Bye Bye Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, and Dirty Sexy Money

[Raph's Girl]

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Well darn....

According to Fuller, the facts are these: "It's very likely that Pushing Daisies will end after episode 13, which as you know, is a cliffhanger. But we are talking to DC Comics about doing comic books that will wrap up our storylines, and I already have a pitch for a movie ready to go.

[Ninjinister]

How can they cancel Eli? It's the only thing worth watching on that channel until Lost comes back!

[Peanut]

Somewhere, Cure is silently weeping.

[Drtooth]

It's official... ABC sucks sh**. Maybe if they put some idiotic bed hopping doctors into the show, it would last longer.

Problem with Daisies is the budget is too high, and the ratings weren't screaming wonderfully bloody terrific. It got cut short no thanks to the writer's strike, and now ABC somehow thinks that they have to cancell it. Dammit,they gave that stupid Samantha Who show another shot, and it isn't even getting ratings half as good.

You know what the problem is? They didn't rerun anything over the summer. They had to throw together lousy game shows so they'd have a reason to buy the DVD.

Though, I'm curious... was it due to Knight Rider? I mean, I liked it but not half as much as this. And if it lost to Julia Louis Dryfuss's piece of garbage, no wonder why it got canceled.

So, thanks for ass ABC... That was the ONLY thing I cared to watch that you had on.

[VaughnMichael]

The only show I enjoy on ABC besides Lost is Ugly Betty and that's thanks to my sister. So no skin of my knuckles (I always hated the back saying it makes no sense )

[Roseangelo]

ABC isn't ALL bad.

LOST is the best show that's been on TV in a long time.

And I'm also really enjoying Life on Mars. I LOVE the original British show and I've been WAY more impressed with the American version than I expected to be.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

ABC isn't ALL bad.

LOST is the best show that's been on TV in a long time.

And I'm also really enjoying Life on Mars. I LOVE the original British show and I've been WAY more impressed with the American version than I expected to be.

Oh, I forgot Life on Mars was on ABC. So I retract my statement.

I've never seen the original, but I remember when the first episode of the US version aired, people were pissed because "The yanks weren't doing it right" (although I suspect about 75% of those people weren't actually English but instead the British equivalent of an otaku). I really like the show and can't see how it's not "done right", although I suspect it may be something in comparison to the original.

Still, I'm going to miss Eli something fierce... that show is amazing and kooky. And it's got The Shredder in it! Not only that, one episode had TWO Shredders in it (James Saito and James Avery Jr.)

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Somewhere, Cure is silently weeping.

Not silently. Openly.

[Drtooth]

And I'm just gonna go out and say, they signed Jim Belushi to 5 more years of that sitcom no one watches.... Disney owns Belushi's soul, I swear.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by The S

I've never seen the original, but I remember when the first episode of the US version aired, people were pissed because "The yanks weren't doing it right" (although I suspect about 75% of those people weren't actually English but instead the British equivalent of an otaku). I really like the show and can't see how it's not "done right", although I suspect it may be something in comparison to the original.

Definitely do yourself a favor and see the original if you can.

I agree that anyone hating on the US series was determined to hate on it before even seeing it.

There are A LOT of little elements that have been changed. The lead (who is married to Paige Turco, BTW) is no John Sim, but good. Gene Hunt feels more like a secondary character now instead of a leading character. Ray's character seems to have been changed a bit. Whatever the deal is with the reoccurring Mars rover thingy - not in the British series at all (so I'm rather curious what that's about). And the British series was littered with constant chain smoking and drinking, whereas both of those things have become not much more than background elements in the US version. And other little things. The really interesting thing will be to see if the US version keeps the ending that the British series had.

To see how WRONG the US version started out, look up the original pilot that is findable in certain corners of the Interwebs. God, now that was horrible.

[Guitar_Raph]

ABC is sure knocking off shows.

The one I liked only lasted 3 episodes, Opportunity Knocks. The game show some fans called "Family Amnesia" (Amnesia was an NBC game hosted by Dennis Miller). Surprised Dennis Miller didn't sue JD Roth & Ashton Kutcher.

That series marked JD Roth's 20th anniversary of hosting game shows. He's had some hits (Fun House, Moolah Beach/Endurance) and failures (Sex Wars, Double Up).

Because of the quick cancel, my loyalty switched back to the new 90210.

[Machias Banshee]

Man, the turnover for TV shows lately has been horribly high. Supernatural is gone til February, Lost til who knows when.. The only stuff worth watching is NCIS and Bones right now!

Has anyone heard about Medium? Is that in the junk pile now?

[Jester]

Smallville is also re-runs until Febuary...guess that means I can catch up.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Man, the turnover for TV shows lately has been horribly high.

I don't think "turnover" is the right word for what you mean. What's been happening more and more is that networks have, for the most part, abandoned the reruns concept.

Lost til who knows when..

LOST is back at the end of January, which almost seems like tomorrow. Yay!

Has anyone heard about Medium? Is that in the junk pile now?

Medium will be back. It's one of those shows that NBC uses to either 1) Fill time slots in place of reruns or 2) Fill time slots in place of dead shows. I believe it will be taking over for the now defunct "My Own Worst Enemy."

[Machias Banshee]

That's exactly what I meant, Rose... and thankye for the info!

[ThirdMarioBro]

I found Pushing Daisies mildly humorous. Sad to see it go. Fu*k the rest. With Boston Legal going out this Spring, it looks like Dancing With the Stars is my only remaining reason to watch ABC. Here's hoping it's ratings stay solid with the networks all so trigger happy.

I try not to attach myself to TV shows anymore since most shows get prematurely canceled (My Own Worst Enemy, Bionic Woman, ect). Seriously, all TV is going down a dark path February when a massive chunk of their audience vanishes due to people not being prepared for the switch to digital broadcasting, and the rest will go when the impending Screen Actor's Guild Strike reduces all television to reality shows.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

I don't think "turnover" is the right word for what you mean. What's been happening more and more is that networks have, for the most part, abandoned the reruns concept.

Which is a DANGEROUS mistake, if you ask me. Some shows get better ratings with reruns than without. And without reruns to help you catch up, there's no use trying to follow the plot. Which is the primary problem with Daisies. We had a strike, causing the show to break for almost a year... you'd think they'd have at least reran it during the summer instead of stealing Japanese game shows. They could have at least put the reruns of that particular show on Fridays or Saturdays for people who missed it, something they used to do all the time with Greys and Housewives.

It's almost if ABC didn't want to air this show at all. After a while, the promotional material for the show shrank and shrank.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Which is exactly why I've become so disinterested in new TV shows. Networks don't give them a chance to build an audience anymore, so why watch?