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After only two episodes, Fox has cancelled Lone Star, making it the official first casualty of the fall 2010 season. It's a sad, but unsurprising move on Fox's part, considering the obvious fact that Lone Star -- a slow, more-intelligent-than-Glee (not that there's anything wrong with Glee) adult drama -- belonged anywhere but on network television. But let's buck up and move on to the important question: who should be next? What else is just so terrible, or so poorly scheduled, or just plain misplaced that it should be put out of its misery next? In ascending order, here are the new shows that most need to be cancelled, and the alternate networks where they could have lived long, happy, minimum-ratings-pressure lives.
Detroit 1-8-7
After NBC's failure to do gangbusters with Southland, I don't know why ABC would break from soaps to try to get network-sized ratings out of a "gritty" (over-used word, but it's apt), competently-written cop drama. Or a cop drama at all, after how well The Unusuals and Life on Mars did over there. If the argument is, "Well, Christophuh's character is unconventional, like The Mentalist!", that's absurd -- CBS plays by its own weird rules and everyone knows it. I understand that ABC's trying to break away from "women" shows to retain male-targeted ad dollars in the wake of Lost's departure, but Detroit 1-8-7 is not a mass appeal show, and it belongs on a network like FX, where smaller numbers are worth more, and where they can be as bloody-disgusting as they wanna be, plain and simple.
My Generation
This was ABC's biggest disappointment of the season, and yet again, it's not terribly surprising. The show is not only objectively good, it's also awfully hard to explain to people who don't want to take more than 10 seconds to be pitched a premise. Which is... the majority of the viewing public. IFC could have folded the documentary-style show into their experimental slots of scripted shows and probably made it work. And it wouldn't have even mattered if they cut the budget in half and filmed it with a Flip Cam -- it still would have lasted longer than it will on ABC.
Undercovers
Oof, Undercovers. The Event, for the most part, showed first week numbers that correlated with NBC's enormous marketing push for it. Undercovers, on the other hand, pulled in eight million viewers despite the network's all-out, all-summer advertising assault. And why shouldn't it? It's an unnecessary, more expensive duplicate of another failure -- Chuck -- and it's not like either NBC or J.J. Abrams' names are worth what they used to be. But if this silly, sappy, bloodless spy show had been on subsidiary network USA, taking over for mega-hit Covert Affairs in its off-season instead? That's a profit-churning hit that's fun for the whole family.
Running Wilde
I'm willing to give Mitch Hurwitz and James Vallely the benefit of the doubt and guess that Fox's meddling is the reason this show is so bad. I have no idea if that's the case, but something tells me that if Starz had let them go crazy it could have been a decent contender for Party Down: The Non-Cancelled Version. It also would have been a nice midseason replacement for Better With You on ABC's Wednesday nights, had it been funnier. Too bad it's just going to die quietly on Fox in a couple weeks.
The Whole Truth
If only Lifetime had scooped it up before ABC did, they'd have finally had their skinny, serious flip-side to Drop Dead Diva.
Outlaw
By all accounts, Outlaw looks to be on life support already, and the most likely candidate for "Second Casualty of the Fall 2010 Season." But at least with this, I can see what NBC was thinking. It's a mediocre legal drama starring a slightly aging, yet familiar face; that's a formula that's worked for the networks in the past. What I wish they had also thought was "This would get great numbers on TNT, where they already have an audience for this and know how to market it... and where five million viewers is a hit."
Chase
Middling, straightforward procedural with Texas Marshals catching bad guys at 10 PM? Why, that's a CBS show millions of Americans can fall asleep to. So what is it doing drowning on NBC?
Outsourced
Outsourced had a strong premiere (seven million), but we'll have to wait until Friday morning to find out if that was just because of all the divisive hoopla surrounding it. But if the week two numbers decline down to Parks & Recreation-level averages, should NBC cancel it? (Because they absolutely won't, there's no doubt about that.) It generated a lot of press, which is almost always good, but does the show fit with who they want to be? It's brazenly Fox-like in how un-P.C. it is, but the real problem, at least in the long-term, is that it's yet another office comedy that tries to recapture the rag-tag-crew magic of The Office. And since NBC needs static creative strategies about as much as it needs another Jay Leno Show, they should cancel it and move on. (But, again, it's crazy to think that they will.)
