I dropped HBO and Showtime like hot potatoes when Dead Like Me and Carnivále were cancelled within a few months of each other.
Haven't really regretted the decisions, either.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 05, 2006 12:33:55 pm PDT #2036 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
erikaj - Jun 05, 2006 12:37:52 pm PDT #2037 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
The Wire likes carrots.
Kathy A - Jun 05, 2006 12:41:05 pm PDT #2038 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I got a deal on my digital cable when I moved last month, so I have HBO for the first time ever, but only for four months. And, considering how much I'm watching it, I'll be sure to drop it after those four months are done, even though I did enjoy taping the uncut version of Band of Brothers from HBO On Demand over the weekend (my original recordings were from the History Channel reruns, complete with commercials and missing all instances of "fuck").
Hayden - Jun 05, 2006 12:54:18 pm PDT #2039 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Cashmere: The Wire is a great reason to have HBO!
There's some discussion about the SF Gate article in the comments at MZS's blog here: [link]
Strega - Jun 05, 2006 12:59:03 pm PDT #2040 of 10001
That's a hell of a fucking long midseason hiatus.
Not for a show that goes 15-20 months between seasons. For them, 6 months actually is a brief hiatus.
I think the people who subscribe for particular shows are exactly why they're holding those final episodes for next year. It gives them one more chance to hook people on something else.
Plus, they run their shows in paired blocks -- Sopranos & Big Love both ended last night. Deadwood & Entourage start next weekend. If Sopranos runs for 20 episodes instead of the usual 12, their whole series schedule would be staggered as a result.
bon bon - Jun 05, 2006 1:02:41 pm PDT #2041 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think the people who subscribe for particular shows are exactly why they're holding those final episodes for next year. It gives them one more chance to hook people on something else.
And they're justified in counting on people's laziness-- lots of subscribers will just keep HBO for those down six months. I forget the term for that.
Ash - Jun 06, 2006 3:40:53 am PDT #2042 of 10001
Yes, HBO became dead to me when Carnivale disappeared. People tell me I do need to see Deadwood one of these days.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 06, 2006 5:50:26 am PDT #2043 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
From what I hear it's a bunch of people in cowboy boots swearing and shooting at each other. If I want to see that, I can get it for free here.
erikaj - Jun 06, 2006 5:55:49 am PDT #2044 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I thought that, too. But, really, not the same. And it's killing my genre snob to say so, but she's a snotty bitch and I'd be better off without her anyway.
Hayden - Jun 06, 2006 6:22:34 am PDT #2045 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Deadwood is one of the best shows HBO - no, TV - has ever created, featuring a flat-out brilliant ensemble cast centered around the greatest anti-hero since Richard III. No hyperbole there, just simple statement of fact. Shakespeare invoked on purpose.