IrishTex
09-28-2010, 09:32 PM
Fox pulled North Texas-shot Lone Star from its schedule Tuesday, just a day after the show's second episode aired.
"Dallas has had the luxury of a lot of long-running shows, but this is not uncommon," said Janis Burklund of the Dallas Film Commission.
"It's unfortunate," she said. "It was a great-looking show."
The series, set amid the Houston and Midland oil business, was in production at the Studios at Las Colinas on its sixth episode when the announcement was made.
Fox had retained its lease on the location after shooting six episodes of short-lived ABC series The Deep End there.
Burklund said other television series pilots are looking at North Texas, where both Fox's The Good Guys and NBC's Chase are in production.
Lone Star was a critical favorite among new shows, but ratings for its pilot episode were dismal, with 4.1 million viewers. Those ratings dropped to 3.2 million for the second episode.
In comparison, the new Hawaii Five-O pulled in 12.7 million viewers. Chase had a modest 6.3 million viewers for its second episode.
Burklund said a program like Lone Star with an expensive cast, including Jon Voight and David Keith, tends to get less of a chance to find traction.
In contrast, a show such as The Good Guys, which goes on hiatus in mid-October after completing 20 episodes and which has also faced problems finding an audience, might get more of a chance to survive.
Source (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092910lonestar.1dd4db8.html)
"Dallas has had the luxury of a lot of long-running shows, but this is not uncommon," said Janis Burklund of the Dallas Film Commission.
"It's unfortunate," she said. "It was a great-looking show."
The series, set amid the Houston and Midland oil business, was in production at the Studios at Las Colinas on its sixth episode when the announcement was made.
Fox had retained its lease on the location after shooting six episodes of short-lived ABC series The Deep End there.
Burklund said other television series pilots are looking at North Texas, where both Fox's The Good Guys and NBC's Chase are in production.
Lone Star was a critical favorite among new shows, but ratings for its pilot episode were dismal, with 4.1 million viewers. Those ratings dropped to 3.2 million for the second episode.
In comparison, the new Hawaii Five-O pulled in 12.7 million viewers. Chase had a modest 6.3 million viewers for its second episode.
Burklund said a program like Lone Star with an expensive cast, including Jon Voight and David Keith, tends to get less of a chance to find traction.
In contrast, a show such as The Good Guys, which goes on hiatus in mid-October after completing 20 episodes and which has also faced problems finding an audience, might get more of a chance to survive.
Source (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092910lonestar.1dd4db8.html)