# Dead Zone and The 4400 are gone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695 "2007-12-20T13:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/1 "2007-12-20T13:38:29Z")
From Cynopsis, a trade e-mail publication: > [@](#): > > USA Network has decided not to bring back The Dead Zone after six seasons, and The 4400 after 4 seasons. Both shows were on the renewal bubble for the past few months. I never saw _Dead Zone_, and I gave up on \*The 4400 \* after the third season. Still, they were a nice alternative to network reality TV crap. Fare the well. We’ll see you on the DVD shelves. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/2 "2007-12-20T14:17:58Z")
I think they both ended on an okay note for a finale. Johnny finally ended up with Sara and JJ, and I don’t really see how 4400 could have been completely wrapped up. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/3 "2007-12-20T14:32:37Z")
Sucks about the Dead Zone. I liked that show. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/4 "2007-12-20T14:36:21Z")
I lost track of TDZ when the schedule was kept in extreme flux and I never knew when new eps were being broadcast. Did Stillson finally get popped by Johnny or somesuch? ---
**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/5 "2007-12-20T15:10:40Z")
I stopped watching The Dead Zone after the bloodbath (seriously - you’re getting rid of EVERY secondary character? In one episode?). Please, please, please, tell me it ended with the death of JJ. I hated that character. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/6 "2007-12-20T15:23:46Z")
Oh man, first Journey man, now this?! What the hell am I going to watch between seasons of Lost? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/7 "2007-12-20T15:26:45Z")
Sorry **Lambo** , but JJ is alive and well, and living with his parents (he calls Johnny “dad” in the finale) and sister. > [@](#): > > I lost track of TDZ when the schedule was kept in extreme flux and I never knew when new eps were being broadcast. Did Stillson finally get popped by Johnny or somesuch? Everyone finds out the truth about him, and we also learn that Johnny’s father has been alive the whole time, and thinks Stillson is his son. Eventually, Sara confronts Stillson, he grabs her, then knocks JJ to the ground when he gets in the middle. Sara tells him to leave, and IIRC, that’s the last we see of him. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/8 "2007-12-20T17:08:18Z")
They got a new kid to play JJ, who wasn’t nearly as annoying as the original… ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/9 "2007-12-20T17:14:21Z")
Dammit! I LOVED the 4400! I couldn’t wait for next season to see how they handled the Promicin-plague result on the cops and paramedics. Maybe Sci-Fi will pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/10 "2007-12-20T21:11:27Z")
[QUOTE=Omega Glory] …and I don’t really see how 4400 could have been completely wrapped up. [/QUOTE] It didn’t, not by a longshot. Let me just state for the record: FUCK! ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/11 "2007-12-21T18:11:22Z")
So that’s Lost and 4400 gone. We know Battlestar has only one season left. There’s no new Star Trek (on TV), Journeyman’s gone, Invasion and Surface never made it out of their first seasons, and Stargate SG-1 ended last year … is Stargate Atlantis the only SF on TV these days? thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/12 "2007-12-21T18:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=thwartme] is Stargate Atlantis the only SF on TV these days? [/QUOTE] Don’t forget Doctor Who and Torchwood. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/13 "2007-12-21T19:37:37Z")
Does Bionic Woman count as SF? Or was that cancelled? And how about Sarah Connor Chronicles? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/14 "2007-12-21T19:40:00Z")
[QUOTE=thwartme] So that’s Lost and 4400 gone. We know Battlestar has only one season left… is Stargate Atlantis the only SF on TV these days? [/QUOTE] What about Heroes? And Supernatural? And Reaper? And Smallville? And Lost still has three seasons left, it’s hardly “gone” even if we know when it’ll end. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/15 "2007-12-21T19:42:16Z")
Lost isn’t gone…it’s coming back Jan 31. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/16 "2007-12-21T21:37:00Z")
I’m not too sad to see _The Dead Zone_ go away; it really shouldn’t have had this last season, anyway. First they handwave away the apocalypse, get rid of most of the secondary characters, and then they had that episode which was nothing more than an ad for a credit card. Good riddance, I say. However, _The 4400_ consistently managed to surprise me by being better than it seemed to have any right to be. They also managed to have some nice “holy shit” season finales. I’ll definitely miss it. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/17 "2007-12-21T21:59:30Z")
So how am I supposed to get my Nicole De Boer fix now? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/18 "2007-12-21T23:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=Noelq] Dammit! I LOVED the 4400! I couldn’t wait for next season to see how they handled the Promicin-plague result on the cops and paramedics. Maybe Sci-Fi will pick it up. [/QUOTE] Doubtful. USA and Sci-Fi are both owned by NBC Universal. And I know USA has picked up new episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent from NBC for first run, but that show is produced by Universal and is still a money-maker despite weak ratings on NBC. The 4400 was produced by CBS Paramount, so it’s less likely to move from one Universal network to another. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/19 "2007-12-22T00:09:29Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] I’m not too sad to see _The Dead Zone_ go away; it really shouldn’t have had this last season, anyway. First they handwave away the apocalypse, get rid of most of the secondary characters, and then they had that episode which was nothing more than an ad for a credit card. Good riddance, I say. However, _The 4400_ consistently managed to surprise me by being better than it seemed to have any right to be. They also managed to have some nice “holy shit” season finales. I’ll definitely miss it. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I really liked _4400_, but I was okay with the way it ended. Things would have to have started getting kinda over the top if they continued. Never ever watched an episode of _Dead Zone_. Maybe I’ll add that to my list of things to watch during the writers’ strike. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-zone-and-the-4400-are-gone/430695/20 "2007-12-23T20:19:59Z")
I guess I forgot about Heroes and Bionic Woman. I’m starting to like BW more, with the last few episodes. It’s not about to be cancelled, is it… ? And Stargate SG-1 has a direct to DVD movie coming out soon, so that’s good. Fortunately, the beeb is still churning out U.K. SciFi. Doctor Who and Torchwood, as **Lute Skywatcher** mentioned, and Primeval is supposed to come back as well. Maybe there’ll be another season of Jekyll… thwartme