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Terriers - Season 1 - Wednesdays on FX

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Memles said:
I GIVE some of those ratings, and seriously: do not try to find logic.
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:lol
I just won't think about the grades anymore, because (as I said) the actual content of the reviews is really great.
 
Cornballer said:
- THE SURF REPORT talks to Donal Logue about all things TERRIERS–12/1/10 (scroll down for the interview)

EDIT: Great interview with a lot of insight into the finale and Donal Logue in general. Can't wait for part 2.
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Really excellent interview. It's always cool when an actor really understands his show. I thought logue's take on the ending was cool:
DL: At the end of season one, the emotional maelstrom swirls around Britt and Hank, even if they sit in the calm eye of the storm having a bit of a “tell-me-about-the-rabbit-farm” Of Mice and Men moment, except in the “Terriers” version, both are aware the rabbit farm is an impossible fantasy. Hank knows that things are still very dangerous as he doesn’t think for a moment a tremendously powerful man with very dark secrets would take his word to stay mum about them and let it be. Hank is also (I think) trying to figure out a way to keep Britt safe once he is in prison. My feeling, and not necessarily Ted’s, Tim’s or Shawn’s, is that Hank is plotting to go into hiding, but in such a manner (maybe using Mark and Officer Robledo to help him) that he can ensure Steph, Gretchen and Katie’s safety. Britt, I think, is ready to take his punishment and come out ready to do the right thing by Katie.
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I wonder how much the ratings dictated the story line towards the end. My biggest fear was that we'd have another Rubicon type ending, the show would get canceled and we'd be bitter on multiple fronts due to open story lines.

That said, I really enjoyed the season and the finale was fantastic. Wrapped up the loose ends in the case they get dropped (please NOOOOOO) and gave a perfect cliff hanger in case they get another season.

What a great show, I really hope they give it another season.
 
big ander said:
And according to Twitter, there's a campaign called Pimp Daddy Thursday:
everyone buy the episode Pimp Daddy today/tomorrow December 2nd on iTunes or Amazon.
I'll be buying it and the finale once it's up.
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Just bought those two on Amazon.



Reseil said:
I wonder how much the ratings dictated the story line towards the end. My biggest fear was that we'd have another Rubicon type ending, the show would get canceled and we'd be bitter on multiple fronts due to open story lines.
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I think the production was done when it first aired, so I don't think the ratings had anything to do with it.
 
Some guy called into Howard Stern the other day pleading for listeners to tune into the show. Evidently he works on the show and it's very close to getting shitcanned.
 
Reseil said:
I wonder how much the ratings dictated the story line towards the end. My biggest fear was that we'd have another Rubicon type ending, the show would get canceled and we'd be bitter on multiple fronts due to open story lines.

That said, I really enjoyed the season and the finale was fantastic. Wrapped up the loose ends in the case they get dropped (please NOOOOOO) and gave a perfect cliff hanger in case they get another season.

What a great show, I really hope they give it another season.
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Yep, it's so cool because it's not a cliffhanger that leaves the first season story incomplete. It just comes to a close and looks to the future.

@Clevinger: Finale is up? Sweet, I'll buy it when I'm home.
 
SpeedingUptoStop said:
Yea, I'm pretty sure the whole season was in the can before it first aired, so the end became oddly poetic.
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I was under the same impression, but irony aside, I find it hard to believe they didn't tweak it based on the possibility of them getting canceled early on. If it was in fact the scripted finale to the letter, the writers might have been pessimistic of a second season from the beginning. Rarely do you see shows like this tie up all the (major) loose ends. Regardless, I think they did it perfectly.

I just wish there was something beyond sending emails folks could do to show enough interest that would warrant another season.
 
Reseil said:
I just wish there was something beyond sending emails folks could do to show enough interest that would warrant another season.
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Stream the older episodes on Hulu (I'm doing that in the background at work right now) or buy episodes from iTunes/Amazon (I'm going to grab Pimp Daddy and the finale tonight when I get home.)
 
Cornballer said:
Stream the older episodes on Hulu (I'm doing that in the background at work right now) or buy episodes from iTunes/Amazon (I'm going to grab Pimp Daddy and the finale tonight when I get home.)
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Good to know. I have the season DVR'd, but I can definitely just fire up Hulu on another machine and stream them for sure. :D

Just out of my ignorance and morbid curiosity.. what show was on at that time slot that got the ratings? I don't watch much TV, I just DVR stuff and watch it later, so I'm not in the know.
 
Please. Pleaaaaaaaaase. PLLLLLEEEAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. give me a second season. I just finished the last episode and fuck me. I did the email thing to FX plllleaaaaaaaaassssseeeeeeeeeeeee renew.
 
Awesome ending.

Truly loved the show. Every episode was great and not a second was boring. Whether or not this comes back next year, it has definitely been one of the most enjoyable shows I have ever seen.

A big well done to everyone behind it.
 
If they don't renew Terriers that final scene is gonna become legendary in a couple of years when everyone realize what an amazing show this was, great finale.
 
Cornballer said:
Or punch them and explain it's on general principle.
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:lol :lol :lol

Just got that after watching the last episode.

