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EW: ABC Cancels FLASHFORWARD, SCRUBS, BETTER OFF TED And ROMANTICALLY CHALLENGED!!

Published at:  May 14, 2010 12:41:47 AM CDT

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Entertainment Weekly says multiple sources indicate ABC has pulled the plug on four low-rated shows:

1) Veteran “Scrubs,”

2) Sophomore “Better Off Ted,”

3) Freshman “FlashForward” and

4) Brand new Alyssa Milano sitcom “Romantically Challenged.”

ABC announces its fall schedule Tuesday.

Find all of EW’s story on the matter here.



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  • May 14, 2010 12:11:00 AM CDT

    FIRST!!

    by filmguy125

  • May 14, 2010 12:11:29 AM CDT

    FlashForward to a pathetic career for Dominic Monaghan

    by kingninereturns

    Terrible actor.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:11:43 AM CDT

    First.... to mock Filmguy125

    by shabbyblue

    Nobody gives a shit about your first, jackass.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:12:00 AM CDT

    Flash Forward had potential...

    by filmguy125

    ...but, Jesus, was that story all over the place. And people are bitching about how bad "Across the Sea" was...

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  • May 14, 2010 12:13:35 AM CDT

    OK, I totally get it now!

    by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback

    In the beginning of the series it was the viewers who were"lost," but now at the end it the producers who are lost!

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  • May 14, 2010 12:14:21 AM CDT

    Cancelled FF but kept V?

    by oceanlizard

    I guess FF lost the coin toss.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:15:08 AM CDT

    I mean,

    by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback

    In the beginning of the series it was the viewers who were"lost," but now at the end it is the producers who are lost!

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  • May 14, 2010 12:34:33 AM CDT

    Better Off Ted

    by rumpel tumskin

    Man, I love that show. I am really sorry to see it go. I have no idea why they ever did Flash Forward as anything other than a mini series, the whole concept to me just didnt seem worthy or a full TV series

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  • May 14, 2010 12:35:49 AM CDT

    I have survived "Across The Sea"

    by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi

    And it made me stronger.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:38:57 AM CDT

    ALL THREE BRTTER OFF TED FANS ARE DISAPPOINTED!!!

    by mr spork

  • May 14, 2010 12:40:00 AM CDT

    ALL THREE BETTER OFF TED FANS ARE DISAPOINTED!!!

    by mr spork

    Damn you, lack of edit button.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:42:54 AM CDT

    Better Off Ted was great.

    by dailysportspages

    I know someone who works on the show and is going to be greatly disappointed.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:45:56 AM CDT

    Heroes is canceled too

    by browncoat_jedi

    Best cancellation ever!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 14, 2010 12:48:26 AM CDT

    Racial Sensitivity episode of TED was the only great one

    by saen

    rest were mediocre at best.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:56:37 AM CDT

    Have only watched Better Off Ted from these shows

    by machthree

    And it was freaking great. It needed more of a chance, including the chance to run more than a few episodes in a row so it could actually build an audience. Worse cancellation ever (except for Now And Again whose first season ended on a cliffhanger and then the bastards at CBS cancelled it).

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 14, 2010 1:00:20 AM CDT

    Breaking Bad

    by manatee

    Sorry to hijack the thread, but has anyone heard about Breaking Bad's status? If they cancel that show, I'm going to shit a bloody brick.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:20:50 AM CDT

    I liked Better Off Ted

    by ides

    But Flashforward is incredibly awful. Just a mess. I know now why Joseph Fiennes never became a star after Shakespeare in Love.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:22:48 AM CDT

    pity about Flashforward...

    by echobase

    ...but it was really becoming too complicated.
    Does it mean that the ending is going to suck big time?
    Are we going to get proper closure?

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  • May 14, 2010 1:23:48 AM CDT

    FF, Dom Monaghan

    by prbt

    Dominic Monaghan is one of those actors like Sean Connery or Michael Caine - exactly the same in everything they do, but bags and bags of charm, and very watchable. He'll never have trouble getting work.

