Moving Bones to Thursday nights was not a good idea

There is a better way: Kill off American Idle as the giant crapfest that it is. Honestly, I cannot comprehend who watches this drek and why. Those of you pissed that Fox killed Firefly? This is why. Firefly was pushed around the schedule so that this pap could be stretched into 2 hour slots. Annoyed that your Bones, House or Lie To Me DVR episodes have 2 minutes cut off at the end? This is why. Fox regularly stretches AI to be and hour and 2 minutes. Kill American Idol and everyone wins.

Perhaps, my dear Richard, the fault lies not in the schedule but in the show. And you. Or, really, how you're now seeing the show. Sort of...

Let's face it, for good or ill Bones isn't the show that it was in Season 1. Some people may not mind that, and some would argue that it's better now than it ever was. I'm not one of those people, and perhaps you aren't either. At some point the plots began getting stale, the jokes less funny, the characters and situations more ridiculous. It got to be a chore to watch instead of a treat. Then the Zach fiasco at the end of last season pretty much broke my emotional bond to the show entirely. I mean, really. Bones has gone from being the highlight of my week to forgetting that it's on. Sometimes I wonder if it will ever recapture the magic that made it so exciting once upon a time; then I see the spoilers for the next few episodes and think probably not.

Maybe you're just at the first stage of moving on. Maybe something will happen to get you to come back (which happened to me with Lost), or maybe you'll just keep on going forward until you find another show to love.

"It was appointment television for both my wife and I..."

should be "...and me..."

cheers

What's with the assumption that everyone watches TV during the week but not on the weekends? I've got a busy work week and I don't have much time for TV until the weekends. And if there's a Bones episode sitting out there on the DVR, that's the one I watch first. The show that's piling up on my DVR right now is Heroes, and it has nothing to do with what night it airs.

I agree 100% with everything you said. I've had to stop watching Life on Mars because it conflicts, and had to stop watching another to watch Bones - can't ditch that one! It's really annoying that they do this.

In general, Bones has been doing very well in the ratings this season and last week (the first night it was up against new episodes of Survivor, Ugly Betty, etc) it definitely held its own - which means that it is keeping its audience and that's what the networks really care about. The fan base is loyal and has been following the show, from night to night, for years.

While the move to Thursdays may be inconvenient for you, the networks are trying to build a strong line up that will win each nights time slots and demos. Right now, House, American Idol and Bones are their breadwinners. I was actually thrilled when I heard that FOX was moving Bones to Thursday, considering that they've been threatening, for years now, to move it to Fridays. The Thursday move shows that FOX has faith in Bones to put it up against such strong competition.

If you really love Bones, as much as you claim you do, you'd find time somewhere in your schedule to watch it. Instead of watching those other "Must See" shows first, why not just watch Bones first then watch them later in the week - or even later in the night? By watching it on DVR you save about 20 minutes in commercials, so I'm sure you could squeeze in an addition 40 minutes into your evening.

Regarding the 22 episode season, Bones is actually going to have a 26 episodes season this year. It returns with new episodes on March 12 and every week thereafter will be new episodes through May 21. (11 new episodes in a row! :))

"By the time the next new episode of Bones airs my wife and I haven't even watched the previous week's episode."

Well, Fox tries to help with this by prempting Bones every other week or so for Idol.....

I don't like Bones on thursday night only because they don't show it consistently! They show it like twice a month or something. I don't want to watch American idol and I don't want to watch Hell's kitchen! I want to watch Bones. When it was on Wednesday night I loved it more because I hate CBS comedies on Wednesday, and Criminal Minds has gotten boring. But Bones always surprises me and the chemistry of the actors works. I miss House on Tuesday nights too, I watch CBS on Monday and Tuesday and pretty much neglect Fox until Sunday night and when Bones is on.
I guess I wouldn't care what night they put it on as long as they showed it regularly.

How can you not keep up with it? It's hardly on!!! I mean, weeks go by before a new episode starts. Damn Fox. They know how to piss their viewers off - one of the best shows on TV and they move it around for new episodes of ick, American Idol and Hell's Kitchen.

I gotta disagree, and with the way the schedules been lately, it hasn't been on in consecutive weeks so there's plllllenty of time to catch up. I agree with the other person who wanted it back on Mondays with House, that's what got me started watching it.