TV sucks.

[seraphcelene]

Will someone tell me exactly what it is that I'm supposed to be watching next season? My two favorite shows have been officially canceled! That sucks giant, hairy monkey balls. Life and Terminator were two of the best shows on the tube and now ... nothing! WTF?! I see how I can go back to Medium and Castle is vaguely entertaining, if insanely predictable, but that's really not enough to keep me interested and I'm still very leery about the success of Dollhouse. Not to mention that Fox has a hellacious track record with canceling the shows that I like.

WTF?! I mean, really?!

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[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

I am still devastated about "Life" my own self. :-(

I like "Heroes" and "Chuck," if you don't already watch those. "Better Off Ted" is also spiffy and quite hilarious. And I can recommend probably a hundred really awesome cancelled shows that're on DVD!

[seraphcelene]

Yeah, I gave up on Heroes last season. It started off strong but then I lost interest. The beginning of Season Three felt like the show was suddenly jumping the shark and I just couldn't maintain an interest. Me and NBC are really friends, anyway. I only ever watched Heroes and Medium.

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

I know what you're saying about S3...I really do. I seriously almost did not make it through the first half. I actually did quit for three or four episodes there before a friend of mine started raving and I succumbed to temptation to see what she was so happy about. The second half made up for it IN SPADES. (Most credit this to Bryan Fuller, who returned after "Pushing Daisies" was cancelled.)

Pushing over. ;-)

In any case, I really do rec "Chuck." It's hilarious fun happy times! With super spies and stuff! (No, seriously.)

There's also "Better Off Ted," which seems to me what'd happen if "The Office" and "Arrested Development" had a drunken one night-stand and then the offspring they spawned was picked up by ABC.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

I found out early that T:SCC was definitely getting the ax, so I had time to process. Bitter though.

However, I fell insanely in love with 'The Unusuals' actually thinking it was, for once, the kind of show that would get an easy renewal. HA! I was told (after I'd already fallen) that it was "toast" and yep, it is. I just hope they put the 10 eps on DVD with subtitling. I'm VERY bitter about this one.

Grrr.

[seraphcelene]

I KNEW that TSCC wasn't going to make it when they moved it to Friday nights. The target demographic for that show is almost guaranteed to NOT be watching. It doesn't make sense to me. It was doing perfectly fine on Monday nights. Ratings were up. Dollhouse will be the next to go unless it gets a lot better very quickly. A change of nights also wouldn't hurt.

Fridays are just horrible nights for new shows. I think that Friday nights should be reserved for sitcoms and family shows.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Well I think Dollhouse did get better, with episode 6 (IIRC), and continued to be good after that. It just took so long to get good that I think people gave up. Also it seems like a very niche show. But being picked up for another 13 eps should at least mean it gets a nice story arc if nothing else ... if Joss maintains control, that is.

[seraphcelene]

All very true. I guess I'm mostly cynical and bitter. I have no faith that Fox will leave well enough alone and let the show grow. Also it IS a very niche show and that doesn't necessarily translate to advertising dollars which could mean an early cancellation. In many ways its turning out to be darker than late Buffy or Angel, so that could really hurt the audience draw. Unlike premium channels where they really play that up and make it work FOR them, it could really work against Dollhouse since I think that the network is more likely to try and downplay some of the seedier themes in the show. We're glossing over them now, I am hoping for something more indepth or punch to the gut.