It is Sunday, and our TV viewing for the evening is planned. Are there any ABC shows in our line up tonight?
I think not. I am not even bothering with "Desperate Housewives" this year. After I saw the props for the "plane crash" last year I realized watching "The Young and the Restless" was a better deal. So what if you took Vanessa Williams from your other cancelled show "Ugly Betty" and threw her into the loop. Mark Cherry, I just don't care anymore.
I am a media statistics junkie, no doubt about it. Who else has the Nielsen and TV ratings sites bookmarked?
To tell you the truth ABC, you really disappoint me. All that Disney money, and this is the best you can come up with?
You made me wait for months to watch any new episodes of "Lost" and "V". What was that all about? Did you not notice that everytime you did that you "lost" viewers? Or did it go over your head? Okay, now let's talk about the shows you cancelled.
Let's see...where do I start?
"V?" Yes, you tried to ditch it, but then gave it a "pity" renewal.Then there was: "The Gates", "Pushing Daisies", "Life on Mars", "Eastwick", "Invasion", "Boston Legal", and the list goes on.
Now let's talk about our beloved "Boston Legal". It is correct to say it had been on for a few years, but the reason out there for cancelling it was because the people watching the show were over 40.
Yes, I guess that is a "no no", because we old folks don't buy all those new fangled things featured in some of your ads. Now, Mr. Shatner is on the new show "$h*! My Dad Says".
Well personally, that show is not all that funny and it should have stayed on Twitter. Yes, it was one highest rated shows last week, but I can see it crashing faster than the Yodeler on "The Price is Right". After all, "The Big Bang Theory" was the lead in show. Okay, not your network, but Captain James T. Kirk still can pull them in, even if he is old.
If the show Seinfeld had been on in recent years there is no way it would have become a cult classic. It's fate would have been cancellation after the first three episodes. If that had happened, maybe "Curb Your Enthusiasm" would not be on now.
You do not appreciate good writing. Let's take "FlashForward" for example. Quite possibly one of the best new shows last year. If you had stayed with it I know it would have captured some of the devasted "Lost" fans. But you didn't. Yes, you just cancelled it just like "Happy Town". Do not even get me started with that show. You could not even find room to air the last two episodes. I wanted to sic "The Magic Man" on you, as I was forced to watch the last two episodes online.
Do you know what I am doing now because I am so upset that "Lost" is gone? I am watching " Hawaii 5-0" just to see Jin . Last Saturday I fondled the new Weezer CD with Hurley's picture on it, and cannot wait to see him on "How I met Your Mother."
Yes ABC, I agree you have your "Dancing With the Stars" and "Extreme Makeover-Home Edition." But your viewership is aging, and do you really think they know who "The Situation" is? The fact they voted off David Hasselhoff on DWTS last week boggled my mind. I honestly think it boggled Mr Hasselhoff also.
I am going to tell you the truth. I did not start watching "Modern Family" until mid season last year because I was afraid. Yes, afraid to love this show, only to get hurt if you cancelled it like a scorned lover. It is clearly one of my favourite shows now. Please do not do something stupid with it.
So tonight I am watching "Empire Boardwalk", "Mad Men", juggling "The Amazing Race", and then " Dexter" on Showtime.
Seems like a trend does it not? That is right, it is mostly all cable shows. They get critical acclaim, have 1-2 million viewers, and do not cancel a show after a couple of episodes. Most new shows are given an allotment of 13 shows, and have half the budget and staff of network shows.
So ABC, you and I have one heck of a toxic relationship now, and I am extremely leery of you. Instead of searching for the next best thing, let your new programs grow. You might be surprised!
To misquote one of my other favourite cancelled shows not on your network.
"If you save the cheerleader, you might just save the world."
Words: Linda Seccaspina 2010
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Dragonangel.. I opt for Open Salon..:)
Sixty.. I remember that show every day at 3 hahah
I also refuse to watch their shows because every time you like a show they cancel it! I do watch many cable shows, also! I think that ABCs programming is being picked out by some seemingly educated guys in ties, with the collective maturity of your average 12 year old! R
because their own lives are so boring? Or is it the voyeur in us all Libmomrn ?
Geesh, I have nothing to say :)
Great idea men at ABC, not good at anything else. Perhaps the CEO of Toyota would like to give running a network shot! Get 'em Linda, grrrr... I'm still upset about Boston Legal and losing my two fiances, Alan & Denny. Now it's just me and Sheldon, bazinga!
