I can't believe how many of ...
Question: I can't believe how many of your readers seem to think that networks
try to kill shows. Do they think that when a grocery store rearranges its products, it is trying to kill off a particular item, or when a store changes locations, it is trying to kill off its business? No, they are trying to flourish. Isn't that the same thing the networks are trying to do? To spread their popular products around and make room for the new ones? Thanks for all the great insight!
Answer: Agreed, and no further rationalization is needed to explain a move like
Trace to Sunday or
Grey's Anatomy to Thursday, or even
Medium to mid-season (to make room for
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip). Inevitably, some moves do end up hurting shows (which I doubt will be the case with
Trace), but that's part of the cost of practicing this imperfect science.
