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20 Things Wrong With Sons Of Anarchy That Fans Choose To Ignore
by Christopher Fiduccia
FX has had some amazing shows since the network's start in 1994, some of which have won multiple awards including Emmy's and Golden Globes. While Sons of Anarchy has only won one Golden Globe, it became a fan-favorite for its seven seasons, which generated 92 episodes.
The dangerous world of Charming California introduced people to a club called Sons of Anarchy Motor Cycle Club Redwood Originals also known as SAMCRO.
Before Charlie Hunnam was fighting giant Kaiju or exploring the lost city of Z, he was a member of the Redwood Originals. He was joined by Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal, the latter of whom won a Golden Globe for her performance on the show.
With the talented cast, creative writing, and stellar camerawork, it was no surprise that Sons of Anarchy was going to do well with the network.
Jax, Charlie Hunnam's character, struggled on the show to balance his life as a father and the leader of SAMCRO, but the network also struggled with certain elements of the show. Even though Sons of Anarchy was overall well received by fans and critics, there are still some parts of the show that do not make any sense and were never explained.
Some fans are willing to look past these mistakes since the rest of the show excelled on almost every level.
With that said, here are the 20 Things Wrong With Sons Of Anarchy That Fans Choose To Ignore.
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20 Nobody Ever Has Enough Money
For some people, money is what makes the world go round. Whether it be legally or illegally, the task of getting more money is often the basis for movies and television shows.
For all of the illegal activities that the gang gets into, it is kind of surprising they do not have more money to live comfortably. Between the substance business, firearm business, and all of the other illegal deals, there should be plenty of money to go around.
Clay Morrow especially makes a point to say that he is motivated to build back up his retirement money, but that never seems to happen on the show.
Everybody has bills to pay and obviously it costs money to keep a ruthless gang functioning effectively, but the bikers should be able to live a more luxurious lifestyle than what they do on the show.
Maybe the bikers just want to live a rough and tough lifestyle, but it would have made more sense to show the characters giving back to their loved ones, especially Jax.
By the end of the show, Jax has two children who will likely grow up to have a tough life thanks to their father's choices. Money can't solve everything, but it could have at least made their lives easier.
19 Real Biker Gangs Aren't As Violent
While Sons of Anarchy may not be real or even based on a true story, biker gangs do exist in real life.
Often times, the show depicts series of events that are extremely violent and brutal. While Biker Gangs in real life can most certainly be this violent, it is not like it is on TV.
Sons of Anarchy depicts violent outbursts from the gang members during and after a substance or arms deal goes wrong, but in real life, bikers are not usually involved with this extent of criminal activity and usually just fight for the fun of it.
Vaughan C. Jones is an attorney who represented a member of a biker club after they were taken into custody. Jones mentioned that, "In real life many tasks of violence and aggression by MC members are for seemingly petty things" and "MC members have been attacked and or [destroyed] for reasons that are senseless to 99% of society."
While Sons of Anarchy depicts these violent acts to be part of bad business deals, in real life the members could get into fights with each other and other gangs for reasons that don't make sense to anyone else.
The violence on the show may not be exaggerated, but it does not play out like it does on the show in real life.
18 Gemma Giving Abel The Club Ring
It is safe to say that the Redwood Originals ruined a lot of people's lives. This means not just the people they had conflicts with but the members themselves.
Many members of SAMCRO ended up meeting untimely demises or experiencing abuse and torture along the way.
A motorcycle club is far from the best thing a child could be exposed to but Gemma does just that in the episode titled, "Suits of Woe".
Gemma dragged Jax into SAMCRO and she appears to be doing the same with Jax's son Abel. Before she goes on the run away from Jax, Gemma gives her grandson a Sons ring.
On the surface seems harmless, but when you think about Gemma's character, it becomes much more hazardous.
Despite the horrible things that have happened during her time in SAMCRO, Gemma still wants Abel to one day be a part of the club.
While Abel having the ring does not mean that he will for sure be a member of SAMCRO one day, him having a Sons ring makes that somewhat more likely.
Why Gemma would want to lead her grandson down this path is troubling, but then again a lot of Gemma's actions were troubling.
17 Juice's Character Arc
Juan Carlos Ortiz was a character who appeared in the very first episode of the series. Often referred to as "Juice," he was a loyal member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club.
Juice was played by Theo Rossi for 85 episodes of Sons of Anarchy before his character was excommunicated and taken out by Ron Tully.
Juice was originally a light-hearted and naive character who brought a special set of skills to SAMCRO. Juice's skill was hacking into databases to find intel about other motorcycle gangs so that SAMCRO could take them out and lower the competition in the substance and firearms business.
His character was loyal to SAMCRO for a solid three seasons until it was discovered in season four that his father was black making Juice half African-American.
One of SAMCRO's original club rules forbid ethnic minorities to be members of the club, so Juice panicked and was manipulated by law enforcement to work against SAMCRO.
The members of the club have worked with people of different ethnicities before and do not seem to have a problem with black people.
Despite knowing this, Juice still completely turns his back on his friends and becomes a mole for the police.
16 Their Love Of Motorcycles
Despite everything that happens in Sons of Anarchy, the program is still a show about a motorcycle gang in California.
There are some cinematically epic shots of the guys riding down the street on their bikes, but if the show was more accurate, the bikes themselves would play a more important role in Sons of Anarchy.
When it comes to biker gangs, most of them are formed not because of their love of substances or alcohol, but because of their love for motorcycles and the open road.
For a gang calling themselves a motorcycle club, SAMCRO really does not seem to love the thrill of riding a motorcycle. The characters depend on their motorcycles for transportation, but that is about it.
In real life motorcycle clubs, the members are supposed to solely rely on their bikes for transportation wherever they go which is not always the case on the show.
For example, members of the real-life motorcycle club called Hells Angels are expected to travel across state-lines and basically live on their motorcycles.
This may not be the case for the Sons of Anarchy, but the show was intended to be based on Hamlet. It is not surprising that their love for motorcycles was more of a side note than a main plot point.
FX probably didn't want a show like The Devil's Ride on their network, so fans will more than likely forgive them for not making the show as accurate as it could be.
15 Chibs Gets Together With Lt. Jarry
Filip Telford, also known as Chibs, was one of the few characters who survived the entire show. Even though he was not in every episode, Chibs was still a main character and one of the most devoted members of SAMCRO.
