You may have heard that the Contender is not on NBC's fall schedule and unlikely to get picked up for next spring. Here are 2 petitions to sign to bring back the contender.

www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/TheContender

www.petitiononline.com/wato/petition.html


I say go one step further and just BOYCOTT NBC. Look at the crap NBC has on their TV schedule:

Tommy Lee goes to college
I wanna be Hilton
Average Joe Returns


they have room for this crap, but not the contender?????

Stallone was on Larry King and said the Contender got double the ratings when it was on after the Apprentice... he doesn't know why they got a Sunday nite time slot against 2 established strong shows (cold case/Extreme home makover) that get over 20 million viewers.....

and the finale for the Contender??? on tuesday nite against the finale for american idol!!!! NBS never gave the contender a chance, screw them.

This show was DOA as soon as it first aired. They never had any intention of bringing it back. The problem is that the demographics are too ****ed up for it to survive on network TV...no matter how hard they try, it's going to appeal to a male-dominated audience, and the big sponsors know that it's ladies that still do most of the shopping.

The show was the idea of Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks, who is a big boxing fan and wanted to try to revive it (and control it in the process, of course). Him and Burnett could get the show on the air cause they're both bigname entertainment guys...but that's the only reason it ever got on TV in the first place.

They should bring a show like this to cable, where specific show raings and demographics do not matter nearly as much. It would make a nice fit on Showtime, maybe.

Contender barely broke 10.0 in ratings and suffered with ratings of around 4-6 throughout the whole season. Anything below 10 is garbage for NBC, nothing new here.

Just proves the American audience full of a bunch of ****ing idiots, nothing new there. American Idol and Extreme Home Makeover? Give me a break. Contender was hella popular with everyone I know. **** ratings.

A noble cause to try to revive...but I'm sorry....those online petitions aren't even looked at by those who actually have the power to keep it alive. It's just a text messaging board with a chance for them to show you their advertizing banners.

I'm glad the 'Contender' is going off the air. Sly Stallone has this crazy perception of 'what boxing should be'and he tries to sell in this stupid show and all of his Rocky movies. Have you guys tried to watch the bouts on this show; their edited to look and feel like a hollywood boxing movie! Its complete garbage, boxing in real life is not like watching a Rocky movie. :mad:

I'm glad the 'Contender' is going off the air. Sly Stallone has this crazy perception of 'what boxing should be'and he tries to sell in this stupid show and all of his Rocky movies. Have you guys tried to watch the bouts on this show; their edited to look and feel like a hollywood boxing movie! Its complete garbage, boxing in real life is not like watching a Rocky movie. :mad:
they did that to make it more appealing to the general public... they dont wanna see the art of boxing to work but juss the big shots and ko's... anyways... yea i think the show should go to another network like showtime or hbo where i hope they will show the whole fight this time...

It would suffer on HBO/SHO...I know I would feel ripped off.

Boxing doesnt need no reality spoof, what the networks need to do is air fights.

Cintron and Bojado brought in stellar ratings for their brief boxing shows on Saturday afternoons. I can only imagine what they would do if it brought to primetime.

Tuesday would be a prime spot for boxing.

Reality TV sucks...

Reality TV sucks...


Very well said.

Reality TV is killing television, 5-10 years from now when all we have is reality tv what is going to happen to syndication? It will kill it.

Nobody will be interested in watching reruns of reality shows and that is all we will have. On top of that we will be watchin 1990 episodes of seinfeld until we get off of that train. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but reality tv is killing television in the long run.

American Idol is the gayest show in the world and I wouldn't be caught dead watching extreme home makeover. I think sly has a point. Put it on between the apprentice and ER and the show would do ok.

American Idol is the gayest show in the world and I wouldn't be caught dead watching extreme home makeover. I think sly has a point. Put it on between the apprentice and ER and the show would do ok.


Thats like a gift, any show would do well between those slots.

Contender barely broke 10.0 in ratings and suffered with ratings of around 4-6 throughout the whole season. Anything below 10 is garbage for NBC, nothing new here.

NBC has fallen to 4th, behind CBS, ABC and Fox, they have alot of show doing less than 10.0..... shows like the Amazing Race and Seinfield did poorly in their 1st seasons, but the networks stuck with them cause they were good shows and they became popular.... i dont care if the contender moves to ****e TV, just as long as it on......

Thats like a gift, any show would do well between those slots.


That's true. :D

well nbc is bringing back the office, which is the best show on tv. everybody watch so it stays on ;)

btw anybody know if fox is bringing back arrested development? that show was also one of my favs

over here the show is on digital tv, but it still gets shunted around the schedule cos not many people watch it so we have to check to see what time it on evry week

its the only reality tv program i watch - the worst is big brother - its pointless i dotn wanna watch no fat ppl sittin in a hottub or lyin on a bed for hours on end, whilst the producers try to make em have sex.....as the latest show is all about..."celebrity love island" - theres no point - some Z-list celebrities at a swimming pool all day wen 2 others are voted into "the love shack" for a week to "see what happens" - anyone see the point? i dont....especially as the same people go on all reality tv shows now - that aint celebrity. should be more celebrity boxers so people get recognition they deserve instead of bedding the england captain....and in another show "the farm" artificially inseminating pigs. things like this over ther in usa??

well nbc is bringing back the office, which is the best show on tv. everybody watch so it stays on ;)

btw anybody know if fox is bringing back arrested development? that show was also one of my favs


Amen The office rules and I am glad it is coming back.

Bad thing is I download the high quality HD rips on torrentspy of it because my nbc channel looks like ****.

Amen The office rules and I am glad it is coming back.

Bad thing is I download the high quality HD rips on torrentspy of it because my nbc channel looks like ****.
yeah that steve carral dude is too funny, he always getting himself in trouble with his funny ass comments.

yeah that steve carral dude is too funny, he always getting himself in trouble with his funny ass comments.


It is so witty and I like the character development as well. Each person has their own storyline to the show, which can make for some interesting twists.

Steve is the F'N show, that guy cracks me up all to hell. I loved the "diversity day" episode.

who is steve carral? is he the office in usa? he has no chance of being as good as ricky gervais who plays david brent. his style has been copied all over the country. and he is a lot like the character in real life as well.

Well i can appreciate what you are trying to do, but unfortunately "the contender" is not a popular show with the general public. Most of the people that i work with dont even know when its comes on. But hopefully somehow someway this show gets picked up again.

Oh *****, I just checked out this site which gets exclusive info on cancelled shows and such, and The Contender has been canceled.

confirmed as canceled at nbc's 2005-06 season upfront presentation on may 16, 2005

I think the show might be able to come back on another network (cable?) though.

Oh *****, I just checked out this site which gets exclusive info on cancelled shows and such, and The Contender has been canceled.

confirmed as canceled at nbc's 2005-06 season upfront presentation on may 16, 2005

I think the show might be able to come back on another network (cable?) though.


Doubtful, NBC might can it but they still own the show.

cancelled before shows have been, comeback they have....
support to the contender we must give....

I think arrested devolpment i think got picked up for another season

I hate the way tv stations never let go of their shows. NBC probably wont sell contender, and Im sure the show would be sucsessful cable.