Aquaman Episode Of “Smallville” = Highest Rated Of The Season
Author: Stephen Gerding
May 22nd, 2006
Not being a fan of the series, I had no idea that the episode that introduced Aquaman was the highest rated of last season, which makes it even more puzzling that the CW announced that they weren’t picking the spin-off series up. The trailer for the pilot didn’t look half bad, so one can only assume that the actual pilot itself stunk on ice. Anyone seen it? Has it hit the P2P networks yet?
An October episode introduced the character Aquaman, and was the season’s most-watched episode, with 6.4 million viewers. It was meant to be a one-off goof on the HBO comedy “Entourage,” in which the lead character got the part of a superhero swimmer in a movie called “Aquaman.” But because the ratings were so high, Mr. Gough and Mr. Millar quickly developed an Aquaman series idea for WB.
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2 Responses to “Aquaman Episode Of “Smallville” = Highest Rated Of The Season”
May 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 am
I haven’t seen the pilot, but it appears they took everything about Aquaman from Smallvillie that had been PROVEN to work, and chucked it out the window. Including the actor and his backstory.
What’s the sense in that? I’m glad it didn’t get picked up.
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:57 pm
I haven’t seen either the pilot or the episode, but remember- quality has very little to do with what gets on TV. Bottom line is, somebody at the network thought the show wouldn’t get ratings… or, at least, they thought they could do better with something else.(2 networks merging into one means there were probably a LOT of shows to pick and choose from…)