Chibs was at first Sergeant at Arms but quickly became the Vice-President of SAMCRO after Jax was promoted to President following Clay's excommunication.
Chibs was incredibly devoted to Jax Teller, which led to him becoming the president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals following Jax's passing.
Lieutenant Althea Jarry, on the other hand, was nothing like Chibs. She was the head of the San Joaquin Sheriff Department following the passing of Eli Roosevelt and was only in ten episodes of the final season.
She is able to bond with Chibs because she has a scar from a gunshot wound on her abdomen and Chubs has scars on his face.
Their relationship was odd from the beginning. It is confusing why a lieutenant of a police department would fall for a member of a biker club, but stranger things have happened.
What makes their relationship even stranger is that they decide to consummate their love on top of her police cruiser in the middle of the day where anybody could find them.
The awkward scene does not make any sense and most fans are keen to ignore it.
14 The Presidents Of SAMCRO Do A Lot Of The Heavy Lifting
There is no denying that it takes a lot to become the president of a biker gang. The positions of president and vice-president function the way you would think.
The president is the head honcho and makes all of the tough decisions and sets up many of the business deals between the charters. It is even revealed that the President of SAMCRO also may have authority over other chapters.
The Vice-Presidents are basically the President's right-hand man and is given the opportunity to give input on certain deals and plans.
If anything were to happen to the President, the Vice-President would take over as the new President much like the United States Government works.
John Teller, Clay Morrow, Jax Teller, Bobby Munson, and Chibs Telford have all been President of the club and they all seem to handle business in similar ways.
As important as the President of the Sons of Anarchy is, they usually end up doing a lot of the heavy lifting and are often put in danger.
With someone as important as the President is, it does not make a ton of sense to have them in harm's way. It would have made sense to have the other prospects do more of the dirty work but that wasn't the way it went for the Sons.
13 Jax Trying to Legitimize Their Gang
The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals have seen a lot of crime since the club was founded in 1967 by John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston.
The first season of Sons of Anarchy was one of the most important of the series. At the start of the show in 2008, the biker gang was mainly involved with firearm manufacturing and distribution which gave them most of their income.
The first season also shows Jax discovering a book of memoirs from his father John Teller. The book depicts John's vision for SAMCRO and Jax realizes that the direction that Clay is taking the group in is not what his father would have wanted.
The entire show is really about Jax trying to balance his life as a father and support his family through his role in the Sons of Anarchy.
It came as no surprise when Jax eventually wanted to legitimize their gang and stray away from the substance and gun business in season six. His plan was to run an adult studio and escort service, which is apparently more legal than substances and guns, but his plan still seemed far-fetched.
SAMCRO had already had its roots in the substance and firearm business for so long so it is hard to imagine that the rest of the club would be okay with the sudden switch.
It was a good thought and a nice change to Jax's character development, but ultimately it makes little sense.
12 Gemma Wouldn't Have Gotten Away With Her "Shenanigans"
Gemma Teller Morrow was the wife of John Teller and Clay Morrow and the mother of Jax Teller. Gemma appears in every episode of the show, even though she just appeared as a body in the series finale.
Gemma had one of the more interesting story arcs of the show, since her character had a lot of ups and downs throughout the seven seasons.
While her character changes over the course of the 92 episodes, she always does what she thinks is best for her son and grandkids even when her plans clearly are not the best choice.
Before her passing, she was known as the Queen of SAMCRO and often did whatever she wanted despite being a female in a male-dominated gang.
As horrible as it may sound, women would not have nearly as many rights as Gemma did and she certainly would not have gotten away with the meddling she did throughout the show.
Gemma is shown to constantly give her two cents on many matters the gang is dealing with and even be present during meetings.
However, in the real world, she probably wouldn't be able to get away with many of these things.
11 Characters Just Disappear
Whether it be a character like Judy Winslow from Family Matters or Chuck Cunningham from Happy Days, some characters disappear on TV shows without a trace.
Most of the time, if an actor has scheduling conflicts or simply does not want to be on a show anymore, they will just replace the actor rather than getting rid of a character.
Other times, the characters just do not seem to gel with the other characters and are never seen again.
In the case of Sons of Anarchy, characters being destroyed is never a big surprise, but sometimes they are mentioned and then never heard of again. This happened multiple times on the show with some of the minor characters but it was nonetheless annoying.
For instance, Trinity Ashby was only on the show for seven episodes and then never came back up again. She was the daughter of Maureen Ashby and John Teller making her Jax's half-sister.
Despite it being revealed that Jax has a sister, she is never seen again after "Bainne" in season three.
Many people may also forget that Chibs had a wife and kid. They were only seen in a few episodes and went missing after season three.
10 The Initiation Process Seems Too Simple
We are introduced to a wide range of characters during the six-year run of Sons of Anarchy.
Some of these characters lasted for the entire length of the show while others were cut off rather quickly. Many of these people were already established members of SAMCRO, while others had to prove their loyalty.
New members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals were known as "prospects" and were not given as much trust as long-term members.
Some of the prospects we meet include Filthy Phil Russell, Half Sack Epps, and Eric Miles. It makes sense that these prospects would not be given as many responsibilities as someone like Opie or Chibs, but the initiation process itself doesn't make sense.
The writers did not go into a lot of detail on how people are recruited for SAMCRO but the process seems too simple.
Prospects are seen to just get smaller tasks and errand jobs with the occasional hazing, but in real life depending on the club, the initiation process would be much more ruthless.
According to Thomas Barker in his book Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime he explained that new recruits "may be forced to cook and eat excrement or drink from a boot filled with urine, vomit, and beer."
Building playgrounds for Abel sounds a bit more pleasant than real life biker initiation.
9 The Identity Of The Homeless Lady
Very few TV shows and movies are able to escape with zero plot holes or unsolved mysteries. There are several unsolved mysteries in Sons of Anarchy but among the most intriguing is the identity of the homeless woman.
The homeless woman was first seen in the season one episode "The Sleep of Babies" and last seen in the series finale titled "Papa's Goods".
There are multiple theories on who the homeless woman is, but one thing is for certain-she is not just some random extra.
Olivia Burnette played the character for eleven episodes scattered throughout the series, usually at a time when Jax and Gemma were about to do something rash.
