"Ellie" abandons Real Time,Gets Audience

Sitcomwriter · 12-11-2002, 11:40 PM

For it's 2nd season according to Entertainment Weekly "Watching Ellie" will drop the clock and will become a traditional 4-camera show with a studio audience.

Central Perk · 12-13-2002, 08:14 PM

hmmm...I hope they've improved the writing too, the show has potential but I didn't find it that funny..and yet I still made a website out of it...I was bored...

...nevermind.

Sitcomwriter · 12-15-2002, 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by Dr. Frasier Crane
[b]I made a website for it [b]

Really? What's the address?

Central Perk · 12-16-2002, 07:35 PM

Here it is

Right now it is pretty much just pictures, if I like the new season I may start to update the site but if I don't like the new season I'll just delete the site.

Will and Grace Fanatic · 12-26-2002, 01:13 PM

Hopefully it'll be much better. They need to hire new writers though. Because last season wasn't all that funny.

IheartMoonlighting · 01-01-2003, 08:07 PM

I love Julia but the real-time aspect of this show didn't work. The reason why it works so well for 24 is because there's 3 storylines.

Steve M. · 12-03-2003, 10:34 PM

"Watching Ellie" might have made it in its original format if Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her husband Brad Hall hadn't succumbed to pressure to change it. By adopting a standard format, they abandoned what originally made "Watching Ellie" so unique. What was the point of abanadoning real-time and going for more cameras when the Halls were trying to be different? Too bad.

Riff · 12-07-2003, 02:03 AM

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Originally posted by Steve M.
"Watching Ellie" might have made it in its original format if Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her husband Brad Hall hadn't succumbed to pressure to change it. By adopting a standard format, they abandoned what originally made "Watching Ellie" so unique. What was the point of abanadoning real-time and going for more cameras when the Halls were trying to be different? Too bad.

They had to. Mother Zucker would have axed the show on the spot if they hadn't. One day, he's all high on single-cam sitcoms. The next, he hates them. So he throws 3 episodes in the garbage and gives us all 6 episodes of the horrible four-camera second season.

And then he cancels it anyway.

12-11-2002, 11:40 PM	#1
Sitcomwriter Banned!! Suspended Join Date: Feb 27, 2001 Posts: 7,277	"Ellie" abandons Real Time,Gets Audience For it's 2nd season according to Entertainment Weekly "Watching Ellie" will drop the clock and will become a traditional 4-camera show with a studio audience.

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Central Perk Senior Member ~~~~~ Join Date: Jan 10, 2002 Posts: 4,492	hmmm...I hope they've improved the writing too, the show has potential but I didn't find it that funny..and yet I still made a website out of it...I was bored......nevermind.

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12-16-2002, 07:35 PM	#4
Central Perk Senior Member ~~~~~ Join Date: Jan 10, 2002 Posts: 4,492	Here it is Right now it is pretty much just pictures, if I like the new season I may start to update the site but if I don't like the new season I'll just delete the site.

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IheartMoonlighting Forum Regular David & Maddie Join Date: Mar 31, 2002 Location: Blue Moon Detective Agency Posts: 313	I love Julia but the real-time aspect of this show didn't work. The reason why it works so well for 24 is because there's 3 storylines.

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