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Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: xavier45 on November 01, 2007, 09:08:46 PM: Buzzerblog is reporting that NBC is going to be putting TSB on the shelf because of low ratings. The planned episodes for next week and beyond are being replaced by 2 hour episodes of "The Biggest Loser".

http://buzzerblog.com/ (http://\"http://buzzerblog.com/\")
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: Fedya on November 01, 2007, 10:36:00 PM: It could be worse: they could be replacing it with Karn Feud.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: ChrisLambert! on November 01, 2007, 10:54:16 PM: You can d/l the Australian version from demonoid in the meantime.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: bandit_bobby on November 01, 2007, 10:59:29 PM: I told you so, NBC. You should've only let this air in summertime.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: PYLdude on November 01, 2007, 11:39:10 PM: [quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'168558\' date=\'Nov 1 2007, 10:59 PM\']
I told you so, NBC. You should've only let this air in summertime.
[/quote]

Of course, because the Bandit is Supergod, Jr ©, and whatever he says goes!
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: dzinkin on November 02, 2007, 12:09:57 AM: [quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'168564\' date=\'Nov 1 2007, 11:39 PM\']
Of course, because the Bandit is Supergod, Jr ©, and whatever he says goes!
[/quote]
Now, see, that can't be true, because if everything Bobby said went, NBC would have limited the show to the summer, all would be right with the world, and we'd all be holding hands and singing "Kumbaya."

Isn't it amazing? He knows how NBC should program its schedule, he knew how CBS should have handled the Barker-to-Carey transition, and he knows every single Wheel of Fortune bonus puzzle that the contestants miss. What doesn't he know?
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: BrandonFG on November 02, 2007, 12:24:09 AM: [quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 12:09 AM\']
What doesn't he know?
[/quote]
Posting 101? Board etiquette?

Or, was that a rhetorical question? ;-)
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: TLEberle on November 02, 2007, 01:59:58 AM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'168568\' date=\'Nov 1 2007, 09:24 PM\'][quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 12:09 AM\']What doesn't he know?[/quote]Posting 101? Board etiquette?
Or, was that a rhetorical question? ;-)[/quote]Come on, Dave. At least make it a challenge. There's just no sport in this. :)

/Which isn't to say it's not fun.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: tpirfan28 on November 02, 2007, 10:19:55 AM: Maybe they are holding the episodes for when the writers strike happens?
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: Neumms on November 02, 2007, 12:17:36 PM: [quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'168577\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 09:19 AM\']
Maybe they are holding the episodes for when the writers strike happens?
[/quote]

So they can run them on huge monitors next to the picket line, in hopes of forcing a settlement?
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: clemon79 on November 02, 2007, 12:58:09 PM: [quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'168582\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 09:17 AM\']
So they can run them on huge monitors next to the picket line, in hopes of forcing a settlement?
[/quote]
I *like* Singing Bee, and I still lol'd. :)
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: Clay Zambo on November 02, 2007, 05:43:31 PM: [quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 12:09 AM\']
What doesn't he know?
[/quote]

How many roads a man must walk down before they can call him a man?
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: BrandonFG on November 02, 2007, 05:46:01 PM: [quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'168605\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 05:43 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 12:09 AM\']
What doesn't he know?
[/quote]

How many roads a man must walk down before they can call him a man?
[/quote]
I was thinking the way to San Jose.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: Ian Wallis on November 02, 2007, 05:50:22 PM: It's too bad - I kind of like this show too. I noticed they skipped an episode because the Halloween show featured a different returning champion. I was hoping to see if they'd do anything for Christmas!

Oh well...it was nice while it lasted!
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: NickS on November 02, 2007, 07:29:19 PM: [quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 1 2007, 11:09 PM\']What doesn't he know?
[/quote]

How many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: clemon79 on November 02, 2007, 07:38:06 PM: [quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'168622\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 04:29 PM\']
How many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
[/quote]
Three.

/c'mon, everyone knows that
//I have the false teeth to prove it
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: xavier45 on November 02, 2007, 07:44:39 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'168623\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 07:38 PM\']
[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'168622\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 04:29 PM\']
How many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
[/quote]
Three.

/c'mon, everyone knows that
//I have the false teeth to prove it
[/quote]
Very funny to the both of you guys. :)
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: rigsby on November 02, 2007, 11:09:03 PM: [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'168609\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 04:50 PM\']
I noticed they skipped an episode because the Halloween show featured a different returning champion.
[/quote]

You can thank Larry Craig for that.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: PYLdude on November 03, 2007, 12:16:18 AM: [quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'168566\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 12:09 AM\']
What doesn't he know?
[/quote]

How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

*ducks*
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: bandit_bobby on November 03, 2007, 03:13:33 PM: You know, after I heard about the writers' strike, maybe NBC jumped the gun on pulling "Bee". Hopefully, it'll be back soon.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on November 05, 2007, 11:39:39 AM: I hope it is back soon. A good primetime game show that doesn't have to offer a million dollars is rare nowadays. Singing Bee has entertaining games (I love "Singing With the Enemy") and a half decent host. Here's to hoping it's back on soon.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: uncamark on November 05, 2007, 12:37:07 PM: I like the show, but I can see why NBC pulled it for sweeps. If you're being beaten by Freakin' "Cavemen"...

Perhaps it would've been better to keep it at 9:30 and enjoy a somewhat protected position after "Biggest Loser." I hate for it to be up against the Death Star after the beginning of the year, but if "Idol" and "NCIS" suck up most of the viewers at 8 p.m., perhaps if it gets enough in the demos it may keep the lights on for NBC at that time.

Meanwhile, the show that would've aired tomorrow night was a tie-in to the "Green is Universal" campaign of The Networks of NBC Universal (don't miss this week's "30 Rock," in which Jack presents a San Diego Chicken-ish mascot for the campaign)--if and when the show airs, will all those references be cut? (I noticed that any mentions of the champion's previous winnings last week were cut, so that people might not notice that a show didn't get aired.)
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: SRIV94 on November 05, 2007, 01:09:39 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'168623\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 05:38 PM\']
[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'168622\' date=\'Nov 2 2007, 04:29 PM\']
How many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
[/quote]
Three.
[/quote]
One should never doubt Mr. Owl.
Title: NBC puts "The Singing Bee" on Hiatus
Post by: davemackey on November 07, 2007, 06:23:48 AM: Saddest part of the whole deal is that if you want a Lisa Byrnes fix, you have to watch that decrepit "America's Most Smartest Model" show. I did catch a little of it and thankfully restrained myself from throwing something at my expensive LCD TV.