The newest endurance test taken by David Blaine didn’t end right according to the man himself.
The original plan after being hung upside-down for 60 hours would be that he would dive into a load of helium balloon and be carried away. Funnily enough ABC who televised the events didn’t want to do it due to high winds. So Blanie’s newest stunt ended without anyone really caring, far from his original trapped in ice fan fair from a few years ago.
Then there was that odd stunt where he just stood on top of a pole in New York plus the box in London incident. It’s going to be hard to imagine just what stunts he came come up with next. Perhaps he could do something like spending a week on a plane trying to stay awake. At least something more imaginative than his previous tricks. One thing is for sure, we have not heard the last of the great showman David Blaine and his antics all around the world.
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In another low ratings story the newly released Knight Rider TV show which follows on from the Feb TV movie has had it’s ratings information released for the new episode.
This time instead of getting the expected audience of 12.7 million which was the number of people who watched the TV movie it ended up with 7.3 million. It’s such a serious matter for the NBC leadership that it’s rumoured that depending on the ratings for their upcoming drama Crusoe the NBC Co-chairman could recieve the axe himself. Where Knight Rider is concerned if the ratings don’t spike within the next few weeks it will be hard to see it reaching even 13 episodes let along a full season. The original show managed to do several seasons and sent The Hoff into super stardom so if the remake doesn’t even make it to a half-season it’s a bad sign for future remakes. It was considered a great idea after all since the remade version of Battlestar Galactica won viewers quicker than anyone expected, even the network execs.
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It was doubtful that Heroes would be able to make a full recovery after the mid season strike. It turns out that even after a huge publicity campaign to get everyone talking NBC still couldn’t bring back to life it’s golden series. The 2-hour season premiere on Monday had ratings that came to 25% less than the season 2 premiere last year and it turns out the lowest ratings of any original Heroes episode.
This could spell disaster for the show as considering the number of special effects required unless it’s kept for brand recognition it would be hard to justify a show that costs so much to produce being kept around for a small audience. Given it’s only just hit season three it’s surprising to think that it could be the beginning of the end already.
When you look back at the antics of Hiro and his friends perhaps it could be a warning to those who try and make a superhero television show in the future. One thing is for certain, if Heroes fails so soon then another network won’t try a similar show for many years to come.
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