Better With You
This multi-camera, laugh-tracked, "differences between men and women" show straight out of the '90s should not be defacing ABC's Wednesday night comedy block of Modern Family and Cougar Town. If it belongs anywhere, it's CBS, where they manage to turn outdated lead into ratings gold all the time. But mostly it really shouldn't exist at all.
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I'm surprised they cancelled Lone Star already. It's a good show that, contrary to what you stated, definitely belongs on big-time network television. The problem is that no one I've talked to about it hasn't even heard of it. Maybe they should just move it to Fridays at 9:00 and let it percolate for a while. Remember, "Dallas" was a ratings disaster it's first full season, but CBS left it on because they had other, more pressing problems to take care of. By the time they got those fixed, "Dallas" was a hit.
"Detroit 187" is another good show that belongs on network TV. I think the ratings so far bear that out.
Um...what exactly qualifies you to say that My Generation is objectively good? It's always annoying when someone proclaims something to be 'objectively good', because in most cases they're talking subjectively. The mockumentary style has you believing that it's going to be insightful and interesting, but the show never actually goes there. Most of the characters were stale cliches, tiresome and difficult to care about. Along with Undercovers, it's the biggest disappointment of the season.
ABC would have been better off keeping Better Off Ted than replacing it with Better with You.
I'm kind of surprised you let slide that Jerry O'Connell/Jim Belushi as Las Vegas lawyers show. Or is it because According to Jim proves that they've got blackmail to keep it on the air?
I'm not sure Outlaw has an audience on TNT. I watch all the TNT shows (except HawthoRNe), and I have no interest in Outlaw at all.
Man, I miss The Unusuals.
I watched Detroit 187 the first week and it was cool, but now, of course, it's up against The Good Wife, and nothing wins against that in my book.
Better off Ted was an excellent show. I totally agree.
I'll be honest - there've been eight words gnawing at me about the show's basic premise that the protagonist would be married to two different women. Those eight words are: Christmas Morning, New Year's Eve, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day. I've been married for 10 years, and trust me - there's no man alive, not even the world's best con man - who can convince his new wife that there's some good reason he must be away from her on a couple of those days, much less miss a couple of those dates year in and year out for the the entire duration of the marriage. Maybe you could play the traveling-on business card for Valentine's Day when it falls on a weekday, but every few years it falls on a Saturday or Sunday - so how's that gonna work? It's not. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is trying to con you. Which basically made the show itself a con job on the viewing public . . .
I have to admit people can tell me Lone Star is great all day long, but once I heard the premise I was out. The slimy cheater is Really a Nice Guy underneath it all... I'll watch anything over that.
I love Chase & Outsourced. I hope they continue. I say cancel Outlaw
Hate to say it, George, but a distant cousin of mine married three women and kept it a secret until the day he died. (Someone made a TV movie about it, which I think still plays on the Lifetime Movie Network.) He was a doctor, and a sought-after specialist, so I guess on those big days he'd just claim to have a critical patient or something.
That said, it was the whole polygamy plotline that turned me off of the show.
That's Bigamy, you're thinking of in the case of "Lone Star." Polygamy is multiple spouses in the open, like "Sister, Wives" (yech) and "Big Love." But Glad they canceled it nonetheless. It's a terrible premise for a show.
Ok, I'm a sucker, but I'm warming up to "Undercovers." It's a bit corny, but fun to look at. Since NBC doesn't have anything palatable right now, maybe they'll keep it around for a bit. Or at least until USA comes back online with their new episodes in November :D
Better With You is horrible. The premise is over done and the Casey character ruins the show.
I thought The Defenders was ridiculous and can't believe it didn't make your dump-it list. The Defenders should be cancelled.
