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NBC Wipes Away MY OWN WORST ENEMY And LIPSTICK JUNGLE!!
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NBC will have to find something else to follow “Heroes”; the network has cancelled “My Own Worst Enemy.”
Also joining the NBC scrap heap is sophomore drama “Lipstick Jungle,” a series that had grown considerably less entertaining than Brooke Shields’ Volkswagen commercials.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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Because the show's conceit became its own worst enemy. It was entertaining once (enjoyed the pilot), but that was it.
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Last episode was the best of the season. If they can keep it up I'll be stoked.
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I've recorded all the episodes of MOWE but haven't gotten to it. The mixed reviews haven't made me rush to see it. I guess now I can just get rid of it. My DVR was starting to get full. I quickly cancelled my season run of Knight Rider after the first episode. Next to go is Crusoe, which I also haven't gotten to yet. Thanks NBC! And thank god for Chuck and the last season of ER!
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But NBC is bleeding from about a dozen gaping holes that any place you put it will be a sign they've just about given up.
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How will I get my Robert Buckley fix? This sucks.
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Heroes is the most deserving show of cancellation ever, and always has been! News flash fans! changed premises, dropped secondary characters and cop outs on major plot points? they all go back to the first season! I know there's backlash heroes now, but that's not enough. Heroes wasn't a good show that went bad, it was a bad show all along that stupid people liked because they said, "ooh, I bet this is building to something!"
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"Hey, did you hear that My Own Worst Enemy got canceled?"
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I count myself amongst those that was dumbfounded by the show that just recently saw the light after Monday's episode.
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As the high price hype shows go down in flames (Matt Leinhardt, Vince Young), in comes the old reliable to give a solid, steady tranfusion to a seemingly moribound franchise.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:56:53 PM CST
I would equate Linehardt with Lipstick Jungle and VInce Young wi
by mjgtexas
a vapid pretty boy (Leinhardt/Lipstick) descending down with an imposing specimen lacking both brains and heart (Young/Enemy)...I shudder to think of a Detroit Lions analogy (Kath and Kim?).
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mjgtexas your Kerry Colins take was excellent. Even if the show itself sucks balls.
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Nov 12, 2008 10:11:30 PM CST
They could always show Battlestar's last episodes.
by stereotypical evil archer
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You reap what you sow.
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He doesn't put up spectacular stats, but his play is one of the main reasons the Titans are doing so well this season.
Vince Young is not a good QB. -
never should of canceled black donellies, anyway my own worst enemy sucked. and i really like heroes this season, fuck off everyone who doesnt
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Barring Beverly Hills 90210, every other show the chick has been on has been cancelled almost immediately.
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Nov 12, 2008 10:23:26 PM CST
Might as well rerun old shows. More people would watch Cheers.
by flim springfield
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Bring it back from Direct TV and show it on Monday after Heroes.
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just not on nbc. or fox.
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Knight Rider probably doesn't cost nearly as much to produce as Enemy did. I'd imagine Slater was pulling down a pretty hefty salary as well. It might even do better ratings wise. Sure it sucks but they don't care if it's good as long as advertisers will pay for it.
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...And I'll be Saffron Burrows regrets quitting Boston Legal now! As for Lipstick Jungle, who the hell cares? Here's hoping Pushing Daisies and Life On Mars at least go the distance, and the NBC boots Ben Silverman asap.
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At this point in the season, I have to give it Chad Pennington of the Dolphins. He's QBing a team that won one game last season into a possible playoff squad.I can't believe I wrote that. I hate the Fish. I need to go take a long hot shower and wash off the shame.
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I would totally watch Cheers. (Actually, I do. Thank you MeTV.)
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I have Knight Rider on in the background as I do some bill paying--first time I ever laid eyes or ears on that Steaming PILE.This is SciFi Flash Gordon level crap--how does NBC keep doing this: Bionic Woman, Knight Rider stay on, Journeyman gets the axe.Can't comment on Lipstick or Enemy--never watched them (though I guess THAT in itself is a comment of sorts)
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I know BW did not stay on--but Knight Rider gets a second season? How did it get a FIRST???
