name five reasons why you hate fox

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UPDATED: Thursday, April 22, 2004 14:20
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AURAPTOR

Friday, April 16, 2004 9:40 PM

Oh, but I do have to say 1 thing. Not about Fox.T.V, but about Fox News. It IS fair and balanced...as much as any news we're likely to see in this life time. And this coming from an Atlanta native who watched CNN from its infancy. Loved the idea of 24 hour news. But at least Fox tries to REPORT the news, and not morph it into a distorted agenda. I hate it when that happens.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. Worked that out myself. "

LASHER99

Friday, April 16, 2004 9:54 PM

1. Cancelling Brimstone (13 episodes)
2. Cancelling Firefly (13 episodes)
3. Not cancelling X-files after season 6.
4. Cancelling the Lone Gunmen (13 episodes)
5. ALL Reality-TV shows

EMBASSY

Friday, April 16, 2004 10:24 PM

Cancelling:

1: Firefly
2: Alien Nation
3: Futurama
4: Wonderfalls

Permitting to exist:

5: Fox News

ZOID

Friday, April 16, 2004 10:46 PM

My top 100 reasons for 'deeply disliking' Fox, to put it tactfully, because children may be reading:

1 - They killed Firefly (begin iteration)
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96 - They killed Firefly (end iteration)
97 - They didn't kill 'The Sawn', er, 'The Swan'
98 - They still show 'American Idolatry'
99 - All the other 'reality...' they show
100 - All the other 'TV...' they show

Please note, 'reality' and 'TV' are mutually exclusive terms, and should never be used together in the same sentence, similar to 'military intelligence' or 'Rush Limbaugh'...

Did I mention Fox killed Firefly? Yeah, well I 'deeply dislike' them for that, too.

Respectfully,

zoid
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DRAGONLORD

Friday, April 16, 2004 11:05 PM

1) Firefly Cancellation
2) S:AAB Cancellation
3) Dark Angel Cancellation
4) Wonderfalls Cancellation
5) American Idol *shivers* What a god-aweful show!

That's my five.

Dragon Lord

Summer: Jane's a girls name
Jayne: Well I ain't no girl! I can prove it!
Simon: I'm trying to picture you more vulgar... but, I can't

DORAN

Friday, April 16, 2004 11:42 PM

Hate is a strong word. I don't normally have cause to even think about a network.. but Fox's bungling has earned them at least a special dislike in my repetitous thought.

1. Canceling of Firefly.. oh yeah I can't mention that.... Well indeed, their extreme impatience with anything new.

2. The way they seem more interested in leasing out or selling their properties then actually developing them themselves.. (Buffy, Angel, etc)

3. Temptation Island, My Fat Fiance, Joe Millionare's, etc.. they've over done the reality tv crude until Fox has become the 'Sureality' channel (yick).

4. Their scheduling hop scotch that makes it so impossible for anyone to find anything reliably.

5. I don't like the color scheme on their forum main page. :O)

Ok, I do like Fox News because I'm usually so ready to hear at least a conservative friendly show by the end of the day that they are the only fresh news I can find (I have to listen to CNN during the day.. yuck); but this is not Fox TV.. they're not really the same thing.

DARKJESTER

Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:25 AM

Let's see, besides the fact that they tried to take the sky from us......

#5) Gorram "Reality" shows ad nauseum!

#4) They cancelled "Space Above And Beyond" (that was them, right?)

#3) They cancelled "Futurama" (Bite my shiny metal @$$!!)

#2) They cancelled "Greg The Bunny" (Eugene Levy, Seth Green AND "pre-fabricated Americans"!!)

And the #1 reason I hate Fox.....They cancelled "Wonderfalls" ('nuff said there)

Of course, that's not mentioning The Lone Gunmen and Dark Angel... both still had potential at least....

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

SEVENPERCENT

Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:25 AM

Glad I caught this thread before it went off to wherever threads go when they leave the bottom of the page

5. Greg the Bunny- It's nice to see this was posted on some other lists- This was a killer show that had a ton of potential - Are you listening Comedy Central, even though it's probably too late?

4. John Doe- Kall me krazy, but I was actually starting to like it as it went on- But then again, as with GTBunny, Fox has a habit of killing shows with great potential, which leads me to...

3. Wonderfalls- I'm glad I only got to see 4 episodes of this, because if I had grown any more attached to it, I'd probably have to be put on antidepressants- When the DVD set hits, I'm putting a shrink on speed dial-

2. The Swan - This show is simply disgusting- It's disgusting in its premise and execution- Young girls (and more mature women, too) have enough trouble with their self esteem and wanting to be respected for who they are, and Fox puts a show on the air that says mutilating your bodies for the sake of looks is important because that's the only thing that matters - The people who put this on dont need to be fired, they need to be brought up on charges-

1. Firefly- 'Nuff said-

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JAYZUN

Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:29 AM

Just the shows that were original and interesting and then cancelled WAY too early before they were even given a chance to build an audience. I think there should be a cable channel devoted to Critically claimed television shows that get cancelled too early...they could call it Critics Choice. This is only Fox's list..it is the longest, but there are shows on other channels that were cancelled too soon.

* Firefly
* John Doe
* Futurams
* Greg The Bunny
* Andy Richter Controls The Universe
* Arrested Development (we know it's coming)
* Wonderfalls
* The Tick
* The Ben Stiller Show
* Undeclared
* Dark Angel
* Keen Eddie
* Pasadena (OK, it was a soap opera, but the only one I've ever found interesting...introduced me to the great Alison Lohman)
* NEXT (the comedy sketch show by Bob Odenkirk, that never even aired)
* Cracking Up (Not sure about this show, but it needed more than 4 or 5 episodes...it's better than Bernie Mac)

DEANNAMAY

Saturday, April 17, 2004 10:24 AM

1. Cancelling firefly, of course.

2. Cancelling Millenium, I loved that dark show.

3. Cancelling John Doe, liked the cast, the premise.

4. X-Files without David Duchovny, fools.

5. All the un-reality shows, which they call reality. True science fiction, these are, because no one I know would admit to being like them, not in this world at least.

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