Why does any TV show I actually like get canceled?

POSTED BY: Geni
UPDATED: Monday, July 31, 2006 16:11
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THATDUDE90210

Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:04 AM

I remember how bad I felt when shows I loved, like Keen Eddie, Wonderfalls & Dead like Me were cancelled (I caught Firefly just before the movie). But lately I've been on a winning streak. Shows I like last couple of years (Lost, Grey's anatomy, 4400, Monk, BSG, Supernatural) have been getting good ratings or at least good enough ratings for renewal.

SINGATE

Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:54 AM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
I used to love that Sledgehammer when I was younger... "Trust me, I know what i'm doing" muahaha he was a classic. It was silly but it made me laugh. like the episode where Hammer hires a video called target practice or something like that and gets home puts it on his Tv and its a picture of a target and a voice saying shoot me shoot me, so he pulls out his magnum and blows the Tv apart... hahah.. u probably had to be there.. I was smoking drugs back in those days too so quite possibly it wasnt as good as I thought.

No matter what you were on or how young you happened to be this is still a funny ass show. One of my favorite moments is when Hammer is trying to disarm a nuke, he utters his catchphrase, then the city is destroyed. Somehow the captain is still alive screaming, HAMMER!!! Doesn't get much better than that.

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FIZZIX

Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:47 PM

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Originally posted by monksdad:
Other shows i have ruined for the masses were firefly, Arrested development, Deadwood, titus, married with children, two guys and a girl, TV 101, clerks cartoon, hockey.

AND HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I glare at you with the utmost of hatred. (Not really, that was entirely not true.)

MONKSDAD

Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:32 PM

other shows that will now be ruined by me: house, its always sunny in phily, rescue me, psych.... I apoligize but these shows will soon be canceled due to my liking them.

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

TRAVELER

Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:32 AM

Monksdad:

Just stay away from Medium.
I love that show and have hopes it will continue for a long time.

In truth nobody is a jinx. They pay producers outlandish amounts of money to ruin great programing its insane.

I have seen plenty of excellent shows go down the tubes.

If they don't get immediate returns they cancel shows before most people even learn about them.

I only saw a portion of one episode of Firefly and before I could see another it was gone. Thank God for DVD's. At least we have that.

You didn't happen to like Wonderfalls did you?
If you get a chance see this show. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time. This show is really funny and imaginative.

ONEMANSHORT

Sunday, July 30, 2006 4:19 AM

I hate when the execs cancel good shows!!! It does always seem like it's the one you liked too. My most favorite show at one point was Special Unit 2(an awesome show where monsters are real!), I was simply devasted when they cancelled it. They replaced with with Jake 2.0 or something crappy like that...I was simply devastated. I can imagine the pain of losing Firefly of any veterans here 4 years ago...The pain of that loss is just settling in for me now. When Dark Angel was cancelled...that was another blow...it was also my favorite show for a while. It makes me so angry

AKREDHEAD

Sunday, July 30, 2006 4:38 AM

I was going to say the same thing...

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Originally posted by raleighbrowncoat:
I think the reason the shows you like get cancelled is that you evidently have taste, and most of the TV audience does not. These TV networks have to cater to the lowest common denomenator, which means more reality shows, more crime dramas, and more dumb sitcoms.

AKREDHEAD

Sunday, July 30, 2006 4:56 AM

GAWD...i swear I was mopping around today thinking the same thing:

Arrested Development
Firefly
Coupling (uk version)
Sports Night
Earth 2
The Critic

What is sad for me is often I discover the shows well past their prime...

Argh!

DOCTORZ

Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:51 AM

Add Me as a NEW fan & I am fuming that something so good got canned...... Can anyone enlighten a newbie as to why & how much can we get to make it happen again?????????

ALLHAILJOSSWHEDON

Sunday, July 30, 2006 11:18 AM

Warren Ellis' Global Frequency - did not even get the chance to get cancelled. It was rejected but the pilot episode was leaked into the p2p networks. Would have been a great show.

"The General has given me the pick of all the men that can be spared and ordered me to defend the Pass. I realize what a terrible task has been given me. And yet I feel that this is the most glorious moment of my life. What I do is done for my beloved country. No sacrifice can be too great." -- Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, Battle of Tirad Pass(Dec. 2,1899)

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