This may not be news to anyone, but I just found out about this today. And I think it has more to do with the WB canning Angel than any of the spin I’ve heard thus far.
A(nother) Dark Shadows remake. :rolleyes: :mad:
I can’t say anything more about this unless I start the thread in the Pit, but I am bloody pissed!
Are you trying to say that they canceled Angel so that they could make Dark Shadows? I’m sorry that just doesn’t make sense. If a show’s popular they’re more likely to put out more of the same type of show not get rid of the one they already have.
Just look at ABC, I expect them to change their name to “The Law And Order Network” any day now.
I just hope they don’t that they don’t turn Barnabas into an Angel clone.
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Are you trying to say that they canceled Angel so that they could make Dark Shadows?[/quote[
Not so they could - but yes, I’m trying to say that I believe they canceled Angel in order to “better” promote Dark Shadows.
E! Gossip columnist Kristin said the same thing - I haven’t done any more ‘research’ than that, but there may be more people that share my supposition.
This isn’t exactly a new rumor. I heard it within a week of the cancellation’s announcement, and mentioned it in at least one of the threads on the subject.
Part of the rumor I heard is that cancelling Angel was part of a backroom deal between whoever is in charge of programming at WB and whoever is producing the Dark Shadows remake. Certainly, if the re-make has the production standards of the original, they should be able to crank out a whole season of 'em for the cost of the teaser of one episode of Angel, so there’s your motivation for killing the show right there. It’s a stupid motivation, but we are talking about television network executives here. Generally speaking, if they were any dumber, they’d have to run for government.