Talk:U8TV: The Lofters

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a) not only cast members of anything are important it's an encyclopedia isn't it? b) now that tre smith is all over tv and newspapers for the toronto SCPA dog rescue/handcuffing issue isn't it time to update this?[edit]

no? http://www.thestar.com/DesiLife/News/article/245529

Only the CAST members of U8TV are important[edit]

I hope nobody takes offense, but I removed the part of the Post-Show Careers that listed the new jobs of a whole list of behind the scenes production staff. This is highly irrelevant. The public only cares about the stars of U8TV and what they have gone on to.

For example, the "Big Brother" article doesn't list what the Second Camera Assistant from Big Brother 3 is doing now. Wikipedia articles are not meant to be about unknown, non-famous behind-the-scenes people. Sorry but otherwise this article would get too long and unwieldly.

Only probably the Executive Producer or Show Creator are important. For example, you could say "U8TV Executive Producer _____ went on later to create such programs as _______" , but not the entire production staff.

Please justify how adding that info was in any way relevant!

Cancellation[edit]

Did the decision to "censor" the show in the second season have anything to do with its cancellation? I recall a lot of folks decided to no longer watch the show (or visit the Internet) when it no longer offered 24/7 access to the loft. I'd hate to speak to the lowest common denominator, but obvioiusly a big appeal of these productions (especially back in 2001-2002 when they were still a novelty) was the possibility of catching someone in the sack or topless or whatever. (I remember one episode where Hedger discusses how she shared sex tips over the Internet with people who had watched her have sex with someone over the cams) Surely the decision to eliminate this for season 2 must have resuled in a hit on the ratings, but obviously without a source this is just speculation. 68.146.8.46 15:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's stated in its' actual Wikipedia entry that the show was cancelled due to the overwhelming cost of broadcasting the show on the Internet for 24/7-- it had nothing to do with ratings, censorship, etc.