I never watched Boomtown, but from what I've heard it was really good, and I'm completely mystified as to why they cancelled it. Or why they renewed it just to cancel it. Like with Tru Calling.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Wolfram - Aug 04, 2005 12:26:39 pm PDT #2206 of 10001
Visilurking
Kristen - Aug 04, 2005 12:29:00 pm PDT #2207 of 10001
I suppose, if I'm looking for a reason to hate NBC, I could just go with the fact that they facilitated Dick Wolf's Ascension.
Though they're smarting pretty fierce from the snake bite so I won't kick 'em while they're down. Probably.
Dana - Aug 04, 2005 12:31:23 pm PDT #2208 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Or why they renewed it just to cancel it.
That's the real question. I mean, they moved it to Fridays, asked the producers to dumb down the storylines, and added Vanessa Williams to the cast. Did anyone think it had a chance?
Kristen - Aug 04, 2005 12:32:57 pm PDT #2209 of 10001
added Vanessa Williams to the cast
Vanessa with or without the "L?"
Topic!Cindy - Aug 04, 2005 12:36:46 pm PDT #2210 of 10001
What is even happening?
Reilly clearly has a multiyear overall deal with Satan.Clearly. Did you watch DOOL? My mother and aunt were here today at lunch time (and we ate late) so I TiVoed it for them. I haven't watched it in ages. Apparently, although I didn't seem him today, Wayne Northrup (original Roman) is back. John Black is still on, and Current Roman (who is played by Josh Taylor who, played DOOL's Chris Kositchek) is still on. Also, Frankie (Billy Warlock) is back.
I was almost all caught up, after years and years away, even though I was cleaning the kitchen and dealing with the kids while my mother and aunt sat down to watch it.
Edain - Aug 04, 2005 12:38:42 pm PDT #2211 of 10001
"Being hungover is like winning the lottery, except they pay you in regret!" - T-Rex
So did we air in Canada? Just curious.
Nope. We got Fear Factor instead. For some odd reason guess they got the update for Fox but not Global.
For some reason I've never thought of the Big 3 networks in the quasi-personal way I have about Fox, the WB, and UPN.
I've never thought about any of the networks that way myself, only the shows. Just happens that the big 3 never seem to have the shows that I get attached to enough to be angry about their cancellation. Only example I can think of that was on one of the big 3 is Cupid.
Wolfram - Aug 04, 2005 12:44:15 pm PDT #2212 of 10001
Visilurking
I think you can group FOX in with the the Big 3 at this point. They seem to need Big 3-type ratings numbers much more than UPN or WB does.
Cass - Aug 04, 2005 12:44:23 pm PDT #2213 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That's a lot of Romans there. Of course my entire retained knowledge of DooL (from way back when -- the exGF watched religiously and we needed two tvs and vcrs so she could tape DooL and I could tape GH.) is the quote from some show runner that if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a Hope. And it won't go away, someone says the duck thing and my brain helpfully pipes in with "it's a Hope." I can't remember how to make a page number in Quark without checking the help file today but I remember the damn Hope/duck thing.
Kristen - Aug 04, 2005 12:57:09 pm PDT #2214 of 10001
Cindy, are there multiRomans now? Or has Josh now gone back to playing Chris?
Because, funny.
ETA: Also I have no love for Billy Warlock ever since the ugly Marcy Walker split.
JenP - Aug 04, 2005 1:00:06 pm PDT #2215 of 10001
Frankie and Cass are *so* close the mambo horizontalia
Man, they did Frankie so wrong in end, though. So wrong.
Yeah, that is a lot of Romans. Is Wayne Northrup playing a Roman? Or is he some other character?