Sad to see it just fade away, and surprised it wouldn’t go on ABCfamily (ala KyleXY).

“Samantha Who?” was a good series, very much in the vein of “My Name is Earl” centering about people who were reforming. I’m surprised “Earl” costed much considering they’re usually in the same locations each episode. And being a big Applegate fan, I really wished “Samatha Who?” could have slashed their budget for only (hopefully) a single season.

TSCC fan update: While we have a great deal of respect for the show, economically it’s not feasible for Sci Fi. Sorry gang. Thx 4 ur notes

Kind of confirms the “Too expensive, too low an interest” line, as if it wasn’t obvious already.

Remember: there is power in numbers…

and yes damn entertaining
hats off to u sir

Still, cable did not really start creating their own slates of shows until recently (in historic terms) and they are making inroads on the networks. I will be interested in seeing how things sit in about 10 to 20 years with all of the cable networks and the fading major networks, especially if companies start deciding that cable is worth an investment of a sponsorship to a show like DirecTV for FNL or Subway for Chuck. Maybe that’s why some corporations like GE own so many other cable networks already? They see the writing on the wall?

Take the rest of the day off, sir.

Dave, “Earl’s” syndication happened already. It’s been on TBS since last March with an exclusive 18-month window for which they reportedly paid a fat license fee (believed to be around $600,000 per ep). And it joins the local affiliates (FOX O&O’s, etc.) this September. Was there a lot more back-end value with an additional season? And with an ending? Hell ya. But I guess the mouth breathers who run FOX don’t understand things like, you know, vertical integration. And not destroying your sister studio’s syndication property. CBS and ABC understand it. FOX? Nope. I guess I should have known that FOX wouldn’t want anything to do with a show that promotes karma and good values. Just the ones that promote rape and misogyny.

(Note to said mouth breather: You’ll still be getting those 110 million emails next season when you finally cancel that piece of trash, anyway. That’s on top of the 220 million emails you’re probably getting right now for cancelling “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” And what a great reason to renew a low-rated, bad show. Because you don’t want to get angry emails about it. You’ll go far with that.)

but Smallville and Supernatural were not cancelled, even though they’re on the same network?

As for the other networks, I’d guess their fall seasons would start around this time too. So, take those dates with a pinch of salt until the networks says otherwise.

Yes, it is the second (and sometimes first) highest rating show on Fridays but Fridays are traditionally “throw-away” TV in the States, unlike elsewhere in the world. As Jon K says, Numb3rs would do as well as any other crime drama CBS has if they moved it away from Fridays. However, I have always selfishly liked the fact that Numb3rs is on the worst day of the week where the ratings expectations are much lower. So I’m equally hopeful and confident that Numb3rs will keep going for as long the writers and actors are happy to keep entertaining the many millions of Numb3rs fans around the world.

Re: My Name Is Earl (MNIE)…

Earl being cancelled is still sickening. Yes, it had been in a downward spiral since the start of season 3 when Earl was in jail for Joy’s crime but I’m saddened it’s ended on a cliffhanger. However, there is an obvious answer to that and it can only be Nescobar-a-lop-lop. Anyway, Riff Rafferty’s hit the nail on the head with the fact that someone needs to end the show properly with either a straight-to-DVD wrap-up movie (I’d buy that too, so that makes two of us) or just enough episodes to get it to the magical 100 where syndication would happen. I’m sure that Jason Lee, with his contacts, could make either of those things happen; or is he done with TV for good now that Earl’s finished?