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You cancel Journeyman, and try to keep all these shit fucking shows on the air... I bet Journeyman would be getting better ratings than the 19th season of Law and Order, or Knight Rider, or Heroes, or Chuck, or Lipstick, or whateverthefuckelse they have on that terrible network... Shit, how do those fuckers still have jobs.. I want to work there. If you can run an entire network into the ground and keep your job, well that fucker must have pictures of the CEO of GE buttfucking Captain Kangaroo...
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come on fellas, Adrian Peterson IS the NFL MVP.. Him or Kurt Warner
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later on tonight (west coast), that's what's being rumored in Mediaweek.com's PI Feedback forum. So we may find out post-quick if Bryan Fuller will go back to Heroes or not.
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Never gonna happen, but I wish.I've got to say, though, HEROES is really enjoyable this season. It's plotline is so illogical and convoluted that it's nearly nonsensical, but HEROES season 3 is a lot of fun (unlike last season). Like Spiderman 3, HEROES shouldn't be taken seriously. Just accept it's foolishness and enjoy...
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damn!
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I think LoM is going to get picked up. Why bother announcing that it's gonna move to the post-Lost spot if they weren't gonna make any more of them?
And I know it's almost an inside joke (but not a funny one) at this point, but can we get a moratorium on the "Bring back..." messages? They're not coming back. No show is coming back. If it's cancelled, it's cancelled. That sucks, I know, but get over it and start watching another show so you can bitch and whine about IT when it gets cancelled. -
I liked seeing Shelly from "Twin Peaks" on the air again. Poor Madchen Amick...
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Journeyman is gone. It's cancelled. It's at the bottom of the ocean. It's not coming back.
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Fuckin idiots.
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Never give up! Never surrender!Here's the short list on MVP pix:
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I watch it because I like that sort of story.
It should work on Friday night.
It's got Mia Maestro.
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at the start of the first movie? I think that was the most spot-on description of tv studio execs I've ever seen. These people must be the dumbest human beings on the planet.
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Is Ben Silverman Al Davis?I love my Raiders but man someone neeeds to retire
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Or, ya know, the episodes that matter (leave out the filler eps from seasons 2 & 3). It would be a super cheap solution and would probably garner new viewers for the final episodes. Some Heroes viewers probably don't know what they're missing and would eat that shit up. I mean, it's not like Battlestar has anything to lose at this point, but NBC/Universal certainly has something to gain (viewers and Emmy voters, perhaps). No one could jump on board that show at this point without starting from the beginning. Seems like a good opportunity to me. Worked for Dexter's ratings, as I recall.
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Okay, I knew this would come up. Yes, Family Guy came back. Jericho came back. Futurama has sort of come back. Shows even switch networks. I acknowledge that. However, for every show that has come back (and the list is pretty short), there are 100s of shows that did not. Also, on the animated shows, they work differently. The cast of those shows sit in a box for a week and record their dialogue and then can go do whatever the hell else they want to do. The cast of Journeyman has moved on. The cast of Moonlight has moved on. The cast of Wonderfalls or Farscape or whatever hell other live action show has probably moved on. Why won't you?
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one that is thinking that Family Guy has been absolutely hysterical this season? Nazis, Home Alone, New Brian, Raining Bitches...
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OK, see, this is what happens when you give a network another shot. Yes, I like Christian Slater. So I started watching, now it's going to be gone. This happened with Journeyman and now with this. Fuck NBC, I hope your stock hits rock bottom too. Well, back to my BBC America...
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One word. JERICHO.
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..."click-CLICK-click" version of the NBC jingle anymore...
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I couldn't tell which direction the story and concept was going to go. Jekyll and Hyde? Which 'Identity' is real? Is a third identity stuck in there somewhere. Can the personality be transplanted into someone else?
Will his buddy still play the gay cop on 'My Name Is Earl'? -
Nov 13, 2008 8:22:27 AM CST
I will have to wipe off Lindsay Price's lipstick off my penis.
by leafar the lost
Too bad about lipstick jungle. I never watched an episode, but I enjoyed the commercials for it, because I think that Lindsay Price is a hot MILF. She needs to do some Cinemax after dark movies.