Some people think that Emily Putner actually survived her car accident and is the homeless woman, while other people think she is a guardian angel or even Jesus Christ.
Kevin Sutter has even mentioned that the homeless woman is Jesus Christ, but he did not go into detail and never made an official statement on the matter.
Because of this, some fans chose to ignore this answer and create their own fan theories that make more sense. There is even still an ongoing debate on her identity four years after the series finale aired.
8 They Take Out An Unrealistic Amount Of People
FX has never been scared to show violence on the air. Even now that Sons of Anarchy is over they still have shows like Fargo and American Horror Story with an excess amount of gore.
With as much violence as Sons of Anarchy had, characters passing away was sure to follow. Most shows portray demises in one form or another, but the writers behind Sons of Anarchy cut out an unrealistic amount of people.
There is plenty to be seen in each season of Sons of Anarchy. Now that the show has ended, fans have been able to tally up how many people SAMCRO have actually destroyed-- 153.
The number goes even higher if you count the people who the prospects took out before they were initiated and even higher if you look at the number of people who the excommunicated members destroyed.
All in all, SAMCRO is responsible for taking 175 lives. Jax Teller takes the cake for claiming the most lives, coming in at 46, with Tig in second place with 28.
It sounds more like the statistics for a sports game but that's what makes the body count so unrealistic.
Even if destroying this many people was plausible for a biker gang in such a short period of time, it certainly would not go unnoticed by law enforcement.
7 SAMCRO Is Able To Outsmart Law Enforcement
Even though there is a ton of gang-related activity in the area, Charming California is still depicted as, well a charming place to live.
Several years have passed within the show, but nobody seems to really mind the gang activity occurring in their neighborhoods.
Some people may just be used to the chaos but it does not make sense that law enforcement would just sit by twiddling their thumbs.
There were several instances on Sons Of Anarchy where the police knew what was going on, but they were either too slow or too naive to catch SAMCRO in the act.
Even if the local law enforcement could not stop the biker gang, you would think the FBI would be able to arrest the SAMCRO members, but nope. The Sons are smart enough to evade them as well.
With the number of illegal activities the Sons of Anarchy were performing, it is incredibly unlikely that they would be able to completely outmaneuver local law enforcement and the Feds.
There are bound to be dirty cops in the world. This can account for Sheriff Wayne Unser, but having one friend on the local law enforcement team should not have allowed SAMCRO to slip past as many officers and federal agents as they did.
6 Wayne Unser's Illness
With nearly 90 acting gigs under his belt, actor Dayton Callie is no stranger when it comes to acting.
He played the father of the Miniature Killer in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a corner in the Rob Zombie's Halloween II, and also Chief Wayne Unser in Sons of Anarchy.
Chief Unser first appeared in the episode "Seeds" in season one and was last seen in "Papa's Goods", making his appearance come in at a steady 85 episodes.
During his time on the show, Unser was seen as a dirty cop but also a cop who cared about Charming California. He was considered dirty since he often worked with SAMCRO and helped them get away with their schemes.
He helped the Sons because he felt as if their work could protect Charming more than the police department could.
While he was a main character for most of the seasons, his role could have been cut a lot shorter if they would have gone with his storyline that was introduced after he retired.
When Unser retires from the police force, he moves into a trailer because his cancer treatment is too expensive for him to afford while living in comfort.
Even though this part of his storyline was introduced, it was never touched upon again and most people just forgot that his character was supposed to have cancer.
5 Jax's Demise
Charlie Hunnam portrayed Jax Teller on all 92 episodes of Sons of Anarchy. The entire show revolves around Jax and his loyalties to his family and the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals.
When he is first introduced to the show, his loyalties to SAMCRO are shaky at best, but he eventually became one of the most devoted members and even destroyed himself to keep the club and his children safe.
With as many people as Jax took out, it was not a huge surprise that he felt like his life had to end.
He went out in a violent yet poetic fashion, but there is still one question left unanswered. What was the point of Milo being the truck driver in the final scene of the show?
Not a whole lot is known about Milo since he was only seen in two episodes-- "Red Rose" and "Papa's Goods".
He was first seen giving Gemma a ride when she was trying to visit her father in Nate Madock's nursing home. Michael Chiklis may have been the one to run Jax over since he was also in The Shield, which Kurt Sutter wrote for, but other than that explanation it is quite a mystery why Milo showed up again.
Milo being the one to end Jax's life does not make a lot of sense, but most fans will just ignore it so they can just enjoy the satisfying ending of the show.
4 The Gang Still Follows Jax
Game of Thrones is known for claiming the lives of characters just when you start to like them, but there are other shows that contain a lot of violence that lead to just as many demises. Sons of Anarchy fits this description.
A lot of people pass away on Sons of Anarchy. These people include not just random minor characters, but also main characters, some of which were fan favorites.
SAMCRO itself seems to be a group of loyal individuals, but sometimes even the members betray each other. Jax himself is shown to not always have the best judgment yet for some reason people still follow him.
With all of the backstabbing and betrayal, it is a mystery why everyone still sticks around SAMCRO.
Yes, there are serious penalties for trying to leave the club as we saw in season one episode five when Kyle had his tattoo burned off, but people who have stayed have seen even worse things than this.
Tig's daughter was burned in front of him, Jax's son hurt himself, and multiple characters were assaulted. Why anyone would follow a leader that lets all of these horrible things happen is mind-boggling,.
3 What Actually Happened to Jax's Father
John Teller, who is commonly referred to as "JT," played an important role in Sons of Anarchy. First and foremost, he was the father of Jax Teller and the husband of Gemma who, obviously, are the two main characters of the show.
John was one of the founding members of the Sons of Anarchy and was considered one of the "First 9." Teller was a Vietnam War veteran and coming home after the war to a divided country allowed him to craft his ideas on peace, freedom, and liberty while he perfected his street smarts.
Even though he was one of the founding members of SAMCRO, the motorcycle club quickly turned into something that John was not proud of.
While he is only seen in the episode "Booster", he was referenced in every season and was a main source of inspiration for Jax.
It is said that he lost his life when his motorcycle crashed into a semi-truck, but no one knows the exact circumstances of his passing.
It was mentioned that Clay and Gemma may have tampered with his bike causing the crash but that may not have been the case.
