Everlong
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Post by Everlong on Oct 11, 2004 16:02:45 GMT
Yes sadly True Calling has been cancelled. The series was cut from 13 episodes to 6. Then as the sixth episode was wrapping the news came through that it wouldn't be back. There are no plans to air the final six episodes but they may be released on DVD. In one of lifes curious twists though the word is that the show is being pitched to, get this, WB. God has a sense of humour all right. See the full story here. www.moviehole.net/news/4325.html |
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Post by ThePowersThatBe on Oct 12, 2004 1:11:29 GMT
Arrrrrgh!!! Yeah, that's just what we need, Tru Calling kills our fantasies of seeing more Faith, and then lands on the network that killed our fantasies of seeing more of Angel.
What next, a swarm of locusts?
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Post by Joss on Oct 12, 2004 1:38:09 GMT
What next, a swarm of locusts? At the rate of reality TV... Oooh, my blood boils just picturing it: FOX Proudly presents:
The new class of reality television...
We take six young, succesful people, and lock them together in a small apartment... with a swarm of loctus!
Don't miss it, Tuesday nights, while we throw the one decent show we have to Friday night Grrr Argh |
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Post by angelicslayer on Oct 13, 2004 1:42:21 GMT
what are you serious?!! tru calling is being cancelled and now the show is being pitched to network of [glow=red,2,300]HELL!?[/glow]that sucks major ass!
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Post by Jaxxson on Oct 13, 2004 13:24:30 GMT
what are you serious?!! tru calling is being cancelled and now the show is being pitched to network of [glow=red,2,300]HELL!?[/glow]that sucks major ass! it might get picked up mabey it won't and well get that faith show then again mabey not |
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Monster Zero
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Post by Monster Zero on Oct 15, 2004 15:03:32 GMT
the state of US network TV fills me with sadness every single day. they'll pitch stuff till they're blue in the face, push it like crazy for a few weeks, and then if it doesn't pull in 5 million viewers inside of four weeks they pull the plug!
and yet they still want more shows!
they wonder why they get so much crap, nobody with a decent idea wants to trust them...
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Post by Joss on Oct 16, 2004 5:18:27 GMT
Tv is dead man. Right now all that the networks care about is reality TV. I admit it was kinda cool... for three seconds. And that was like 5 years ago.
The other day I was disguted by reading an interview to a film critic. The guy was asked what he thinks is "in" this season. His response:
Two things: sex and money. Which is why the O.C. and Nip/Tuck are the two best shows on Tv right now, they're about rich people having sex all the time. And why all of the shows that don't follow this formula are destined to fall.
And the sad thing is that the acting and stories on shows like The O.C. are actually called "genius" by some people.
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Monster Zero
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Post by Monster Zero on Oct 18, 2004 12:02:33 GMT
The O.C. is just Dawson's Creek but the characters have more money! Or am I missing something here?
At least shows like Dead Like Me are still going, but they're depressingly few in number! I'm actually a big fan of Nip/Tuck but that's because I think it's a well-written show that has a little bit of everything in it.
This new series of Six Feet Under is good, but I'm getting a bit sick of there being so much sex in it each week! Each scene just seems to be a way to segue from one bedroom to the next at the moment...
I'm the sort of guy who finds on-screen love scenes intensely annoying. I know these people are having sex, i don't need to see it! Nip/Tuck at least seems to know to make a joke out of it...
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Post by Inyan on Nov 4, 2004 7:43:54 GMT
Tru Calling only starts here today. Im totally pissed that its cancelled already. I wish some rich guy would start his own network with Buffy, Angel, firefly, Tru Calling, Dark Angel, Fastlane, Haunted ( Pretty much all the decent programs that have been unexplicably cancelled ). It would be the most popular fledgling network in history.
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Post by Doyle on Nov 4, 2004 9:14:33 GMT
Tru Calling only starts here today. Im totally pissed that its cancelled already. Try watching a few episodes and see if you still feel the same way.  |
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Monster Zero
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Post by Monster Zero on Nov 4, 2004 11:48:35 GMT
Tru Calling wasn't great, I'll admit, but it did get a pretty raw deal. Networks want Survivor-beating ratings within four weeks or they pull the plug. And then they wonder why no-one pitches a good new show to them!
Lost may be kicking arse at the moment, but if the ratings on that start to drop even a little bit, it'll be gone.
And glad someone else noticed that Haunted was a good show too! Now all we need is for them to bring back the excellent Brimstone...
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Post by ThePowersThatBe on Nov 4, 2004 19:44:37 GMT
Networks want Survivor-beating ratings within four weeks or they pull the plug. And then they wonder why no-one pitches a good new show to them! Yeah, no kidding. A prime example of this is the Clerks cartoon. What the hell were they thinking? "Yeah, let's put a very adult-oriented cartoon on a kid-friendly network. Then, we'll put it on a night and time-slot that pretty much guarantees no one will see it. And, ah hell, just for good measure, let's air it out of order so no one will get any of the jokes." Cancelled after only two episodes. Should anyone have been surprised? Why did ABC even bother? |
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Post by Inyan on Nov 4, 2004 19:59:46 GMT
Ah Brimstone, I was trying to remember what that show was called. Well wathced Tru calling this afternoon and thought is was quite good. The first ep of haunted was beter tho...
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Post by Drew on Nov 5, 2004 3:13:06 GMT
Try watching a few episodes and see if you still feel the same way. Heh. Did anyone ever read the Television Without Pity reviews of the Tru Calling eps? I never watched the show, but those reviews were some of the most hilarious and wonderful things I have ever read. I encourage you to go to the site and read them. A good time will be had, I promise you that. ;D |
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Post by Inyan on Nov 5, 2004 10:14:36 GMT
Hey ther guest-doyle!
A good time will be had, i promise you! ;D
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Post by angelicslayer on Nov 6, 2004 1:21:46 GMT
i thought tru calling was a good show ,but not a great one. i only watched because i was fan of eliza. i that show Lost on abc it's a very good show. lots of me and my friends have become a little addicted to it, but i still am addicted to buffy and angel!
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Monster Zero
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Post by Monster Zero on Nov 8, 2004 10:59:56 GMT
Cancelled after only two episodes. Should anyone have been surprised? Why did ABC even bother? beats me. so i bought the DVD boxset instead ^_^ Kev says bitterly at one point on the features how they were offered a 22-episode deal on another network, but they went with ABC 'cause they weren't sure they could produce 22 quality episodes in time. He adds, shaking his head sadly, 'we should have gone for the other guys...' |
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