Comments on: Castle and Cupid are destined to be canceled

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:34:38 +0000

First of all, these networks aren’t thinking about what they’re putting these shows up against. I’ve never been a huge t.v. person, but I love Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, and now I’m addicted to The Mentalist, Castle, and Dollhouse as well.

The problem?–I go to work and college full time. So I dvr most of the shows I can’t catch on time.

How about they get rid of something like Survivor?–It’s on it’s, what, seventh season (which would just be sad if its actually any higher) with its same ridiculous plot and drama (my bad, on a different island)? Or what about the Bachelor? I say drop these shows and keep the ones that actually have a great story with likeable characters and actors.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:37:35 +0000

ABC is soo stupid. It’s cancelling all the good shows. Castle is really good. I’m tired of watching shows and just having them cancelled. Why they hell should I watch tv? I watched Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money too but Castle did not deserve to be cancelled.

Lets see what other show you guys bring out and cancel. I’m very upset at this.

By: Obloodyhell

Obloodyhell — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:14:17 +0000

P.S. you want “smart” programming”? Put Cupid on following Pushing Daisies. THAT would be smart programming. And maybe those two after Scrubs and something else. Then ABC would have a romantic comedy night going, which might get more people actually DECIDING to watch TV instead of flipping through channels. That’s what “Must See TV” was all about. Getting people to actually DECIDE that they wanted to sit down and watch all the shows one night of the week.

By: Obloodyhell

Obloodyhell — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:06:53 +0000

> Wow, from a certain point of view ABC is in trouble. They might not have any freshman shows coming back, and only one sophmore show might see a third season. All of their hits are 5 years+

I hope ABC dies a horrible death. These idiots can’t grasp that you have to find ways to capture an audience, and you don’t do that by making certain that most individuals won’t waste time with getting into a show and its characters if the nets won’t give it time to develop — and that their ATTITUDE towards a show is a good part of that development time.

When a show hovering on the cusp of cancellation with 2-3 eps aired, and friends are telling them that “Hey, it’s a good show, give it a chance” — what do you think is the chance that someone will actually do that if they think it’s toast anyway?

ZERO.

That happened two years ago with “Drive”. I pushed the show with a few friends, and one of them watched it, and said, “Yeah, wow, this IS good.” — how much attention would that have gotten then from the *other* people I recommended the show to? But it never aired again. Two whole nights is all it got. Stupid.

THAT’S HOW YOU BUILD AN AUDIENCE.

I’m personally getting really tired of giving a show time to catch my interest, then finding out it’s been cancelled after all of three to four outings. I’ve personally adopted a policy towards network shows that, for the most part, is “If it has been on for six weeks, then I *might* give it a chance.” I’ve made exceptions for some creators — Cupid and Dollhouse, for example — and might do so for some stars — but for the most part, if they think ANY new show needs “instantaneous hit numbers” to succeed and make it for a whole season, they aren’t going to be getting those from MY eyeballs.

If they aren’t willing to respect my time and attention, they don’t need it at all. There are lots of other things I can do besides couch potatoing. Games. Movies. Surfing the web. Why bother spending three hours of my life getting into a show and its characters only to have all that thrown away because Network Execs can’t figure out how to build an audience any more, and can’t be bothered to even try?

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:38:39 +0000

I echo your friend’s sentiments on Castle. It’s been a fun watch for the past few weeks and my husband and I will be sorry to see it go.

By: sarah g

sarah g — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:29:28 +0000

I know that I dont know all of the demo numbers etc; but I have enjoyed In The Motherhood. BoT I watch when nothing else is on, but it makes me laugh. Some more comedies are needed, that are aired around the Brothers and Sisters, Greys and PP. I’m tired of all of the reality shows etc. Bring back and keep the comedies. SS could be good if it had some better writing.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:22:44 +0000

Perhaps people like me are to blame. I dont have cable and only watch shows online after they have been broadcast. Maybe my tastes are unusual too. But I love Chuck and Castle, Life on Mars and Terminator, Kings and Smallville. I also watch Reaper, Dollhouse Lie to Me, and House and Cupid. Sorry but that is all I could find that is of interest for the entire week’s worth of network TV. When I look thru the CBS lineup, nothing looks good. (plus Im not sure how to watch their shows online) Eliminating the shows I mentioned just reinforces my resolve not to tune in further, whenever I think of cable.
Personally, I think Life on Mars was the only show that was fair to its viewers, and did the decent thing, by giving us closure on the meaning of a series. My sense is that they pretaped a closure sequence to run whenever they had their last show, and I just wish Eli Stone did the same.

By: s

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:59:21 +0000

i think alot of the ABC comedies will actually be back next season will probably get at least 13 episode runs next season
Samantha Who? has its 5 episodes already shot for season 3, Better Off Ted : ABC is only airing 7 / 13 episodes this season which = a cheaper next season Motherhood will also have 1 unaired episode which will i guess will be on the DVD since i doubt that would get renewed

By: s

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:58:42 +0000

Samantha has already shot 5 episodes for season 3

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:28:45 +0000

I LOVE Castle and I like Cupid, too. I watched about 1/2 of the first episode of Better Off Ted and I thought it was horrible! I loved Eli Stone and Life on Mars and October Road and even Pushing Daisies. It’s sad to see the fun stuff go off the air. Soon I’ll have to find a new favorite channel. The only thing I watch that’s NOT on ABC is American Idol. They never ask me for my opinion! I wonder where the ratings actually come from!

By: LJ

LJ — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:30:30 +0000

I like Nathan Fillion and all, but he’s really a ratings loser. He’s a good actor and he seems to have a lot of fans, but he’s like the anchor that carries shows to the bottom of the river.

