The facts are these:

[psychochicken]

Whilst watching Pushing Daisies on DVD tonight I thought I'd check to see if the second series was planning on making an appearance on these shores anytime soon. I find that not only is it planning on it, it did so six weeks ago, meaning I've missed half the series already. Bugger. This is what happens when the only TV you watch is what the digi-

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[joeserge]

Although I don't watch any of those shows you mentioned; my love affair with American Network TV ended some time ago; and if it wasn't for Lost, I'm not sure I'd even bother (I'll blog on that someday).

Several years ago I started to watch a TV show called Push Nevada. It was very Twin Peaks ish. Strange and very mysterious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push,_Nevada

It got cancelled after several episodes.

Then a few years ago there were two shows I got into: Jericho and The Nine. Both got cancelled prematurely, although, at least, Jericho was brought back for a few episodes to wrap it up.

That was enough for me.

[lazystorm]

Mind you, sometimes it's better to have a series or two of good stuff than endless rubbish long after the concept has died on its arse.

Yeah, but it helps if they can get to the end of the first series. Honestly they have no attention span and an endless obsession with ratings. I never watch shows staight off the tv after Jake 2.0 got cancelled - and it was just starting to get really interesting. Straight to DVD is the future!

[hippydave]

Honestly they have no attention span and an endless obsession with ratings.

Yeah, quite. I know the ratings obsession did for Millennium, Threshold and Enterprise, all of which attracted reasonably large audiences but evidently not quite large enough. It's as though when a series premieres, if it doesn't instantly become the prime draw in its time slot then it has no chance of survival.

I'm just grateful the networks gave the likes of Supernatural, Ghost Whisperer and 30 Rock a chance to develop. It'd have been really sad if any of those had been canned at the end of (or even halfway through!) their first seasons...

[lazystorm]

Yeah, same with Medium. Ghost Whisperer and Supernatural look good, and there is the Dead Zone, need to check that out. At the moment I'm working my way through Charmed. Very cheesy but entertaining in a fluffy kind of way. ;)

[indigo_jones]

The funny thing is that I know tons of people who really loved Pushing Daisies, so I was surprised to find out it was being cancelled. It's such a shame, because it was a fantastic show, beautifully done. I hate that there wasn't a chance for some bits to be wrapped up and sorted out.

[hippydave]

Bingo - I feel exactly the same. There is some vague talk from the guy who put the series together about a feature film, but to be honest I'm not too hopeful. Still, Joss Whedon managed to get support for Serenity, so I guess anything's possible!

[dyllanne]

Yeah. The nine was super. So clever. Canned after one series.
And Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Aaron Sorkin. Utterly brilliant. Canned after one series.
Grumble.