Chuck is a failure? Hasn't that show been on for a few seasons now?
Chuck is only a failure ratings wise. Yes it's a hit with the critics and yes it's currently in it's 4th season but that's only because of huge (financial) support by the fans...or have you forgotten about the two month Subway campaign?
My parents and I Love Chase, Outlaw, Undercovers, and The Whole Truth They are great shows. I Say get rid of My generation, Detroit 1-8-7, and the others I didn't watch so I can't comment on those.
Isn't this more of a "brilliant but cancelled" topic? I mean, what's the point of keeping that blog around if not for this exact topic?
My boyfriend and I actually think Running Wilde is pretty damn funny. It made me laugh a who lot more than The Office or Outsourced (which I turned off because it was dreadful).
And I agree - Better Off Ted was fantastic.
Um, there is NO WAY IFC would show My Generation. Where do you get that it is objectively good? The premis is the only thing that's good. (As someone who graduated high school in 99 I was really interested in watching it). However, it is SO cliched and trite; the characters are mostly unlikeable and they do completely ridiculous things (like phone a person you haven't seen in 10 years to let him know you had his baby?? And then get a former student to hound him, who you are not even friends with?? What part of that is good?
Did you really call Chuck a failure ?
The show is actually at season 4 and season 3 was just great and 4 started even better.
So WTF is wrong with you ?
I'd vote for Outsourced to be the next to go - if only so Parks & Rec could come back sooner! I bet there's a good sized ratings drop this week though, the majority of response to it was negative.
I want to like Running Wilde more than I do. I hope it gets a chance to improve though.
I kind of liked Undercovers, nothing spectacular but not horrible.
The rest, I skipped. Been there, seen that.
I can't agree with that, George. Too many people have been convicted of bigamy over the years to think that human beings are all too logical to fall for lies. The show was simply in a crowded time slot and a bit too complex for it's lame 'look into my blue, blue eyes' marketing to overcome.
No, bigamy means two spouses (bi) and polygamy means several (poly). It's not about it being out in the open or not.
As far as I'm concerned, there's not a single show among this season's new entries that CAN'T be cancelled. From The Event's annoying lead (has Sean done ANYTHING remotely sensible to this point?) to the eyeroll-inducing spy-lite Undercovers, I've been pretty much bored out of my mind.
"Why, that would be bigamy?"
"Yes. Big of you, big of me? Let's be big."
Sorry. Can't ever hear the word bigamy without thinking of Groucho.
I really hope Detroit 187 is going to survive. I think it's the best new show. I agree that it's not an usual ABC drama. It would have fit better on Fx (with soa, Justified and Terrier).
Chuck is a failure? Chuck's ratings? I don't understand your point here.
Do you really not think that Blue blood is that good to not be in your list???
Detroit 187 belongs on NBC, with better actors, set in Baltimore like it used to be.
How on earth did Blue Blood not make this list? Is the 2nd episode that much better than the Pilot? It really would have to be. I gotta tell the truth no matter how much I like the cast.
Why "The Event" when the superior "Flash Forward" couldn't make it?
I agree that "The Defenders" should have been at the TOP of the must be canceled list. That was awful, just awful. As for "Lone Star", I found it well written and well acted, but just like some others here I could not get past the premise. I watched the pilot episode and felt icky about the fact I was supposed to root for this guy who was conning two women and bilking nice people out of their life savings. "The Event", I watched 2 episodes and found only the last 45 seconds of each one interesting so I gave up. However, I am enjoying "The Whole Truth" so I hope that one stays around, and I hope "The Undercovers" gets a bit more exciting.
I really liked Lone Star. Aside from Boardwalk Empire, it was my favorite new show of the season, though I did have doubts about its longevity (how many times can he almost get caught?). But I thought that so far the acting and writing have been very good. Disappointing.
Please don't let Detroit 1-8-7 be the next to go. Yes, it's a lesser Homicide. But that doesn't mean it's not better than 90% of what's on TV.
