Blah! They are cancelling "The Finder" and "Awake." Why do all my fave shows get cancelled?

[GreenPartyVoter]

*pouting*

[Nikia]

1. Just watched the Finder on Hulu

Why do they have to end series that way?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Horrible! Worse than the 'ending' of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Invasion."

I am so MAD!

[Chan790]

3. It was a terrible ending.

That might have been the most heartbreaking ending I've ever seen for a single-season TV series.

The least they could have done was had Timo beat Uncle Shad senseless.

But no, nobody got a happy ending.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Heartbreaking sums it up very well. :^(

[a2liberal]

4. I'm mad about Harry's Law

[Little Star]

21. Me Too!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. Fox Sucks.

Once Bones is done, I'm never getting interested in anything on their shitty channel again. The did no promotional work for The Finder AT ALL. Same shit they did to Firefly, which was one of the best series ever on TV!

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. For anyone who wants to try and bring back the show...

An informational page and a petition: http://www.facebook.com/BringBackTheFinder

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/406/663/146/save-the-finder-on-fox/

Also, consider writing to FOX and USA to see if one or the other would take on a second season. (Yeah, I really love the show that much! )

[Little Star]

20. Could you please cross post this in TV Chat? Here is the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1037

Thanks.

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Done

[Little Star]

31. Thank You.

[beac]

8. Very disappointed about "Awake."

They don't seem to give new shows any chance to build an audience these days. If it's not an instant blockbuster, it's gone.

BTW, did you know that the Michael Britton character is played by the actor who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films? Jason Issacs was also in a great British detective show that got canceled too soon called "Case Histories." Hope he lands another series soon and that it stays ON THE AIR!

Never watched "The Finder" so I guess that's one heartbreak I'll be spared. Like you, my favs usually get the ax.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Yes, I did recognize him! (And was pleasantly surprised!) Now we will never know which reality

was real. At least in one of them there is a grandchild on the way.

[ceile]

10. Me too.

I hope they don't leave us hanging- that there's some sort of wrap-up. Loved "Case Histories" when I saw it on PBS. It wasn't "canceled" it was only meant to be a 6 episodes. And I was shocked that it was the same actor as the HP movies. He's very good.

[beac]

16. Interesting about "Case Histories" 6-episodes (which they made into three on pbs.org,

where I saw it.) The ending of the last episode made it seem like there would/could be more. Perhaps there's hope for another series in the future. I really liked it.

[Bombero1956]

11. and they cancelled Alcatraz

I so got into that show too. Bastards!!

[Chan790]

12. Well, that makes that ending kind of weird. (Spoiler)

Imagine getting shanked to death by your grandpa in the process of arresting him for being a criminal mastermind.

[Little Star]

22. +1

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. never heard of these shows

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. "fast forward' got cancelled a few years ago - ugh - that hurt

[bikebloke]

15. Jericho

At least they brought it back to wrap things up. Then left two endings for a possible continuation.

[WCGreen]

17. Finder was cool...

The characters were well defined and there was a treasure trove of background stuff to play off of.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. It was so cute! I love my quirky type shows, but they never last. :^(

[WCGreen]

18. NBC is cancelling half of it's schedule...

There were some good shows in there, like The Firm, Bent and Prime Suspect.

In this fast pace world you can't slip or you are gone.

NBC is in a world of trouble.

I like that Body of Proof, a guilty pleasure on ABC, was renewed.

I liked A Gifted Man and Unforgettable on CBS. Both were axed.

what I look for in a TV series is good writing, good acting and a plausable and CONSISTENT theme.

Missing was fun but where does it go from here?

[Little Star]

23. NBC sucks! Missing was one of my favorites.

ps: The firm was great and Unforgettable was top shelf! NBC the ass-hole network!

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. I'm still mad at them for cancelling "Quantum Leap" and giving it a crappy ending. (That goes for

you too, Syfy! "Eureka" was one of my family's fave shows.)

Edited because I can't type worth a darn tonight.

[Still Blue in PDX]

38. Oh boy, does that bring back memories!

When the internet was invented, first thing I found was a forum on compuserv and then later on AOL for Quantum Leap fans. There were a lot of us who remained bitter for years over that cancellation.

My kids remember watching the series on my VHS tapes. I think I'm missing one episode.

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. It's still airing on our Sat TV programming. My kids watch it from time to time. I's nice to

be able to share it with them, especially since it's one of those shows that gets you to think. (Like the "Star Treks," another favorite of ours.)

[Bombero1956]

26. I noticed not too many reality shows got the boot

these people running the networks are idiots. I swear a group of chimps could do a better job.

[Chan790]

27. That's because they don't cost crap.

The entire first season of Survivor cost less to make than a single episode of ER, Friends, Law and Order or Seinfeld, the lineup staples of NBC, the leading network at the time. CBS was at-risk of going belly-up, they were losing every market-share except 65+ six nights a week and losing money.

CBS won the primetime war not by making great programming but by creating cheap programming to fill its' lineup. NBC who committed instead to keep spending money to produce dramas (an area where they'd consistently hit gold and dominated) lost their shirts because their lineup cost 3x as much to produce. CBS funneled the profits of their cheap programming venture into buying the rights to developed IPs like CSI after NBC who would have typically been all over that program had blown their budget.

[becca da bakkah]

28. My TV Viewing Guilty Pleasure is Grimm....

....and I love Silas Weir Mitchell. I haven't heard if that show is being picked up for the fall. But, like everyone else who loses their favorite shows, probably not!

On the other hand, I'm glad House is finally being cancelled. That show ran out of decent story lines about 4 years ago! I never could believe a romance between House and Cuddy...there was NO chemistry between them.

At least it's only one month to go until Burn Notice is back!

[Chan790]

29. It was picked up. n/t

[becca da bakkah]

30. Yaaaay!

Thanks, Chan790! At least I know One Good Whiff and Harry's Law will be renewed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. "Grimm" is one I keep meaning to check out and always forget. But it looks cool.

[Goblinmonger]

41. Just added Grimm to my Hulu+ queue for the summer

My friend tells me I won't be disappointed.

[OriginalGeek]

33. I'm still mad about Pushing Daisies

harrrrumph.

[GreenPartyVoter]

34. Me too!!

[mantis49]

36. Me, too!

This show was so much fun and looked so different than anything else I've ever seen!

[OriginalGeek]

37. me too

Oh..wait..I started this sibthreaf......yeah punk frosting not recommended

[tanyev]

35. Nooooo! Not Awake!

Now how will I get my Jason Isaacs fix?

[Still Blue in PDX]

39. Lots of sexy Jason Isaacs on Youtube.

I'm not sure how to embed.

Happy hunting!

[tanyev]

42. Ooh, good idea. Guess I can keep my Thursday night date with him that way.

But seriously, how does an interesting and intriguing show like Awake get canceled and a show like Two and a Half Men keep on going and going and going?????

[Still Blue in PDX]

43. Maybe the networks think we are all morons.

Beyond that, damned if I know!