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October RoadLast week, it was Men in Trees. Now the end has officially come for another ABC drama series. ABC has confirmed that October Road is over. The long and winding road is no more, so to speak. ABC has no room in the fall lineup, apparently, and a plan to move October Road and Men in Trees to Lifetime never panned out. So all the die-hard fans who've been writing the network and crafting petitions can give it up. No amount of peanuts or blood drives -- oh, wait, that was Jericho and Moonlight. The Roadies had a different tack; buy the DVD, donate it to a library to get more people watching and writing to ABC. Despite the sincere efforts, the network still chose to end the road and move on to a newer, different show.

According to sources, the show runners for October Road have already been reassigned. They're going to take over Life on Mars, which was to be headed by David E. Kelly. Kelly agreed to let the O-Road guys take on the U.S. version of BBC's Life on Mars in exchange for ABC's commitment for a fifth season of Boston Legal.

I know the fans won't give a fig about where the executive producers land, or that one of the stars of October Road is shopping around for a new series. Roadies only care that a favorite show has ended too soon. That's exactly how the Men in Trees crowd feels. Consider it the downside of being a TV fan. I do. I still haven't gotten over Profit, and that was -- what -- 12 years ago. And don't even get me started on Now and Again.

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