Comments on: Easy Money, Life, Ex List, Pushing Daisies, 'Til Death Most Likely to Be Cancelled

By: sj

sj — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:32:47 +0000

please please watch ugly betty!
i am an ugly betty and this show has actually helped me feel better about myself!
pleaaaaaase!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:43:50 +0000

NO>>> You cant cut LIPSTICK JUNGLE.. its about fashion .. all a girls dream..

By: nikki wool

nikki wool — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:03:51 +0000

I am deeply sad for the cancellation of one of mt favorite tv shows, pushing daisies! It is witty, whimsical, colorful, and brilliant………..

By: Caio

Caio — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:19:36 +0000

Anybody interested in saving pushing daisies should tell everybody they know to watch it,and go to this website,which explains it well:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48877516960
and this:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30237424757
and sign the petition here:http://www.petitiononline.com/daisies/petition.html
and go to the facebook group,it´s really good.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48877516960

By: Ammer

Ammer — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:47:49 +0000

King of the Hill was just canceled by Fox. So much for being “safe” eh?

In any case, I doubt Ugly Betty will be canceled. It doesn’t have horrible ratings, and as you mentioned in your post, it’s increasing in viewership. I do believe Lindsay Lohan’s stint did increase ratings as well.

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:59:20 +0000

I cannot believe that CBS is again cancelling very good shows, The Unit, Numbers, When will you realize it it the people over 49 who by the products advertised on these shows???????

Do they realize that the baby boomers are the largest demographic?????

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:46 +0000

Oh I’m glad OTH and GG are in the “safe” zone for now But Pushing Daisies was so popular season 1, what happened?! I love that show!!! There is no reason to cancel it, Chuck and Ned have just begun!

By: Esther

Esther — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:51 +0000

I thought Pushing Daisies would be a standard. I haven’t ever seen such fantastic artistry in a show. The actors are fantastic, the story lines are original, and the sets are amazing. Please watch Pushing Daisies. It is only one of two shows I cannot miss. I don’t want it to go away. Netflix season 1 and you will fall in love with it.

By: Holly S.

Holly S. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:06:26 +0000

I LOVE Pushing Daisies! It is so good because it is not only different but it is funny, a beautiful love story, with lots of mystery mixed in! It is so awesome! PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL! Does anyone know what to do to protest and try and save the show before it is too late? Thanks in advance for the information!

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:35:51 +0000

I mentioned this on the overnights ratings thread, but EHC and the Game are both doing better than they were last year after the strike.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:32:36 +0000

CF98, and Bill I disagree with *both* of you.

I *do* think race was involved. But I think race is the only reason the shows weren’t already cancelled.

I won’t be at all shocked to see them back one more year either. Especially EHC, since it will have 88 episodes and be only about a half a season away from the 100 episode threshold that syndication seems to love (The Game will only be at 60ish episodes after this season completes, but it is a CPT produced show, and EHC is distributed by CPT).

I’d say CBS does have a limited vested interest in keeping these shows, more politically than economically. Nothing the CW could air here would do much better, so it’s either turn the net back over to its affiliates as it does on Saturday, or air reruns (I think an MHC style deal for Friday nights is out of the question, and it doesn’t look like it will even last for Sunday Nights). If the CW has to worry about Fridays, and winds up having to worry about Sundays too, I think it’s very likely these shows are still around for a while, despite the ratings.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:21:47 +0000

Mohammed, click the link at the top of the post, PB and UB have improved their standing in the latest list.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:17:13 +0000

CF98, I certainly don’t think the CW has racist motives for that move, but I do agree those shows were sent to Friday to die (or at least to be forgotten). They don’t fit the mold of the “new CW” which is “only young women need apply”. The fact that those shows feature African American characters is just a coincidence.

By: Mohammed Jamjoom

Mohammed Jamjoom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:09:39 +0000

Guys how can they put prison break and ugly betty away they’re my favorite series plz bring back the both series

By: CF98

CF98 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:02:24 +0000

Of course Everybody Hates Chris and The Game are at risk for cancellation you put it on Friday night and barely promote it. Its obvious the CW wants to kill the last black shows that are left on TV.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:55:18 +0000

Bring back BIONIC WOMAN !

By: María

María — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:55:17 +0000

C’mon!!!!
Pushing Daisies is the best show ever! It can’t be cancel!!!!!!!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:55:44 +0000

Jay, you’re confusing your doomed TV shows with crazy fans. The peanuts thing was Jericho.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:54:36 +0000

I’ll be pretty ticked if Pushing Daisies gets cancelled. I love that show – everybody needs to watch it! Remember the peanuts/Heroes thing? I swear, if Daisies gets cancelled, the network can expect a mailbox full of rancid pie.

