It sucks.
But if it doesn't and people still won't watch it, what do you do?
Case in point, Wild Roses, CBC TV's newish Dallas esque drama.
Apparently it is for the high jump.
A parallel of sorts to the highly regarded and lowly rated NBC series Friday Night Lights except for one little thing.
FNL, the lowest rated network show in the history of TV to ever be renewed has been renewed for two years.
Two years.
Wild Roses is for the high jump.
Qu'est que c'est the difference?
The folks at NBC colour outside the lines, less group think.
CBC, and God bless them they used to direct deposit to my chequing account, doesn't colour outside the lines.
Two things that saved FNL were product placement, specifically Applebee's, a continent wide restaurant chain, which is interspersed throughout all of season three's episodes, and a deal with DirectTV that gave DirectTV first [and second and third] run of the third year of FNL months before NBC got to run the program driving avid fans from over the air and cable to DirectTV.
Win,
Win.
And.
Win.
CBC doesn't seem prepared to do that to save Wild Roses.
But there is a petition and a call for letters to the editor.
Like, doh.
WFDS
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