Why does any TV show I actually like get canceled?
POSTED BY: Geni
UPDATED: Monday, July 31, 2006 16:11
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Alright, I can't resist. I've been eyeing this thread and trying to make myself stay away, stay off the soap box, avoid my rant...
Nah. Not possible.
EVERWOOD -- my very favorite TV show, the only one that I like better than Firefly. No one has mentioned it, as far as I can see, and being a super-in-love and still-mourning-its-recent-cancellation fan, I had to add it to this list. I love that show so very much and it should never have been cancelled! :(
As someone else said (sorry, I forget who it was), most people who watch TV don't have any taste. Thus, TV schedules get filled with loads of garbage and mindless "entertainment". Anything that has superb writing, originality, well-developed characters, heart, character (i.e. Everwoodand Firefly)... that all gets cancelled. In the meantime, all of the crappy stuff that is a copy of some other piece of garbage stays on the air.
While I'm at it, let me throw in a mention of Sports Night. It was a highly funny show (very witty) that also got canned.
So far, the only truly great, well-written, intelligent show I've ever watched that has lasted is Gilmore Girls. How it survives, I don't know. Maybe it's magic.
Edited: Hey, I didn't do too bad... I think I did still manage to avoid the "I-miss-Everwood" rant. 
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"I'm a leaf on the wind..." - Wash
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What!?
No fans here?
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Great pic Razputin! Millennium was another great show which got run into the ground. Although it could be argued that the writers had something to do with that. Not that I'm complaining since I enjoyed all three seasons.
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I think you guys have said most of mine. But Wonderfalls, Dark Angel, Tru Calling, Dead Like Me, and hell, even John Doe. John Doe was the show that originally showed me the stupidity that is FOX. and those are just the ones I can think of now.
In DTI there's a fan quoting how this show acted as a lightening rod for everyone's anger about television, I agree with that statement. I think we're all so fed up with the network execs that we need a show like this to stand up, and to quote a song, say we're not gonna take this anymore.
EDIT: I feel for all of the Everwood fans out there. I didn't watch the show myself, but I respected it and it's fans, and for it to be cancelled while 7th Heaven stays alive is insane.
Personally, I've fallen in love with Veronica Mars. It's an amazing show with great characters, writing, plot, etc, and the critics keep saying so. But for some reason, the people don't watch it. So the vm fans were anxiously waiting news about renewal, and may only get 13 episodes this season until the CW pulls it.
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