Later on in the series, a character named Jury White mentions that John knew that people were plotting against him so he decided to destroy himself to make a point to the club.
This is never confirmed which, left many fans scratching their heads.
2 People Keep Working With SAMCRO
There are many people and organizations throughout Sons of Anarchy that are shown collaborating with SAMCRO. The Mayans, One-Niners, and the True IRA all worked with SAMCRO at one point or another and things always went South.
It is confusing why the members of SAMCRO would stick around such a chaotic leader for so long but it is even more confusing why other people would work with them.
People often have up close and personal interactions with the gang, so people should know the kind of people the Sons of Anarchy are.
Even their name spells trouble but that does not stop people from making the same mistakes over and over again. If that were not enough just look at the body count! 175 lives were taken by the Sons some of which were their own members.
Do people honestly expect for something good to come out of working with the Sons of Anarchy? Apparently so, since people never learned their lesson and kept working with them.
Again, it does not make a lot of sense but fans are willing to look past it so that their show continues to be a flawless piece of entertainment.
1 The Respect For Women
The treatment of women is far from fair in Sons of Anarchy, but it can be even more unfair in real life. Domestic violence is always a touchy topic to try to portray in media, but Kurt Sutter doesn't shy away from it in the show.
Even when it comes to Sutter's wife Katey Sagal, he is not afraid to show brutal depictions of domestic violence in the show.
In the tenth episode of the fourth season titled "Hands", Clay beats up Gemma after he confronts her about a hit placed on Tara. Gemma tries to defend herself but Clay ultimately does a lot of damage.
While this type of abuse happened occasionally in the show, it probably happens a lot more frequently in real life biker gangs.
Attorney Vaughan C. Jones explains that women are often treated as property and wear specific clothes and tattoos to signify this.
The show often depicts women staying behind in the club to think of plans or even being the brains of certain operations, but in real life that is far from the case.
As horrible as it is, men are often encouraged to abuse women and they are treated as property, nothing more, nothing less.
Is there anything else that does not make sense about Sons of Anarchy? Sound off in the comments!
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De Rochas' s L'Extériorisation de la Motricité
This article describes the 1896 book by French researcher Albert de Rochas, L'Extériorisation de la Motricité, which gives detailed description of physical séance phenomena produced by Eusapia Palladino and others.
Part 1: Eusapia Palladino
Part 2: Other Phenomena
The French psychical researcher Albert de Rochas was a late representative of French mesmerism, a movement that evolved from Anton Mesmer's 'animal magnetism'. De Rochas was known for his belief that the nervous system can project a force beyond the body.1 In his 1895 book L'Extériorisation de la Sensibilité,2 he argued for the exteriorization of sensibility, claiming he could project the tactile sensations of individuals who had been magnetized out of their bodies.
The following year he published L'Extériorisation de la Motricité: Recueil d'Expériences et d'Observations [The Exteriorization of Motricity: Collection of Experiments and Observations], mainly concerning the phenomena of physical mediumship. Here he went further, claiming that a force emanating from certain people could move inert objects.3 He called this the exteriorization of motricity, or motor function.
De Rochas was fully aware of the suspicions aroused by claims that mediums could levitate tables and other objects, and that fraud in the field was rampant. Nevertheless, he believed that the evidence of the phenomenon presented 'the same degree of certainty as any of those on which our physical sciences are based'.4 Indeed, he criticized as 'contemptible' people who were likewise convinced by the phenomena, but publicly rejected them because out of fear of ridicule, considering it betrayal of the best interests of humanity.
The book is divided in two sections. The first describes Italian medium Eusapia Palladino, probably the longest such overview published in the nineteenth century, covering over 300 pages.5 It starts by describing early public seances—including those in which men such as Ercole Chiaia, Cesare Lombroso and Manuel Otero Acevedo were involved—then discusses biographical and medical aspects. De Rochas summarizes the prevailing view that that Palladino presented hysterical symptoms and an irritable temperament. 'From the age of eight she was subjected to an obsessive hallucination in the waking state: expressive eyes looking at her from behind a pile of stones or a tree, always on the right [side]. She does not remember any other nervous anomaly, but she has frequent and very clear dreams'.6 With regard to the organization of seances, he goes on to stress the importance of nurturing those characteristics most likely to lead to a productive result. He writes:
In the present case, the medium is a woman, simple of education, but of great pride and fierce susceptibility, which is gravely offended by the slightest sign of distrust ...
Eusapia is ... eminently suggestible. This suggestibility, which may be increased in the state of trance, may have psychological consequences such that the will of the medium is largely influenced by that of the experimenters, by their desires, by their suspicions, by their prejudices. Can not a circle of experimenters change the will and power of a very impressive and certainly impressed medium?7
De Rochas summarizes key séances with Palladino, in Agnélas, Cambridge, Carqueraine, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Warsaw, giving reprints of original séance reportsThey include the famous Milan sittings of 1892 that involved notable scientists and scholars of the day: Alexander Aksakof, Angelo Brofferio, Carl du Prel, Giovanni Battista Ermacora, Giorgio Finzi, Giuseppe Gerosa, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and in some cases, Ercole Chiaia, Cesare Lombroso and Charles Richet.
The séances at Agnélas, France, were organized by de Rochas in his villa in 1895, together with Xavier Dariex, Arnaud de Gramont, Joseph Maxwell, A Sabatier, and C de Watteville, and members of his own family. In one instance he describes how Maxwell, invited by Palladino to watch closely,
saw in front of him, on the strip of the wall illuminated by the crack of the door, the silhouette of a hand and arm that were above the head of M. Sabatier. They appeared to him on several occasions to descend and rise, as if to touch the head of M. Sabatier who said that at that moment he felt various touches. The forearm felt was long and thin. He did not see the continuity with the arm because it was lost in the shadows …8
In these sittings, he further writes:
The medium entered 'trance', groaned, twisted, appeared to suffer pain similar to that of childbirth. The light is gradually weakened ... until the eye can distinguish only the silhouette of objects. At this moment the table, after having been inclined by lifting its two feet on the left side of the medium, rose rapidly … from the ground, the four feet being simultaneously detached from the ground. This position was maintained for at least three seconds; then the table fell abruptly. While it was in the air, MM. Maxwell and Sabatier, each on one side of the medium, and each holding a hand which was clearly visible, saw that the hands, placed simply above the table, did not hold its edges, and sometimes even detached themselves from the surface of the raised table; they also observed, on bending down, the feet of the table, close to the medium, were entirely free from any contact with the latter. M. Dariex, placed under the table below ... asserted that the knees of the medium remained motionless, and that no leg has been put forward to raise the table from below ... 9
De Rochas observed the medium making suspicious movements but insisted he never detected her in fraudulent activity. He also noticed that his and his collaborators' observations at Agnélas were similar to those seen in previous reports.