Blue Bloods was TERRIBLE. Undercovers and The Event were underwhelming. The Whole Truth was a perfectly fine procedural which means it's not appointment viewing. Hawaii 5-0 was actually pretty fun, but, again, I'm not sure it's appointment viewing. I'm enjoying Nikita and I'll keep watching, but I think this has been a pretty weak premiere season.
I think Mike & Molly should be cancelled only because of Mike. I don't know why they cast such a bad actor. Is it because he is fat and he will rag himself about it? And....why do 2 fat people have to find love together? I think that is a little stereotypical of tv don't you think?!?
Agree with JB completely about My Generation... clichéd characters, and add in BAD acting! Please stop pushing it on TWOP readers, Mindy!
The Whole Truth is terrible, boring and repetitive. I love procedurals, this doesn't cut it.
My Generation - I'm turned off by all of the promotional ads promoting adultery. Just no.
2nd. What a choad. How could that possibly appeal?
My Generation is painfully stupid. The writing, the acting, the characters. TWoP, I'm embarrassed for you for liking this. And the premise is quite simple and anyone can understand it. There is nothing high concept about this show except for the expectation that viewers will waste their time watching it.
I thought I would hate Chase, but I kind of like it and hope that it makes it.
Lone Star, on the other hand, was really disappointing. My biggest problem is that James Wolk wasn't entirely believable as a con man. Plus, it's hard to like a guy who cons innocent people. That's why shows like Hustle (my favorite show about con artists ever) always has them stealing from someone bad.
The Event is decent, I never got around to Undercovers because it just didn't look that exciting, and I think Outlaw is hysterical (but that's probably because I'm a lawyer and it is clearly not written by lawyers).
Biggest surprise for me this season is how much I'm loving Nikita.
After spending hours watching nearly all of the networks' fall lineup, I agree with this list. And would like to add Mike and Molly. Chalk. Blackboard. I did think Running Wilde had a great premiere, but a really bad follow up episode.
Hate to say it, George, but a distant cousin of mine married three women and kept it a secret until the day he died. (Someone made a TV movie about it, which I think still plays on the Lifetime Movie Network.) He was a doctor, and a sought-after specialist, so I guess on those big days he'd just claim to have a critical patient or something.
That said, it was the whole polygamy plotline that turned me off of the show.
I like the Defenders, Its not great television but it is good for turning off your brain for an hour tv. By Jerry O'Connor is pretty.
But to the List Chase is Ok. The Whole Truth is passable, I'd give it time to get better. Undercovers is boring which is surprising because I love Covert Affairs. Better With You I get a few chuckles from but I won't miss it when its gone.
I really like Detroit 187 and hope it makes it. I liked Lone Star but I'm not surprised it was cancelled. It would definitely be a hit on cable - there was more plot development on the FIRST EPISODE than there's been so far on this ENTIRE SEASON of Rubicon.
My Generation is awful, like an even dumber version of thirtysomething.
How did Shit My Dad Says not make this list?!
I might be alone in these comments, but I'm actually with the author and find My Generation to be fairly refreshing and interesting. Certainly not the greatest piece of television ever created, but I really like the idea of intertwining these characters' stories and backgrounds with real-life historical events (September 11th, collapse of Enron, War on Terror, etc.) and have yet to really find myself bored by it.
That being said though, it has occurred to me that I'm not sure how they would sustain the show beyond a single season. Why would the filmmaker of a documentary still be documenting them to check up on them in 2010 by 2011 or 2012? It seems silly, so maybe it should eventually be canceled after this season. But otherwise, I've had no real complaints after these first two episodes.
This is like an article from the Onion. JJ Abram's name doesn't have the same cache it once held? I'm not a huge fan of his, I only saw 2 episodes of "Lost", but with Star Trek under his belt his name means just as much as it always has. And like others, I don't see how "My Generation" is objectively good. Really bad piece here, TWoP.
