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Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi »I'm just gonna focus on shows that lasted two seasons or less:Firefly - I admit I never saw an episode when it broadcast, but that's not necessariy a bad thing since they did them in the wrong order. Thank goodness someone thought enough of it to put it on DVD.Stark Raving Mad - Tony Shaloub and Neal Patrick Harris headlined this hilarious comedy on NBC. Fortunately, we got all the episodes on tape (except one). We laugh like crazy during each episode, then stomp around and hurl insults at the NBC suits when done.Invasion - My wife liked this far more than I, but I think if the story lines could have been stripped down to just one or two it would have made a fine 4-5 season series.Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - If you liked The West Wing, you'll like this too. Very similar formula, which might have offended some critics, but the characters and their championship-ping-pong-dialog are great and THAT's what Sorkin's writing is really about. I'll have to kill something if they cancel Supernatural anytime soon. Don't get me started on NBC's treatment of Sorkin and Studio60. If he EVER does another show for NBC, it will be too soon. NBC sucks.

Apparently Veronica Mars is history. Link to blog --> http://thetvaddict.com/2007/05...ation/I guess there just aren't enough 27-year-old actresses around willing to play 18-year-olds college coeds anymore! Kristen Bell on IMDB --> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068338/The good news: Seasons 1 & 2 are already out on DVD. I'm sure Season 3 will follow shortly.

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Yup, afraid so. Ronald Moore has confirmed it, as have several news releases.Their reason was pretty much as tribal said. They'd rather have 4 good seasons than 7 so-so ones.I think, personally, that downplays how good Moore's involvement with Star Trek Deep Space 9 was, which ran 7 years. The final 4 seasons of DS9 were fantastic (not that the 1st 3 were bad).Keep in mind the original BSG only ran 1 season. And, sci-fi shows, in general, are a tough sell to the public.Other than the original mini-series, I have not seen the new BSG. The mini-series was well made. But, I have general issues with reboots and re-invisions.NBC (I think) will be rebooting The Bionic Woman soon. There are some previews of it on youtube. Same basic idea, same character name, but they're ADDING parts from the 6 Million Dollar Man (his eye) and completely ignoring the canon of how she came to be bionic.Much like BSG, if they MUST steal somebody else's idea for a show, I'd rather they go in a different direction entirely.In the original BSG, we come across another Battlestar (Pegasus) that they didn't know survived. They could have just as easily done the same with another ship for this series, instead of *******izing the characters. ESPECIALLY since Moore said before the series ever started that they would never reach Earth under his helm.Of course, I don't have much hope for the recasting of the original crew of Star Trek for the next movie, either.

Third Rock From The SunRocko's Modern LifeWhose Line Is It Anyways? (With Drew Carey as host)

Aw, I forgot about "Whose Line..."!!! Fortunately, Bravo has it in syndication and we've saved about 20 of the best episodes. The Richard Simmons episode almost killed me I laughed so hard.

Has everyone completely forgotten That 80's Show? How about Ed? Or even Inside Schwartz, which I never actually saw at any time? Two strikes for NBC, one for Fox.

Anyone remember Homefront? It ran 1991-1993 on ABC. It was one of the best TV series I ever watched. I was fuming mad when it got cancelled.

I've been working long hours in testing with a lot of downtime and just finished watching the first season of Dead Like Me...I forgot just how good it really was...makes me more upset they cancelled it...oh well...here comes season 2 (aka last season)...

Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »I've been working long hours in testing with a lot of downtime and just finished watching the first season of Dead Like Me...I forgot just how good it really was...makes me more upset they cancelled it...oh well...here comes season 2 (aka last season)...Ah, then you will be overjoyed to know that Ellen Muth has confiremed that the DLM movie will be shot over the summer (like during the break period for network tv, hint hint)

Quote, originally posted by Ninja_Logan »Whose Line Is It Anyways? (With Drew Carey as host)Ugh! I loved that show! They had 1st run episodes on ABC Family for a while. Don't think they have any new ones planned, though.

ALF!i always loved hey dude when i was a wee lad also. how about "you can't do that on television"? they don't make them like that anymore.

Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi »Aw, I forgot about "Whose Line..."!!! Fortunately, Bravo has it in syndication and we've saved about 20 of the best episodes. The Richard Simmons episode almost killed me I laughed so hard.That clip is available online... http://www.i-am-bored.com/bore...=6647

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »Reviving and old thread for purposes of updated...CBS has announced that it has officially cancelled Jericho The Futon Critic http://www.thefutoncritic.com is a great place to check on the status of your favorite shows.Not so fast my friend.http://www.comcast.net/enterta....htmlQuote, originally posted by tribalman »while i admit i do like firefly and serenity, i am kinda glad it was cancelled. if it went on for too much longer it would have gotten to normal i think with episodes of mal anara together, apart, together. atleast is was cancelled before it went south, like stargate sg-1. i have been watching that since showtime first aired the episode.What do you mean if it went on too much longer!? It only had 14 episodes!! And it's Joss Whedon, he doesn't do normal tv. And Mal and Inara were never together.I really liked Veronica Mars, I have heard rumors of the show being redone with Veronica fast forwarding to where she is working for the FBI. And I have also heard of a rumor about a movie.

CoachCheersSeinfield - worst ending to a series everlol...Major DadWhat happened to that most recent military show that was the like scout or service troop in Iraq that kept getting caught in crap. It was on like FX or Spike, anyone?

Quote, originally posted by redlava »Not so fast my friend.http://www.comcast.net/enterta....htmlCool. We'll have to see what happens with it. I'm only about half way through the season in what I've seen, but I generally do like the show and would like to see it picked up again, either by CBS or one of it's affiliate networks.I think they still own The Sci-Fi Network, don't they?

Let's see... adding my own faves to the list.Golden Girls/Golden Palace: True, it wasn't the same after Bea Arthur left, but it was still great.Vanished: Fox made a mistake when they replaced the lead character (played by Gale Harold). The show was well written. At least it had somewhat of an end.Invasion: Eddie Ciberian replaced Gale Harold above. Wouldn't have been available had ABC not canceled this!Kidnapped: Another good show that NBC pulled the plug on way too soon.Threshold: CBS has always had a quick trigger finger for sci-fi on it's mothership network. They changed nights and gave it all of ONE WEEK to rebound, without even advertising where they moved it to.Runaway: Extremely short lived for a CW show. Donnie Wahlberg was pretty good in this show.The Green Hornet: Ok, this one was on the air before most of us were probably even born. Produced by the same people who did Batman, but not NEARLY as corny. No "POW" or "BAM" or "WHAP" in sight. Bruce Lee was awesome.I know there are others. I'll have to give it some thought.

[QUOTE=TJinPgh]Other than the original mini-series, I have not seen the new BSG. The mini-series was well made. But, I have general issues with reboots and re-invisions.Much like BSG, if they MUST steal somebody else's idea for a show, I'd rather they go in a different direction entirely.In the original BSG, we come across another Battlestar (Pegasus) that they didn't know survived. They could have just as easily done the same with another ship for this series, instead of *******izing the characters. ESPECIALLY since Moore said before the series ever started that they would never reach Earth under his helm.QUOTE]This is one show that was far superior than the original in every way. As a kid I loved the original series, but this one blows the old series right out of hyper space.

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »Much like BSG, if they MUST steal somebody else's idea for a show, I'd rather they go in a different direction entirely.In the original BSG, we come across another Battlestar (Pegasus) that they didn't know survived. They could have just as easily done the same with another ship for this series, instead of *******izing the characters. ESPECIALLY since Moore said before the series ever started that they would never reach Earth under his helm.Of course, I don't have much hope for the recasting of the original crew of Star Trek for the next movie, either..they have gone different than the original. sure they have the same basic premise, cylons bad, 12 colonies, get to earth; but the way it's done is different, it's really enthralling, dark, just just plain great t.v. the writing is great, c.g. is good, it's not trying to be top of the line, the way the show is shot is great too.

