Interview mit Peter Liguori
Der FOX Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori, der zweitwichtigste Boss von Joss, und hier rechts im Bild neben Eliza und Kevin Reilly, dem wichtigsten, gibt ein cooles Interview hier über Dollhouse und Virtuality:
MR: Do you think the shows benefit more from engaging interest at Comic-Con?
PL: It’s like any TV show, any movie -- what do you do when you screen the movie [for research], you screen it with real aficionados. If you make it with them, you have a chance to spread out [beyond that]. With a show like “Dollhouse” we want to make sure the loyalists are really reacting to the show and that does give us a fair amount of momentum. For a show to be successful, you’ve got to branch out beyond the sci-fi geeks.
Die Frage, ob er auch für das Dollhouse-Kopf-über-ohne-Pilot-gleich-sieben-Folgen-kaufen-Ding ist:
MR: It sounds like you’re more inclined to go with the whole pilot model versus what I’ve heard other executives say.
PL: It depends on the show. [Fox entertainment president] Kevin [Reilly] and I really wrestle [with the idea] of going directly to series with some shows. “Dollhouse,” [we made a] series commitment (that cast is pictured at left). That’s when you’re sitting there with a showrunner who’s proven, he sits there and talks you through the first 6-, 8-, 12-episode arc, and given a writers strike, you say, “Let’s go, staff up, do your thing.” In some instances it’s worth doing that. In something like Ron’s project – it’s a very ambitious concept. Even he wants to try it out.
Und ganz am Ende, reden sie noch über die uralte Frage, wieviele Leute schon als "Erfolg" zählen, und das unglaubliche ist: der Fox Chairman of Entertainment paraphrasiert mehr oder weniger Joss' altes Credo "lieber 100, die müssen, als 1000, die wollen":
MR: When it comes to “Dollhouse,” do you have time to build that audience? We all love Joss but sometimes the faithful can be louder than the numbers.
PL: It’s the age-old question. Every show is different. You can launch a show and it’s a 4-share show. It’s not going to become a 24-share show. The thing with Joss, you launch his show and instantly it becomes somebody’s favorite show. To me, in this current television environment, if you can be somebody’s favorite show, you’d better be patient with that show.
[It used to be] and 18-share show, that was the bar you had to jump over. If you’re looking at a 7-share show in an 18-share-hit environment, wrap it up, move on. Done. Today, I sit there and say, you know, I sat there from a distance and saw “House” premiere at a 7-share. I know I have certain tools at my disposal for promotional platforms. And you know what, I’d rather know I have a very strong, loyal core that I can build on. That being said, getting out of the gate is important in this environment.
MR: It seemed like with the strike, there was less of a tendency to cancel shows that might have gotten canceled any other season.
PL: Admittedly so, partly because of the strike -- we aired every episode of every show we ordered last year. We are going to have a fair amount of product next season, but I also feel we have proven showrunners – let the show go on.
Let. The Show. Go On. Bitte den Satz auf der Zunge zergehen lassen, alle Skeptiker da draußen.
MR: Do you think the shows benefit more from engaging interest at Comic-Con?
PL: It’s like any TV show, any movie -- what do you do when you screen the movie [for research], you screen it with real aficionados. If you make it with them, you have a chance to spread out [beyond that]. With a show like “Dollhouse” we want to make sure the loyalists are really reacting to the show and that does give us a fair amount of momentum. For a show to be successful, you’ve got to branch out beyond the sci-fi geeks.
Die Frage, ob er auch für das Dollhouse-Kopf-über-ohne-Pilot-gleich-sieben-Folgen-kaufen-Ding ist:
MR: It sounds like you’re more inclined to go with the whole pilot model versus what I’ve heard other executives say.
PL: It depends on the show. [Fox entertainment president] Kevin [Reilly] and I really wrestle [with the idea] of going directly to series with some shows. “Dollhouse,” [we made a] series commitment (that cast is pictured at left). That’s when you’re sitting there with a showrunner who’s proven, he sits there and talks you through the first 6-, 8-, 12-episode arc, and given a writers strike, you say, “Let’s go, staff up, do your thing.” In some instances it’s worth doing that. In something like Ron’s project – it’s a very ambitious concept. Even he wants to try it out.
Und ganz am Ende, reden sie noch über die uralte Frage, wieviele Leute schon als "Erfolg" zählen, und das unglaubliche ist: der Fox Chairman of Entertainment paraphrasiert mehr oder weniger Joss' altes Credo "lieber 100, die müssen, als 1000, die wollen":
MR: When it comes to “Dollhouse,” do you have time to build that audience? We all love Joss but sometimes the faithful can be louder than the numbers.
PL: It’s the age-old question. Every show is different. You can launch a show and it’s a 4-share show. It’s not going to become a 24-share show. The thing with Joss, you launch his show and instantly it becomes somebody’s favorite show. To me, in this current television environment, if you can be somebody’s favorite show, you’d better be patient with that show.
[It used to be] and 18-share show, that was the bar you had to jump over. If you’re looking at a 7-share show in an 18-share-hit environment, wrap it up, move on. Done. Today, I sit there and say, you know, I sat there from a distance and saw “House” premiere at a 7-share. I know I have certain tools at my disposal for promotional platforms. And you know what, I’d rather know I have a very strong, loyal core that I can build on. That being said, getting out of the gate is important in this environment.
MR: It seemed like with the strike, there was less of a tendency to cancel shows that might have gotten canceled any other season.
PL: Admittedly so, partly because of the strike -- we aired every episode of every show we ordered last year. We are going to have a fair amount of product next season, but I also feel we have proven showrunners – let the show go on.
Let. The Show. Go On. Bitte den Satz auf der Zunge zergehen lassen, alle Skeptiker da draußen.
wiesengrund - 17. Juli, 13:24
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