They did the same thing with “Reunion”. That was the show last season in which every episode was set in a different year, leading up to who killed whats-her-name. They aired several episodes–enough for me to become really invested in the plot. Then they pulled it. I never found out who killed her, although I heard it was going to be her grown daughter.
Fox (and to a lesser extent, the other networks) makes it very difficult for me to commit to serialized dramas anymore. I don’t want to make a commitment, only to have it pulled.
There are a lot of shows I’ve missed out on because I figured they’d be cancelled anyway. Sometimes, I was right.
Good lord there’ve been a lot of frivolous pittings lately. I can’t believe someone is pitting a TV network just because it cancelled a few lowbrow shows that nobody cared ab…
Wait.
What?
THE HELL!???
Bastards cancelled “The Wedding Bells”?
Son of a fucking bitch. I swear, it seems like just when I get hooked into a show, these slimeballs cancel it. Why, I oughta — […shaking fist…].
Well since we’re discussing fox, could they please take that piece of crap Are you Smarter than a 5th grader? off the air. It might not be so bad if it wasn’t sooo slow and they only made it through about 5 questions an episode.
I really wish they would have made a second season of Dark Angel. I’m surprised they didn’t, but that’s Fox for you. Unfortunately, a plane crash took out Jessica Alba and the rest of the crew before they could film the second season.
Wait… They cancelled Drive? Those ass bastards! This is the first new show I’ve seen in years that I decided I could really get hooked on. What the fuck?!? I hate Fox.
I still hate them for cancelling AD. And to those of you who claim that they gave it more than a chance, no, they didn’t. The advertizing was piss poor. Not a single friend or family member has even heard of it. Those same people have all heard of House, Lost, 24, and Nanny 911.
Well that is too bad. I saw the second episode and missed the third, but I’d hoped to catch up. Oh, well. I don’t usually consider Fox when I turn on the tv, because of this, mainly.
They cancelled it already? I admit I didn’t watch the 3rd episode. Was it on Monday night? I kept my TV on NBC in anticipation of Heroes. If it was on at 8 I guess I could have watched it but I’m not a Nielson family so it wouldn’t have done any good and I’d been even madder that I watched it all and it was cancelled. If it was on opposite Heroes then that just proves the network programmers are idiots.
I think a lot of people have been burned too much by Fox cancelling shows and just don’t get too invested in their new shows anymore. I know that was part of my reason for not seeking it out for what was to be its last episode.
Also, I’ll see you “Smarter than a 5th Grader” and raise you “War at Home” why the hell is that crap still on? At least they moved it out of the middle of the Sunday animation block.
Ha ha, indeed. I believe it’s been said on these boards before that they’re trying to stay “edgy” by being decidedly offensive most episodes, but the jokes are played out. The only reason I stay on that show if I happen to click to it are because of the mother and daughter. Oh man are they hot! :eek:
The few times I watched it and the mom and dad were getting frisky I was actually grossed out. Why would a hot chick like that want to have anything to do with him? Bluuuh shudder
I agree with the spirit of your OP, but I’m one of those people that would rather watch House reruns. Drive was ok, but House would win out for me every time.
And yet nobody has even heard of it. Yes, they kept it on longer than they were obligated to, but when they do so, and the show is an award winner, and has those huge stars, and still most people are unaware of its existance, then something is clearly wrong with the advertizing.
My theory is that the show is on there as a buffer to the other shows. If a sports show runs late, they pre-empt that show instead of one people like to watch. Speaking of which, does the dad still flail his arms around randomly when he says his lines?
It’s always sad to watch someone’s idealism shred in front of one’s eyes, isn’t it?
Commercial television is not, nor has it ever been, about providing a product to the audience. Commercial television is about supplying a product to advertisers, that product being you and me. If the networks could come up with a way of doing that without offering any programming at all, they would. If the programming they offer happens to not suck ass, then all the better for us, but the networks don’t care if the program has any quality or not as long as enough people watch it.
Fox is such an interesting station and an irritating one for two reasons. First, it will try out weird new shows. Seriously, what other channel would have given a shot to Brisco County Jr.? Or X-Files? Or Dark Angel? Or Family Guy? Or Futurama? (The list goes on).
The odd thing is that Fox apparently cannot get their scheduling and marketing straight, but still won’t give up and become another NBC or whatnot. They keep trying out new shows, but whomevers putting together the playlists just botches the job.
My pet theory is that Fox network has some kind of extreme combat going on within its halls. The managers are constantly fighting with each other in major turf battles. Hence, they keep trying really promising shows (you’ve got to show your talent) but are all trying to kill everyone else’s shows. So if it takes off, they’ll either try to take credit or choke it off with bad/no advertising and poor scheduling. If it doesn’t take off, then it can be ignored for a while, then canned.
But I’ll admit, Fox has taken many more chances on unproven formula than other networks. They’ve also reinvented themselves, going from Sci-Fi city to family-oriented to extreme reality to drama queens.
