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<blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 383160" data-attributes="member: 370">I remember following the ratings at the time because both Melrose and 90210 had ended and I wanted both Titans and The $treet to work as replacements for those. While Titans kind of debuted &quot;meh&quot;, The $treet was absolutely shockingly low that I&#039;m surprised it actually lasted seven episodes on broadcast. They obviously had high hopes for the show after Darren&#039;s success on Sex and the City and Central Park West was just a &quot;blip&quot;, but yikes. Fox was also about to enter it&#039;s reality era, which probably didn&#039;t help.I think the issue is that these characters just doesn&#039;t really have the stakes in the business - on Succession, we&#039;re following them at the highest level but on The $treet they&#039;re just... stockbrockers. The day-to-day job of following a chart essentially and trading; as I said, it&#039;s just hard to get engaged. When a character learns about a deal/merger and doesn&#039;t tell a co-worker due to ethics it just doesn&#039;t feel... urgent. The guy in question could lose his job but... who cares? Why does any of these characters want to be a stockbrocker? There&#039;s a receptionist that also wants to be one, but doesn&#039;t have the education or something and it&#039;s just. Ok, I get people obviously get into this business, but why? Would it be so bad to go and do something else?They&#039;re after all not competing to be the head honcho. It would be like following the office workers on Succession that have no discernible shot at taking over the company.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tommie, post: 383160, member: 370"] I remember following the ratings at the time because both Melrose and 90210 had ended and I wanted both Titans and The $treet to work as replacements for those. While Titans kind of debuted "meh", The $treet was absolutely shockingly low that I'm surprised it actually lasted seven episodes on broadcast. They obviously had high hopes for the show after Darren's success on Sex and the City and Central Park West was just a "blip", but yikes. Fox was also about to enter it's reality era, which probably didn't help. I think the issue is that these characters just doesn't really have the stakes in the business - on Succession, we're following them at the highest level but on The $treet they're just... stockbrockers. The day-to-day job of following a chart essentially and trading; as I said, it's just hard to get engaged. When a character learns about a deal/merger and doesn't tell a co-worker due to ethics it just doesn't feel... urgent. The guy in question could lose his job but... who cares? Why does any of these characters want to be a stockbrocker? There's a receptionist that also wants to be one, but doesn't have the education or something and it's just. Ok, I get people obviously get into this business, but why? Would it be so bad to go and do something else? They're after all not competing to be the head honcho. It would be like following the office workers on Succession that have no discernible shot at taking over the company. [/QUOTE]

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