Fox has canceled DRIVE
POSTED BY: Sister
UPDATED: Friday, June 8, 2007 15:09
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Enough said...
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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"Drive" didn't bring down 24's numbers. This week's episode of "24" ran opposite the return of "Heroes" after a two-month hiatus. All the 'Heroes" fans recorded "24" and watched "Heroes live.
And "Drive" died primarily because they put it up against "Deal or No Deal," one of NBC's most popular nighttime game shows. It's a frelling phenomenon ... and we expect "Drive" to survive against it?
I wouldn't have gotten so attached to the gorram show if I had realized early on they had put it in a doomed slot in the first place.
*sigh*
AINTWEJUST
WASH (alarmed): Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? (deadpan) Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
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Nice Site - and yes i agree that was the straw (but it also could have been the one a little further to the right. 
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You would think that they would make some room for a show like drive or at least give it a second chance on FX, but that is fox's logic... I mean what kind of ratings did the shield or any of the other shows on fx get? Whatever is all i have to say to this.
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I wonder if and when Nathan will post anything on his Myspace blog. SURELY he knows how upset we are.
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Interesting story....
I just went to the video store to buy a copy of Bull Durham (would you believe I had to go to three separate stores to find a copy?). Anyway, while I was there I asked if they had Firefly. Both my copies are on loan, so I figured I could use another. They were sold out, but the clerk started telling me how good it was. When I told him I was a long time fan, he lit up and told me that he was really excited about Nathan Fillion's new show 'Drive'. He asked if I was going to watch it 'when it started up....'. When I told him that it had just been canceled and he was very disappointed. He said, "I didn't even know it had started."
This got me to thinking. I as I stated before, I don't think broadcast television is really the right place for Joss and Tim's stuff. And I think that is, in large part, because of the way our TV habits have changed. It's just not the regular, routine activity it once was. With computers, the internet, DVDs etc... people have - and expect - more control over their entertainment. They also have many more choices. We can't expect people to schedule time to watch a television show once a week. And that pretty much kills a series that is draws heavily on a continuing story arc.
That's why I'm so convinced that serial entertainment needs to find a different venue. One recurring fantasy I have is that Tim and Joss, or people of their ilk, can revive the old tradition of the matinée serial. Frankly, I'd start going to the movies again to see regular episodes of Firefly. I'd much rather do that than wade through TV commercials. And I could see it at times that were convenient for me. Something about the idea of moving the serial format back onto the big screen really appeals to me. Anybody else like the idea?
SergeantX
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Just e-mailed f*x telling them how stupid they are.
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sorry peeps, the lower ratings on 24 weren't because of Drive, they may have more to do with the fact that 24 just FOXing SUX this year..
9 days. 9 whole days before the axe.
Fox has brought the axe to us too many times. Take it to them.
Tim and Joss need to do direct to DVD, preordered box sets. I've loved everything they've done.
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At the shapes in the rain." -Beyond You - Afraid of Sunlight -Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.
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i haven't the gorram time to read up to what's happening in this thread right now so exuse me if this is off topic or poorly spelled but...
GODDAMN IT FOX WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU EVIL BLOOD SUCKING CORPORATE BASTARDS! I AM HEARBY NO LONGER WATCHING/SUPPORTING FOX IN ANY OF IT'S FORMS!!!(except joss and/or nathan's stuff on dvd)AND THIS IS MY OFFICAIL BOYCOTT NOTICE AND I STRONGLY URGE ALL OTHERS TO JOIN ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO POWER IN THE VERSE CAN STOP US!!!
"when you cant run, you crawl, and when you cant do that, you find a friend to carry you!"
-the browncoats
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Originally posted by Tinadoll:
IhateFOXIhateFOX
FUCK U FOX
My sentiments exactly, Tina! I knew this was going to happen! Why, oh why did Nathan sign a talent deal with Fox?!? He and Tim should be working with a network that actually respects talent and doesn't cater toward the lowest common denominator (i.e. people with IQs of 70).
I'm sorry, but 24 doesn't interest me. Oh look. Jack Bauer's saving the country. Again. Oh look, House figured out what was killing that man/woman/child at the last minute. Again. He's so smart. And let's be honest. Bones and Booth are mediocre copies of Mulder and Scully.
OK, so I like Hugh Laurie and I like Bones. But that's my 2 cents.
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