Wow... that video made me want to cancel TWOP. Talk about unemployable people outside the internet world.
i actually like my generation. i hope they keep it on long enough to resolve everything. the only character i don't like is the falcon.
I have not seen My Generation, so I cannot say if I think it is good or not, but frankly the premise alone kept me from watching it. And not because it is hard to explain. Documentarian films high school seniors of the class of 2000 and revisits them 10 years later. Fairly easy concept to grasp. I mean they are not exactly splitting the atom there in terms of difficulty. My problem with the premise is that it is yet another navel gazing, 20-something angst show. This time it is Gen Y's turn to be the center of the universe. Thing is, they've been doing a version of this show for a while now. Back in the 70's there was a show about the Class of '65. This is not new. Just updated for today. But anytime I have given a show like this a shot it just becomes a boring soap opera about people who are not that interesting to begin with. I admit that by not watching I could be missing a show that breaks the mold, but somehow I doubt it. Though as uninteresting to me as My Generation is, it is far from being the least interesting show of the new crop. Chase holds that honor. Could they have gotten a less expressive lead actress? Perhaps being stonefaced and humorless is good for real US Marshals, but for fictional US Marshals on primetime, it is deadly. This really should have been the first show canceled. It should have been canceled 10 minutes into its premiere episode.
Sadly it won't be Mike and Molly, by far the worst new show I've seen in ages. I made it through 3 lines of dialogue before deleting it off of my TIVO. Three horrible lines and three horrible bursts of identical laughter in response to such witty dialogue as "large man" and I would have preferred to die rather than watch another second.
I was thinking the same thing! BLEEP my Dad says? Are we kidding with this??
Which show is the girl in the photo on? I wouldn't mind watching that one...
This is Not Brilliant and Still On the Air
That's Joanna Garcia. She's currently on Better With You. If you want to see more of her, watch Reba or Freaks and Geeks. Or Privileged.
We've had plenty of overweight men with skinny women, why not an overweight woman with a skinny man? But two overweight people is also unusual on TV, but not in real life. Have you seen the obesity rates in this country?
I watched one episode of Chase. Yuk! As a Houstonian, I had to roll my eyes at every single extra wearing boots and cowboy hats.
I didn't mind the Defenders. It's one of those shows I could watch if there was nothing else on.
I just watched the first episode of Detroit 1-8-7 and I have to say I really liked it!
I have Undercovers on my DVR but I just haven't made myself watch it yet. I have a feeling I probably won't either unless I'm home sick with the flu or something.
I agree with you about Detroit 1-8-7
I hope this show sticks around for a while to see where it goes.
Lone Star was bad, Chase is bad, Hawaii 5-O is bad, Running Wilde is bad, Better with You is bad, most of the new shows are not showing any promise. Thank God for cable.
They should cancel Outsourced because it just plain sucks, not because it is too edgy.
i agree w/ all.....i do like the whole truth but if it does get cancelled im not gonna lose any sleep over it.
Great solution ABC:rescue Community from NBC and run it after "The Middle" and before Modern Family.
My Generation's gone now, too, and good riddance. I watched ten minutes of that on Hulu, and it was AWFUL. Not to mention a terribly inaccurate representation of MY generation (Class of '01), which it was supposedly trying to portray. I'm glad it's gone.
Golly, J.J. Abrams' name isn't what it used to be? I guess that little film Star Trek tanked his career but good, huh?
Yes, Mike & Molly needs to go. I watched a few seconds of it and it was painful! I'd say cancel Chase. I already saw it on USA called In Plain Covert Affairs Sight. Detroit 1-8-7 isn't bad. It's gritty and I like The Defenders because it's light. Liking Outsourced. Haven't seen Undercover or My Generation (it's not) or Better...
I don't know why the critics loved Lonestar so much. I tried to watch it and just didn't find it interesting at all. I thought the lead was cute but bland and boring personality- wise. He wasn't likeable enough to justify the things he did. If you have a show where you are going to con innocent people you have to have a lead who is compelling beyond puppydog eyes and a charming smile.
