I like the idea of pairing GLC and Jessie on Friday night. I think Bridgit and Debby together would be a big enough draw to bring in viewers for both shows.



That would work for maybe one or two episodes tops. xD

I think "Jessie" needs help. You are right when saying all shows experience a dip in the ratings after they debut. They usually stabilize though after the dip. "Jessie's" ratings have declined slowly week after week. So as much as it pains me to say it, "Jessie" has shown that as of right now it can't anchor the current Friday night line up. GLC would be the perfect addition to Friday nights. The shows are basically similar, no gimmicks, just family comedy. Plus, it puts you two biggest name stars on on the same night. This won't be permanent. Once GLC goes away, "Jessie" can then step in as a stronger show.

Mmmmhmmmm!

and see how much that makes sense. It stabilizes the night(at least I think it would) and then when GLC ends its run, Jessie will be concrete enough to take over.

Simple and(on paper at least) looks VERY promising.

I could really see Jessie flourishing with a GLC lead-in.



I would also point out that Jessie's ratings don't completely mean this show it's self is bad or failing...it more likely means that the night isn't working.

I don't blame the night as much as I do two things, lineup and schedule. Outside of us on this forum, who receive updates from p/a whenever the new episode date is announced, who knows when "Jessie" will be on. You can't bank on "Jessie" being on every week, which hurts them because people have schedules and may miss the show when it comes on. Or, they just forget about it. And we have already shown that he lineup itself isn't working.

I'm sure that's a huge part of it.

Wizards was big enough and consistent enough when Jessie was starting up that it helped people remember to watch either or both shows. But with Jessie's more sporadic showings, and lack of a strong paired show, I do think a lot of interested people simply don't know or remember when to watch.

and this is a huge part of it all tv.

Unless you are "in the know" on when new episodes air(I check the listings everyday) you won't know when to tune in.

That is why the "next week:..." promos that air directly afterward are IMPORTANT!

Otherwise the common viewer would not know when a new episode will air. Jessie runs its promos after its new episodes as does every show show on tv. But I would agree that its sporadic new ep airing are not helping.

In most cases when a network extends the show's season run as long as possible, it is a good thing. Because they are trying to "milk" as much as possible from the show for the season. But this si not really working in Jessie's case and it's not helping when the target demo is 10yr olds who are not going to remember.

All that is needed to save Jessie and make it the HIT it can be, is stabilizing the night and "pimping up" Jessie to become the next big HIT.

DC needs to get rid of the freakin' cartoons on Friday night and make it serious family night just like ABC's legendary TGIF lineup in the 90's.

My ideal lineup for Friday night's on DC:

8:00 PM "Shake It Up"

8:30 PM "Good Luck Charlie"

9:00 PM "Austin & Ally"

9:30 PM "Jessie"

Note that I chose the shows timeslots VERY carefully alternating the musical shows and non-musical shows as well as the age groups from youngest to oldest. Take the freakin' cartoons and air them on Sunday nights along with stupid "A.N.T. Farm" which will appeal to the 10 year olds. Friday nights should only be for the "hard core" shows that appeal to the tweens and teens.

Another idea: DC needs to come up with a show similar to "Victorious" with an all-star cast of triple threat talent that is capable of selling as many soundtracks as "Hannah Montana" did. If the DC execs would stop being so CHEAP and open up their wallets this could happen and it would be awesome! There's no reason to let Dan Schneider have the lock on this kind of a show. DC needs to get in on this NOW!

I like the idea but if I was in charge of DC scheduling, I'd move that up an hour and put it on Sunday nights.

I agree. I think that "Jessie" may need to be on earlier in the lineup so that way the viewers don't have to go to bed before it comes on. Also, I think that one of the two musical shows need to be on Sun. That way its a more traditional TGIF night. Yet, that is low on my list since I don't know what other show could be put in that lineup.

As on the "Victorious"-esqe show goes, out side of Alyson Stoner and the SIU girls, who else on DC is that triple threat on DC?