Just as the autumn leaves fall from the trees, it's the season for desperate fans to engage in quixotic efforts to save their doomed shows. The latest, fans of the ABC drama Eastwick. They've started the trendy Twitter group, and, of course, a useless petition. Of course, none of that will work. The show's ratings have already doomed it.
If they'd been listening to commenter Harold, they'd be really original and go for a little skywriting!
Join them, mock them or pity them?
Pity them. Don’t get attached to a show in its first half of a season. If the ratings aren’t there, the show sucks and will be put out to pasture.
LOVE THIS SHOW
I will join them gladly. It’s a great show and has gotten better with each new show. No more reality crap. If eastwick goes there’s just castle and lost. On CBS I only watch medium. USA, TNT showtime hbo and the cw get most of my veiwing time now.
I have to admit, the sight of Rebecca Romijn sans blue skin is very disturbing.
If the Dollhouse, Chuck and TSCC fans can do it, why no the Eastwick fans?
I love the show too but I wont bother with these petitions because they wont work. really sad to see this might get the axe, it has great potential….
as far as I know, the petitions and stuff have only worked twice. Once with Family Guy after season 2 (the first cancellation) and then again with Jericho. However, in the case of both shows they only ran for one more season anyway, to terrible numbers. (Family Guy was cancelled again after season 3 and was brought back due to DVD sales and Adult Swim, not a petition).
Will it work for Eastwick? the most I can see it doing is making the show last the whole season.
Potential that, if the writing I’ve witnessed is evidence, will never be reached.
Surprisingly, especially to me, the show is actually quite entertaining. It’s a shame that no one watches it. Bill is right that the show’s ratings have already doomed it, even if someone at ABC considers the show a “quiet success.”
Pity them. It will probably be a lost cause. Best advice: enjoy the show while it is on the air.
Actually, a petition is what initially side-tracked Family Guy in a negative way. The person whose name was used for Peter was peeved at the creator for using it, so he created a fake petition to get the show off the air.
ABC is pleased with Eastwick calling it a quiet success. They will keep it.
http://www.thehachiko.com/node/3120
If ABC would want to try to save it the doomed-anyway Forgotten should be sent on hiatus, Brothers and Sisters should be in its slot behind DWTS results show -it could really give a hard time to The Good Wife and a sure improvement on the slot – and Eastwick should be tried out behind Desperate Housewives. Just for a week. If it works, great, if not at least they tried.
Btw if it isn’t extremely expensive, Eastwick would fit in perfectly for CW or Lifetime and for them it could be great ratings wise.
Both Eastwick and The Forgotten are done, both will hopefully air all episodes but I cant see either lasting past December.
http://scifiwire.com/2009/10/really-abc-calls-eastwick.php
Oh dear lord. They started a petition? At Petition Online?
Mock them. Definitely mock them.
Ronnie K, I think they will be quiet when they cancel it
Eastwick has fans?
I’m sorry.
Oh, they’ll be quiet alright.
Press: “Could you comment on the cancellation of Eastwick after referring to it as a quiet success?”
ABC Exec: “Hmm. Eastwick? Never heard of it. Are you sure you’re not thinking of NBC?”
hahaha – I think EASTWICK will go “POOF”