Not wanting for yet another Pawn spinoff, truTV is offering up "Combat Pawn"apparently about a gun shop/range near Fort Bragg called Guns Plus and staffed by ex military.

I'll give it a shot but hope that they keep it a real as possible with out the standard cartoonist theatrics that plague just about all of these so called reality shows......Nahhhh.

 

Premier episode airs on Sunday July 15'th at 10:30pm.

So...many...crap... shows... pawn stars, combat pawn, cajun pawn, hardcore pawn (yes thats a real upcoming show too)> I do hope its something worth watching as I enjoy some of these shows from time to time but man... when is enough enough? Anyone else enjoy american guns until they feel they MUST shoot explosive targets at the end? meh.

So...many...crap... shows... pawn stars, combat pawn, cajun pawn, hardcore pawn (yes thats a real upcoming show too)> I do hope its something worth watching as I enjoy some of these shows from time to time but man... when is enough enough? Anyone else enjoy american guns until they feel they MUST shoot explosive targets at the end? meh.

The truTV description says that their customers are mainly active duty military family's which I would hope will not succumb to much 15 minutes of fame scripting... I can hope.

Anyone else enjoy american guns until they feel they MUST shoot explosive targets at the end? meh.

 

The exploding everything, along with the annoying " family cast members" made me quit after one episode.

 

I don't have much hope for any new "gun-themed reality TV show," no matter who it might focus on.

truTV ironically is the most scripted when it comes to reality tv. I don't expect much. Most of there shows have the wow factor which wears off quickly when u realize how fake it is.

Their over-reaction to parts of the show theyre trying to whoop up annoys me most. Kinda like "jackass" where they do a prank and its an ok joke, but they pan off to the whole cast rolling on the ground laughing. Or the suspense of storage wars when a guy pays $50 for a unit and acts like he found the holy grail when he finds something valued @$100 Where has all the good TV gone?

Dang, I thought this said Combat Porn! Never mind, carry on...

 

 

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Dang, I thought this said Combat Porn! Never mind, carry on...

 

 

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Ha....sorta like my second date with a big girl....

So...many...crap... shows... pawn stars, combat pawn, cajun pawn, hardcore pawn (yes thats a real upcoming show too)> I do hope its something worth watching as I enjoy some of these shows from time to time but man... when is enough enough? Anyone else enjoy american guns until they feel they MUST shoot explosive targets at the end? meh.

 

For something supposedly so crappy, 5-7 million people watch Pawn Stars every week.

For something supposedly so crappy, 5-7 million people watch Pawn Stars every week.

That doesn't vindicate the show so much as condemn the viewers. I like Pawn stars,it's less staged,informative, has likable characters and is by far better that what came after IMO.

My point is that there is a market. If the model didn't work, the viewership would tank the genre. Maybe I'm defensive because this is my line of work. But we make the shows because people watch the shows. Te demand drives the product, not the other way around.

For something supposedly so crappy, 5-7 million people watch Pawn Stars every week.

 

Exhibit A: Jersey Shore

 

The prosecution rests

 

 

*edit*

 

I think its the over saturation that ruins the genre for TV. Ok, pawn stars was tolerable in the beginning, but with all the spin offs the concept as a collective ruins all the shows for me. I think producers see it wrong. They find a good/great show and just beat the living crap out of the idea with follow up shows. What if they took M*A*S*H and had 5-6 other medical military shows on all at once back in the day? It would just have been another military show at the time.

My point is that there is a market. If the model didn't work, the viewership would tank the genre. Maybe I'm defensive because this is my line of work. But we make the shows because people watch the shows. Te demand drives the product, not the other way around.

Oh, there is no doubt a market and without getting into the whole fall of civilization debate,my point is just because there is such a market doesn't make the show better or it's viewers redeemable.

Oh, there is no doubt a market and without getting into the whole fall of civilization debate,my point is just because there is such a market doesn't make the show better or it's viewers redeemable.

 

Point taken. Misanthropy, however, does not bring in the dollars it takes to produce television.

What if they took M*A*S*H and had 5-6 other medical military shows on all at once back in the day? It would just have been another military show at the time.

 

Not to be contrarian, but MASH, sired two spinoffs. One, Trapper John, MD ran for 7 seasons.

 

Furthermore, M*A*S*H was begotten by other wildly successful military based situational comedies that preceded it. Ever see: McHale's Navy? Hogan's Heroes? F-Troop? Funny military men cooped up in a strange land being funny with each other.

 

MASH was lightning in a bottle, and there has never been another show as wildly successful, IMHO.

 

 

One need look no further in the 1970s than the TV Detective Drama: (presented in alphabetical order)

Banacek, Beretta, Barnaby Jones, Bronk, Columbo, Gemini Man, Harry O, Kojak, McCloud, Police Story, Police Woman, Rockford Files, Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, Streets of SF.

 

Which of these are hits? and which of these are riding on the shoulders of preceding hits?

 

My point, however, is that taking something that works and recycling it in the hopes that it will strike a chord with the viewer is NOT new....It's television.

Excellent points. I do tend to be biased towards shows regardless of their popularity soley based on my own opinions. If other people enjoy the shows, then who I am to judge

Excellent points. I do tend to be biased towards shows regardless of their popularity soley based on my own opinions. If other people enjoy the shows, then who I am to judge

 

You are a viewer, and entitled to your own opinion. I don't watch what I don't like either, and I don't always watch the television I make...because it's a job and sometimes we don't like the things we do for money.

Not to be contrarian, but MASH, sired two spinoffs. One, Trapper John, MD ran for 7 seasons.

 

Furthermore, M*A*S*H was begotten by other wildly successful military based situational comedies that preceded it. Ever see: McHale's Navy? Hogan's Heroes? F-Troop? Funny military men cooped up in a strange land being funny with each other.

 

MASH was lightning in a bottle, and there has never been another show as wildly successful, IMHO.

 

 

One need look no further in the 1970s than the TV Detective Drama: (presented in alphabetical order)

Banacek, Beretta, Barnaby Jones, Bronk, Columbo, Gemini Man, Harry O, Kojak, McCloud, Police Story, Police Woman, Rockford Files, Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, Streets of SF.

 

Which of these are hits? and which of these are riding on the shoulders of preceding hits?

 

My point, however, is that taking something that works and recycling it in the hopes that it will strike a chord with the viewer is NOT new....It's television.

 

 

25+ years ago, I worked a 3-day/12-hr day shift, Thru thru Sun. On my off days, my wife worked during the day for a bit. I was a stay at home dad during that time, watching our infant, then toddler son, while she went to work. She did the same when I went to work. Part of our daily routine, right after lunch, was to lay down on the couch or the floor to take our nap. We fell asleep during either Hogan's Heros or McHales Navy. Thanks for mentioning those shows, as it allowed me to reminisce in those days, a long time ago.

 

For you guys that have small children................... you're probably tired of people telling you "they grow up quick", but unfortunately, it's too late once you realize those people were right.