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jayes_musings) wrote2018-09-10 09:27 pm
jayes_musings) wrote2018-09-10 09:27 pm
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30 Days of TV Meme
The List
Day 01. A show that should have never been canceled
My answer to this hasn't really changed much from the original. By and large, I'm satisfied that a show has come to the end of its run when it's cancelled. And all too often, it's gone a way past its best or jumped the shark before the end.
Of course, there are always exceptions. The most notable is, of course, "Firefly" which I believe had it come a few years later (and on a different network), could have lasted several seasons and should have.
At least shows that a network decides to cancel can, these days, find new life elsewhere or in a different form. "Lucifer" which FOX decided to cancel on the cliffhanger fans had been waiting for for 3 seasons, was thankfully picked up by Netflix at the last moment. And I think it will be a much better fit for it there...as they could up the rating and explore the supernatural aspects far better than on FOX, who wanted it to remain primarily a police procedural.
"Constantine" is another show that was cancelled but while the show has not been saved, the CW now has the character (still played by Matt Ryan) in their "Arrowverse" and he will be a regular in the new season of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (my current purely 'crack' favourite). Although I do have to catch up on the original "Constantine" still.
Edit: Of course, how can I forget one show that I was really disappointed to see cancelled? "Galavant" was brilliant! An absolute riot of parody...which is really why it didn't appeal to enough people for ABC. They knew it was always on the threat of cancellation, so much that the intro song for the second season premiere is called "A New Season -- Suck It, Cancellation Bear". It ended well, stories tied up nicely, but oh how I wish there were more./Edit
Two of my other favourite shows ended or are ending, both of which I feel had run their course. In the case of "Once Upon a Time", it should have ended at the Season 6 finale. It was the perfect place with Emma and Hook getting their happily ever after. The whole Hyperion Heights story was pointless and quite unnecessary and I missed the characters I knew and loved, even the three that were there were completely different. And I would have been satisfied if "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" had been cancelled. Again it was left at a good place with Coulson in Tahiti, but I understand why they were given a final season for next year with everything else that has happened in the MCU, so we can hopefully see some of SHIELD's fallout from Thanos' snap.
On the flipside, "Arrow" is a former favourite show of mine that I really think has gone on too long. Last season was awful and boring. The big bad was not that threatening at all when compared to past seasons big bads. The whole thing with the Arrow B Team was pointless...and yes, I missed the flashbacks! I get that it's the flagship of the CW's DC shows but it's lost its fire.
Day 01. A show that should have never been canceled
My answer to this hasn't really changed much from the original. By and large, I'm satisfied that a show has come to the end of its run when it's cancelled. And all too often, it's gone a way past its best or jumped the shark before the end.
Of course, there are always exceptions. The most notable is, of course, "Firefly" which I believe had it come a few years later (and on a different network), could have lasted several seasons and should have.
At least shows that a network decides to cancel can, these days, find new life elsewhere or in a different form. "Lucifer" which FOX decided to cancel on the cliffhanger fans had been waiting for for 3 seasons, was thankfully picked up by Netflix at the last moment. And I think it will be a much better fit for it there...as they could up the rating and explore the supernatural aspects far better than on FOX, who wanted it to remain primarily a police procedural.
"Constantine" is another show that was cancelled but while the show has not been saved, the CW now has the character (still played by Matt Ryan) in their "Arrowverse" and he will be a regular in the new season of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (my current purely 'crack' favourite). Although I do have to catch up on the original "Constantine" still.
Edit: Of course, how can I forget one show that I was really disappointed to see cancelled? "Galavant" was brilliant! An absolute riot of parody...which is really why it didn't appeal to enough people for ABC. They knew it was always on the threat of cancellation, so much that the intro song for the second season premiere is called "A New Season -- Suck It, Cancellation Bear". It ended well, stories tied up nicely, but oh how I wish there were more./Edit
Two of my other favourite shows ended or are ending, both of which I feel had run their course. In the case of "Once Upon a Time", it should have ended at the Season 6 finale. It was the perfect place with Emma and Hook getting their happily ever after. The whole Hyperion Heights story was pointless and quite unnecessary and I missed the characters I knew and loved, even the three that were there were completely different. And I would have been satisfied if "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" had been cancelled. Again it was left at a good place with Coulson in Tahiti, but I understand why they were given a final season for next year with everything else that has happened in the MCU, so we can hopefully see some of SHIELD's fallout from Thanos' snap.
On the flipside, "Arrow" is a former favourite show of mine that I really think has gone on too long. Last season was awful and boring. The big bad was not that threatening at all when compared to past seasons big bads. The whole thing with the Arrow B Team was pointless...and yes, I missed the flashbacks! I get that it's the flagship of the CW's DC shows but it's lost its fire.