2014 - the year networks dont want any TV shows...

[Groge511]

Originally Posted by RicketyCricket

Stop watching shitty shows and you won't have this problem.

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Agreed. Just watch shows on HBO, Showtime and Netflix(Orange is the New Black and House of Cards). Network TV is awful now.

Helpful.

End of the day it's a matter of opinion.
Plus in the UK we don't get channels like HBO. Sure, we get some of those shows on Sky Atlantic but not everything on it is gold.
All my shows are split across like 10 different channels or thereabouts.

And just to throw it in there I do watch other shows such as Game of Thrones. I just didn't list it due to my OP being about cancelled shows.

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by burner xxx

community

I couldn't watch Community after the third season to be honest

[Wingman1977]

I almost lost it when Almost Human was cancelled. Perhaps the Sci-Fi channel picks it up (I'm not getting my hopes up). I haven't been so pissed off about a show being cancelled since Terminator: The Sarah Connor chronicles was cancelled (also by FOX).

[agoofykindasuperman]

I've been fortunate enough to be able to smell a stinker before it airs 8 times outta 10, so the majority of shows I DO watch continue on for several seasons. I've avoided all but one (Revolution) from the OP knowing they didn't look that interesting in the beginning and "felt" they weren't going to last so I didn't bother with 'em anyway.

But hey, maybe if I did watch those shows, that one extra viewer in the stats would've kept it alive?

[djariya]

There are so many factors nowadays on whether a show will come back for another season or not.

1) Nielsen ratings - Live overnight

2) Nielsen ratings - Live + 3 or Live + 7 with DVR (and you have to watch the commercials for these ratings to count)

3) How the show sells internationally

4) Streaming deals for the show via Hulu, Amazon or Netflix and it's performances via Streaming.

5) Syndication deals and whether or not it's beneficial to the network if they are the ones who produce the show.


We as the TV watchers don't know all the factors in some of the decisions. So IMO, it's pretty narrow minded to get all worked up and pissed thinking why am I dedicating all this time to watch this show when the network isn't giving it a chance? Most of the time, there is more to it than just the 18-49 demos and how well it's doing or how bad it's doing.

Sometimes all it just takes a little effort to research a new show, see critics reviews, if it's getting any buzz or not. Then maybe see how it's doing and what timeslot it has & it's competition. You can use all those factors to make a good guess whether or not it will be around longer than 13 or 22 episodes.

This season proved that Revolution's decent 1st season ratings were heavily dependent on The Voice. It was dead in the water being the anchor at 8pm for Wednesday nights.

Intelligence on CBS had no chance at all being put on Mondays at 10pm against The Blacklist and Castle. Both of those shows were already established hits. NCIS: LA is moving to that timeslot in the Fall, but that show is already an established hit, so it may do better. But again the timeslot doesn't have enough viewers to spread the wealth.

[Arvin Clone]

Most of mine survived:

Sleepy Hollow
The Blacklist
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by Talyn

4.....

Yeah the 1st 4 seasons of The X-Files and the 1st movie Fight the Future were really, really terrific. I also enjoyed the next 2 seasons but after that it was running on fumes.

[West E]

we only watch two shows these days. Walking Dead and Once Upon a Time.
It's hard to find time to watch anything else even AFTER recording them.

But both of my shows are safe.

[FrellingFrakker]

Originally Posted by djariya

This season proved that Revolution's decent 1st season ratings were heavily dependent on The Voice. It was dead in the water being the anchor at 8pm for Wednesday nights.

Yeah, I'm sure the less compelling storyline had nothing to do with it.

[remake]

The majority of the new shows this fall look like crap too so I'm predicting we have another very low rated year.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by ChainsawMcGraw

Even though it had 4 Seasons, and got a Finale, I was sad to see Raising Hope go.

I still haven't completely forgiven Fox for ending the brilliant My Name is Earl on a Cliffhanger & then cancelling it completely.

That was NBC who cancelled 'Earl', not Fox.

As for shows getting cancelled, it's nothing new. No more or less than the last few years. Stuff will always be cancelled, whether we like it or not. That's part of the business.

[stvn1974]

Grimm
Sleepy Hollow
Castle
Constantine
Haven

Those are the only shows I will be watching next TV season.

Will get the newest seasons of True Blood, Game Of Thrones and Penny Dreadful as digital downloads when they are are released and then a complete series BD set if released after they have ended. I don't see the point in getting HBO or Showtime.

[A Sith Lord?]

I must be one of the few that actually liked the final few seasons of X-Files with Doggett, Reyes, Scully...

Loved me some Mulder but the eps with the newer guys and more Pileggi/Skinner was good too.

[LeeC22]

Originally Posted by RicketyCricket

Stop watching shitty shows and you won't have this problem.

Totally illogical statement to make. One man's shitty, is another man's great, and has very little bearing on whether a show gets cancelled or not. Firefly being a perfect example, a great series (IMO) that got cancelled. Yet a show I would personally class as shitty, Game of Thrones, is now on its 4th season I believe.

When your favourite show's lifespan is dictated by the majority, you might as well just roll a dice. We watch with a generation that thinks reality TV and popstar wannabee shows are great viewing. Couple that with the chance that some clueless TV exec will dump something good into a bad timeslot, every show is a lottery. I think you just have to enjoy things while they last, and hope they last longer than a single season.

[lazystoner]

"the year the networks dont want any TV shows"

Gee, is that why there's a new slate of shows premiering in the fall?

[Samus Aran]

You could watch CBS. Almost nothing gets cancelled, although almost all of them are procedurals and franchises.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by ChainsawMcGraw

Even though it had 4 Seasons, and got a Finale, I was sad to see Raising Hope go.

I still haven't completely forgiven Fox for ending the brilliant My Name is Earl on a Cliffhanger & then cancelling it completely.

You really should forgive Fox, since NBC cancelled it. Fox Studios (who produced it) tried to get it picked up by several networks, and none had any real interest.

And from the creator:

I was worried about doing a cliffhanger but I asked NBC if it was safe to do one at the end of the season and they told me it was. I guess it wasn’t.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Groge511

Yeah, you're probably right. It does happen every year but it's the first time i think I've really felt so annoyed about it. They all seemed to get cancelled at once. At least I've still got Game of Thrones and Arrow which seem safe for now!

Generally speaking, most of the shows that get cancelled get cancelled in May. That's when the broadcast network season ends, and the networks decide what shows are coming back, which shows aren't, and what new shows they're starting next season.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by remake

The majority of the new shows this fall look like crap too so I'm predicting we have another very low rated year.

Quite frankly, I think the majority of the new shows every year look like crap, and typically I try out three, maybe four new shows (counting just the fall starters, not the winter starters). And I'm almost guaranteed to drop one of them early on, and another later in the season.

This fall there are four new shows I'm interested in: 3 superhero/comics shows (The Flash, Gotham, and Constantine) and one police procedural (Gracepoint).