Lone Star failed because there weren't any sympathetic characters. They were pathetic characters, unworthy of my viewing time.
Definitely keep Chase and The Whole Truth; dump the rest of those other shows.
I was willing to give "My Generation" at least 2 episodes, but it has already been cancelled, so why bother keeping it on my DVR? There is something to be said about shows on cable vs. network TV. The networks can't pull of the edginess that cable can. Even if cable took away the violence, nudity, and language, the writing and acting would be better.
Curses! You beat me to it.
On another matter, I see My Generation is now gone as well. If anything else on this list dies quickly I'm going to get creeped out.
I know these shows aren't new but I really think they should face cancellation, so here's my Top 5 list of shows that need to go:
5th - "Cougar Town"
4th - "Private Practice"
3rd - "Life Unexpected"
2nd - "Parenthod"
1st - "Brothers & Sisters"
And why exactly should they be cancelled?
"Cougar Town" was somewhat funny but once it started pushing back the old "Friends" crowd (Phoebe in Season 1 and now Rachel), it showed us how much the show depends on Courtney Cox's former co-workers.
"Private Practice" is a show that tries too hard to be sexy, funny, light, over-the-top dramatic and hot at the same time. It's just pathetic, and I really wish it was gone.
"Life Unexpected" in the begining was a good show but it became SO over the top dramatic that's weird to watch, and not weird good.
"Parenthood", well, I'm not even gonna explain this one.
"Brothers & Sisters" was a show that I really liked until it fell on tons of cliche plotlines and way too damn over the top fake drama.
We think thses shows should go, immediately:
1 - "The Vampire Diaries"
It's just another silly vampire love story with pretty faces that can't act (not to mention it's based on a series of books by someone who can't write).
2 - "True Blood"
Out of the stupid vampire stuff out there, this was the watchable one. WAS. Not anymore.
3 - "Grey's Anatomy"
It's an okay show, but it has just ran its course. Seriously, the only people who still haven't slept together are Grey and Yang, yet. But the annoying thing about the show is that EVERYTHING is centered on Meredith, yes she's the main, but, really, COME ON! Just make this the last season of it.
4 - "Desperate Housewives"
There are only a few plane crashes, car accidents, baby drama, 60 years old woman catfights we can put up with. And this show doubled that number.
5 - "Two And A Half Men"
It's funny, but it's also ran its course. They should just properly end it the way we know it's gonna end. Charlie is gonna settle down. Wow, grand finale.
6 - "Private Practice"
Owen above us said it all about this show.
They need a new way to come up with the ratings. They should include household information from on Demand, the internet, Tivo & the DVR's, since so many people watch that way now. Neilsen ratings are old school. We lose a lot of quality TV. Quality is, of course, subjective, but last year's fatalities like Flash Forward, Trauma, Three Rivers ... it took a few episodes to hook you but once hooked ... really miss those shows : (
I'm curious - who are you thinking of when you said "60 year old women catfights"? Eva Longoria, who plays Gabby, is in her 30's. The actresses who play Bree, Lynette, and Susan are in their 40's. Nicollette Sheridan, who played Edie, is also in her 40's. Dana Delaney, who played Katherine, is in her late 40's or 50ish. The actress who plays Karen, the oldest woman on the show, is the only one who is probably in her 60's (though I imagine she could be as young as her late 50's or as old as 70ish. I agree that the show isn't as good or fresh as it used to be, but this type of show needs an accident, disaster, or shooting at the end of most seasons to create a cliffhanger. Also, killing off some characters is a good way to dump them permanently. That way, one or two of the houses are vacant, making room for new people to move in. My main criticism of the show is the lack of ethnic diversity on the show. And I'm a non-hispanic white woman. They had Alfre Woodard, a great African-American actress, but one of her sons was a killer. Gee, we rarely see a young black man who's a murderer. Gabby & Carlos are the only minorities who've been on the show since the beginning. Remember what a great villain Lucy Liu was on Ally McBeal? She would be an interesting addition to the neighborhood. African-American actresses that I'd love to see move to Wisteria Lane include: Sanaa Lathan, Jada Pinkett-Smith, or one of the actresses who was in "Waiting to Exhale" Queen Latifah would be an amazing addition for a 1 season storyline, but I doubt she'd want to take a hiatus from her movie career.