    As for cancelling FF, it was inevitable: everyone was finally getting it right, actors/writers/directors, delivering a fun and interesting show (which for a few episodes at the start, it certainly wasn't). Not being in America, I don't know if there was a lack of promo that said "hey, come back, FF is actually decent now!", but those low audience figures were unreal, and completely unjustified.

    Farewell, Flash Forward, you join the ranks of Journeyman, John From Cincinnati, Drive, The Inside, Threshold, The $treet, Surface... and other enjoyable shows that were just SOL.

    PS. V is juvenile nonsense, it should be on Nickelodeon.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:26:13 AM CDT

    I forgot

    by prbt

    Odyssey 5... man, that was some cheap-ass telly, but I still loved it.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:37:02 AM CDT

    prbt

    by freekydeeky

    Wow man, I had forgotten about Drive. Another Nathan Fillion vehicle that failed to get past the starting line.Also mourn the loss of Journeyman, great potential in that one.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:37:19 AM CDT

    AfterScubs needed to go... FF could have stayed

    by heckles

    If Chuck gets another season on NBC, certainly they could pick up FlashForward.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:43:47 AM CDT

    ABC gave Ted no love...

    by moviemenace

    Sticking it behind "Scrubs", especially this past season was no fair. They had a perfectly good spot for it on Wednesday after "Hank" got axed. It would have worked great at 8:30 between "The Middle" and "Modern Family". "Better Off Ted" was never given its due.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:44:26 AM CDT

    Flashforward deserved another season.

    by playkins

    Not a bad drama, a shame.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:49:16 AM CDT

    ...im done wit abc after lost

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...no football, comedies, or hourlongs

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  • May 14, 2010 1:56:47 AM CDT

    Always Being Cancelled - Though that's FAST

    by v'shael

    for a cancellation of the Alyssa Milano show.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:56:49 AM CDT

    Scrubs will be back on some other network

    by rplocke

    hell, Lifetime could pick it up and people will still watch it.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:01:28 AM CDT

    Ted is the only show that will be missed!

    by zardoz

    And if you want to know the end of Flashforward, read the book!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 14, 2010 2:01:43 AM CDT

    Better Off Ted stopped being funny when they

    by beefywhore

    stopped running the Veridian Dynamics ads in every show.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:12:44 AM CDT

    I'm still upset about NBC cancelling the black donnellys

    by inkingeekx

  • May 14, 2010 2:13:41 AM CDT

    And Scrubs

    by inkingeekx

    Can air for the rest if my natural life and I'll still watch it...

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  • May 14, 2010 2:16:53 AM CDT

    KILL'EM ALL LET GOD SORT'EM ALL

    by broseph

    Just please don't throw puppies out the window in garbage
    bags

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  • May 14, 2010 2:17:44 AM CDT

    Is My Life on Mars still on?

    by rplocke

    One of the MOST overrated shows in years?

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  • May 14, 2010 2:48:06 AM CDT

    Flashforward WAS improving

    by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil

    I'm not saying it was the best show ever but it's come a long way since the first episodes. They finally started focusing on investigating the bloody flashforward instead of spending lots of time with the stupid hospital guy pining for his japanese girlfriend or the beardy father looking for his daughter. Those two subplots should have been snipped out and we should have spent less time with Joseph F's wife (she should have been a minor character rather than one of the main cast). The second half of the show was much better for focusing on the actual investigation and I liked the fact that Scientist Charlie was heading down a path to becoming the main villain for season two. Ah well.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:50:35 AM CDT

    RIP Scrubs...

    by cc0n99

    It had a great run for a show that always seemed to be on the bubble. I remember it being in danger during season 3 and it looked like it was done, but somehow it hung in there for 9 seasons.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:50:35 AM CDT

    FF better get a proper ending!

    by maniaq

    It's just started not sucking!I've said it before and I'll say it again - WE NEED A BETTER RATINGS SYSTEM!

