This time of year is intense, isn't it? Between all the season finales, all the series finales, and the network upfronts, it's a wonder that people who love TV, and the people who write about TV, get any sleep at all. Heck, we even got a Presidential address thrown in for good measure. It's like we're accountants and it's the two weeks leading up to April 15; lots of late nights, emotional outbursts, and severe negotiations, leaving us emotionally exhausted.But it's just about over. Even as it is, I feel like I'm coming down from the high. Why? Because the upfronts are over; all five networks have given us a look at their fall schedules, and we finally get to find out what's in and what's out (good news for Veronica Mars fans, bad news for Invasion fans). So right now I'm just feeling a bit spent. And completely uncreative. I couldn't think of one thing to write today because of it. If anyone has any ideas for me to get my mojo back, let me know in the comments.
(By the way, the picture is of Count Blah from Greg The Bunny. Best way I could represent the concept of blah. Blah.)
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5-19-2006 @ 9:14PM
Toby OB said...
Just letting you know, with "five networks" you've got two links for the NBC upfronts. None for CBS.
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5-19-2006 @ 9:20PM
Joel Keller said...
Thanks, Toby. I fixed it.
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5-19-2006 @ 9:23PM
Mike Hoffpauir said...
Ugh I love the Greg the Bunny referenece but its another sad reminder of 1 of the many shows axed way before its time. Theres an idea for ya. What show thats been cancelled would you like to see return?
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5-19-2006 @ 9:38PM
Richard Lawler said...
what happened to all the sci fi shows?
threshold is gone, invasion is gone, did surface get renewed?
it seemed like ever station wanted one at the beginning of the season but none made it.
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5-19-2006 @ 9:45PM
Pat Cavit said...
I miss Greg the Bunny. :(
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5-19-2006 @ 10:35PM
Scott H said...
I'm really going to miss Everwood...Especially considering the WB crap that got carried over instead. That they wouldn't even keep a show like that as a midseason replacement says a lot about how much the CBS people are thinking of CW as a third-rate network.
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5-19-2006 @ 11:10PM
doc said...
Well, if you need an idea for a post, you could go look up the post that Damon Lindelof made where he tells fans that are critical of the show to keep quiet or go watch another show, among other things. Make a post on that, then sit back and watch the sparks fly as the faithful clash with the disillusioned.
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5-19-2006 @ 11:30PM
Sam Goldman said...
How about a post where you cherry-pick all the canceled Fox shows over the past five years and create a new network from them?
(Sorry, you reminded me about Greg The Bunny, and I'm still bitter.)
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5-20-2006 @ 7:50AM
Kerry said...
I'm so pissed because the new CW let EVERWOOD down instead of finally ending 7th Heaven!!! 7th Heaven WAS finished, so why keeping it for the 11th year and cancelling a show that is fresh and has very much potential. I so know that 7th Heaven won't have the ratings it had in the final episode.
But thanks for new seasons of Gilmore Girls and Grey's Anatomy!!! I LOVE those shows and can't wait to see them in the fall.
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5-20-2006 @ 10:38AM
Katie said...
Who's furious at The CW's Dawn Ostroff and any other moronic constituent who decided "Everwood", the best show of all WB and UPN shows(or at least in the top three most honorable), be excluded to make room for an untried, new show that will probably tank and the overdone, vapid and weary crapshoot that has become of 7th Heaven? Anyone who is not in that category I'm certain hasn't seen the show yet. Come on! Join us and watch the incredible last four Season four episodes of "Everwood" Mondays @ 9/8c on The WB. The SEASON* finale will be June 5 when the last two will air back-to-back that night so remember to tune in at 8/7c.
*Everwood truly deserves the opportunity to have a remarkable, fair run. Why wouldn't a network want a show that is consistently attracting ratings well above The WB network average, has been incredibly well-received by the key demograhpic and beyond including the many TV critics, is unmistakably the "best-acted, best written, finest family drama", and has colossal potential? You got everything right there. Everwood has exactly what the network needs: nuanced, unobtrusive and dexterous performances accentuated with heart, humor, and drama. There's absolutely no reason for Everwood to be cut after four seasons.
I will watch season 5.
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5-20-2006 @ 2:02PM
Tammy said...
I'm pretty surprised that they are keeping 7th Heaven over Everwood. I think people were ready to let 7th Heaven go. But I am happy that Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls have at least one more year.
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5-20-2006 @ 2:06PM
Joel Keller said...
Not that I don't like all the comments, but why has my innocuous little post about the blahs become the repository for people bitching about Everwood's cancellation?
We did a post about the CW's upfronts: http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/18/the-upfronts-the-cw/
You can post your rants there.
Or, better yet, call the CW and register your complaints. It'll be a lot more productive that complaining about it here.
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5-20-2006 @ 11:39PM
Tammy said...
To recharge creativity it sometimes helps to do something different. I'd suggest reading, specifically a good beach book that's several years old. Then check out the Lifetime schedule and find its made-for-TV movie. Watch it, and then pick an actor in that movie that you like and watch something else that actor is in.
Before you know it, you'll be back to your old curious self. Or you'll throw your television out the window. Either way, it's progress.
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5-21-2006 @ 7:27AM
Melanie said...
How is it that shows like 'According To Jim' and 'George Lopez' manage to continue on, season after season, and a great show like 'Invasion' gets cancelled after just one? How??? I'm in mourning. =(
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5-21-2006 @ 12:47PM
Scott H said...
Sorry, I guess I helped start the Everwood stuff in this thread. It's just that the news about the upfronts was overshadowed for me once I found out they'd dropped it. I just had no interest in reading anything about new shows knowing they were letting that one go before its time, especially when so much of the new shows sound awful.
Maybe there are a couple of creative ideas here and there, but what do creative ideas get? Usually killed before the end of the first season, i.e. "Threshold".
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5-21-2006 @ 11:30PM
Roger said...
Greg the Bunny is alive and well at http://gregtbunny.com/ and on MySpace at http://myspace.com/gtheb - catch it on IFC, the newest incarnation is excellent.
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