There was no excuse for "My Own Worse Enemy". You could call it NBC's, "My Own worse new show on NBC". Christian Slater was box office poison, and now he is TV poison. Soon he will be Lifetime Movie poison, either before or after he becomes fat and alcohalic, and then ends up on Celebrity Rehab. Then he can begin a new career on Reality TV with Dustin Diamond... -
I mean, it's always terrible, but last night I caught 5 minutes of it by accident.
This girl has her boyfriend slam his mustang into the van she, her mob boss father (I guess b/c she called him "daddy") and the token black Knight Rider FBI agent chick were in, and she comes out unscathed.
And this happens in a downtown intersection street in full public view. So she hops out of the van and instead of getting away, she hugs her boyfriend "We did it!" and kisses him and hugs him...
These writers should never be allowed near a keyboard again. They should be forced to work telemarketing for the rest of their lives. -
Fuckin' hell, it's SMITH all over again.
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DO IT KIEFER. THE MORE YOUNG GUNS ON THE SHOW, THE BETTER.
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It's a combination of that stupid writers strike they had that lasted waaaaay too long just so a bunch of spoiled WGA dopes could pat themselves on the back and the rise of Hulu. I probably watch more shows on Hulu then I ever do on regular TV. I still can't believe they cancelled both of these shows and are keeping Knight Rider. That's ass.
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At least for the time being. and she was on gossip girl early in the season. Guess Madchen was hedging her bets on MOWE.
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But I was actually digging on Enemy. I thought it was relatively inventive how they used the essentially one-trick-pony concept. I think it could easily have grown into an engaging, must-watch series. And it sure as hell is better written than Fringe. Move the show before you kill it, NBC. See if you can find a slot to make it work before you flush all that money and effort. When is NBC gonna realize that putting any show on at 10pm on Mondays is gonna get killed? They did the same thing with Studio 60 (which could've evolved into a stellar show if it got past the preachy politics). I realize they need to fill the whole, but pick something innocuous that you don't have to put too much money into. NBC is like a punchy fighter. It's still trying to slug away with dead arms and no direction long after the right hooks and body blows have taken their toll. They have no clue what they are doing over there. Talk to whoever's running your SciFi and USA divisions. They have pretty fair ideas of what to do right.
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It weren't bad you know. NBC fucks. I curse you all for your bad decisions and your hatred of The Slater.All your bases belong to The Slater.
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...deserved to be cancelled. Did anyone ask NBC if making an hour long drama about an SNL style comedy show was a good idea? My Own Worst Enemy was also a horrible idea from the beginning. Whoever decided to green light this show should be fired. On a side note, whoever decided to give Knight-Rider 22 episodes after the worst 2 hour pilot I have ever seen (and then they made the worst one hour series I have ever seen) should also be fired, and forced to watch every episode of Knight-Rider until their minds explode.
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but, as much as I loved it even I didn't think they could keep the momentum going. Too bad.
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These shows both EAT ASS.
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Seriously, given that so many shows get cancelled so quick these days, why don't the networks do more mini/maxiseries? My Own Worst Enemy is the perfect kind of series for this - I've been enjoying it but don't see how it could ever run for 4 or 5 seasons. You could have a much more satisfying tale if you made it of a fixed length and ended the main story. Why not make it a 6 or 12 episode miniseries and if it's a smash hit then bring it back for more, if it tanks then so be it but you have a completed story and no long-term series contracts etc. People would be more willing to watch - one of the reasons I don't watch a lot of new shows first time around is that I don't want to invest 7 or 8 hours to watch the first act of a story that isn't ever going to get completed if it gets cancelled.
