# Joan of Arcadia cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355 "2005-05-18T03:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/21 "2005-05-18T16:31:22Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Oh, crap. I liked that one. > > Someone better break it to **ivylass** very gently. I expect tears. > Over some chocolate, maybe? When they announced 60 Minutes II was cancelled, I knew the fall schedule had been released, so I went a-Googling. Damn damn damn. If anyone’s going to be more upset than I am, it will be Ivygirl. This was Must See TV for us, and with the ending, they set it up to have a good season next year. I am extremely disappointed. The characters, the writers, the premise was wonderful. They deserve better than this. Now we’ll never know if Kevin will end up with Lilly, if Lucyfer ever comes back, and how Joan will deal with Ryan. It’s a sad sad day. Any chance another network will grab it up? ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/22 "2005-05-18T17:01:51Z")
I hope those of you who are disappointed will write to the network and let them know. At the very least they’ll consider similar programming in the future if they hear from the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/23 "2005-05-18T17:08:05Z")
I just found this out and wrote to them. These (Joan and Judging Amy) were two of the only “regular” network shows I ever watch. I looked forward to them, and where they left off is just criminal to leave us hanging. Instead of thoughtful and unique shows, we’re going to get more and more Survivor crap. CBS said they were “aiming for a younger audience”. Lovely. I’m sure there are lots of teens that watch TV at 10:00 on Tuesdays (Amy’s slot). I was going to open a Pit on this, but found this thread via search. Luckily I have Netflix, so at least I’ll have something to watch. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/24 "2005-05-18T17:34:42Z")
At the end of last season, this would have pissed me off. I thought it was a great show and never missed it. This year, I stopped watching about two months in, and haven’t missed it. So sad. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/25 "2005-05-18T17:36:49Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, that’s the WB, where quality is job 27. That’s no joke, I watch two of their shows and I’m under no illusions, they’re total crap. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/26 "2005-05-18T18:19:25Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > If anyone’s going to be more upset than I am, it will be Ivygirl. This was Must See TV for us, … Yeah, my daughter will be upset, too. I don’t even want to tell her yet. We often made it a family-viewing event. Too bad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/27 "2005-05-18T18:45:12Z")
I guess what really bothers me is that we don’t get to see how it ends. _Sports Night_ at least had a wrap-up, when the cable network was bought out, but this one just set up for the next season, and we’re left to wonder what Joan’s future battles will be. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/28 "2005-05-18T18:47:52Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > I had been watching the boards, checking official sites, looking for the very first word on CBS’ Fall Schedule. I wish now that I hadn’t been so anxious to find out. ☹ > > I remember when I first heard of the show’s premise, thinking, “That could be a really cool show, or it could be really stupid…” Well, it -was- a really cool show, one that I looked forward to watching on Friday nights at 8, and even taped (thank goodness for that! at least I have many episode already on tape) so that I could re-watch it at least once over the weekend, to catch any nuance I might have missed before. > > While the writing this past season was at times uneven and the raitings dropped, I really wish that CBS had given them at least one more season; even American Dreams got three seasons - I loved that show too, but I doubt that it’s ratings were anywhere near JoA. The acting has always been top notch among the regular cast and even the recurring cast. > > I will sorely miss this show! Gah, what a year - Enterprise - thus Star Trek in general - is gone, American Dreams is gone, Joan of Arcadia and Judging Amy are now gone. I’m afraid to even type out the name of the only show left that I stil really enjoy! > > _sighs_ Yes, I’m bummed over a TV show. Me too. **Aesiron** is going to be particularly upset, I predict. Well…at least I still have a few shows left to enjoy: **Lost, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, House, ER.** That’s all I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/29 "2005-05-18T20:49:52Z")
I am not a religious person by any means, but did like the writing on this show. Sorry to see it go. BTW, at the main website for CBS, there is a nice feature called “feedback” some of you might want to take advantage of, for no other reason than to vent. I did. I feel better now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/30 "2005-05-18T21:23:30Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I am not a religious person by any means, but did like the writing on this show. Sorry to see it go. > > BTW, at the main website for CBS, there is a nice feature called “feedback” some of you might want to take advantage of, for no other reason than to vent. I did. I feel better now. Thanks, I do feel better now that I’ve called them names. No, wait, it still sucks that they cancelled Joan and Judging Amy. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/31 "2005-05-18T22:44:11Z")
Personally, I feel like the _Joan of Arcadia_ that I used to watch and enjoy kind of died earlier this season. The show I enjoyed was a bit fun, a bit lighthearted, made me feel good, and usually had a more-or-less happy ending where at least we the audience could see that the world was a better place because of Joan’s actions, even if she didn’t always get to seet that. But the show that’s been masquerading as _Joan of Arcadia_ lately is of the “Let’s see how badly we can screw up everyone’s life by allowing them to just start to get happy and then yank the rug out from under them with some stupid plot device.” Either Joan’s assignment from God leads to total ambiguity, or there just is no assignment at all. And the absolute last thing in the world that that show needed was for Joan to get a nemesis whom God allows to go around descrating churches. I’d frankly rather see the show cancelled than to continue down that dreary path. If the stupid powers-that-be had left it alone to continue with the original premise, it wouldn’t have started tanking in the ratings and would not have been cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/32 "2005-05-18T23:52:37Z")
I watched the first three or four episodes and thought it was pretty boring. Did it get way better after that, or am I just not the target audience? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/33 "2005-05-19T02:14:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 😃 Heh, I didn’t even consider the possibility of a pun when I typed that in! I was recalling a story that I read which indicated that one of the CBS bigwigs had a soft spot in her heart for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/34 "2005-05-21T03:55:19Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Me too. > **Aesiron** is going to be particularly upset, I predict. Upset is a little extreme but I can’t say I’m happy. With the demise of both \*Joan \*and \*Enterprise \*this year, I’m left with nothing to watch except for reruns of long cancelled shows. _c’est la vie_. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/35 "2005-05-23T09:38:59Z")
Sorry I’m late to this thread, but I must also express my disappointment. I had hoped that when CBS decided to rerun at least some this season’s eps during the summer that they might be planning to renew the show for a third season. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/36 "2005-05-23T11:54:46Z")
I doubt it. CBS probably has an agreementwith the producers to run each episode X number of times, and they’re just burning them off during the summer doldrums. Any chance Hallmark or PAX will pick it up? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/37 "2005-05-23T13:09:17Z")
Another voice chiming in with disappointment at news of it’s being cancelled. It was one of two shows that Mrs. Stone and I most enjoy watching each week (House being the other). Off to the CBS site to make our displeasure known… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/38 "2005-05-23T15:47:52Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Any chance Hallmark or PAX will pick it up? ☹ PAX is going to convert to a 24-hour infomercial format soon: [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA526901.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=supp](http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA526901.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=supp) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/39 "2005-05-23T15:48:54Z")
Well, then, I guess PAX won’t be around much longer either. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355/40 "2005-05-23T20:42:37Z")
Here’s what I’m taking away from this show. For evermore, each time I see one of the character actors who played God, I’ll probably mentally say, ‘there’s God’. And I’ll be reminded of an excellent show. The viewer isn’t there to enjoy a show…the viewer (us) is there to watch the commercials and buy the sponsors products. CBS sucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-of-arcadia-cancelled/304355.md?page=1)