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »This is one show that was far superior than the original in every way. As a kid I loved the original series, but this one blows the old series right out of hyper space.Quote, originally posted by tribalman »they have gone different than the original. sure they have the same basic premise, cylons bad, 12 colonies, get to earth; but the way it's done is different, it's really enthralling, dark, just just plain great t.v. the writing is great, c.g. is good, it's not trying to be top of the line, the way the show is shot is great too.I don't doubt any of this is true. The quality of the show was not my point. As I said, I saw the original mini-series and was very impressed with how it was done. And, I WILL, in all likelihood see the entire series at some point.However, Can you honestly say it would be less of a show if the characters had different names?I tend to have issues with somebody coming along after the fact, stealing somebody else's idea, re-doing it under the notion that you know what somebody wanted, even though you've probably never met them, or, worse yet, not having the courage to create something COMPLETELY original yet still maintaining that you can do it better.J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias, MI:3) is doing the next Star Trek film. He's never met Gene Roddenberry in his life. Hasn't talked to ANYBODY who ever worked with him, yet still maintains that his re-casted version of the original crew will be true to Roddenberry's vision.Gene Roddenberry was at the helm of Star Trek for 3 seasons of TOS, two of an animated show, 5 or 6 of the 7 seasons of TNG, and 5 of the 6 TOS related films.He had ample opportunity over that 30 or so years to recast roles or change the direction of the franchise. He didn't. Why? Because, those who knew him will forever maintain that Roddenberry always believed in moving forward, not backward.It's unlikely that Roddenberry would have ever done Enterprise (which is why it is the only incarnation of Trek, to date, that Majel Barett, Roddenberry's wife, refused to be a part of) and even less likely that he'd approve of a re-casted version of his original show now.If you MUST "borrow" from somebody else's work, fine. But, the general idea of "borrowing" is to return something the way you found it. Not replace it with something you deem new and improved, simply because you happen to think it's better.Leave tradition alone and be original. Is that too much to ask?

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »Cool. We'll have to see what happens with it. I'm only about half way through the season in what I've seen, but I generally do like the show and would like to see it picked up again, either by CBS or one of it's affiliate networks.I think they still own The Sci-Fi Network, don't they?NBC owes Sci-Fi, as well as Bravo and a host of other cable networks

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »I don't doubt any of this is true. The quality of the show was not my point. As I said, I saw the original mini-series and was very impressed with how it was done. And, I WILL, in all likelihood see the entire series at some point.However, Can you honestly say it would be less of a show if the characters had different names?I tend to have issues with somebody coming along after the fact, stealing somebody else's idea, re-doing it under the notion that you know what somebody wanted, even though you've probably never met them, or, worse yet, not having the courage to create something COMPLETELY original yet still maintaining that you can do it better.If you MUST "borrow" from somebody else's work, fine. But, the general idea of "borrowing" is to return something the way you found it. Not replace it with something you deem new and improved, simply because you happen to think it's better.Leave tradition alone and be original. Is that too much to ask?I would agree with you 99% of the time on this, but I personally think that the new BSG is an exception. Like the remake of the movie, Planet Of The Apes. That was a classic that should have been left alone. Besides, the new Boomer is waaaaay better! Now if they want to resurrect a classic, bring back Rin Tin Tin.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »Not so fast my friend.http://www.comcast.net/enterta....htmlAn update to your update...According to E! online news, CBS has indeed renewed Jericho for next season. They've ordered 7 episodes, with more contingent upon ratings.So, it seems Save Our Show type campaigns DO have some impact after all.

RebootDriveSeventh Heaven (lucy was hott!!!)Fraggle rockXenathats all i can think of right now

- American Dreams on NBC, went 2 seasons and then CHOP- the Black Donnellys also on NBC, gone.- My so called LifeJericho will be back for like 7 episodes then thats it. .. something about 25,000 pounds of peanuts to the head of CBS. he did say that "IF" more people would watch it then it would be picked up again.what really gets me is that a quality show goes off the air only to be replaced by something really bad, like ...Squalk .. a tough talking, crime fighting parakeet with a beak for trouble.

Quote, originally posted by Raivis »RebootDriveSeventh Heaven (lucy was hott!!!)Fraggle rockXenathats all i can think of right nowReboot and Xena! haha! reboot was the bomb! na d xena wasnt pretty good too tho!