# We knew it couldn't last: "Starved" canceled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432 "2005-10-09T20:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/1 "2005-10-09T20:10:52Z")
“Starved,” one of the best new shows of the last year, has been [canceled](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95556.html). According to the article, it was a choice between “Starved” and the horrifyingly wretched “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and once again Fox (through its subsidiary FX) made the wrong fucking choice. Because we needed yet another show about a group of twenty-something assholes running around being assholes. Good job FX! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/2 "2005-10-09T20:29:56Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Good job FX! That totally sucks. I got hooked on _Starved_ immediately, and could barely get through a single episode of _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_. Naturally, the choice of which to renew was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/3 "2005-10-10T00:23:15Z")
Am I allowed to say “_fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!_” in Cafe Society? There goes my last remaining reason to want to turn on the TV. Guess this gives me more time to work on my book. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/4 "2005-10-10T00:35:26Z")
This is unreal. “Starved” was a show with some depth, good acting, and interesting storylines. I guess it didn’t stand a chance. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/5 "2005-10-10T02:45:45Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > According to the article, it was a choice between “Starved” and the horrifyingly wretched “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and once again Fox (through its subsidiary FX) made the wrong fucking choice. Because we needed yet another show about a group of twenty-something assholes running around being assholes. I think they made the right choice for a change. Starved wasn’t nearly as funny, and I was under the impression both were supposed to be comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/6 "2005-10-10T03:29:05Z")
“Starved” didn’t go for the obvious, easy joke. It didn’t let its characters off the hook and it didn’t reset them after every episode. Actions had actual consequences. As opposed to “Sunny/Philly,” with its aforementioned pack of assholes. Pretending that it’s edgy because it set its stale sitcom premises at an abortion rally instead of a coffee shop or whatever. I mean, hey, I got nothing against asshole comedy, just so long as the comedy is actually comedic. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-couldnt-last-starved-canceled/325432/7 "2005-10-10T22:31:04Z")
Does anyone have the address of FX so I can tell John Landgraf exactly what I think of him and his sorry-ass “network?” And the address of _Starved_’s production company, so I can cc them on it? _Bastard_.