# Veronica Mars is cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473 "2007-05-17T16:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/1 "2007-05-17T16:50:58Z")
Fiddlesticks. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/2 "2007-05-17T17:12:18Z")
I will miss this show. Can’t say I’m suprised, especially after they took it off the air for two months to show “Sankycat Dolls”. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/3 "2007-05-17T18:06:26Z")
It consistently was TV’s lowest-rated drama. Last week, it drew fewer viewers than Sabado Gigante! I’m pleased that it lasted this long – it never would have survived three years on another network. Hopefully the awesome, awesome cast will find other work quickly. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/4 "2007-05-17T18:29:02Z")
I consider myself a fan, but I’m still okay with it. The first season was so damned good, I wanted to send Rob Thomas a fruit basket. The second season was kind of disappointing. This season was mostly directionless and forgettable. But I can’t say enough how much I love this cast. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/5 "2007-05-17T18:37:35Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] It consistently was TV’s lowest-rated drama. Last week, it drew fewer viewers than Sabado Gigante!. [/QUOTE] What’s wrong with SG? No es sabado sin Sabado Gigante! ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/6 "2007-05-17T18:37:44Z")
I love _Veronica Mars_, but I’m not terribly broken up. A fourth season would’ve been nice, but considering that the third season has been just so-so (great characters, haphazard plotting), it’s not like the series is being gunned down in its prime. I admit I’m curious about the hypothetical VM-as-FBI agent flash-forward, though, in part because I wish more series would consider something like that, rather than assuming they have to progress in more-or-less real time. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/7 "2007-05-17T18:38:53Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] Hopefully the awesome, awesome cast will find other work quickly. [/QUOTE] Well, according to IMDB, Kristen Bell has four movies lined up, Enrico Colantoni has three, Teddy Dunn and Michael Muhney have two each… Jason Dohring is the only one who looks like he’s out of steady work for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/8 "2007-05-17T18:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Jason Dohring is the only one who looks like he’s out of steady work for the moment. [/QUOTE] Which is ridiculous, because he’s crazy good. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/9 "2007-05-17T18:42:29Z")
It can’t be said the CW didn’t give the show a fair chance. And as noted upthread, this season has been comparatively weak. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/10 "2007-05-17T18:52:28Z")
Yeah, the last two “ABC After School Special” episodes made it seem like they’d just given up. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/11 "2007-05-17T18:59:11Z")
Oh, no! Well…that was my first reaction - actually, I agree with **DianaG**. I will definitely miss the Veronica Mars of the first season, and I wish they could have kept up the same quality in the later seasons. Although I want to take a moment to remind you all of the greatness that is Ryan Hansen, whose excellent Dick Casablancas was a work of art (as evidenced in last week’s episode). ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/12 "2007-05-17T19:10:55Z")
Seems about right, that I just get into this show the season it gets cancelled. Looks like it is off to the vid-store for me! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/13 "2007-05-17T20:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] What’s wrong with SG? No es sabado sin Sabado Gigante! [/QUOTE] You said that wrong. It should be… NO ES SABADO SIN SABADO GIGANTE!!! ESTE SABADO EN UNIVISION!!! ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/14 "2007-05-17T20:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Seems about right, that I just get into this show the season it gets cancelled. Looks like it is off to the vid-store for me! [/QUOTE] You haven’t seen the first two seasons? Season One is particularly great. You’re in for a treat! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/15 "2007-05-17T21:01:29Z")
It’s a good moment to let the show go. While I would have enjoyed more VM I’m fine with watching them sail off into the sunset. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/16 "2007-05-17T21:25:44Z")
Though apprently Kristen Beel is the (unseen) narator for the new CW series “Gossip Girls”. There may be a non VM Rob (thomas, VM creator) / Kristen hookup: [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Live-Cw-Upfront/800015355](http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Live-Cw-Upfront/800015355) though read Rob’s response: [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Just-Veronica-Mars/800015393](http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Just-Veronica-Mars/800015393) Brian ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/17 "2007-05-17T21:31:31Z")
you know, I would have been a lot more broken up about this news if season 3 hadn’t been so incredibly lame. I remember I was on the edge of my seat waiting to hear if it was going to get renewed after season 1 and 2, most than any other show. Still, it would have been nice to see the flash-forward season. The compromise the CW made to keep the show for season 3 is what did it in. This show had a small fanbase because it took the right kind of person to appreciate it - opening it up to teenybopper audiences ruined the show. All I can say is that I am not really looking forward to the fall season. Hey, at least I’ll have less TV to watch now, which is probably for the better. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/18 "2007-05-17T22:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Seems about right, that I just get into this show the season it gets cancelled. [/QUOTE] Thanks a lot, Dinsdale. Can’t you start being a fan of some of those fat husband-hot wife shows and clear those off the schedule instead? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/19 "2007-05-17T22:55:30Z")
Better yet, can’t you just be a fan of those fat husbands? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473/20 "2007-05-18T00:10:40Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] I remember I was on the edge of my seat waiting to hear if it was going to get renewed after season 1 and 2, most than any other show. [/QUOTE] Hijack - did you notice the little ‘message’ that was worked into the season 2 finale about the renewal, and what did you think of it? I never got a chance to see much of season 2 until September of last year, and I don’t get the CW anyway, so I think I can be excused for not clueing in until I read about it online. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473.md?page=2)