Where do you get that Cougar Town "depends" on Courtney Cox's former co-workers? Those episodes weren't even the best ones, and the show is consistently hilarious. What a stupid statement on your part.
I already saw it on USA called In Plain Covert Affairs Sight.
Agreed. That's what I thought on seeing the commercial. Plus, "Annie" is tough, take no prisoners, yadda, yadda. The character is much better drawn in In Plain Sight. I quit watching about 40 minutes into the episode. They had this tremendous cast and the focus wasn't on them. Plus, they trotted out the hackneyed "noob" storyline. *yawn*
At least the characters on 187 are fresh and new. The denouement for the "noob" in that epi was something I did not see coming. Well done.
I like Chase so far -- its like IPS without the bitchiness and nails-on-chalkboard family. Nothing groundgbreaking, but a likeable lead and partner, who don't seem "DESTINED!!!!" for each other.
I have no problem with both Outsourced and Undercovers going next, both of the shows bored and I will not be back for another helping. I rarely watch network shows, and I haven't missed a thing. As for True Blood, it lost me for good.
I say give Detroit 187 a chance. It's a decently written, well-acted cop show set in a part of the country (i.e., not New York, L.A. or Miami) that isn't featured in any regular series. I thought the part where the detectives had trouble finding a bullet casing on a highway because they were finding too many other ones was hilarious. "That's Detroit!" I am interested to see how the show develops and whether it gives us more color on the city. Also, love the Motown music in the background.
Even though it has received favorable reviews for the most part, Blue Bloods is dismal, cliched and an affront to intelligent viewers. I tried one and one-fourth episodes, but I turned the channel during the second episode when a very wanted suspect turned himself over to the Police Commissioner's Barbiesque tv reporter. Unbelievable. In the pilot, who didn't figure out way ahead that Donny W. was going to stuff the child molester's head in the toilet? I've always loved to watch Tom Selleck, including Magnum and his westerns, and can't wait for the next Jesse Stone movie on CBS. In the meantime, I just have to keep away from CBS at 9 on Fridays.
How did Shit My Dad Says not make this list?!
Because it's in no danger of being cancelled at the moment? Ditto with Mike & Molly, which some people have brought up.
They should include household information from on Demand, the internet, Tivo & the DVR's, since so many people watch that way now.
Presumably the networks and advertisers have easy access to how many people are watching on the Internet. Just because they don't feel the need to announce the numbers doesn't mean they don't know or take it into account. As for DVR, the Nielsen ratings DO count it, it's just that advertisers don't care much about them.
As a note, The Masked Scheduler made an interesting post regarding Lone Star's cancellation.
for the love of god, cancel glee.
Replace all broadcast television with test patterns and it'll be interesting for a change.
I read most of the comments and I must say I agree with just about all, especially the shows that should be gone. I do like The Event so far but not sure where they can go with it. Looks a bit like V or First Wave. The rest of the shows I could miss and pick up anytime as they don't seem to carry a lot of interest to me as I have no connection with them or where they are going in the show. I think some of the canceled shows from last year are a lot better than the new ones this year like Flash Forward, Defying Gravity, Life On Mars and Life to name a few. I am glad they brought Lie to Me Back real quick. Good luck on trying to pick a real winner.
no ordinary family...just stinks
falling in "magic" water? oh pleezzze
I turned off the Defenders half way through.