In Part 2, De Rochas summarizes other investigations and topics, starting with the work of Agénor de Gasparin with table turning, and referring also to Marc Thury. He describes work conducted with the medium Henry Slade, and studies by the London Dialectical Society, William Crookes, and Paul Joire. Other chapters discuss the less well-known work of Donald MacNab and Horace Pelletier. The last three chapters consists of article reprints, including one on trance states.
Here, De Rochas describes Crookes's work with the medium DD Home, including experiments with spring gauges and other instruments. A further section lists citations by Crookes of about movement of objects, bodily levitations and materializations he witnessed with Home and other mediums. He also cites Crookes's discussion of the psychic force10 (here given from the original in English)
The force itself is probably possessed by all human beings, although the individuals endowed with an extraordinary amount of it are doubtless few. Within the last twelve months I have met in private families five or six persons possessing a sufficiently vigorous development to make me feel confident that similar results might be produced through their means to those here recorded, provided the experimentalist worked with more delicate apparatus, capable of indicating a fraction of a grain instead of recording pounds and ounces only.11
A chapter describes 'electrical women', such as Angelique Cottin, in whose proximity the anomalous movement of objects was sometimes observed, seemingly as they were about to menstruate.12
A chapter about 'haunted houses' gives accounts of various physical phenomena. For example, in a case studied by Aleksandr Butlerov in 1880, witnesses reported raps, movement of furniture, breaking of furniture, movement of other objects, blood stains, and fires. In another notable case involving a young girl, objects were frequently seen to move towards her at an extremely rapid rate. 13
Many of these apparently diverse phenomena shared underlying characteristics, de Rochas maintained, appearing to be driven by an 'abnormal development of electricity in the organism', which was often produced spontaneously and unconsciously by young girls reaching puberty.14 As a late follower of Mesmer, De Rochas assumed the existence of physical emanations generated by the human body, which he likened to 'electrical wind'.15 He further believed that a person can direct these 'effluvia' towards a particular object, with an intensity that corresponds to the effort involved in creating them.'16 Similar ideas are found in the literature about psychic phenomena before and since. De Rochas planned to extend his studies in a book about spontaneous psychic phenomena, focusing on a 'theory of the fluidic body' which he argued had been endorsed by both Eastern philosophy and by Christian theology, and which he took now to be confirmed by objective evidence.17 But that book was never published: instead he developed the ideas in other publications about forces and doubles.18 In this book, De Rochas avoids discussing the issue of survival of death. However, he concludes by admitting that he is starting to move beyond the purely empirical approach of those 'who pretend to limit science to the facts they study and to the methods they employ'.19 He feels that contemporary science of subtle forces suggests 'by experimental proofs that something that thinks and feels can detach itself from his body during life,' possibly leading to the conclusion that it can survive the body's destruction.' 20 This in turn, he thought, could perhaps replace the uncertain faith of religions with an unshakeable conviction of a future life.
Few journals devoted to psychic phenomena published reviews of the book.21 Short notices were published in the occultist journal L'Initiation and in some others.22 The Revue Scientifique et Morale du Spiritisme, acknowledged the importance of scientists studying physical phenomena, while insisting that these had been long known by spiritists and that they were caused by the spirits of the deceased.23 The Revue Spirite and the newspaper Le XIXe Siècle were complimentary, believing that the book would help to convince scientists of the reality of the phenomena.24 A more detailed, and generally positive, review by Émile Boirac25 appeared in the Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, noting the difficulties involved in the study of such physical phenomena Some spiritist journals reprinted part of de Rochas's work in their publications.26 A newspaper journalist also presented extracts, insisting that de Rochas was no 'sorceror', as many believed, but a scientist seeking to understand these physical phenomena.27 Today, L'Extériorisation de la Motricité is mainly cited by writers and scholars with a historical interest.28
I am grateful to Nancy L Zingrone for useful editorial suggestions.
Alvarado, C.S. (2011). Historical notes on doubles and travelling spirits: X. Albert de Rochas. Paranormal Review 60, 3-6.
Alvarado, C.S. (2016). On psychic forces and doubles: The case of Albert de Rochas. Journal of Scientific Exploration 30, 63-84.
Anonymous. (1896a). Bibliographie. Annales des Sciences Psychiques 6, 128.
Anonymous. (1896b). Review of L'Extériorisation de la Motricité. L'Initiation 30, 281-82.
Anonymous. (1896c). L'Extériorisation de la Motricité. Revue Spirite: Journal d'Études Psychologiques 39, 506-8.
Anonymous. (1904). Review of L'Extériorisation de la Motricité (4th edition). Bulletin du Centre d'Études Psychiques de Marseille 4, 90.
Boirac, E. (1897). Review of L'Extériorisation de la Motricité. Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger 43, 321-26.
Crookes, W. (1874). Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism. London: J. Burns.
De Rochas, A. (1895). L'Extériorisation de la Sensibilité: Étude Expérimentale et Historique (2nd ed.) Paris: Chamuel.
De Rochas, A. (1896a). L'Extériorisation de la Motricité: Recueil d'Expériences et d'Observations. Paris: Chamuel.
De Rochas, A. (1896b). Préface de 'L'Extériorisation de la Motricité.' L'Humanité Intégrale 5, 65-68.
De Rochas, A. (1896c). Conclusions de 'L'Extériorisation de la Motricité.' L'Humanité Intégrale 6, 81-83.
De Rochas, A. (1896d). L'extériorisation de la motricité. Revue Spirite: Journal d'Études Psychologiques 39, 456-63.
De Rochas, A. (1897). Les expériences de Choisy-Yvrec (près Bordeaux) du 2 au 14 octobre 1896. Annales des Sciences Psychiques 7, 6-28.
De Rochas, A. (1906a). New experiments relative to the astral body and the magnetic 'rapport.' Annals of Psychical Science 4, 120-25.
