Whinging over American Television

[fourzoas]

Lots of the icky today in the various entertainment newses. 3 shows I actually like that aren't part of the Law & Order franchise or animated are either definitely or likely to be canceled. I guess it's inevitable--I'll always gravitate toward a show with an interesting premise and it will either become absolutely unwatchable crap (Heroes, I'm looking at you) or it will be deemed not commercially viable and go up on the chopping block (like my darling Pushing Daisies, Life on Mars, and *sobs* My Own Worst Enemy).

I'm old enough to be hardened to this all, but really? I just want to throw a tiny temper tantrum over this one.

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[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

The entire network culture really doesn't seem to know what to do with a show that has to be nurtured unless, I can imagine, they're strong-armed into nurturing a show because of who happens to be connected to it. The strike didn't help matters, and I'm sure they're under great pressure to realize revenues after losing so many viewers last year.

And ditto on pretty much everything you said about the other shows; I didn't even list Lost earlier because I haven't watched it in ages. It's another show that needed to begin with (and let us know that it had) a specific duration and end in mind.