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In all fairness being a TV executive must be a hard job. These people are probably very smart, but they don't keep the shows on that they want on. They have to keep the shows that make money, plain and simple. After years and years of shows like "Deal or No Deal" being highly rated and profitable and other well thought out tv shows being unprofitable, You personal preference in tv shows probably plays absolutely no role in your decisions. It can't. I have no doubt that there have been hundreds of tv shows that, if allowed to come to fruition would have been wildly successful, but on the other hand, if fox green lighted EVERY show and let them ALL die a long and painful death, it would quickly degenerate into what Adult Swim is right now. Blowtastic shows like Saul of the Mole Men and Squidbillies (and too many others to name) should never have been made. In all reality it is possible that the very person who cancelled Drive was the biggest fan of it. But unless he was willing to fund the episodes out of his own pocket (which would probably have been millions per episode) then there was little he/she could have done about it. My philosophy is, Don't lament the great shows that never were, rejoice the great shows that WERE.

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Ack! With all the wailing over canceled shows, you'd think it was a new phenomenon. Drive was actually pretty bad. Save your wailing for the real losses like Firefly - shows that showed they had a real direction and unique style that might have carried them beyond a third episode.

Also, that stamp would put DELECNAC on a piece of paper. :-P

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It's called an editorial cartoon, Jameson. If you had the stamp read 'delecnac' the joke wouldn't be there.



:P

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Drive was not "actually pretty bad". What it was is a show that I was actually watching.

I've stopped watching most TV.

They promoted the show for months and cancelled it after eight days.

Screw them.

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I think Drive split people in 2 camps.. The ones that hate it.. and the right side that loved it! :D guess you won this battle, haters!! :D

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Hahaha...thanks, I needed a laugh. Great cartoon.

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After Reunion flashed across the screen (and I missed the final episode), I decided I wasn't going to start watching any Fox shows until they were renewed for Season 2. My resolve failed with Wedding Bells - a guilty pleasure offering relief from the Friday night blight - I managed to see all the episodes broadcast and was finally getting the sisters, their employees, their friends and their clients sorted out and it too was cancelled.

Note to Fox programming: Try limiting the number of characters, and/or subplots and continuing story arcs, to the number of episodes you plan to broadcast.

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Fox isn't the only offender... just the worst.

If it's a serial drama, and it's on Fox, just don't watch it.

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Come on, people. Most of us are smarter than the network executives. Go over to DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, search out which pilots are most likely to get picked up, then head over to TheFutonCritic.com and search out the premise and the stars of those pilots mentioned, and then ask yourself: Is this show really going to make it?

Most of the shows that "test well" and may get picked up will be canceled by the end of the season. Some sooner.

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Speaking of Daybreak, any word on whether or not the complete series will be released on DVD so those of us who actually liked the show can finish it off in peace?

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Go figure Fox cancels another great show. I swear, Nathan Fillion better start working on a show on another network. First Firefly, now Drive? When will these networks realize that there are a lot of loyal watchers who will spend the time to watch something besides crappy reality shows or idiot game shows? I realize the money involved, but they're losing constant viewers to cable networks. Why? Not because of swearing or violence (but maybe the nudity helps), but because the cable networks don't have as many idiotic shows. They're thought out and draw the viewer in... at least most of them.

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"Knowing that Seinfeld was nearly canceled after season one, and that 24 was on the chopping block before it was able to take hold makes me realize how many great shows we are missing simply because the networks don't have the faith or the desire to see good projects through the storm."

That's not the lesson at all! The lesson to take from that is how many great shows were once crap or were considered crap before they either proved themselves, or evolved to become good. Therefore many shows that are now crap or mediocre could grow to be good or great if given the chance, or not.

One cannot assume that a show that is cancelled would be good mand thus we are missing a good show but for cancellation: that ways lies superstition and madness. Oftentimes a pilot is cancelled because it is not good enough and must be left that way.

The only reason I can possibly be upset about Drive is that I liked the show, it was promoted to me for months, and was on the air for less than nine days.

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