Well done, the only thing baffling was that you think "My Gen..." had a complicated premise. The premise was simple and it was canceled because it was a truly awful show. Literally tough to watch - both objectively and subjectively.
the DEFENDERS is a great program, it is a keeper
I agree that "Undercovers" is probably too costly for the substance of it, but to say J.J. Abrams name is not worth anything anymore? Or that "Chuck" is a failure? Both are untrue, and based on bias and opinion. How does a show get to four seasons, or a producer/director score major multi-million dollar movie deals and show's spanning four networks if they aren't relevant and at least relevant on enough levels. Seemed like an uneducated set of remarks. However, I do agree the show is lacking in creativity. It should have been more for the money obviously put in to it.
I agree completly about Chase. I cancelled the show on my DVR mid view last night...it is awful...For _____ sakes bring me back a "West Wing" type of show...a lil bit of intellectual humor mixed with some real life drama never hurt anyone, so please Aaron Sorkin please run for re-election!!
Housewife Reality Shows
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, wouldn’t you know,
There’s an abundance of silliness, “The Housewife” reality shows,
Chaka Khan sang, “I’m Every Woman” & they changed the tune,
What did it take? It took a television camera and not a full moon.
In the 1950’s, Nat King Cole had a very entertaining variety show,
The majority population wouldn’t buy Westinghouse, they let it go,
When, “America” complained to the sponsor telling them, “hell no,”
Because they understood you can’t make bread without any dough.
Now comes The Real Housewives of New York, Jersey, Beverly Hills,
Shop all day, drink wine at lunchtime and snack on prescription pills,
Make-up so thick, they look like stiffs in a morgue or circus clowns,
Prancing back & forth in luxury automobiles & the cheesiest gowns.
However, many times when these, “Housewives” open their mouth,
A most filthy tirade of hate-laden profanity like a mudslide flows out,
They are the shows teens and pre-teens love to watch and emulate,
Is it any wonder why these kids feel it’s ok to party & stay out late?
In the battle for tougher standards and higher education we loose,
Students don’t know the last four presidents but they know booze,
Just by a commercial, color of the can or bottle or from the smell,
And the closest store that sells alcohol to minors they readily tell.
Home! Little concern about school books, just where’s the remote,
Can’t answer a test question correctly, easily recite the latest joke,
Certainly this can’t be all, yeah that’s true however there is enough,
Question: Where are the parents while they are watching this stuff?
Necklines are way to low, her skirt way to short, this dress is right?
Forget not at the drop of anything these, “ladies” are ready to fight,
They use the B-word more than pimps or groups that gangster rap,
When are the sponsors finally going to say, “enough of this crap.”
As they discuss sex outside the marriage like ordering a pizza pie,
Let’s see, extra cheese, mushrooms, onions, anchovies piled high,
Real Housewives spend time with their kids in the park, at the zoo,
And stay up late in the night helping them with their homework too.
At the mall they teach their children how to shop for the best deal,
This crap on television about getting the most expensive is not real,
And what these tv housewives spend on just a single bottle of wine,
A real mom for a week or more, her real family of five can finely dine.
Shows like this portray an injustice to, “real” housewives everywhere,
Very degrading, demeaning, insulting, it needs to be taken off the air,
The term, “housewife” has long been outdated as many of them work,
Even if the job is, “just being a mom” few have time to be dishing dirt.
Surprisingly enough again maybe not guess who is watching it too?
I love this adage, just a simple case of, “monkey see, monkey do,”
No way is this how a real mother, parent, guardian, lives their lives,
Their titles should be changed to, ”Bogus, Unrealistic Housewives.”
By Luke Easter
Hey, I saw that lifetime movie years ago, but I only got to see half of it. I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the movie, or if you don't remember the name of the movie, then the name of your distant cousin and the wives so that I could look it up on the internet. I'd really appreciate it!
What about that lame law and order LA. Same dumb cliche and those two boring detectives!! Can't anyone write something original. ?
I have taken to DVR'ing everything and then watching it at the end of the season. I just erase the ones that have been canceled. I am tired of being burned. I really liked Life on Mars and Flash Forward but I seem to be the only one. I guess I will stick with cable TV and dump the networks, they way they dump on us! TNT and USA seem to be good places to watch good series...
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