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I hate tv shows that get canceled and it happens WAAAAY to often!

Cuda1447

Cuda1447

Lifer
Just got done watching seasons 1 and 2 of Survivors, only to find out the show was canceled!


Same thing happened with Jericho. Same with Heroes (although the storyline got fuxxord by the writers strike). How many good shows has this happened to? All because of ratings? I'll go out on a limb and say ratings don't mean SHIT in this day and age. With DVR's, internet viewing etc... lots of people start watching a series after it has been out a year or two as well.


Agh, I'm just so mad.
 
Some shows like CSI NY, 24 last way too long. I love 24, but I admit they should stop. I hope burn notice, walking dead and hawaii 5-0 don't get canceled!
 
Simple, don't watch any shows currently airing. Go back 20 or 30 years and start watching all the shows with 5 or more seasons. You'll never catch up and will always have a big backlog of new shows to watch.
 
Try watching a show like Carnivale where at the end of season 2, you are left with a massive cliff hanger followed by cancellation of the series.

Or worse yet, Wolf Lake (possibly the greatest werewolf show ever made) was canned abruptly 1/3 of the way through the first season, it ended with Lou Diamond Phillips being
injected with werewolf blood in the back of a crazy man's van
, why did they kill it at that point?

Threshold was killed in its prime as well, it was great.
 
For years I did not watch network TV. Then about 8 years ago or so I got interested in a few shows then all of a sudden they get canceled with no warning. They are just not on the next week. On top of that the few shows that were still on kept getting shuffled from what night of the week they were on and I missed a few shows because of it. I simply stopped watching new shows altogether as I am tired of having them canceled. I am now not watching network TV again. Bunch of idiots running those places.
 
Schadenfroh said:
Try watching a show like Carnivale where at the end of season 2, you are left with a massive cliff hanger followed by cancellation of the series.

Or worse yet, Wolf Lake (possibly the greatest werewolf show ever made) was canned abruptly 1/3 of the way through the first season, it ended with Lou Diamond Phillips being
injected with werewolf blood in the back of a crazy man's van
, why did they kill it at that point?

Threshold was killed in its prime as well, it was great.
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And they never aired the last three episodes. One day the scifi channel was showing Threshold repeats all day and I stumbled onto the final three.

btw think LDP is wishing he really did get injected instead of having to endure the torment of filming Stargate:Stones?
 
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What people fail to realize is that its a successful show thats the aberration.
The networks count on bringing out new shows just to get people to try it out because its new. It's not like a cancelled show was a failure, often the networks make more on them then they do with a show that lasts 2-3 years.
 
Get a group of investors, buy the rights to these *great* TV shows, produce season of it, and profit.

Pretty straight forward.
 
Patranus said:
Get a group of investors, buy the rights to these *great* TV shows, produce season of it, and profit.

Pretty straight forward.
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You have to sell it to networks to profit. It was canceled for a reason...not numbers they like or it would still be on.
 
Cuda1447 said:
Just got done watching seasons 1 and 2 of Survivors, only to find out the show was canceled!


Same thing happened with Jericho. Same with Heroes (although the storyline got fuxxord by the writers strike). How many good shows has this happened to? All because of ratings? I'll go out on a limb and say ratings don't mean SHIT in this day and age. With DVR's, internet viewing etc... lots of people start watching a series after it has been out a year or two as well.


Agh, I'm just so mad.
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Yes, they care about ratings. Sure, some people watch by DVR and on the internet but those viewers are worth a whole lot less. People with DVRs usually will fast forward through the commercials and internet ads are worth less money. The big money is when the show is first aired on TV, anything after that including DVD sales are just secondary sources of income. If the show isn't getting the ratings they need out of that time slot they're going to pull it.
 
Heroes deserved to be canceled. The episodes of season 2 before the writer's strike weren't very good and the part of season 3 I watched was horrible.

I was disappointed by Jericho be canceled though, but at least CBS gave into fans and let them finish the storyline for the most part in a short second season. Kings was also a pretty good show too but NBC canceled it. I'm sure Jericho, Kings, and those types of shows get canceled so quickly because of the expense. CBS didn't cancel Big Bang Theory after the first season even though its ratings weren't very good (from what I remember) but sitcoms are pretty cheap.
 
911paramedic said:
Firefly.

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Fine. I'll watch it.

I've heard people gush about this show, but what little I've seen looked like the kind of so-called "sci-fi" I can't stand ("OMG SHE'S A PSYCHIC!").

I get the feeling this is "sci-fi" for the Buffy crowd (like Dark Angel). I expect to come back and tell everyone that I hated it. We'll see if watching the "complete" series + movie will change my mind.
 
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