It’s TV upfronts week, when all the new/returning shows are announced. There’s always good news and bad news. For the first shocker of the week: ABC cancelled Christina Applegate’s show, ‘Samantha Who?’ despite it being considered a hit, according to Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello!
Apparently, the network was trying to figure out a way to make each episode cheaper to make, but it apparently couldn’t be done.
On the bright side, at least there will be closure: Per an ABC insider,
seven unaired episodes remain in the network’s arsenal and the last one ‘feels like a series finale.’ Of course, there’s no telling when or
where those eps will be shown.”
Yeah, whatever. Boo!
On the real bright side, Fox renewed ‘Dollhouse’ (WOOT! WOOT!) and rumors are that they will move ‘Fringe’ to Thursday nights at 9 pm next fall, opposite ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ (Let’s hope that scheduling move is a rumor!)
And NBC renewed ‘Chuck’! Were you part of the Subway campaign?
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why the hell do you people cancel anything thats good on tv.. samatha who was a darling show you guys suck
I’m really glad that dollhouse got renewed. I’m sad about samantha who though, I love christina.
the porn show returns, WOW!, I’M NOT SURPRISED. but i give them some credit for trying to spoof up their season finale of that REALLY CRAPPY SHOW!, REALLY COME ON, but SAMANTHA WHO i loved. poo to the sh1t heads that can’t manage good programing
Ah so sad.
Nooo. I really wanted to see sam and todd get back together
bah! i love samantha who
I’m glad Chuck is renewed too!
What about HEROES??
Why must they squeeze all of my favorite shows into Thursday! There is no reason The Office and Fringe should share a time slot. Sniff
Can’t believe it! One of the best new shows to come out for a while, and they are axing it!
So many questions left unanswered… not happy!
Rah
I’m producing a reality show that I hope will be picked up for the 2009-2010 season. Because the television networks have been cutting costs, I’m putting my detective show on hold. All the networks have passed on my crime show about an alcoholic bipolar homicide detective and his sexy young female partner who work the streets of South Central L.A. looking for murdered tourists. Even filming in Vancouver would be too expensive, so even though CBS likes the pilot script, it’s just too expensive to film, especially if I get my first choice, Christian Slater, who commands a high salary. ABC was initially interested. They wanted Pauly Shore for the lead, but he wanted too much money and his own trailer, so they passed. It’s all about the budget, so that’s why I’m switching to reality shows. I’m pitching my new show, called “Dumb Factor,” a remake of “Fear Factor,” which ran on NBC from 2001-2006. For $5,000, contestants will bungee-jump off a freeway overpass with an extremely frayed rope. The cars will run over the contestants until someone is stupid enough to get out and help, also getting splattered onto the pavement in slow-motion. This scenario will keep repeating until the commercial break. All that we’ll see after the commercial will be a bunch of dead bodies and a massive pile-up of Camrys. The winners will now compete for the second stunt, jumping out of an airplane with a placebo parachute, after which an internet poll will be taken for the viewer to guess the winner. For those wanting to be a contestant, sign-ups will be on our website at http://www.stupididiot.com . This show will be perfect for ABC’s schedule, because they’re in the process of cancelling all scripted shows.