBRTFHLA/Greasy Food Division   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 05:45 PM (EST) 17. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" For what's its worth, I put our news story up a couple of hours ago: http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=2423 I don't get why they are pulling it with three episodes left. ABC pulling Mole 2 made some sense, as it still had 10 episodes to go. But THREE?!?!? ...coming from the same folks who let Joe Mill 2 limp along in the ratings for ten episodes!?!? In the still-gonna-be-dead-as-a-doornail-anyways Friday timeslot??? ...the move makes little sense. -SB   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

volsfan 19846 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 05:56 PM (EST) 18. "Eddie's Incident" I wonder if this had anything to do with the demise? It was really strange of how they handled his departure and how they didn't show anything from him. Just curious...what do you guys think? Director of Public Relations for GAWKUR!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Reeflex7 187 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 08:43 PM (EST) 21. "RE: Eddie's Incident" I doubt it.... the shows were probably filmed and edited weeks ago and if Eddie's lawyer (or something) was telling them to pull the show, they probably would have done it before they aired one episode. It does seem odd that they would pull it with only 3 episodes left and at the same time talk about airing those eps during the summer. If it's so important to let the public see how the show plays out, why not just let it run its course now? The 3 remaining episodes will air before sweeps start in May. And it's not like there's some urgency for getting "Most Outrageous Behavior" on the air. Quite strange.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

volsfan 19846 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 08:53 PM (EST) 22. "RE: Eddie's Incident" Well, Eddie would have no idea how the editing was gonna go down until it hit the airwaves. I think it was very strange the way they handled Eddie's departure. Director of Public Relations for GAWKUR!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

just_for_fun 19 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson" 04-03-04, 11:09 AM (EST) 28. "RE: Eddie's Incident" I really don't think that Eddie's departure had much to do with the show going off the air. I would really like to know how this affected his teaching job - I certainly hope it wouldn't. Also, I think they should just have left it alone. Those last three weeks could have been a ratings grab if they just advertised it a little more.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Sagebrush Dan 9824 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-30-04, 06:15 PM (EST) 19. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" Poor ratings?!?!?! That's what they get for pulling Boston Public. Gotta go get a hair cut.....will post more later.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

redefine_perfection13 114 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-04, 06:28 PM (EST) 20. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" I found the official one they posted on fox saying that it will be pulled Link Below http://forums.prospero.com/foxstraight/messages/?start=Start+Reading+%3E%3E   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

covertwo 54 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square" 03-30-04, 10:29 PM (EST) 23. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" from the link and the post they say its back in july in a different slot than Friday to maximize younger viewership. good to hear...   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-31-04, 03:59 PM (EST) 25. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" That's not an "official" release from FOX, it's the wishful thinking of one of the castmembers who was on the show. I'll believe FOX is going to "do a big new advertising campaign" when I see it... ya, they'll run house ads on the network for it, but that's because except for The Casino, they are probably going to have nothing else new to promote this summer. I'd be shocked to see any real significant new money spent on new non-network advertising (magazine ads, online ads, etc.) like they did the first time around. -SB   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

fm535 2 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson" 04-05-04, 12:20 PM (EST) 30. "RE: Playing It Straight pulled from the air?" The show was filmed last summer, and it will return for sure in July. I am friends with one of the contestant's husband, and though they haven't told me who wins, I know that he didn't! LOL!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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