Well, according to E Online, Birds of Prey has been cancelled. This was not entirely shocking, and probably deserved given how short of its potential the series has fallen. Plus, the “Dawson’s Creek” lead-in is kind of lame. Birds of Prey might have done better paired with “Smallville” on a “superhero night” kind of thing, but its creative shortcomings would probably have gotten it in the end.
Too bad, I liked this show. Lori Loughlin as Black Canary was really hot. She looked a bit like Markie Post from Night Court.
Good. 
I agree, Lori Loughlin was pretty fine in the black outfit. I’m surprised the show fizzled so quickly. I guess the market niche for shows like this was already filled by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Smallville, etc.
My hubby watches badly written shows like Buffy and Smallville. Last night I begged him to just admit the shows are crap. I didn’t care if he watches them despite the fact they are crap, I just wanted him to admit it.
He finally did, but only with Birds of Prey. He says he won’t give up hope because Batman has got to show up sooner or later.
I’ll pass along the good news to him.
I’ll agree with your husband, JuanitaTech. Birds of Prey is crapola. Poorly written, concieved and edited. Utter waste of what could have been … mediochre entertainment.
As for the other stuff … well, I don’t want to start a furball for the other Buffy fans. I’ll just leave you to your beliefs.
I think that’s not the right lesson to learn. From what I understand, the show was crap. (I never saw it.) That’s probably the reason it failed.
–Cliffy
I watched the first two episodes of “Birds of Prey.” It was no crappier than “Buffy” was in its first season, or “Smallville” in it’s first few episodes. Buffy had very thin writing, and only a little bit of action in the end of each episode. Smallville, while much better acted than Buffy was in the latter show’s FIRST season (I think the makers of Smallville took their show more seriously off the bat than Buffy’s makers did, and expected more from their actors from the beginning), still had very repetitive plots and mediocre writing. "Birds of Prey was comparable to both those shows at the same stage in their lifespan in acting, writing, and plotting. But it came after those shows. Ergo, they suceed while “B of P” fails.
Birds sucked, and I like that sort of thing. Superheroes and beautiful women in tight black leather outfits. But this was an embarassment.
Now Smallville is much better written. Clark, Martha, Lex and Chloe are written very well (the other characters, including Luke Duke as Jonathan Kent are written very thinly). The plots could use some work. And the Lana character was finally written well last night too. The plots are really hokey, but it’s Superboy, what do you expect?
Thank God. That show was the suckiest suck that ever sucked.
Too bad though. I really wanted it like it.
Yay!
I’ve never seen the show, but I don’t care. I’m glad it sucked, 'cos that meant it would tank. And it did tank (whew!). Then there will be one last bad “pop” version getting in the way of the real Black Canary. Now if we could just do something about the BoP comic book. 
~foolsguinea, a Sarah Byam fan
Oh come on! It wasn’t great, but given a choice, I’d much rather watch “Birds of Prey” than “Suddenly Susan.”
I thought the actress portraying Harley was excellent. The thought of her finally slipping on the costume and going into full super villian mode is the only thing that kept me watching.
The writing sucked. The acting sucked. IMHO the characters were tampered with for no good reason(what was wrong with Huntress 1? Why turn her from Bruce and Selena’s well adjusted daughter to angry juvenile delinquent. Why use the name of the Black Canary for a character with totally different powers?).
When the Huntress’ outfit changed from bustier with a truly plunging neckline to a sensible bit of sportswear, I knew the show was doomed. Without gratuitous skin, BoP would not survive.
Agreed.
I can’t say that I’m too broken up about it. I do watch it, but only because my best friend, an uber scifi chick, wanted us to have a show besides Buffy that we both watched so we could discuss it. Maybe I can get her to watch Charmed instead…
It’s Bo Duke actually. Sorry, had to say it. And the lady playing Martha also played Lana Lang in Superman III. Which I think was the one with Richard Pryor in it.
Not me. At least with “Suddenly Susan” I could get a few laughs.
Oh, are those the only options?
No, but the statement originally being challenged said that “Birds of Prey” was the “suckiest suck that ever sucked.” (Which kind of sounds a bit like “Worst Episode Ever.”)
My point was that while Birds of Prey wasn’t great, there are and have been many worse shows out there. In fact, I would rate most of the non-“Friends”, “Seinfeld” and “ER” portions of “Must See TV” over the last few years in that category (“Scrubs” excepted). I think I could safely put “Everybody Loves Raymond” (a show which has NEVER been funny, IMO), “King of Queens” and almost every minstrel comedy on UPN in that category. “Birds of Prey” wasn’t great, but I wouldn’t say it was the worst show ever. It was more disappointing than anything else, because the potential for a great show really was there, and I worry that the creative and commercial failure of this show means that live-action televised depictions of comic book characters will languish for a while longer. (“Smallville” is atypical, and its “no flights/ no tights” rule is an effort, I think, to buck the historically low success rate of comic book inspired shows.)
Not a great show. Needed work. But the WB thought enough of the concept to put it up opposite The West Wing. They must’ve figured it stood a chance against last year’s big Emmy winner. I’m surprised that the network would throw in the towel so quickly rather than moving it to a timeslot where it might have a shot at succeeding.
Network television. Bah.
And Dina Meyer: We hardly knew ye. Thank God for Johnny Mnemonic and Dragonheart. Yum.