V cancelled

[Temis the Vorta]

It was 99% certain and now it's 100%

V's been skinned!

I'd like to see Morena Baccarin and Joel Gresch in something else soon.

 

[startrekwatcher]

Good riddance. I only liked Morena Baccarin's great portrayal of Anna but the show was stale with warmed over sci fi ptropes like a Queen, aliens intrigued by emotions, wanting to breed with humanity, tired post 911 allegories, boring characters, no narrative urgency. There were repeated promises of a make over to get the show on track that never materialized--I even read an article after this season ended that the producer said that now they could finally do a show that he wanted after getting these two seasons behind him.

I won't miss it--just another failed LOST wannabe. Please no more convoluted plodding myth series.

 

[1001001]

Stargate? Check.
The Event? Check.
V? Check.

My TiVo is going to empty next fall.....

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Maybe we'll see Elizabeth Mitchell playing a similar FBI character on Alcatraz.

 

[startrekwatcher]

It is good that networks get rid of crap sff so it doesn't stick around and taint the genre. Opinions will vary but personally all the recent cancellations were the right calls--Caprica, Persons Unknown, The Gates, SGA, SGU, V, Flash Forward, Heroes, Life on Mars, The Cape, The Event, Amsterdam, Past Life. LOST ended about the right time since its last season wasn't very good. And frankly Supernatural and Fringe needed to go as well.

The only show canned that I think proved itself was Jericho a few years back.

I'm sure we'll hear the plans from the producer on what would have happened had they got a third season and realize V's cancellation was a blessing in disguise.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I'm totally not shocked.

 

[Distorted Humor]

I just hope that Morena Baccarin gets another job on TV or movies (Cus she good to look at) and my old college friend Ashleigh Sumner gets more acting roles since "The Event" is gone (She played Eva the secretary)

 

[Harvey]

So now Rockne O'Bannon can get back to writing sf that I actually want to watch? Like, more Farscape, for example?

 

[Brent]

its a shame that new television keeps getting cancelled, i swear, no point in even getting invested in a tv program anymore

 

[startrekwatcher]

its a shame that new television keeps getting cancelled,

New television is geting cancelled because most of it is crap. TV just isn't very good anymore--stale writing, shoddy writing, bland characters, convoluted storytelling, recycling of storylines. That is what gets most freshmen shows canned then there seems to be a recent phenomenon where even those that do well can only maintain quality for a season or two before turning into crap(Heroes for instance)--in the 80s/90s shows could churn out at least 4 or 5 solidly consistent seasons before coming off the rail--not these days.

i swear, no point in even getting invested in a tv program anymore

Yeah I don't even bother with 95% of tv shows since most of it is crap and the few that seem like they might be good turn out to be crap.

Are networks just shooting blind this days? What is the problem?

I don't think they are flying blind if you are referring to cancellations--they are most deserved IMO.

If you are referring to how so many crappy shows make it onto tv only to get canned then it seems Hollywood writers are just not good but the networks have to fill out a schedule with what they are presented with or there are good writers out there with potentially great series but the bigwigs are out of touch and want to cater to the lowest common denominator hence the succes of garbage like American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, Biggest Loser etc.

 

[Distorted Humor]

its a shame that new television keeps getting cancelled, i swear, no point in even getting invested in a tv program anymore

New television is geting cancelled because most of it is crap. TV just isn't very good anymore--stale writing, shoddy writing, bland characters, convoluted storytelling, recycling of storylines. That is what gets most freshmen shows canned then there seems to be a recent phenomenon where even those that do well can only maintain quality for a season or two before turning into crap(Heroes for instance)--in the 80s/90s shows could churn out at least 4 or 5 solidly consistent seasons before coming off the rail--not these days.

Indeed, Glad I have
All of SG1 and spinoffs
3 seasons of b5
effectively all of Voy and enterpirse
And A rewatch of DS9

Thats...30 seasons of shows to look forward to.

 

[Harvey]

I have a feeling that everything you pinpoint as being a product of "these days" could be found in every decade of television since its inception. The problem is nobody remembers anything from the television history except for the programs that have proven their staying power in re-runs and on home video.

 

[Distorted Humor]

I have a feeling that everything you pinpoint as being a product of "these days" could be found in every decade of television since its inception. The problem is nobody remembers anything from the television history except for the programs that have proven their staying power in re-runs and on home video.

Indeed, Mad About you was very popular, but it died in syndication. And there was a ton of crappy shows in the past.

http://www.crazyabouttv.com/decades/1990s.html

 

[startrekwatcher]

I haven't sat down and calculated it out but to me personally the hit to miss ratio was much better in those decades with more hits each season that would go on to run for several years and churn out consistently good high quality seasons before jumping the shark and ended up a mess in the final seasons(series finale). I just think the dramas, definitely the sitcoms were much better with the likes of Dallas, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Murder She Wrote, The Golden Girls, 3's Company, Empty Nest, Nurses, Friends, Roseanne etc. I even think the fact that there are so many shows resurrected this past decade from the 80s/90s speak to a desire by studios to recaptue the nostalgia and enjoyment of those programs--Melrose Place, 90210, Dallas, V, Bionic Woman, Knight Rider, Charlies Angels, Hawaii 5-0 etc

 

[Sindatur]

Bummer, I was hoping ABC was as desperate as NBC and would give V one more chance, like NBC gave Chuck. It did feel like O'Bannon had ejected all really bad, and was ready to start S3 strong.

Hey, maybe O'Bannon can bring back Alien Nation.

 

[timothy]

cancelled but the resistance needs to save us from being mindless sex slaves right come on. who wants to live like that right?

damn it, damn it, damn it not another one !!!!!

 

[Captain Craig]

DAMN!!!!
I was hoping that like Chuck, ABC would see fit to give V one more year.

No Locke & Key
No Wonder Woman
Now V is cancelled.

Where is the petition drive??

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

well the finale reminds me of Mortal Kombat Konquest where the villains won in that finale too.

 

[KB24]

Not surprised, I never bothered to watch this, and maybe it goes to show you they should have supported The Second Generation book instead of getting weird. Also not surprised the new Wonder Woman wasn't picked up, and duh LOLA is nil.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Stargate? Check.
The Event? Check.
V? Check.

My TiVo is going to empty next fall.....

My DVR is empty now but I just did a head count and I'm going to be watching 22 shows next fall, plus a few others that I might check out.