The ending reminded me of the 25th Hour. They wrapped everything up nicely and you know Britt did the right thing at the end.
 
Fanfuckingtastic ending. The final scene pretty much encapsulates the entire show and what these guys are about.
 
The ending of this season reminded me a lot of the ending of the movie 25th Hour. Hope the shows get a second season, it deserves it.
 
I feel so bad that I had absolutely no clue about this show.

Donal and Michael work so well together, it really does seem like they have been friends for years. Don't really know what else to say really after finishing the last episode. Amazing.
 
Variety article:
- Holes in basic cable's safety net: Quality is valued, but ratings matter as much as ever

The bit about Terriers:
Trying to avoid a similar fate is "Terriers," which fell to some 540,000 viewers and a 0.2 rating in 18-49 in its Nov. 10 airing before showing relative signs of life with 725,000 viewers and a 0.4 on Nov. 17. Its season finale on Dec. 1 drew 784,000.

Showrunner Shawn Ryan will take the good news where he can get it, but "Terriers" still has what Ryan calls "an uphill climb" as he tries to convince FX prexy John Landgraf that the show's growth potential makes it worthy of renewal.

"I understand the reality of the situation," Ryan says, "and I understand that John and (his colleagues) run a business and they have people they have to answer to in terms of profits. "But it seems they've done a good job of making the company profitable, and maybe there's room for us (to grow). We'll make that case."

Ryan, who previously made seven-year enterprise "The Shield" a defining show for FX, says he was never under any illusion that he didn't have to worry about audience size.

"I never considered that the promise," he says. "Obviously, if you have ads in the middle of a show, the ratings are going to matter. (But) at a place like FX, quality is really important, and I think that they've shown greater patience than most ad-supported networks."

To be sure, cable remains immune from the kind of summary execution that befell the fall's top-reviewed broadcast series, "Lone Star," guillotined by Fox after two weeks. Ryan points out that FX rode out the ratings-challenged first season of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," which will complete its fifth campaign this month. And although FX has parted ways with "Damages," the cabler stuck with the Glenn Close starrer for three seasons, all the way through April's season finale (900,000 viewers, 0.2 demo rating).

"There's a certain threshold that really does matter to them," Ryan says.
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More via the link.
 
I hate Hollywood jargon. "topper" "cabler" "starrer" "lensing"

They're made up words by the hangers-on in the press to make themselves important.
 
squicken said:
I hate Hollywood jargon. "topper" "cabler" "starrer" "lensing"

They're made up words by the hangers-on in the press to make themselves important.
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It's not Hollywood, it's just Variety. I hate their in house style. "Skein" is the worst fucking word ever. :lol
 
Just read it too.

FUCK NO FUCK NO FUCK NO
I'm gonna write a new fucking email:
Dear average shithead tv viewer at aol.com:
You're a fucking dumbass cunt. You didn't watch terriers you dick. Fuck you.
 
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:(

Extremely disappointed that we're losing such a great show, but I'm happy that the season we got was as awesome as it was and the ending was fantastic.
 
From Sepinwall
FX cancels 'Terriers'
By Alan Sepinwall - Quality was incredibly high, ratings were pathetically low for underdog detective drama

FX sold "Terriers" with the tagline "too small to fail." It's a line that has sadly proved ironic, as FX has decided not to renew the show for a second season, due to ratings that could only charitably be called "small."

The finale drew 784,000 viewers, which was one of the show's bigger audiences. Many episodes averaged around 500,000, and that number just isn't viable, even on basic cable. Even when I wrote my Save "Terriers" piece, I feared deep down that even FX president John Landgraf, one of the business' biggest champions of quality TV, couldn't rationalize keeping the show around.

Landgraf is actually doing something fairly rare in the business: he's doing a conference call later this afternoon to discuss the cancellation - and no doubt to lament the fact that it didn't do well enough to stick around. Because as you and I have said many, many times, the show itself was fantastic, and deserving of a much better fate and bigger audience.

I'll have a second write-up after the Landgraf call, and possibly with some comment from Shawn Ryan and/or Ted Griffin if they're available. But like I said in my review of the series finale, we still have these great 13 episodes, and we'll still always have Hank and Britt in the pickup, waiting to decide whether to go straight or turn left. And that's something.
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Yes, the one season we got truly was perfect, but that doesn't mean I don't want more. In fact, that just makes me want more. If it sucked I wouldn't care if it was canceled. But it was fucking brilliant.

Edit: anybody want to start a new topic with just the news story just to see how many people thought it was about dogs?
 
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I bet Britt just decided to go to jail...
 
big ander said:
Edit: anybody want to start a new topic with just the news story just to see how many people thought it was about dogs?
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Not really, though I am looking forward to bitterly making fun of people in all of the LTTP: Terriers is awesome; Why didn't anyone tell me to watch this show? threads in the future.
 
Well that was easily one of the greatest shows out there. Definitely the best this year.

It was nice knowing you Britt and Hank.
 
I can't say I was surprised. We got a good season. I said this in the Fringe thread, but it's time to realign our tastes. The stuff we consider good just isn't a widely held opinion, for better or worse. Time to stop fighting it and watch Glee, NCIS, and Idol.
 
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