Desormeaux, H. (1896). A la découverte du mystére: Les forces inconnus de l'homme. Le Gaulois, June 6, 1-2.
D'Oyrières, F. (1896). Étude sur le livre L'Extériorisation de la Motricité par M. de Rochas. Revue Scientifique et Morale du Spiritisme 1, 95-114.
Quaestor Vitae. (1896). 'The exteriorisation of motive energy.' Light 16, 389.
Vitoux, G. (1896). Tablettes du progrès: La realité des mouvements sans contact. Le XIXe Siècle, June 12, 1-2.
Eusapia Palladino
Angelique Cottin
1. Alvarado (2016).
2. De Rochas (1895).
3. De Rochas (1896a), ii.
4. De Rochas (1896a), iii.
5. De Rochas (1896a), 1-315.
6. De Rochas (1896a), 15.
7. De Rochas (1896a), 259.
9. De Rochas (1896a), 269-270.
10. De Rochas (1896a), 362.
11. Crookes (1874), 41-42.
14. De Rochas (1896a), 475-76.
15. Alvarado (2016).
18. E.g., de Rochas (1897, 1906); see also Alvarado (2011, 2016).
21. Anonymous (1896a).
22. Anonymous (1896b, 1904).
23. D'Oyrières (1896).
24. Vitoux (1896).
25. Boirac (1897).
26. De Rochas (1896b, 1896c, 1896d).
27. Desormeaux, 1896.
28. E.g., Alvarado (2016).
Alvarado, C. S. (2021). 'De Rochas' s L'Extériorisation de la Motricité '. Psi Encyclopedia. London: The Society for Psychical Research. <https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/de-rochas%E2%80%99-s%C2%A0lext%C3%A9riorisation-de-la-motricit%C3%A9%C2%A0>. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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The novel was translated into French in 1949. The novel was made into a movie titled The Nightingale's Prayer in 1959, directed by Henri Barakat, with Taha Hussein participating in his own voice at the end of the film. The novel was translated into English in 1980.

Theme
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Review
Peter Bradshaw commented on the movie based on this novel: "This is an extravagant revenge melodrama, or Beauty-and-the-Beast fable, from the Egyptian film-maker Henry Barakat, based on a novel by Taha Hussein".

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Posted on September 25, 2014 by Stephanie C. Chomentowski
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Another reality star, Michael Sorrentino (aka "The Situation"), formerly of MTV's Jersey Shore, now finds himself in a similar situation. Yesterday, Mr. Sorrentino and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey for filing false tax returns for 2010 and 2012, as well as conspiracy to defraud the United States. "The Situation" was also charged with failure to file a tax return for 2011. The Sorrentinos allegedly failed to report over $8.9 million earned through promotional and other activities, including publishing a comic book (featuring The Situation as a superhero, of course), owning a vodka company, and endorsing products such as vitamins and sunglasses. (See Indictment here). The Situation also allegedly improperly claimed deductions for business expenses that were really for personal use, including "personal grooming expenses." U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman released this statement yesterday:
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(See Press Release here). Telling the truth to your accountant is not optional, either. According to the Indictment, the Sorrentino brothers allegedly provided their (unnamed) accounting firm with false information. In addition, the Indictment alleges that after the accounting firm received a grand jury subpoena for its QuickBooks software that contained the Sorrentinos' books and records for 2012, entries in the software were "altered" whereby certain taxable payments were "reclassified" as non-taxable payments. It is not clear from the Indictment who directed that those changes be made, but the IRS obviously discovered the "reclassifications" during the criminal investigation, and the act of altering corporate book and records to cover up a crime almost certainly influenced the decision to prosecute in this case.
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Textile Project: What is a Jacket? For this category it covers the upper body, has sleeves of any length and opens in the front. Other construction details such as fasteners, collars, lapels, pockets, lining, etc, are optional, determined by sewing experience.
Costume Challenge: Use any technique, any materials, and any pattern to create a costume. It does not need to be sewn from fabric but it does need to be made by the participant, not purchased.
4-H Fashion Revue commentaries present the 4-H'er and his/her project to the audience. The narration should introduce the 4-H'er, describe special features of the garment, and highlight interesting information about the project. The following are guidelines to help 4-H'ers write descriptions of their garments for Fashion Revue. Keep the narration to under 100 words which will allow the member to come on stage, make one or two turns, and then exit. Keep in mind that the Fashion Revue committee reserves the right to re-write or revise narrations.
1. Build self-confidence and poise.
2. Develop skills in planning, selecting, and making clothing for different occasions.
4. Develop good posture, grooming, and punctuality habits.
5. Complete applications clearly and submit them on time.
6. Acquire knowledge and skills in planning, presenting, and participating in fashion revues.
1. To introduce the member and his/her project.
2. To focus on skills learned in the clothing and textile project.
3. To express challenges, fashion trends, and cost savings.
4. To interest the audience in 4-H activities.
5. To display the garment attractively.
1. Analyze the garment. What is special about it? Be sure to include color descriptions!
2. List major features you want to describe, along with a few comments that relate to the garment and how it will be worn. Create an appealing mental picture with descriptive words.
3. Study mail order fashion catalogs, magazines, the pattern envelope, and advertisements to see how they describe similar features. This is especially useful for beginning projects such as skirts that don't have a lot of details.
4. Describe the garment by starting with the obvious, then call the audience's attention to details such as accessories that relate directly to the garment.
5. Write. Get down all you want to say. Don't worry about the length -- yet.
6. Use alliteration (words beginning with the same sound, i.e. "flirty flounce" for ruffle).
8. Tell the biggest problem you encountered in sewing the outfit, what new sewing technique you learned. Saying you put in the sleeve six times can encourage some of your audience who are less skilled to keep on trying.
9. If there are two parts to your outfit, such as a coat and dress, mention the outer layer first.
10. Edit. Polish your narration, cut out repetitious phrases or ideas. Keep sentences short and avoid tongue twisters. Aim for clear, concise phrases that create audience interest. Make it as bright, crisp, and informative as possible. The audience is there to learn about new fashion as well as to be entertained.
11. Read your narration aloud to a friend. Does your friend know what you are talking about? Practice modeling with your narration. Do you think of other things that you might say? Re-edit and re-read. Be sure to write in the third person.
