‘Longmire’ season 4: Katee Sackhoff on A&E decision, future on TV
Anyone who follows “Longmire” on Twitter knows that there are still many campaigns raging in order for the canceled series to find a new home, but unfortunately, nothing has been confirmed one way or the other just yet. While we know that there have been interested parties and the fan base is passionate enough, that’s no guarantee out there in this business today.
One person who was not seemingly shocked by this decision at all, though, was one of the series’ primary stars in Katee Sackhoff. Speaking in a new interview with HIVPlusMag (which is a great read when it comes to raising awareness about the cause and some of Katee’s charitable efforts), she had the following to say:
“I’m not surprised. My fiancé is a producer, he’s a movie producer, not a TV producer, but as an actor living with someone like that you’re a fly on the wall and get to learn things. Key demographics in this business are gold, and that key demo is 18-to-25 [year-olds]. Shows are won and lost and bought and sold and movies succeed or fail based on that key demo. And advertisers love the key demo because the key demo in their minds is who spends the money, so when you have a show that skews older.… I understand why a network wouldn’t find that as desirable as a show like Bates Motel that skews younger, because it’s not flashy enough in their minds for investors, for advertisers. So I’m not I’m not shocked at all. It’s the business and it sucks.”
Sackhoff said that she is “used to going out and finding work,” so in the position “Longmire” doesn’t move forward, she should be able to find a new project … and we believe her. In between this show and “Battlestar Galactica,” she’s a TV icon of sorts.
If “Longmire” finds a new home, it will be a victory for the fans. If it doesn’t, hopefully this will be another wake-up call to networks and providers that older viewers outside of this demo do matter, and in the age of student loans and lower starting salaries, it is the people in these older demographics that have the money to spend.
We’ll have some further news related to the show (hopefully) soon, but for now you can see all of our current coverage at this link. Also, be sure to sign up to get some additional scoop on all we coming via our CarterMatt Newsletter.
Photo: A&E
Peggyb1946
October 4, 2014 @ 4:44 am
I got an email from A & E the other day, inviting me to watch a show on their channel about a murder in my neighborhood. I don’t know how they got my email address–suppose they are reading our posts? Can they really think thst Longmire fans are going to forgive and forget a decision that disrespects a wonderful show like LONGMIRE, its actors and producers, and 6 million loyal fans? NOT!! #LongLiveLongmire!
NeneSwan
October 4, 2014 @ 3:32 am
The 18-25 year old demographic is desired because the advertising industry considers them impulsive and easily manipulated…thus more readily affected by advertising. Older demographics are more fiscally responsible and tend to do more research. So the target demographic has more to do with a lack of common sense than it does actual pocketbooks.
Cornelia Amiri
October 4, 2014 @ 2:50 am
What these advertisers need to realize is that it’s the over thirty group that’s paying the cable TV bills for a lot of these 18 to 25 year olds – they are in college or living at home and the parents are paying the cable bill – also most of the expensive high tech gadgets they have are purchased by the over 30 group for birthday and Christmas presents for their 18 – 25 year old kids and grand-kids. It may be 18 – 25 yer olds using some of these advertisers products but they aren’t the ones paying for them for the most part. The advertisers need to wise up to that- they are biting the hand that feeds them when they exclude the age group that they are actuality making their money off of. A & E will never recover from this bad decesion – their ratings continue to plummet in all age groups. I’m sure a smart network who wants loyal viewers and success will grab Longmire up. #longlivelongmire
Becky Raymond
October 3, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
#longlivelongmire