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  • May 14, 2010 3:16:22 AM CDT

    LOL Flashforward.

    by gotilk

    No ending for you!! Fuck off fans! I should have guessed. And yes it was improving. Except for Fiennes' acting. I never once bought into any of his angry tough guy glances. And there were SO many. Sad to see it go and the cheap, meandering and predictable "V" survive. And those "V" effects looked SO horrible. V reminds me a LOT of The 4400, but without ANY interesting characters. Has that same feel to it. Too cheap looking for its budget. But FF was looking good and improving.

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  • May 14, 2010 3:38:36 AM CDT

    Better Off Ted, noooooooo! I really liked that show

    by jt kirk

    Fucking ABC puts money into Romantically Challenged, which was obviously written by a committee of robots who were having a lazy day, then cans it after a handful of mediocre episodes. But Better Off Ted, which has built quite a niche for itself, that they pull the plug on early after myriad of shitty marketing and schedule shifts?!? That is a weeping sore of a choice. I mean, I'm not remotely surprised about Scrubs, it felt like something ABC wasn't going to get behind with a big cast and very little fan support, but Ted was something different entirely.

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  • May 14, 2010 3:40:02 AM CDT

    Flashforward TV show is based on a book...

    by zardoz

    ...get your ending there, not a crappy show.

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  • May 14, 2010 3:46:48 AM CDT

    They didn't cancel the "Veteran" Scrubs.

    by redegiraahgnal

    They cancelled the new spin-off, that happened to have exactly the same name as the original show.

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  • May 14, 2010 4:27:48 AM CDT

    FlashForward was awesome, especially towards...

    by rezourceman

    The end of the season. I hate that its been cancelled.

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  • May 14, 2010 5:20:45 AM CDT

    Genuinely surprised at Flashforward

    by uncle_bryn

    Don't get me wrong, it was quite poor in places but certainly a higher standard than some other shows out there.

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  • May 14, 2010 5:27:32 AM CDT

    SGU LIVES!!!!

    by dioxholsterreturns

    because its not on ABC!!!!

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  • May 14, 2010 5:34:33 AM CDT

    Scrubs finished a year ago in my mind

    by drsambeckett1984

    This new "med school" crap was just a weird fantasy in JD's head as he left Sacred Heart in the season 8 finale.

    Well, thats how i choose to look at it.

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  • May 14, 2010 5:48:46 AM CDT

    No surprise in the lot.

    by the mcpoyle clan

    FF was wildly uneven and might have worked if they didn't have to reboot it in the middle of the season. But "V" has the bigger name recognition, so that's that.And what on Earth is making people think a critically-acclaimed cult favorite with a reigning two-time Emmy winner is going to get canceled? FFS.

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  • May 14, 2010 6:15:24 AM CDT

    I liked new Scrubs

    by barnaby jones

    It wasn't old Scrubs, but still funny nevertheless.

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  • May 14, 2010 6:20:47 AM CDT

    Flash Forward didn't deserve squat.

    by jimbojones123

    If it drew in 10 mil viewers it would. Guess what, it sank itself by giving people NO REASON TO WATCH! It is like the prequels. When you know where it is going, why bother? Every time they gave hints that the future many not be set in stone, they circle back. It just started again last week when they started the "universe self correcting" stuff. Binford's wife is a cheating skank-- causing Mark to drink. Noh still may bite it like everybody else. Viewers say "why bother" if they are just going to be jerked around.

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  • May 14, 2010 6:44:35 AM CDT

    I liked Better Off Ted, too!

    by carri

    How can they cancel Better Off Ted? It was the only half hour comedy I could stomach watching.