12. Add one sentence that talks about you, the model! Be sure to include your name and county, or city, either at beginning or closer to the end of the narration.
13. Finally, cut the narration to 100 words or less. Hyphenated words count as two words.
14. Print your finished commentary double-spaced on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper in 14 size font.
Outline to HELP you write a short commentary of your own. The commentary will be read during the fashion show while you are modeling your garment. Unfortunately, for the State Fashion Revue the commentary must be quite short so there is probably not time to describe your hobbies and interests.
Description of garment: Look at pattern envelope for key words to describe your garment.
What grade are you in? Which school?
Where do you plan to wear the garment?
Gleaming in her sequined skirt, Kathleen Mitchell is modeling a stylish denim look. It is hard to believe, but this cloth was once a lonely remnant just waiting to be snatched up! This remnant now has a multi-purpose. For example, it will be this year's Easter outfit, and then be worn as a casual around-the-town skirt. It has a light and airy feeling, with its slit in the back. Her biggest challenge was matching the sequins as she cut out the fabric. This 11-year old home schooler loves Irish Dancing and sketching her fashion ideas. Kathleen is in her second year of sewing.


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COVID-19 insights by boobook: Consumers shift focus to long-term saving and review of financial plans
Almost 46% of the overall population we surveyed in our global COVID-19 research has seen a cut in their income. By losing the sense of financial stability together with the uncertainty about the future, many people re-evaluate their attitude toward savings and investments. This shift in the consumers' mindset is starting to change their purchasing habits and putting different priorities in place.
Even though we witness a tremendous impact of the crisis across many sectors, the newly adopted approach to savings and investment could turn out beneficial for the finance industry.
As Nicole Huyghe, CEO at boobook, explains, "While many industries have been badly hit by COVID-19, we may be entering a boom period for the financial industry. However, it could also potentially signal a lot of churn within the sector. Hence, companies with the best insight into their customers have a huge opportunity if they play it right."
Considering there will be a significant shift in terms of what people will use their money for, we hope these insights will enable businesses to understand and predict the consumers' behaviour and actions.
Here are 6 important facts that summarise the consumers' perspective on long-term saving:
In almost all countries, more than half of the consumers did save as much as before or even more
Even for people with a pay cut, 40% of them still saved at least as much as before ( with 20% saved even more)
South Africa stands out with the country where saving was the most difficult
Two-thirds of people plan to review their savings and investments in the next six months
Optimising savings is even more important than looking for cheaper shops or products
Most people will use the savings for the long term, including investing it
Smarter investments for a better future
But what are people planning to do with these additional savings?
Only a quarter of savers are planning on spending that saved money in the next six months. France, Germany and China are most likely to keep spending, with about 40% claiming to spend the extra savings.
The majority of the consumers will use this money for long term saving and investment to secure the future. Especially consumers in China and South Africa (at least those who could save up), will put money aside long term. Short term savings are a second option though less attractive, pointing out that consumers believe this crisis will last for an extended period.
Risk for a wider divide between rich and poor
Each country drives specific differences in terms of saving behaviour. Still, the biggest driver of how much money people save and what they are planning to do with their savings is linked to the financial security and level of financial optimism of the consumer.
Those at the more comfortable end of the scale have been least impacted by the crisis, "the Comfortable optimists", are unsurprisingly saving the most. They are the least affected by the crisis and are the least likely to change their spending habits. Nevertheless, they will also review their savings and investments, most likely to further optimise their wealth.
At the other end of the scale, for the "Financial survivors", we can expect a significant reduction in spending and focus on saving money every way they can. For them reviewing their savings means using savings to pay their daily and monthly bills.
What we see is an unbalanced financial impact of COVID-19 across the society – an effect that could potentially create a substantial divide between the haves, and the have nots.
In the next article, we'll continue to dive more into the concept of spending/saving as we'll analyse how saving more in times of crisis is strongly linked to spending more wisely.
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FATAL: no readable config file (looked in /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf, ./sphinx.conf).

I'm getting this error but the config file is definitely there.

A: Try typing searchd - this will fire up the indexes and start the Sphinx Daemon.

A: Even though its saying the error what you mentioned(FATAL: no readable config file), i don't think it will not affect the usage of sphinx when you configured in your project. If you search the config file it might be with the name sphinx.conf.dist. You just start index the file and it will work fine. The same error throws for me but it worked well.

A: if you installed the package using yum install sphinx, you have to start using service searchd start, and update config file in /etc/sphinx/sphinx.conf, but if you want to use /etc/init.d/sphinxsearch restart you have to specify config file with --config and the path where the config file is.

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October/November 2018 Issue
The Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik encourages girls and young women to love science, on and off screen. Thanks to that biology tutor, Bialik went on to UCLA after Blossom to pursue an undergraduate degree in neuroscience with a minor in Hebrew and Jewish studies, before getting her doctorate in neuroscience in 2007. But school continued to be challenging. "I was not at the top of the class in college or graduate school," she says. She persisted, however, because science thrilled her.
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"I didn't know what was going on," says McGuff. "Mom thought she was depressed and started seeing a therapist." The mystery of his mother's rapid mental decline was finally solved in September 1999, about a year after McGuff first started noticing changes in her behavior. At just 53 years old, Elizabeth was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer's disease. "I was in total shock. She was so young. I could never imagine someone getting Alzheimer's at 53. In fact, I don't think I even knew such a thing was possible." She died from complications related to the disease five years later.
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Courtney B. Vance, a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, can locate the essence of his mother's character in a single, quiet scene. He was a high school senior at Detroit Country Day School, a private college prep school. His mother, Leslie Vance, was a librarian at a neighborhood branch about a mile from their home. "I said something about her 'little job at the library,'" Vance recalls. "She got quiet, and I recognized immediately that I'd made a mistake." Flashing her expressive eyes, she said, "Courtney, this 'little job' of mine allows you to go to that damn school," and walked away.
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Pinkie Salman is one of the finalists in the Mr South Africa pageant and he's been receiving a lot of support from Mzansi. Despite the rocky start of the contest, people seem to have warmed to Pinkie in a big way.
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The Mr South Africa pageant had a shaky start as South African social media users had no mercy and commented on how unattractive everyone on the finalist list looked.
However, since then Mzansi has warmed to the contestants, especially Pinkie Salman, and the hashtag #VoteForPinkieSalman was born.