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I'll agree with you on Lipstick Jungle. Why don't they call all these dramas with women in leads what they shows are really about; "Lying Cheatin' Schemin' Bitches." Seriously, look at the shows, and how they act. Desperate Houswives, Melrose, 90210, Sex and the City, Damages, Lipstick Jungle, (and there was a similar one last year with Lucy Liu that lasted ten seconds. And what's that one with Anne Arhcer as the GILF of those two spoiled California brats. It's all the same crap. At least MOWE was original, even if it didn't follow through. I don't want my daughters growing up to act like the garbage that's on TV.
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I guess they decided it would be best to cancel as quickly as possible so they can get Christian Slater off the payroll. Moving to another day or time would mean having to continue shooting to keep up with new episodes.When was this on? Oh yeah, Monday at 10:00. And it wasn't getting good ratings? Just like Journeyman, Black Donnellys, Studio 60, even that stupid wedding prank show. Hey, NBC, maybe it's not the show but the crappy time-slot. The same time-slot you keep sacrificing shows, good and bad, in a futile attempt to take viewers away from the inexplicably high-rated CSI: Miami.
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Airing a few episodes per week starting with the miniseries and ending with 4.10 would surely draw in a bigger audience for a show that has always been under-marketed. Very cheap and good business practice for NBC. If started and finished before the final 10 air, it could generate huge interest in those upcoming episodes. Do it NBC!
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It's too much of a blast just to let die. Plus Fuller can't save Heroes, it's doomed to die in its own logistical nightmare.
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http://tinyurl.com/55emkh. Heroes, honest, surprising talk on Gossip Girl, of all things, as well as her exploding movie career.
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Robert Downey, Jr. Have to disagree, because he didn't potentially influence a presidential election the way Tina Fey (EW's runner-up) *did*; she absolutely pulverized any chance of Sarah Palin coming off as anything less than a cliche' machine, on top of Palin's own dubious tactics during the campaign. To say nothing of her top-notch Emmy-winning work on 30 Rock.
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They try to counter program Monday Night Football with fucking shows GUYS WOULD WATCH!! The guys are not watching because they are watching MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. Its only been on the air for THIRTY- NINE FUCKNG YEARS!!! Journeyman did not survive because those of us that like sci-fi and football and do not have a DVR were forced to make a choice...and they chose football. That's why Heroes ratings are sucking and that is why no one was watching MOWE. My wife and daughters are not gonna watch shows like that, so they are watching girl crap somewhere else!! NBC, program some girl shit in those Monday night spots and save good, guy shit on Tuesday thru Thursday. We don't watch on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday either because we are watching FOOTBALL. I would think you guys would know this since your Sunday night game is about the highest rated show you have!! Fucking overpaid idiots!!
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Good point. But it's not just NBC that can't figure it out. Terminator is also on Monday and also can't find an audience.
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Was Aaron Sorkin's insistence on making the show about political statements. (And tangentially, why everyone has decided to foist SNL up as the heart of political commentary and humor is beyond me. The show used to be about comedy. Now it's strictly cheap impersonations.) Sorkin, as much as I love the man, felt that he didn't get to say enough before his premature exit on The West Wing, so he used S60 as a pulpit. I think the characters (though not necessarily some of the casting) and the premise could easily have spun gold if they'd stuck to the idea of a family of performers, the comedy they create, the production of the show, and their dealings with the network. Now, granted, the comedy skits on the show were far from funny, but that's because of where the focus lie. The premise of the show wasn't flawed and I think Studio 60 could have flourished if Sorkin had lightened up and NBC got behind it. But NBC didn't. And it was a very good example - two seasons ago - of the shortsightedness of the network.
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until they have been around for a few seasons, then i catch up on the dvds later. the only shows that have hooked me from the start have been DEXTER (best show on the planet), HOUSE (2nd best show on the planet), TERMINATOR (love the movies... and i just gotta know, ya know?), THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER (its total insanity), FAMILY GUY and SOUTH PARK (for the silliness) i stopped giving a shit when they cancelled SURFACE and INVASION a few years ago and left me hanging. i hate wasting my time with a show and getting no satisfying conclusion. who likes to pull their dick out of a bitch before they shoot a load? am i right? fuck!