By: ABCFanaticSpeaksToday

ABCFanaticSpeaksToday — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:31:16 +0000

I think Samantha Who should be cancel because it can’t stand on its own.

Better Off Ted and In the Motherhood are definitely goners with their demo numbers.

By: kellie

kellie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:23:59 +0000

Better off ted is a pretty darn good show ok. it deserves to come back but knowing abc it’ll just shoove it aside. its smart and funny and if u don’t like it its quite obvious u probably need a laugh track to understand when and where to laugh.abc does horrible in the comedy department so they shud keep it around at least for a bit i mean it does get some critical praise. i like sam who doh i dont watch it all the time. i love the office and if u like that u shud give bot a try. it might grow on u

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:24:59 +0000

Jessica the reason that Samantha Who needs to prove that it can stand on its own is because if it can’t hold up in the ratings without a Dancing with the Stars crutch during it’s Network run, no one will be interested in buying the rights to it in syndication. Syndication is a cash cow for sitcoms so the networks take that into account when renewing/canceling shows.

By: chucksmom

chucksmom — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:07:16 +0000

I am really enjoying Castle. This is just really sad.
It’s nice to have some “lighter” TV shows like Castle & Chuck to watch. There is enough series-dark shows to watch. Furthermore, Nathan Fillion is just awesome in this series.

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:56:11 +0000

I have a question, why do people always say that “Samantha Who can’t stand on its own” as if its a horrible thing. Yeah, I guess it cant stand on its own, but why does it have to stand on its own? Can’t they just leave it on after DWTS and just enjoy it there? They seemed to have a pretty good combo with the ratings. I mean instead they moved it to thursdays, and put surviving suburbia after DWTS and the same thing is happening, after DWTS it does well, when DWTS isnt on it does poorly.

Besides that, maybe Samantha Who would be doing better if they hadn’t pulled it off the schedule completely, delayed its return twice, and then stuck it randomly on thursdays…when GA and PP aren’t even on right now….

By: Meli

Meli — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:40:37 +0000

Adam Goldberg of The Unusuals was on the Late Late Show last night and while he didn’t say anything about renewal or cancellation he was acting like he wasn’t sure about its fate, either, therefore The Unusuals should still go in the ‘not sure yet’ category.

But Fin is right–nobody watches the series that follows Lost because the audience is either trying to figure out what they saw, thinking about how it fits into the entire story mythology, or they’re online with others trying to do the same thing. Much like Tuesday at 8:00 and American Idol, ABC needs to look at 10:00 Wednesday as a spot to throw a series under the bus.

By: mary

mary — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:35:05 +0000

I think ABC should try to air a new dramedy after DH and move B&S because it can stand on its own. And when DH is on its final season it should have a spin-off and air after DH!

By: betty

betty — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:23:52 +0000

Isn’t ABC moving SS after DWTS ends?
I think that if it can stand on its own they should air SW? after! i love that show and it deserves better ratings

By: Hanzel

Hanzel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:51:32 +0000

SW has to stand on its own and every show does for syndication value. There’s no point in keeping a show around that can barely perform during its network run.

I think the Castle and The Unusuals along with Surviving Suburbia are likely to return than Better off the Air Ted and Samantha Why She Still on Air?

By: dvikib

dvikib — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:25:22 +0000

HeroesForGhosts and Kalena – I think you’re absolutely right that Castle should be on at 8 or 9PM rather than 10PM. It’s a light-hearted mystery series that would be better in the so-called family viewing hours. I also think it’s difficult for new shows to attract viewers in the spring. A lot of people I’ve talked to don’t even know there is a show called Castle (despite ads) and seem to be set in their TV viewing habits.
Larry – As far as not being able to understand the dialogue, I am partially deaf in one ear but have had no problems with Castle. I usually watch it on my cable TV. In general, when I watch shows on my portable TV with the digital box (no cable), I lose some of the words due to the digital broadcast freezing up for a few seconds off and on.

By: Terrence

Terrence — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:21:03 +0000

Why does “Samantha Who?” need to stand on its own? If it does well after “Dancing with the Stars” and is a solid companion, why not trot it out along with “Stars”?

I knew “Samantha” wouldn’t be able to stand on its own, why did ABC?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:19:29 +0000

jbs, Bravo/NBC Universal’s Television Without Pity used to run a game called TV Big Shot but stopped. I think it’s possible that we’d add such a feature someday, but someday will be the day there is a plug-in or other easy to install software that allows us to enter in the shows, and values/costs and then handles everything else (scoring, results, registrations, etc) automatically.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:13:07 +0000

Castle and The Unusuals have 10 episodes, In the Motherhood and Cupid have 7 (maybe 6 for Motherhood since the order was cut in half). All of these shows originally had 13 episodes ordered, but were subsequently cut. The episode orders never should have been 13 to begin with, maybe with the exception of In the Motherhood (which was cut after the premiere). The episode orders werent cut because of bad confidence, just because of cost and not enough room on the schedule. Both Castle and Cupid will finish their runs in May while The Unusuals will burnoff its remaining episodes starting May 27. Midseason Better off Ted and Surviving Suburbia has already completed both their 13 episodes orders, which is why those shows could not be cut back. ABC has announced that Surviving Suburbia will move to May 27 to air alongside The Goode Family, to finish its first season. If the show is renewed, then its possible that the series episodes will be held until next year, and hopefully Better off Ted will burn off its remaining episodes. I think most midseason shows should get 8 episodes for their first seasons, that way if the shows do bad, they can end quickly and if they do good, production can continue and the networks won’t need to waste money.