Tilt - Episode 8 Official Thread

[MicroBob]

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Since that first episode, however, the ratings have fallen off, in fact fallen off quite substantially. In its second week, on Jan. 20, Tilt posted a 1.34 household rating, off 18% from its premiere. In Tilt's third week, which are the last published numbers I can find, the show managed just a 0.74 household rating, down 55% from its premiere.

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I don't feel like trying to look it up....but I would guess that the ratings have fallen-off even more since then.

ESPN is not promoting this show NEARLY as much as they did in the opening 3-4 weeks. Perhaps that's partly by design since they have all sorts of other stuff going on that is at the top of their promotion agenda (the NBA-analyst dream-job and now championship-week in college hoops....and for a few days in there ESPN-U).


I find it pretty likely that this show will NOT get renewed. They've had little problem ditching other shows for whatever reason including 2-minute drill with Kenny Mayne (which wasn't half-bad), Stump the Schwab (or whatever that show was called), I'll Do Anything (which I think was scrapped but am not sure).


My guess is that the ESPN-entertainment division is saying "well just chalk this one up as an experiment that didn't quite work."


But I could be wrong.

I originally thought Dream Job 1 and Around the Horn were both so terrible that they would never last.

[legend42]

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I guarantee you that based on everything, that jack of clubs is gonna hit on the river to give Matador the nut boat and Hellmuth the straight flush. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Actually, unless I've missed it, the miracle river card is the one cheesy device they haven't used on this show yet (well, besides the time the fish made a set of 3's at the the low-limit game to crack Eddie's aces, and show what a good reader he is).

If anything, they've had too many blanks fall after the money goes in.

[Brain]

Mike Golic? Man, was I really not paying attention tonight.

I posted in OOT, anybody else (you Jets fans out there) catch the Paul Hackett drink reference at the bar?

[pokerwisc]

"Are you kidding me? I love being the bad boy of poker. Just don't tell my mom."

[Dominic]

"I will piss on your happy."


this is my new favorite threat.

[ZBTHorton]

I really wish they would make the poker scenes more realistic.

If they were more realistic...this show would rock out with its cock out.

[Tablerat]

I wonder how much Hellmuth was paid to sport the UB hat on the show - I could clearly see the lettering on close ups during the little bit I watched at the beginning.

Have any other online sites received air time?

[ononimo]

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anybody else (you Jets fans out there) catch the Paul Hackett drink reference at the bar?

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3 parts failure, 1 part gyp.

classic.

does Herm moonlight as a screenwriter?

[riffraff]

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Line of the night goes to Hellmuth.
"I lost to the crime lord."

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I agree but you left out a word...
"I lost to the friggin' crime lord!"

I love the "flashback hand" when Phil got the best of Matador.. All the money goes in on the turn:

Phil's hand: A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Matador's hand: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

Board: 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

How dramatic that one was! 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] river... "Ole!!" lol

[david050173]

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If anything, they've had too many blanks fall after the money goes in.

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You have to remember this is live poker. It is not rigged the way internet poker is [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]