1. And it boldly developed them across episodes, despite the network logic that says ongoing plots alienate new viewers. 2. But giving Will an early sex life might alienate viewers and kill the show. 3. For years, of course, baseball has been accused of shortsightedly scheduling the World Series games for the late hours of prime time, alienating younger viewers. 4. Moonves, among others, has complained that networks alienate viewers when they put a popular show against another popular show of similar appeal. 5. Since then, he said, the British film market has virtually disappeared, and Hollywood no longer cares whether it alienates British viewers. 6. So, in the end, it grudgingly nods to that core establishment respectability and avoids alienating mainstream viewers. 7. The pre-debate spin was that Gore had to avoid going on an attack that might alienate viewers. 8. They also feared that a half-hour program that looked and sounded different from the shows around it on a prime-time schedule would alienate viewers. 9. Those changes may alienate some viewers at first but CBS believes they will ultimately make the show appealing to a wider audience. 10. Television officials strongly protested the law because of the expense of translating programs and fears they will alienate many viewers. |