The Human Resources practitioner from Eastern Cape is very excited about all the attention, according to Channel24.
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The 44-year-old takes care of his body and enjoys staying active when he's not at work at the Department of Health.
"I look after my physique, and health is important to me. I am also a netball coach for both ladies and men as well as a fitness coach."
This isn't Pinkie's first rodeo with beauty competitions. He's won a few titles before, like Mr Technikon Eastern Cape (now Walter Sisulu University).
If he wins Mr South Africa, Pinkie hopes to change the world, or at least South Africa.
"As a country we are so divided and people are faced with many challenges, including drug abuse and poverty. I want to make a difference in their lives."
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I"t's not just about the title, but you need to be committed to your duties. You need to be humble and available to the communities around you."
The contest finalist feels the men of South Africa need to be good fathers and better citizens.
"We need to be good fathers and be there for our children. I want to teach boys and men to be outstanding citizens in the world. I want to lift the stigma that men are abusers."
Pinkie's own role models are South Africa's former leaders, Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela.
He's not too worried about the backlash the competition received.
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John Carpenter is a seminal figure in the history of horror and science fiction filmmaking. His work in these genres has been highly influential in their ongoing development. This book gives Carpenter's output the sustained critical treatment it deserves. It comprises essays that address the whole of Carpenter's work, as well as others which focus on a smaller number of key films. Some essays take on wide-ranging issues such as Carpenter's approach to remakes and the question of genre, while others are organized around a specific theme or technical aspect of Carpenter's film-making. The text's key strength is that it draws upon an international group of scholars offering a variety of expertise. Films discussed include Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and its subsequent sequels, Escape from New York (1981), Escape from L.A.(1996), The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Village of the Damned (1995) and Ghosts of Mars(2001). The book also features an exclusive interview with John Carpenter.


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TNT Analysis - August 2011
Ratingsinteleditors
AUGUST 2011 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE:
* Bold denotes programming change
SCHEDULING STRATEGIES:
Sunday through Wednesday is TNT's primary focus, where the network has attempted to run original series throughout the year. BONES and (usually) LAW & ORDER have become a big part of the schedule, trying to hold up the Monday through Wednesday originals. NBA runs on Thursdays, when it's the season, otherwise it's an off-net crime drama and/or a movie. Theatricals dominate Friday and Saturday, plus Sundays when originals are not running.
AUGUST 2011 PRIMETIME RATINGS ANALYSIS:
Live Primetime Ratings Comparison / August 2011 vs.August 2010 (% Change)
Monday 8-11pm
Tuesday 8-11pm
Wednesday 8-11pm
Thursday 8-11pm
Friday 8-11pm
Saturday 8-11pm
Sunday 8-11pm
MTWTFSS 8-11pm
Source: The Nielsen Company's National Television Audience Sample
AUGUST 2011: This is not proving to be the summer of TNT. Despite numerous program launches and acquisitions, core women 25-54 audiences are leaving the network. July and August are typically the best-rated months of TNT's year, but both July and August's primetime demo ratings were lower than the 2010 annual average. The only thing really working for TNT this year has been NBA playoffs. Other than April and May when playoffs dominated primetime, core year over year ratings have been off by double digits, ranging from an 11% drop in February to a 24% drop in June. This summer, when TNT was running on all of its scripted original cylinders, women 25-54 ratings were off by 18% in July and 20% in August. At the end of the summer, History, with its unique blend of reality programming, bumped TNT out of its traditional number 2 spot.
Sunday was the only night to show consistent improvement. FALLING SKIES was the top-rated cable drama of the summer, and it helped boost lead-out program LEVERAGE in its fourth season. Sunday night enjoyed year-over-year growth across the board, including +39% among men 25-54. While we see live numbers for LEVERAGE fading from last year, TNT claims the "LIVE +7 numbers are up 10% over season three and ranking it one of basic cable's Top 10 returning dramas. The show has also grown its delivery of adults 18-49 to 1.9 million (+6%) and adults 25-54 to 2.3 million (+10%)."
Mondays were all about older-female-skewing RIZZOLI & ISLES and THE CLOSER. Together the two programs brought in Monday nights as the best-reated on TNT. According to TNT's rankings, they were also the summer's number one and number two rated programs on total viewers with LIVE +7 data. But looking at live data with encores included in the averages, both programs dropped significant audience from last year, with THE CLOSER down by about one-fifth and RIZZOLI down by about one-third.
Tuesday nights took the biggest declines of the week, with both HAWTHORNE and MEMPHIS BEAT bleeding audience from last year. HAWTHORNE has been officially cancelled. MEMPHIS BEAT put forth a strong finale, and its fate has yet to be determined. In August, HAWTHORNE topped MEMPHIS BEAT on women and adults, but was behind on men. We have speculated that TNT will focus on its men in the future, and this seems to be another indication of a more male strategy.
Which brings us to FRANKLIN & BASH. The light-hearted, underperforming program holds an even male-female skew, a younger audience than most programs on TNT and a renewal for a second season.
On Thursdays, BONES and movies helped improve the night over year ago. The night still underdelivered the bottom-line, but was one of only two nights to show growth from last year.
Friday and Saturday were all theatricals, with Transformers, The Dark Knight and Shooters pulling the best numbers, but again, both nights were down from last year.
CABLEU NEED TO KNOW:
TNT is struggling to hold onto its audiences. This year's onslaught of competitive cable programming is taking its toll – even as cable as a whole rises, TNT falls and its share becomes smaller. This summer TNT was knocked out of its #2 position by History..
The programs that are working best and gaining momentum are the male-skewing action dramas, which tie in nicely with the acquired movie library and sports programming. Will TNT change course and begin a bigger focus on men, or will it contine to target women? Active programming in-development goes both ways – a period western for men, DALLAS, and MAJOR CRIMES for women and a crime-solving drama for both.
It is worth noting that two time issues are affecting TNT's top programming. The network tends to order short seasons (10 eps. is average) for its originals. Series that are slow to get started or to find their audience are at high risk of finishing their short seasons before hitting their stride. In addition, TNT's signature original dramas tend to draw time-shifted viewing. TNT estimates over 50% ratings gains when +7 viewing is included. Without the timeshifted viewing included, numbers are down. Is TNT literally running out of time?
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