# Renewed and Cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430 "2017-06-20T07:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/21 "2017-06-21T16:59:41Z")
Surprised \*Scorpion \*has lasted this long, but even more surprised that I keep watching it and enjoying it. I hope \*Elementary _gets some better writing. I love love love JLM’s portrayal but the mysteries are so boring. \* Bob’s Burgers, The Middle, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Goldbergs_ are all amazing. \*Speechless \*is pretty good, but more important than good. Lots of awesome shows on cable/streaming being renewed. Too many to mention. Very happy about all of them. Nothing too shocking on the Cancelled list. I watched _Dr. Ken_, that came to a conclusion. _The Great Indoors_ was blaringly trite (Stephen Fry, why??). Loved the idea of \*Powerless \*and some of the acting was great but it just never got rolling. _The Odd Couple_ was great except for Matthew Perry, the star. I was in to \*Pitch \*but it got a little soap-opera-y. _The Real O’Neals_ was ok but it shoulda been more like \*Earl \*and wasn’t. _The Knick_ was cool but they seemed to run out of material. \*Rosewood \*and \*Impastor \*were awful, good riddance. _The Get Down_ was great but it seemed like a miniseries. Didn’t need to play itself out. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/22 "2017-06-21T17:00:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe it’s petty of me but I’m amused to see that Katherine Heigl, who left the series because she didn’t feel it as good enough for somebody with her talent, has now found new work. Doing commercials. For kitty litter. I noticed that too, and I don’t mean to get your thread off topic, but I vaguely remembering seeing somewhere that either she or her manager are nearly impossible to work with. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/23 "2017-06-21T17:15:34Z")
I think it’s both (she and her manager). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/24 "2017-06-21T18:53:12Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I noticed that too, and I don’t mean to get your thread off topic, but I vaguely remembering seeing somewhere that either she or her manager are nearly impossible to work with. For a good while there her mom was her manager. And she’s a classic nasty stage mother. The daughter inherited many of her characteristics. It wasn’t so much that she thought _Grey’s Anatomy_ was a poor show, but that it was TV (where she wasn’t the lead) and megastardom in movies was going to happen. In fact, she had just peaked as a movie actress. Smart move. Her most recent attempt at returning to TV lasted two episodes. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/25 "2017-06-21T19:16:00Z")
The only show on that list that I watched with regularity was _Good Girls Revolt_. I really enjoyed it. Shame it ended up on the chopping block, but that was known several months ago and they were shopping it around elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/26 "2017-06-21T20:02:19Z")
I don’t know about Heigl’s mother but it’s no secret Heigl is difficult. She seems to feel she’s better than the people she’s working with, that she’s entitled to better projects, and that there’s no reason for her to hide these beliefs. Most people, looking at the situation from the outside, would say that Heigl is nothing special. There are hundreds of other actresses in Hollywood who can do what she does. Plenty of those other actresses would consider themselves lucky if they landed a role in a hit television series or a hit movie and certainly not complain about it. So it’s no surprise that people began casting those other actresses rather than Heigl. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/27 "2017-06-25T19:26:31Z")
I’m sad that _The Catch_ was cancelled. I always thought it would be a limited series but it was crazy watchable and the two leads had incredible chemistry. I think they could’ve eked out one more season. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/28 "2017-06-25T20:19:31Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > It used to be a good show, and has had some really outstanding episodes through the 6th season or so. All I can think is that Dick Wolf wants it to limp over the 20 year mark, like _L&O: TOS_ (one of the greatest shows ever). I think there’s a trivia question in there somewhere. Steven Zirnkilton has been on prime time network TV for 27 years, and counting; who is he? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/29 "2017-06-25T20:22:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think there’s a trivia question in there somewhere. Steven Zirnkilton has been on prime time network TV for 27 years, and counting; who is he? He’s the guy who says “In the criminal justice system…” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/30 "2017-06-25T20:37:36Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > He’s the guy who says “In the criminal justice system…” Yep, did the opening voice over for all the _L&O_ shows. I sure hope he got paid by the episode, with residuals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430.md?page=1)