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NBC to drop "Outsourced", "The Event" (Read 552 times)

May 13^th, 2011 at 3:08pm

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Learned yesterday that NBC is planning on not renewing the shows "Outsourced" and "The Event". In the first case you have to wonder what genius at the network thought a show about an Indian Call center would be a hit in the midst of a recession where so many of us have lost our jobs overseas? In the second case, "The event" was to me like a bottle of soda; Lots of fizz at the start but it got steadily flater as time wore on. Thank God for all the "Retro" stations that are popping up and showing the classic, quality shows I loved.

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Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2011 at 9:07pm

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I never saw The Event.

Outsourced was tolerable but I didn't expect it to last.

I get a great retro station - Adam-12 and Dragnet every day at 5pm.

I wonder why The Big Bang Theory is still on the air.

It lasted one year because it was not the worst show in its time slot but now it is.

A bad day at golf is better than a good day at work.

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Reply #2 - May 14^th, 2011 at 1:09am

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Webb wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 9:07pm:

Reed and Malloy followed by Joe Friday? Should be the other way around.

Sorry, I was giving you 'the facts, just the facts'. Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - May 14^th, 2011 at 5:16pm

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I think of Adam 12 as the opening act to Dragnet.

If you're a fan of Jack Webb check this out.

He Walked by Night (1948)

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This film served as something of a template for "Dragnet," which debuted on radio the following year, right down to the "this is the city" style opening narration, and the fact that a disclaimer appears at the beginning informing the audience that the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Technical advisor for the film was Sgt. Marty Wynn of the Los Angeles Police Dept. During the course of shooting he fell into conversation with Jack Webb, then the star of radio's "Jeff Regan, Private Investigator", who had a small part in the film. Wynn suggested that Webb do a radio series based on actual police files. Thus was born the idea for "Dragnet," which debuted on NBC radio about four months after this film was released.

You can watch it on YouTube or download it (legally) here.

Remember this every time you hear Jack Webb preaching about the evils of marijuana - he smoked 2 packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day and died of a heart attack at 62.

A bad day at golf is better than a good day at work.

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