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caddington t1_j5kj2cy wrote

Reply to comment by thebetabruh in I'm astounded each time I watch Person of Interest's "If-Then-Else" by thebetabruh

They totally snuck it past CBS. The show starts off pretty procedurally and doesn't really hint it will become too much more for a majority of the 1st season. People got hooked and by the time CBS realized it wasn't really what they'd been sold on it was too popular to cancel.

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Deducticon t1_j5kmdhz wrote

A writer who briefly worked on Lost was amazed that ABC got bamboozled into having an epic expensive weird sci-fi show on prime time TV.

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wujo444 t1_j5kuqs8 wrote

They literally fired executive that signed on making over 10 mln dollar pilot. I'm not even sure who was right in that case.

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thebetabruh OP t1_j5kjmh1 wrote

I remember a r/dataisbeautiful post about TV show ratings and I think during 2011/2012 PoI was the 9th or 10th most popular show in the US!

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saufcheung t1_j5kqpex wrote

I really enjoyed the show but it wasnt that popular. I recall it being on the bubble every season after the 2nd/3rd

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caddington t1_j5l6f21 wrote

The 1st season was really popular because it fit pretty closely to the normal CBS fare. Then in the following season it lost audience but had built up enough of a base that CBS couldn't justify cancelling it.

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wujo444 t1_j5lxs3w wrote

Eventually they could, because they didn't own the show, and didn't like splitting profits with Warner.

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