End to Gumbo Parties
The following article just made me sad. Granted this show isn't the best show around. Ironically the writing wasn't that great. It didn't always show the town in the best light, but then again what televised cop show brings their city in good light. It is about fighting crime. I have enjoyed it however. Not just for the new phrases such as Gumbo Party (really...before K-Ville, there wasn't a Gumbo Party to be had...now there is) Watching the chase scenes go from the French Quarter to the Westbank and into the CBD in seconds flat. Of course only those from here or really familiar with the area would know this, yet it was a constant amusement for us. The stories did bring into focus issues going on down here in NOLA. I had a friend working on the show.
I just realized I am talking like the show is cancelled. It isn't, however it isn't looking good with the writer's strike going on. I realize why the writer's are on strike. It makes sense, and they do deserve to make more money. However it really sucks that because of this strike that the show could potentially go under. There was an article recently saying that the show was going to have to pick up more viewers with the next few eppies in order to survive, so it was struggling, but now it won't get those few extra ones because of the strike.
This show has brought in work for locals. Including a friend. It is the main source of income for them right now. The people working on the show from out of state, both crew and talent? They are spending their money here, for food, for drink, for homes, for clothes. It has brought in so much income of the city. It has been a small healing for some. I just hope those that come from out of state continue to come and find work even in the show gets cancelled. I know a few will.
So to those of K-Ville....for the time being? I will just say thank you.
K'Ville shuts down; show's future in doubt
Posted by Dave Walker November 08, 2007 10:54AM
Categories: Breaking News
The Fox network's cop show "K-Ville" will conclude local filming in New Orleans today, cutting short its planned 13-episode shoot by several weeks while cutting loose its large local crew.
The series, starring Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser as NOPD officers working in post-Katrina New Orleans, was a victim of the Writers Guild of America strike, which started Monday. Fox released a post-strike spring schedule Wednesday and "K-Ville" isn't on it.
Today's filming of a scene on a submerged house set on Bayou St. John was the last scheduled location shoot on the series' 11th episode. Five episodes have aired. Original episodes are scheduled to air the next three Mondays at 8 p.m. on WVUE-Channel 8, but the remaining episodes are so far unscheduled.
The show, which had suffered scathing reviews by critics and lukewarm-at-best national ratings, is not officially canceled. Its main NOPD station-house set, built in a Harahan warehouse, will not be immediately disassembled.
But an extended strike - and word out of Hollywood is that a quick settlement between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is unlikely - probably means that this week's shooting is the show's last. "If this strike were to settle in 2-3 months, I think we'd come back and finish our order and have a good shot at a back nine," said Kelly Manners, the show's supervising producer. "If this strike draws out past January, I think quite possibly it's the death of the show."
"Back nine" is Hollywood lingo for the second half of a show's typical season of 22 episodes. A last-minute race to finish one more script before the strike by the show's Los Angeles-based writing staff, which would have given the "K-Ville" company about 10 more days of work, fell short. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
"The script came in and the studio made the call, and they thought it just wasn't quite there," said Manners, whose production credits include "Buffy and Vampire Slayer" and "Nash Bridges" and extend as far back as the 1970s drama "Wonder Woman." "If we'd had another couple of days . . . we'd probably be shooting one more.
"It's really heartbreaking, because I think we're making some of our best shows, and I think it would continue to get better."
The following article just made me sad. Granted this show isn't the best show around. Ironically the writing wasn't that great. It didn't always show the town in the best light, but then again what televised cop show brings their city in good light. It is about fighting crime. I have enjoyed it however. Not just for the new phrases such as Gumbo Party (really...before K-Ville, there wasn't a Gumbo Party to be had...now there is) Watching the chase scenes go from the French Quarter to the Westbank and into the CBD in seconds flat. Of course only those from here or really familiar with the area would know this, yet it was a constant amusement for us. The stories did bring into focus issues going on down here in NOLA. I had a friend working on the show.
I just realized I am talking like the show is cancelled. It isn't, however it isn't looking good with the writer's strike going on. I realize why the writer's are on strike. It makes sense, and they do deserve to make more money. However it really sucks that because of this strike that the show could potentially go under. There was an article recently saying that the show was going to have to pick up more viewers with the next few eppies in order to survive, so it was struggling, but now it won't get those few extra ones because of the strike.
This show has brought in work for locals. Including a friend. It is the main source of income for them right now. The people working on the show from out of state, both crew and talent? They are spending their money here, for food, for drink, for homes, for clothes. It has brought in so much income of the city. It has been a small healing for some. I just hope those that come from out of state continue to come and find work even in the show gets cancelled. I know a few will.
So to those of K-Ville....for the time being? I will just say thank you.
K'Ville shuts down; show's future in doubt
Posted by Dave Walker November 08, 2007 10:54AM
Categories: Breaking News
The Fox network's cop show "K-Ville" will conclude local filming in New Orleans today, cutting short its planned 13-episode shoot by several weeks while cutting loose its large local crew.
The series, starring Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser as NOPD officers working in post-Katrina New Orleans, was a victim of the Writers Guild of America strike, which started Monday. Fox released a post-strike spring schedule Wednesday and "K-Ville" isn't on it.
Today's filming of a scene on a submerged house set on Bayou St. John was the last scheduled location shoot on the series' 11th episode. Five episodes have aired. Original episodes are scheduled to air the next three Mondays at 8 p.m. on WVUE-Channel 8, but the remaining episodes are so far unscheduled.
The show, which had suffered scathing reviews by critics and lukewarm-at-best national ratings, is not officially canceled. Its main NOPD station-house set, built in a Harahan warehouse, will not be immediately disassembled.
But an extended strike - and word out of Hollywood is that a quick settlement between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is unlikely - probably means that this week's shooting is the show's last. "If this strike were to settle in 2-3 months, I think we'd come back and finish our order and have a good shot at a back nine," said Kelly Manners, the show's supervising producer. "If this strike draws out past January, I think quite possibly it's the death of the show."
"Back nine" is Hollywood lingo for the second half of a show's typical season of 22 episodes. A last-minute race to finish one more script before the strike by the show's Los Angeles-based writing staff, which would have given the "K-Ville" company about 10 more days of work, fell short. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
"The script came in and the studio made the call, and they thought it just wasn't quite there," said Manners, whose production credits include "Buffy and Vampire Slayer" and "Nash Bridges" and extend as far back as the 1970s drama "Wonder Woman." "If we'd had another couple of days . . . we'd probably be shooting one more.
"It's really heartbreaking, because I think we're making some of our best shows, and I think it would continue to get better."
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So sad....the show was really growing on me...
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