‘Longmire’ season 4: Latest on renewal hopes, other odds and ends
It has been more than a week now since some pitches were first heard about a “Longmire” season 4, and it may be fair to start asking right now when there will be more information out there.
Unfortunately, these are matters that take time. Even for the most commercially-successful shows, Hollywood and the TV industry are not the sort of world where you hear a pitch, greenlight it on the spot, and then go immediately into production. You have multiple people to consult, from executives to accountants, and you have to also consider the creative. Is this a show you want, and is it a show that fits with everything else that you are doing? We feel like the answers to these questions should be “yes” for “Longmire,” a show that a service like Netflix could pick up without even thinking about the age of its average viewer. The pure size of the audience alone should be enticing, especially in this digital age. Many of these people are far more likely to pay $9 a month to stream content than a kid out of college with student loans.
As for a few other assorted odds and ends…
1. There will be another Twitter stampede on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern (5:00 Pacific). The hashtag of choice is #LongLiveLongmire. The purpose of these is to further show that the fan base is not giving up until there is some great news to report.
2. The photo below is from cast member Bailey Chase (Branch), and serves as a nice reminder that the cast all wants to continue making new episodes, as well. You don’t always see that when you have a show in this position, so we’re happy to see it is the case here.
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Photo: A&E
Cornelia Amiri
October 4, 2014 @ 2:56 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
VMWH
September 24, 2014 @ 10:09 pm
Being reminded of when in the 1960’s Star Trek was cancelled and the reaction of the viewers forcing its return. I guess that dates me as one of the older Longmire viewers.
Amber Ann Wright
September 23, 2014 @ 5:11 pm
All I can say is that Monday Nights with LONGMIRE was the highlight of our multigenerational family’s week. I firmly believe that LONGMIRE is getting so much publicity that it will bring new viewers to see what the fuss is all about and one viewing will have them addicted!!!! #LongliveLongmire
Shelley
September 29, 2014 @ 11:53 am
It’s well worth the addiction. It only takes 1 episode that is to get hooked line and sinker. My most favorite show. There will be a network that will see Longmire’s vast potential and pick it up.
ghjcmo
September 23, 2014 @ 12:16 pm
I got in trouble yesterday for saying this, but the problem is, the system, as broken as it is, is what we have and I see it as unlikely to change in a short enough time frame to save Longmire. According to the Wall Street Journal article about the cancellation, the license fees for the show are about 1.5 million per episode, and the ad rates set by the ratings put the ads at average cost of $31,300 per 30 seconds. That means a network, whatever that network is, has to sell 24 minutes in ads just to break even.
So therein lies the problem. For this show to continue on a network somewhere, either the studios are going to have to find a way to lower those license fees, or a new potential home network is going to have to believe they can drastically alter the demo numbers to get higher ad rates.
I don’t know how Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu can make money on this series, but of the three Amazon seems the most likely to take a chance, so we’ll see.
Cuttler
September 24, 2014 @ 1:33 am
I belive I had read that Warner Bros offered to cut the license fee but A&E said no. But yes, the old system set in the 1970s is outdated to the lifestyels and habbits of todays adults, young and old, and needs to be revamped asap.
Mike Marder
September 23, 2014 @ 11:14 am
I’m glad the show is being shopped, but if the demo is skewed to 18-49, that’s about 20 years overdue for a review. The 18-28 crowd may have some discretionary time, but the real money and time belongs to the boomers, who are retiring at 10,000 a DAY–the 50 to end game crowd. I am one of them.
And the stars could buy the show. Pull a James Arness Gunsmoke thing.
By the way since Netflix/Hulu/Crackle are inexpensive alternatives to cable bills of $1500 a year, you get the poorer folks watching too. This is a no brainer. A and E has no brains at all. NETFLICKS/HULU are you out there? Longmire stars? Or am I being too obtuse?
Amber Ann Wright
October 1, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
What did James Arness do with Gunsmoke, Mike???? I couldn’t find anything about it. Thanks. Maybe we could help the stars buy the show……????? #LongLiveLongmire