Black Zarak wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote: Black Zarak wrote: I have not heard of a single one of those shows. Could be why they were canceled. Shark had James Woods! JAMES WOODS! Yeah and even James Woods couldn't save it from cancellation, what does that tell you?

It tells me that the dickweeds in this country would rather watch fat people lose weight on shit like the Biggest Loser and watch a bunch of dumbasses fight over the love of a nasty bitch that couldn't even win a similar show on I Love New York.

People like to complain about American Idol. AI isn't even that good, but it is still amazing when compared to some of the crap people are watching instead of shows like Shark or Jericho.

Do you know how close shows like Cheers came to being cancelled? One of the best sitcoms ever. In these times, it wouldn't have been given the chance.

Syd Lexia wrote:

scamrock wrote: Do you know how close shows like Cheers came to being cancelled? One of the best sitcoms ever. In these times, it wouldn't have been given the chance. Cheers was awesome. So was Frasier. I'm a huge mark for both Fred Willard and Kelsey Grammer, so I was really sad that Back To You got cancelled. Maybe it wasn't the greatest show ever, but FOX won't find anything better to replace it.

I thought it was pretty funny. The first episode where Patricia Heaton had to speak at that guy's funeral was funny as hell. I read a rumor that they were pitching the show to CBS as a mid season replacement. I read it on IMDB so I don't know how credible it is. But I hope its true and gets picked up.

S. McCracken wrote:

Cheers was great, but it was winding down. Would you rather it had become total shit and then canceled? People would have bitched for years that it should have been taken off the air before it got bad. Go out on top!

I totally agree with that. But it was close to being cancelled during the first couple of seasons. In today's market if something is endangered, it is usually doomed. Look at Traveler. Some people liked it, some didn't. But it didn't even get to finish its season. Jericho would have been cancelled long before it actually was, but viewers bombarded the company with requests to keep it on the air.

The only reason sitcoms are plentiful are because of the amount of stations and they are great for reruns. Thank God they didn't practice today's tv business practices back when there were only a handful of stations. We would have missed out on a lot.

Valdronius wrote:

Traveler was awesome.

I thought so too. Do you honestly think it got a fair shake? Even if the ratings were low, they should have let it play out. Now the people who watched it are all left scratching their heads.