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the politics and religious discussions on Studio 60 to be beyond what I thought the show would be about. I certainly didn't expect it to be a forum for Sorkin to work through his breakup with Kristin Chenoweth. I was hoping it would be more Sports Night (minus the laugh-track) and less West Wing. I wonder if Sorkin or any of the writers had read "Live From New York" because that should have been Studio 60's blueprint.
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The premise was kinda ridiculous. A super agent who gets his mind wiped regularly to somehow protect him and his secret identity? Totally pointless if they had just trained him properly. Just a silly idea from the start. Christian Slater...I've always liked him, but in this he just seemed to be overacting. Something like that. Funny, I guess I'm thinking he was too much of himself..too distracting, so his own worst enemy. I like that other show 'chuck'. But I hate the silly spy actiom parts. They take away from whats good on that show, trying to be 24 or something. I love 24, but not 24-lite in 'chuck'. My own worst enemy reminded me the whole time of the parts of chuck that I dislike. 24-lite sucks. Someone mentioned putting Christian Slater on 24. Maybe that would work, or maybe his mugging for the camera would be that show's ultimate downfall as well. Not that he has to mug for the camera...he's able to do it anytime, even if he's just staring at a wall. He makes this 'look at me I'm Christian Slater' face all the time. He'd probably fit in better guesting on chuck until he can get back to being a proper hollywood movie star.
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In the past few years how many series/mini-series have there been about some type of secret invasion?
Surface, Threshold, Invasion, some mini-series about alien conspiracies through the past few decades...
Is this a symptom of societal oppression in the Bush era? Sort of a 'invasion of the body snatchers' during the conservative '50's thing? -
They have an entire organization surrounding the agents' civilian lives. From the phony workplace to the watchers. It would make sense if Henry was the real person and Edward was the created personality. It would make sense if they had created a spy from a normal guy and that normal guy had to get back to his normal life lest he be missed. But Edward is the real person and he's the one who doesn't exist. Seems to me to be a huge hassle creating false lives for their agents who don't know they are agents and might get hit by a bus. The agents when they are "asleep" are running around unmonitored; doesn't seem a very efficient way of protecting an asset. Really, wouldn't it make more sense to let the agents be agents and build them a secret lair to live in when they are not working? That way they could be monitored all the time.And speaking of being monitored, does it seem strange to anyone else that this organization that has so many safeguards in place doesn't monitor its own people, especially in the office building? Shouldn't James Cromwell have a bug in Saffron Burrows' office? Wouldn't it be standard procedure to monitor everything that goes on in that office seeing as how checking up on agents and their fake lives is her job?
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Don't forget "Dark Skies" (with J.T. Walsh).
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MOWE was like a sci-fi 24, the thing had GRAVITAS. Why am I talking in the past tense already? that is sad... the real sad thing, and I find it odd that it's not reported in the story, is that while NBC was cancelling My Own Worst Enemy, they decided to pick up and extend Kath and Kim, which was UNIVERSALLY PANNED by critics both here on AICN and everywhere else.. WHY NBC.. WHY?!
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I'm 53. Have I become so old that Molly Shannon being attractive is a thing of the past? Or is that character, like the rest of the show, just intensely unlikeable?
REDD, I think Dark Skies was the alien invasion thing involving historical figures over the last several decades. Couldn't remember the name. Couldn't watch it either.
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Career women schtick ready to roll
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Goodbye to the illegitimate offspring of *Total Recall* and Steven Moffat's *Jekyll*.
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This is the same network that cancelled Star Trek even though it was heavily watched by the highly favoured 18-38 crowd.
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the desired demographic would have been the over 40s.
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Dammit, I liked this! Why does Journeyman AND this die but boring Chuck continues to live? Why the fuck do they take shows I like and not shit I don't watch? Pushing Daisies is dying too. I don't get it! Everything I like is taken away! They don't even try to let shows find their audiences anymore, shows that had 3 seasons once would get maybe 3 weeks these days! No wonder old people don't watch TV except for 80-year-old soap operas.
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is the show I'm talking about, I forgot some other show was mentioned too.
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