Bazinga!
L'heure.. Bazinga indeed.. I really miss Boston Legal so much and seeing the man that had aspbergers on CSI Miami scares me..
:)
Catherine.. It is my fave show..I wish I would watch it with you
Jonathan.. OH NO.. I read a lot.. I just multi task..:)
Heck there are so many OS writers on here that could help them.
At a cheaper cost.
Dollhouse.. another one..:(
And "V" -- nothing but a slick remake of a laughably lame '80s miniseries -- was more right-wing garbage, thinly disguised. Mankind is under attack from evil aliens who give us national health insurance and denigrate religion? Replace "aliens" with "Antichrist," and you have "The Late Great Planet Earth" and "Left Behind." That's their idea of science fiction? And it came out in 2009, as Obama (accused of being alien -- and the Antichrist -- himself) was rolling out his healthcare plan and the "Christian" right were calling him a radical Muslim atheist. Coincidence? Yeah, so was the timing of that Glenbekistan rally.
Your post only covered the superficial suck. Strip away that veneer, and you'll see the fundamental suck.
Lezlie
maybe that is why they gave it the pity renewal?
As for DWTS.. rigged rigged.. rigged just like AI
Lezlie.. I have that or the CD player on for noise while I work. It's a teenage wasteland now
Duane.. that is why I was scared to watch Modern Family
You are so interesting you should write more about you.
Now we have Jersey Shore and we are going to have Lakeshore..
How many shores are we going to have Cindy?
The problem is I am a junkie for everything media. So I read online, I check things out..
I never just sit there and stare out into space..:)
And can we PLEASE get rid of that self-righteous voice-over? It used to be "new," but now it's old, and it's time to go back to old tricks that work, like "show, don't tell." If you need a sneering voice-over to tell me what I'm supposed to think of your characters, or the moral of your story, then you're either a crappy writer, or just too insecure to let your viewers think for themselves.
What a joke.. and it is on CBS..:)
Torman.. YOU LOVED HAPPY TOWN... OMG... I am coming over to your house hahaha
Memeishere.. True Blood.. I miss that show so much and back to watching the Season 2 DVD.
Caroline.. If the cats and dogs find out how much these bozos make they might consider it..:)
At the same time I watched Rasing Hope and felt bad since anytime Fox airs something I really like they cancel it right away and replace it with some crappy reality show. So I guess I will enjoy it for the next week or two and then go back to watching BBC America.
Of course the good thing about so many crappy cookie cutter shows is that I turn the TV off and go do something else.
Yup you can turn it off just like I am now and listening to music haha
Some classics and some real trash..:)
Asianshoebox.. I have watched / listened to that darn show since 1979
Motherwell.. nope, no new ones.. that was it.
Brassawe.. Did not take you long to figure out what I was all about did ya?:)
Christine.. and Art Linkletter used to come on right after.
As for channel 7 the only time I watch it is to mock Dan's hair on the news..:)
Best Wishes,
Blittie
Liberal.. They gave Castle a pity renewal also.
Sarah.. well I read yours today and loved it but had no idea how bad it was for you at one point.:(
Stupid networks!! And not just ABC!!
Rated.
Tink.. Go right now and take over.:)
I invested in "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" (a title that made me throw up in my mouth a little). The pay off has been good so far, but give the network time...they will bury them on an unsavory night when they find out that their watched by grown-ups. (R)
Veronica.. take care of yourself
Boko.. I watch TV and I am not ashamed.:)
Sheila.. I used to cry when they announced Queen for a Day..:)
Anyway, gotta run and get myself some Rinse Away. My scalp has stopped breathing ...
I am glad you feel like home here.. No I am..:)
I know, I know it's not gonna happen so I have only two shows I watch, Madmen and a Canadian detective show filmed in Newfoundland called Republic of Doyle.
I also do Empire Boardwalk and Dexter and I just started the first season of lost on my Roku device. It took me a few episodes to get into it, but now I'm hooked. I figure it will take me a few weeks to get up to the Series finale...then we'll talk.
Empire Boardwalk and Dexter are brilliant.
Where are the people that write these shows on Network..
Sometimes I think kids are doing it.. NO- they would do a better job..:)
Linnnn.. I know someone that watches TV like your mother. I wonder if they are hypnotized..:)
OE.. in the summer I watch back ot back movies on the Turner channel.Love them!