By: Ligia

Ligia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:37:38 +0000

I Think Dirty Sexy Money, should not be cancele at all! I Just love too much that show, I wait every week to watch it! Pushing Daises too… But, I really can’t do much about it, so, please, I think everyone should watch this two series!

By: Rhuw Morgan

Rhuw Morgan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:53:04 +0000

Also just a quick note, Everybody Hates Chris on The CW had an early start on production (as it did last year) and casting call websites (http://www.showfax.com/project_selection.cfm?l=1&t=1) show their prepping to shoot episodes 86 & 87 which would be the the 20th and 21st episode of the season, so it’s more than likely it will be on the air til May at least.

By: rocco

rocco — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:26:14 +0000

when does the new list come out?

By: Rhuw Morgan

Rhuw Morgan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:01:40 +0000

I’m pretty sure Numb3rs makes it over the 100 episode mark this season though, so the syndication incentive of keeping it around won’t be there any more. I agree with Holly though, and think it will all hinge on how well whatever gets the 9pm slot in January does.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:05 +0000

Bill, True, but last years index included a LOT of repeats for most CBS shows, but only a handful for Moonlight. If we only used new episodes (which is the situation we have now), Moonlight would have been significantly lower on the scale.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:40:14 +0000

I love Pushing Daisies! Please watch it!!!

By: Don

Don — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:19:13 +0000

“If it helps at all, Don, you have the two parts of that sentence in the wrong order, sort of. The explanation given by the show in the beginning is that he’s assisting the detective to help support his ailing business, and as a result brings his murdered girlfriend back to life as part of an investigation.”

Thanks and its not quite my kind of show, allthough I do catch glipses of it. Its not drawing me in however.

Sorry for making the Gods of TV very anger.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:42:54 +0000

Also note that Numb3rs current index of 0.68 is less than the 0.71 that got Moonlight cancelled.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:44:36 +0000

No!!! Pushing Daisies is SUCH A GOOD SHOW!!!! So original, so well written, great acting.It is amazing x10. I would be truly devastated if it was canceled.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:48:58 +0000

OK, so I looked up old schedules to check my theory. Since 2003 CBS has launched 2 new shows on one night twice, both on Friday.

Even more interesting…In 2003 there were 50 sitcoms on the schedule! This year? Only 20.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:28:36 +0000

I think this theory only applies to CBS though. All the other nets have shown that they have no problem canceling the entire night.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:13:44 +0000

Holly, that’s an entirely reasonable theory as well, instead of last year’s level as the threshold, it may very well be the fact that only 1 Friday show is allowed to be cancelled each season, so the threshold is just “don’t be the worst”.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:51:11 +0000

I think it is very unlikely that CBS will cancel Numb3rs even with lower numbers than last year UNLESS whatever CBS launches at 9:00 to replace Ex-List does really well. I doubt CBS will want to try to launch two new Friday shows, so as long as Numb3rs does better than the 9:00 show, it will get another season.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:43:10 +0000

Chris, you’re right, the standard of performance for CBS on Friday’s is awfully low, but my guess is that until Numb3rs reaches its index from last year of 0.76 (which got it renewed) that it is at risk.

As for Chuck, its quite close to the safe zone, and there’s a long way to go in the season, so anything can happen.

As for “being on the list”, every show’s on the list, it’s just a matter of *where*.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:30:13 +0000

NUMB3RS is at risk? After so many season’s its just gonna get cancelled? I think its doing pretty well for a Friday night show on at 10PM.
I also agree that chuck does not deserve to be on the list.

By: jensen

jensen — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:22:14 +0000

Love Life..Damien Lewis is Brilliant…first saw him on PBS as a rather despicable character and now he is doing a fabulous turn and we like like like him!!!!

Dirty Sexy Money is all that and more!!!! Great cast and yes Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh are wonderful wonderful!!!!!

sorry but I quite enjoy Lipstick Jungle, maybe you just have to be a girl

will soooooo miss Boston Legal..and the brilliant James Spader.

also love The Unit!

Never liked Chuck or Pushing Daisies…sorry

hated old christine,
Valentine is lame, Easy Money has an interesting cast but as for the premise and setting, well it is just depressing.

