What shows should be canceled NOW NOW NOW???

I think...

Run of the House-This show is irritating and seems to have no direction.

Coupling-I don't listen to what critics say, so I decided to give this show a chance..and the critics were actually right for a change.

I'm With Her-Like watching Will & Grace withOUT the briliant writing and acting.

All Of Us

Followed closely by Coupling which could have become good and poissibly even a cult classic.

Coupling was cancelled on Friday.

Many shows are bad this year, it is one of the worst seasons in recent years.

Originally posted by Brent88
Coupling was cancelled on Friday.

Good!

Hopefully WWE Smackdown! on UPN is the next to get axed!

it will never happen and if it does, it will be because wwe chose another network.

Last time I checked, Smackdown was the highest rated show on UPN. 'taint goin nowhere....

Originally posted by King31
Last time I checked, Smackdown was the highest rated show on UPN. 'taint goin nowhere....

Wasn't State of Grace, apparently canceled after two years and 38 episodes, the highest rated show on the ABC Family Channel?

Wasn't State of Grace, apparently canceled after two years and 38 episodes, the highest rated show on the ABC Family Channel?


It was, but I guarantee "Smackdown" gets TONS more viewers.
Although I dont like wrestling myself, my brothers do.
And.... like any sport, it wont suddenly stop. It may change networks, but its a franchise now, and its going nowhere.


(nowhere as in leaving, and nowhere as in quality)

Originally posted by Brent88
Coupling was cancelled on Friday.



I take it that the show was too controversial for American audiences. Speaking of American versions of Britcoms, did you know that in 1979, NBC ran a TV Pilot based on the BBC series "Butterflies?" Well, they did.

The Mullets.

Nuff said.

King, I like your thinking.

no where as in leaving, and no where as in quality You certainly are entitled to your own opinion and I totally respect that and I hope in return, you will respect mine. I grew up with wrestling, watching with my Grandpop. My husband loves wrestling and we watch together. It's something I really enjoy regardless of how bad storylines may get.

Originally posted by Superbatboy

I'm With Her-Like watching Will & Grace withOUT the briliant writing and acting.

Are you out of your mind?

This is the sweetest, funniest sitcom I've seen in a long time! It's more like watching "Will & Grace" without the crudity and the nastiness! Give me Cheri and Stevie over Karen and Jack any day! And Teri Polo versus Debra Messing? No comparison! As for David Sutcliffe versus the guy who plays Will. . . .well, there you have it - I don't even remember the other guy's name!

Oh wait, of course, Jose Carreras is the other guy! (Wait, I'm confusing this with another sitcom. . . .) :lol: :lol:

"I'm With Her" rocks! :cool:

Originally posted by barwars88
It was, but I guarantee "Smackdown" gets TONS more viewers.
Although I dont like wrestling myself, my brothers do.
And.... like any sport, it wont suddenly stop. It may change networks, but its a franchise now, and its going nowhere.


Remember the XFL? It was a sport and only lasted three months in the early part of 2001. Ditto with WUSA soccer.

Originally posted by James
Remember the XFL? It was a sport and only lasted three months in the early part of 2001. Ditto with WUSA soccer.

God James, quit being so uptight about every little thing and let it go. Smackdown has been on the air for the years and it's going to be for many more. Get out of your fantasy world and come join us in the real world someday.

Originally posted by James
Remember the XFL? It was a sport and only lasted three months in the early part of 2001. Ditto with WUSA soccer.

XFL football wasn't a sport, it was a disease. The WUSA folded because it focused on two things sportswriters and sportscasters hate dealing with - women and soccer. (I got that joke from Entertainment Weekly. Honest.)

Coupling was garbage, but I still think NBC should've given it a better shot. They spent months promoting it, then cancelled it after 4 episodes? Hello? ER, Friends and Will And Grace are veteran shows with a built-in audience, why get mad because for example, Friends in year 10 or W&G in year 6 happened to get more interest from it's long time fans than Coupling could in week 3. There aren't very many shows along the lines of Cosby or Roseanne that were blockbusters the instant they premiered. NBC forgets most of their "classic" shows WEREN'T smashes at first... Cheers? Will And Grace? Seinfeld? Friends was a hit in season 1, but for the first pt of season 1, it was more a "hit" along the lines of the Thursday shows NBC always seems to cancel but critics and audiences loved it, and word got out, and the show became huge, etc... As happened with Cheers, W&G, Seinfeld, Family Ties and others. NBC doesn't have the patience anymore to wait 3 or 4 seasons for a series to blow up anymore.

The problem is that there is a lot more competition these days. A network could allow a show like "Cheers" to build up an audience over a few seasons, because there were only two other networks NBC had to compete with in 1982.
Now the big three networks have to deal with FOX, UPN, The WB, HBO, dozens of other original programs on cable, classic reruns on TV Land, not to mention DVDs, video games, the internet...
So now if a show isn't cutting it, cancel it right away and bring on the next one. There's no time to nutrure a show.

Which really sucks.

As you have a picture of Alan Alda on your postings, TJL, I am reminded by something Alda said twenty years ago, as "M*A*S*H" was ending its long run, marvelling on network programming practices -

"The networks cancel more shows than the post office cancels stamps."

That's even truer now, given the doubling of broadcast networks and the Postal Service's loss of business to e-mail. Fewer stamps to cancel but plenty of TV shows!