CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Brandy, FL — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:44:25 GMT

I have dubbed Beauty and Geek as "Cheetoes for the Brain." It's horribly artificial and terrible for my health, but, despite that, I am still addicted.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Lisa, Boston, MA — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:21:44 GMT

It baffles me that the CW powers couldn't understand why "Gilmore Girls" ratings went down. For legions of loyal fans, the show lost its magic from mid season 6 when Amy Sherman Palladino brought in a plot device (Luke's long lost daughter)and drove Luke and Lorelai's characters into the proverbial ditch. David Rosenthal then decided to waste fifteen episodes with "Pod" Lorelai (who marries callow and unworthy Christopher). Gone was the strong, big-hearted Lorelai we loved. Gone was the intelligent, sparky banter between Luke and Lorelai. It was lamely replaced with the immature "quippy twins" of Chris and Lorelai. It was as if they were constantly trying to one-up each other. Fans were not amused to see Luke and Lorelai replaced with Joey and Dawson. We yelled. We screamed. We were ignored. We stopped watching.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Erin, Los Angeles, CA — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:03:08 GMT

I think the role reversal beauty and the geek failed partially because of lack of interest from potential cast members too. I remember there actually was a casting call for geeky women to participate in the show (it may not have gotten past the low-level stages, but I had a friend who was asking around at grad schools for participants...almost all people she spoke to said no without hesitation.). Appearing on TV show that labels you as 'geeky' is not exactly advantageous to a woman's career. Add in that it's socially acceptable for a man to be geeky, but a woman is expected to care about her appearance regardless of occupation, and it's not hard to see why they didn't pursue that type of show.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Tracy Medley, Salt Lake City, Utah — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:08:41 GMT

The CW was unable to bring more fans to Veronica Mars because they had no idea how to market a smart show and further, they had no clue who their target demographic was. If they really wanted to bring viewers to the show, they should at taken a look at who was already watching, instead of repeatedly attempting to "dumb down" for a younger, uninterested market. Apparently if you're old enough to have taste- your tv watching dollars don't count.

VM was failed by the CW, no matter how they choose to spin it now.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Natasha C., Tucson, AZ — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:18:13 GMT

The whole concept of the CW is a joke.
I'm getting really sick and tired of these 'makeover' shows. I see nothing wrong with 'nerds' and 'dorks.'
The CW completely destroyed Gilmore Girls, and as for Jericho, it's just plain annoying!
All those people who brought it back to life - get a job!
All in all, these new shows are a complete nuisance.

Bring back Veronica Mars!

Bring back Veronica Mars!

BRING BACK VERONICA MARS!

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

David Prescott, Arizona — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:16:59 GMT

I think that many "geeky" women are less in need of the makeover offered by the show. As a professional engineer and occasional geek, I watched even the geekiest of girls in classes and workplaces often dominated by geeky guys get lots of attention from the opposite sex becasue they were in situations where there were 10 guys to every girl. To survive in that environment they had to achieve a level of social skill never found by many of my fellow geeky guys.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

jody whitt, richmond, indiana — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:00:40 GMT

The CW is dead to me, Gilmore Girls was the only show I couldn't and didn't miss in the whole week. Everybody I talked to knew with the change in writing direction, that things will go bad. You could feel the effect, it was like things continued to hang in the air, instead of resolve. I still hated that it seemingly ended out of no where. I will miss it dearly, and hope all the talented actors get great jobs.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Kelly Green, St Louis, MO — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:00:08 GMT

CW cancelled it's only intelligent offering by removing Veronica Mars from the lineup. Regardless of what is stated by Dawn Ostroff, they attempted nothing out of the ordinary to obtain more viewers for the show. Alternative/inventive marketing could have worked wonders, yet they sat on their laurels wondering why they cannot capture viewers. The CW had a show that could appeal to people outside their standard demographic, yet they chose to ignore that fact. Now they have a lineup of crap reality TV.

I guess now they are trully down to the "targeted" demos. 12-16 year olds who cannot understand a logical thought or witty writing.

CW: A female 'Geek' on 'Beauty,' Chris Rock news

Dairwendan, Indiana — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:48:04 GMT

Obviously Dawn Ostroff has no interest in intelligent storylines, attractive men or smart women, and could care less about talent. Now I know why she is ruining SUPERNATURAL.