By: marenamoo

marenamoo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:57:12 +0000

Seriously – NBC has the worst network programming and two of its best shows are in poor timeslots. Life is an absolute gem of a show – it isn’t just a procedural about a cop wrongfully imprisoned, it is about what is freedom and how it affects our life and choices. Damian Lewis is fabulous. The same with Chuck – great show, delightfully cast. What I don’t understand is why NBC is hiding these shows at terrible times. Really Life at 10 on Friday – why not move Chuck and Life to Wednesdays after the god awful Knight Rider and get rid of Momma’s Boys and Lipstick Jungle.

By: Steinmiller

Steinmiller — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:47:47 +0000

Valentine(stupid), Kath & Kim(pathetic, Molly Shannon isn’t funny), Lipstick Jungle(Why did this even get a 2nd season? its terrible)& The Ex List(Moonlight was canned in favor of this, lol)need to be cancelled – they all just plain suck.

Life – seriously what the hell is the matter with NBC this show is great

Pushing Daisies – ABC is becoming to much like FOX.. how about canning Wife Swap instead.

‘Til Death – I’m a fan of this show but have been extremely disappointed with this current season.. I’ll miss it but not as much as some other shows.

Dirty Sexy Money – Leave this show alone you network bastards.. Peter Krause is amazing and Donald Sutherland hasn’t been this good in years.

By: Niall

Niall — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:13:12 +0000

“The ? in PD is that the Pie Maker brings back his girlfriend back to life and knows he can’t touch her or he loses her for good so he goes into free lance detective work.”

If it helps at all, Don, you have the two parts of that sentence in the wrong order, sort of. The explanation given by the show in the beginning is that he’s assisting the detective to help support his ailing business, and as a result brings his murdered girlfriend back to life as part of an investigation.
I suppose that it doesn’t matter much; if it’s not your cup of tea, then, hey, it’s not your cup of tea. No skin off my nose.

That said, I’d be rather disappointed to see it go as it was about the only show from last year that particularly interested me, and this year seems a bit of a dry hole to me so far as new show are concerned… but these things happen, I suppose, so I’m trying to prepare for the worst.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:03:57 +0000

Oh, who was I kidding, I am not a “wait until next week” kind of guy.

Shows in danger of January cancellation now in new and improved dark red!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:15:01 +0000

I will fuss with the colors next week.

The standard yellow was nearly invisible on my monitor.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:29:15 +0000

Maybe use a darker red?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:25:42 +0000

I agree with John that orange and red present a readability challenge, though unfortunately yellow is also very hard to read on some monitors which is too bad because I do like the traffic light metaphor.

By: Johnthemon

Johnthemon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:18:39 +0000

about your color scheme, i think it would be more effective to have red/yellow/green instead of red/orange/green. Orange and Red were a little hard to distinguish from one another.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:27:34 +0000

CBS will be slow to cancel Ex-List, just like they will be slow to cancel the Wednesday comedies. They are trying to diversify a bit and have more to offer than the crime procedurals, and that could take time. If they want another comedy hour they’ll be patient with Wednesday. If they want a primetime soap, they’ll be patient with Ex-List.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:22:39 +0000

The Ex List should have already been canceled. CBS needs to own their mistake.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:42:00 +0000

Watched Pushing Daisies, last year, and found it most enjoyable! However this season has been quite disappointing….in fact boring…and with actors like chi mcbride (boston public) swoosie kurtz, michelle greene (la law) and barry sonenfeld, it should be anything but!

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:28:45 +0000

Noah, Close To Home got MUCH better numbers than Moonlight. If CBS is regretting any cancellation decision, it’s canceling CTH for Moonlight.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:09:44 +0000

“CBS deserves what it gets. You got it, a ticked off Moonlight fan. I didn’t realize that the ExList was in danger of being cancelled, but I’m not surprised.”

Fridays are going to the dogs. No matter CBS is doing well with the crime dramas it has.

I flip to PD a few times but I am one of those people who don’t care for it. It is well acted and written far better than KR but I like KR and PD does not draw me in.

The ? in PD is that the Pie Maker brings back his girlfriend back to life and knows he can’t touch her or he loses her for good so he goes into free lance detective work. Life on Mars makes more sense to me and I rather see that show go on than PD. If not then I can wait for a chance to see the UK counterpart and its sequel “Ashes to Ashes.”

By: Rachel P

Rachel P — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:19:06 +0000

Holy CRAP so Terminator has indeed been picked up for the whole season?!?!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

(sorry, I just had to let that out)

Enjoy the full season, folks!

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:14:26 +0000

Chuck shouldn’t be in jeapordy either! Why are these great funny shows for the family not be watched? I don’t like where some TV shows are headed. To much gore and violence. Those should be on cable. I must admit I watch some of them because the story’s are well written but they could lose the gore. I love Chuck. It has fun action and comedy!