Bah. Sorry to hear the news. I'll miss it, and I do hope to get to see the whole run.

I think an Allyson's contribution to the DVD would be invaluable. An "I got killed and all I get is this commentary" angle.

"Oh, this is where I was de-gloved....yeah, those were good times."

Damn, I'm sorry the show's not continuing. I've enjoyed them all and was really intrigued to see the characters' development. I got three people at work to watch from the beginning, and they gather around my desk on Thursday mornings to talk about it, and now I have to tell them it's going away. Damn. I'm sorry, Tim.

I'm sorry that the show isn't going to be continued. I've really been enjoying the discussions that it's produced here every week.

Am I correct in thinking that, based on Tim's estimate of unaired hours we'll get on the DVD, that the episode with ( Amber Benson ) as a guest star won't be airing?

I also heard there was an episode (that we'll probably miss now) with Lisa Thornhill (Celeste Kane).

Eh. I still think they may air all 13. Unless they have a show coming up where celebrities dance in a gladiator ring, and the losers are thrown into a pit to get mauled by starving rats.

Who can I pitch that to?

Tim, can I have Ligouri's home number?

Actually, in an interview on NPR, I did hear some tv critic say that Fox was looking into the DWtS thing. Something about Skating with Celebrities and their So You Think You Can Dance.

I like Dancing with the Stars. It reminds me of staying at my grandparents with my cousins and making a huge bowl of popcorn to watch Circus of the Stars. Cheesy popcorn fun.

That's not to say that if I didn't have tivo, I would miss The Inside to watch it. I usually tivo both and watch The Inside last. It's better quality tv, but I'm entertained by both. Now, if we were talking fall schedule and it was The Inside vs. Lost vs. VM. I'm tivoing VM and TI, watching Lost on the Bedroom tv so I can have my two favorites to watch over and over. Guess I don't need to haggle another tivo out of DirecTV now.

Look, I skip out on the internet for one week, and I get back and THIS happens. Back go two of my favorite former Mutant Enemy writers into the TV ether.

Tim, I'm so sorry. I really hate the business end of your art. I am always looking forward to what comes out of your lovely brain, next.

Tim, do the networks decide that your shows are just adverts for the forthcoming DVDs?

Last year a friend & I were speculating that this is The Future, especially with declining audiences and the networks more interested in co-owning the shows they air. More short-run, low-cost series aired with an eye toward luring DVD buyers. Apply the singles/album concept to television shows, basically.

This is something I wouldn't mind seeing. All series could start out as mini-series. They'd get their 13 episodes, and that would be that. There would be a complete arc for six or 13 episodes, because most creators are not as kind as Tim, and a lot of the time, I'm left hanging off a cliff at the end of a season, deeply in love with a show that never returns.

The contracts for minis could be structured such that if a mini did very well, the talent would be obligated to continue into a regular 22 episode/season series. But then... there could be some new sort of an option, such that if the series did well enough that a network wouldn't mind running new chapters of it, every once in a while, then new chapters could/would be produced occasionally, maybe during the off-season. Of course, that would only work if/when the behind and in-front-of scenes talents were available and willing to regroup now and again. There'd probably have to be some incentive in the contracts for the original mini. And my head is getting muddy, because I really hate the business side of show business. That said, if this ever happens, I want some sort of royalty for Occasional.

Where is Amber Benson's episode, in the line-up? Also, is Scott's episode likely to air?