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[alwayswritewithcoffee]

First off, I really enjoy your blog and your discussions on all things TV. I am really excited about Stana &her new role. I agree with you that thisnis her kind of role. Iam a bit sad though because this is a foreign network and doesn't have a station in the states that we won't be able to see her. I know it is part of Sony Television and they are handling pushing the show in the US. Can you explain how this works and what your feelings are on the likelihood that wenin the US will see Absentia

I think that someone in the U.S. will pick it up, so I wouldn’t get worked up about that. Now, it might not be so that American’s and Canadian’s can watch in conjunction with the rest of the world, but in this day and age, even if you don’t get to see it on your tv, you’ll be able to buy it via iTunes or Amazon and such. So that’s not a big deal at all. 

But essentially what has happened is this: Sony Television picked up the script for Absentia and started shopping it around to networks to see if anyone was interested. AXN, which is owned by Sony, will be airing the show on their networks, which broadcast practically everywhere but the United States and Canada. What will happen either now or at some point during/after filming is that Sony will go offer the show to American/Canadian networks and streaming services and whoever picks it up will have to pay Sony for distribution rights in America and Canada. 

It’s the same exact thing as how Castle was bought by various channels all over the world and then broadcast weeks, or, sometimes, months after it aired in the U.S. The difference is that Stana’s new project will air in other countries and have to be sold here. 

[writingonthecastlewalls]

You might not know this but maybe one of your followers will. What is the song that is playing in the end loft scene with Castle, Beckett and the kids as they run into the room?

Anyone know and can help a fan out?

[alwayswritewithcoffee]

I'm curious where TV Line gets its information in what's going to happen on shows across all the networks in the May finales. Is this a guessing game for them or have they received specific info from the show runners and/or networks? I mean 17 deaths...wow that's a lot. Then you have like 3 pregnancies, 3 witness protection (I think) and so on. Just curious is all.

17 deaths actually isn’t that bad, last year there were 52 by the time sweeps ended which is just proof that they don’t know everything. But, yes, they get intel from certain networks or showrunners, they’ll also get information from call sheets or scripts (audition pages that are called sides sometimes have big time spoilers in them). 

Some of it is gleaned from interviews that they’ve done, or from various information that they’ve picked up from other sources (i.e. whispers that an actor has approached the studio or network about leaving, or the reverse that the studio has decided to release an actor from a contract). 

Only one cliffhanger involving witness protection though. 

[alwayswritewithcoffee]

I wonder if you could explain something to me about how the ratings work. For the episode 8:15 Castle had more viewers than Blindspot but they still had the same 1.1. How does that work exactly because hindsight would think they would get more then a 1.1. I'm not complaining or concerned about ratings just trying to understand the process.

Blindspot definitely didn’t have a 1.1 on March 21; they had a 1.5. 

But, to answer the question, the reason Blindspot has a 1.5 and Castle has a 1.1 when Castle has more viewers is this: you only count towards demographic (what the 1.5 and 1.1 numbers are) if you are between the ages of 18 and 54. That is the target audience that advertisers want to reach and the demographic ratings number is the percentage of the audience in that target age bracket who tuned in among all the households with a television in the sample size audience (usually a ratings point is about 1% of the overall national audience, if that helps give you an idea). 

The overall viewers are a good measure of the size of the audience; but advertisers aren’t quite so keen on people that fall outside of the age bracket. They don’t generally purchase ad space to hit those groups and, likewise, those groups tuning in to watch the show aren’t going to drive up ad rates for a network because that group isn’t who will likely respond to the ads and purchase the products. If you don’t drive up ad rates and make the network more money, they don’t care as much. 

But the tv landscape is changing, what was once a sure cancellation number (1.1) is not an unreasonable performance for live television. Shows now live and die by what they do in delayed ratings, so I really wouldn’t spend a lot of time focusing on live stuff. If Castle stays steady in both live ratings and delayed ratings, and the network can come to terms with Nathan and Stana, they’ll be back for a season nine. 

[writingonthecastlewalls]

Speculation has bee rampant the last couple of days with the announcements of casting for 8:14 that this is an indication of a Castle PI spin-off. What are your thoughts on this? Also if they would do this, do you think it would be an entirely new show with no ties to the original show? I just wonder that if it's not an entirely new show how they would explain Beckett being gone. Just wondering your take on this. Thanks for your blog.

I think I hear the same rumors you do, but not in any way that suggests that they are at this point more than possibilities and rumors and things that get tossed around writers room as "what if we did this?" Or "this might be something to explore with a test episode."

Even if it is one of those things, it's worth noting that many backdoor pilots tend to fail, and we don't even know but that's what they are working on. People talk about things they consider things that don't come to pass.

As far as I know, the Marlowe headed spin off about Storm is still out in the air as well.

[writingonthecastlewalls]

Just wondered if they have ever said where Alexis is living? Is she back at school, at the loft or with Martha? Since they have said that Kate will be sneaking in at night to the loft, I wonder if she will only be there on nights when he is alone if,in fact, Alexis is living there. Or maybe they will tell Alexis and Martha the truth about the break up being a cover. Just wondering how this will play out when the show comes back in February. We do have time to speculate 😀

They’ve never actually even confirmed on screen that I can remember that Martha has moved out. The only reason we know that is from interviews. I don’t believe they’ve said anything specific about Alexis.

I don’t know if they’re going to tell them or not. It seems to me they were pretty casual about just having private time in the loft when anyone could come in and interrupt – something that happened even when neither one of them was supposed to be around.

I know they talked about sneaking in, but I’m not clear on whether or not that had to do with sneaking around at home, or sneaking around at the office, or both.

[alwayswritewithcoffee]

What I want to know is how Castle ended up on the floor. I can see the fanfic stories now.

....I spent the better part of an hour debating that on twitter last night with @allylobster, @i-prefer-west-side and @prosemeds . And no matter what we came up with, Castle still had to fall off the bed. 

But I like our final consensus. And so does Beckett, I’m sure. :)

[writingonthecastlewalls]

So in the promo for The Last Seduction Castle is telling Beckett that "tomorrow is our anniversary and I can't bear the thought of not spending it with you." Alexi mentioned in the interview that they find a way to celebrate. What do you think of the scenario where Beckett allows Castle to work the case? Therefore he is there with her on their anniversary thus creating the way to kind of celebrate together. Hopefully Rob Hanning would also give us some nice Caskett moments as well.

I think that could definitely be some of it. But I think that they'll be some other piece of it most likely. Because really they work cases quite often, and how do you make this experience different, and mark it as such?