Is anybody else getting angry with T.V. networks cancelling shows so early?

i have not forgiven and never will fox for cancelling firefly. it was a wonderful quirky show that they moved and preempted and aired out of order so much it confused people into giving up. so explain the dvd being one of the top sellers that year, same with the movie serenity people thought if they hadn't seen the show they couldn't see the movie, but the dvd was a top seller.

1. Fox is really bad at that. see the 1st episode of the relaunch of Family guy for proof.

2. Prison Break is not done, it is pre-empted for baseball and will return

3. Joan of Arcadia was always on Fridays and had 2 seasons

and Ghost whisperer has the exact same time slot

4. Invasion also was given a full season to run its course.

5. for the record, as much as i love Serenity/Firefly, even Joss Whedon admits that the film has yet to make back production costs.

6. 80% of all new shows fail to get a full 22 episode order., that is 1/5 shows that survives to see a first season so obviously the odds are against the fans.

While Fox is DeeDeeDee, we also have to realize that Money is king in TV and if only a small cult watches we do not generate the money they network wants

Low ratings twenty years ago meant squat because the networks had money to burn. Nowdays things have changed and shows have to either survive in the ratings or be canceled. It's also the same reason reality shows and primetime game show have become a huge market.

The cost of making one is cheap and it means huge ratings for the networks due to the popularity. Huge ratings means more advertisers and quite the cash flow. It's the advertising that helps pay the bills. We remember the cast of "Friends" were getting huge amounts of money per episode.

Stuff like this adds up. Ever since Mathew Perry went back to television, he's still paid the same amount of money per episode since his last pay raise. The show "Joey" was cancelled but at a price. Now there are two primetime game shows on the same network as well as three reality shows.

Nowadays the only way to resurect a television program is through DVD sales. After a while I've stopped caring about what gets cancelled ever since "Arrested Development" got the axe.

No. i'm indignant that everyone television shows are not cancel. era. What with their drawn-out bland tale lines, horrendous snicker-tracks, the "howdy-look-at-me i'm a doctor/policeman/criminal professional in basic terms like every physique else in the different television practice" no originality script-writers have these days, and classified ads each 5 minutes.......i'm unable to have faith every physique nonetheless watches television at a majority of these days! you're a brave individual!

Yeah, I know what you mean. I really liked Invasion and Threshold...and as soon as I got really into the plot, the network dumped it.

no because the world is collapsing around us..so why would anyone care about television?

i liked the show skin, after 2 shows it was gone...i was really gettin into that one....damn it!

prison break one one of these shows i was pissed off at for ending like it did

yes

yes i agree what about dark angles?