What were they thinking?
If you ever get to the point where you start believing that television programmers might actually know what they're doing, or that the general television viewing public has an eye for quality programming, stop and remind yourself that the plug was pulled on Firefly after only eleven episodes while Ghost Whisperer is about to start its third season.
If those facts don't give you a strong dose of reality, you're gorram doomed.
Ah. Dead Like Me. One of Mandy's more interesting roles. Did you happen to catch the DLM marathon on the SciFi Channel a couple of weekends back?
I saw only a couple of episodes of Farscape, and it just never clicked. I think I missed too much of it to get caught up. And I haven't seen any Arrested Development, but I've heard many good things about it.
Posted by: Eric at July 17, 2007 07:57 PMHuh?
Posted by: Jim at July 17, 2007 08:06 PMIs it getting dusty in here or is it just me?
Yup that is a tear and I still get angry about that but I console myself by watching my DVDs.
Sigh
Posted by: Christopher at July 17, 2007 09:14 PMJim, a "television" is an electronic device which displays moving pictures via invisible rays plucked out of the ether.
but I console myself by watching my DVDs.
Christopher, there are worse ways to spend your time.
Posted by: Eric at July 17, 2007 09:51 PMFarscape took a little bit to warm up, but I think you'd probably like it if you liked Firefly. When you find you've nothing better to do, you might give the DVDs a chance. :)
I didn't watch the DLM marathon, but I have them all recorded so I can marathon when I feel like it.
Posted by: beth at July 18, 2007 07:12 AMI'm still lamenting the demise of The Mole and cursing that Big Brother is in it's 8th season.
Posted by: jen at July 18, 2007 08:41 AMTelevision just isn't the same without a Joss Whedan show. Long live the Browncoats! I am consoling myself by reading season 8 of Buffy in comic book form.
Posted by: Will at July 18, 2007 10:42 AMBeth, I'll keep that in mind as a gift hint.
Jen, I came this close to using Big Brother as the comparison, then opted for something that was more related, genre-wise.
Will, I'm holding out for a Serenity sequel.
Posted by: Eric at July 18, 2007 01:18 PMOne more.
McKittrick Canyon (in Guadalupe Mountains National Park)
I'm with you on Firefly, and my wife has given up trying to make me feel guilty about my repeated viewings of Serenity.
To the list I'll add Studio 60. I was apparently the only one who thought the acting and writing were top notch.
Posted by: Foo at July 19, 2007 08:12 PMYou know, I had never seen Firefly when I saw Serenity. Couldn't quite grok the outcry over Wash's death. But, now that I'm almost all the way through the TV series, I understand that that plot twist was actually quite stunning.
Posted by: Eric at July 19, 2007 09:16 PMAbout the publisher
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To this exhibit we can also add: Farscape, Dead Like Me, and Arrested Development. It's pathetic.
Posted by: beth at July 17, 2007 07:51 PM