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  • May 14, 2010 7:13:25 AM CDT

    Can you PLEASE air the last two BOT now?,,,

    by danielkurland

    Show was brilliant, oh well; but I know I'd laugh several times in those remaining episodes. Wednesdays at 8 you air a REPEAT of Modern Family. Please just finish off Better Off Ted.

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  • May 14, 2010 7:17:26 AM CDT

    Poor Alyssa Milano ! Alll she had to do was get naked weekly...

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    or at least parade around in bra and panties for 30 mins and her show would have been saved!When will these tarts realize its all about the T&A?

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  • May 14, 2010 7:22:35 AM CDT

    Goyer KILLED FF and after he left the show was getting better!

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    FUCK YOU, GOYER!!!

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  • May 14, 2010 7:43:47 AM CDT

    Brannon Braga killed FLASHFORWARD from the start

    by spyguy

    I keep telling you the guy is a cancer to sci-fi TV but do you listen? Nooooooooo.

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  • May 14, 2010 7:51:38 AM CDT

    Mixed news I guess

    by adml_shake

    I'm happy that V is coming back (I enjoyed it more than FF, thats for sure), but I'm sad that Better off Ted won't be. I thought it had some real promise. Portia de Rossi was fantastic in the role.

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  • May 14, 2010 7:53:59 AM CDT

    NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo BOT!!

    by djjester

    Better Off Ted was one of my favorites. Its absurdity and awesome use of "super science" was always great. There wasn't an episode I didn't love of that series.. :(

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  • May 14, 2010 8:00:54 AM CDT

    FF > V, but what can you do...

    by turketron_2

    V will probably last less than a season more. FF got better when it returned from the hiatus, as i didn't give a shit before that but now i find myself watching it. Oh well. Show needs to end in another global blackout that no one awakens from. Total fucking EXTINCTION of humans. Why not?
    FUCK Scrubs, I can't even stomach the reruns on Comedy Central. Some people actually LIKE this show? Hahaha, whatever. Never seen Better Off Ted or Romantically Challenged, but I'm sure their commercials annoyed the hell out of me while watching Lost.
    Next fall at least I'll have Fringe, Dexter, Supernatural, and SGU to look forward to... yep I said SGU. It's a lot better than it was when it started.

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  • May 14, 2010 8:20:56 AM CDT

    Cancel V, Keep FF

    by crow3711

    At least FF is hilariously proposterous an entertaining in it's retardation. v is just flat out fucking boring an terrible. It's badness doesn't make it better like FF, it's just unfathomably dull and devoid of any life. "Because it is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm, so I will spew it from my mouth"

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  • May 14, 2010 8:23:20 AM CDT

    Flash Forward

    by kenny_fucking_powers

    I started catching up on it the other day and it was actually getting better. Not a great show but definitely better than V.

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  • May 14, 2010 8:30:39 AM CDT

    Should have put Ted on Wednesdays

    by longawayy

    Modern Family would have been a great lead in for it, and no one would need to even see the ads for that piece of crap Cougar Town.

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  • May 14, 2010 8:34:11 AM CDT

    the best part of FF, at times, is the overacting!!!

    by turketron_2

    From Feinnes, the gruff FBI head, Sponser guy who's over in Afghanistan right now, and the unintentionall hilarious moments with the savant who's seen hundreds of FF's. Kno hams it up sometimes too, but he's always whining.

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  • May 14, 2010 8:34:41 AM CDT

    oh and... it's because I WAS LOADDDEEDDD!!!!

    by turketron_2

  • May 14, 2010 8:50:46 AM CDT

    Fucking cunting Networks!

    by dude_gimme_tabs

    Just pull the fucking plug on shit midway through. No thought or care if people are watching or enjoying it. No requirement to wrap up the story.

    They should be legally required, upon starting a show, to make the decision at the mid-point of a season so the writers etc. can at least provide a conclusion in the event of cancellation.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:07:03 AM CDT

    Kind of Let Down over FlashForward

    by dave i

    I do feel somewhat better about it since I can just read the book though. On the other hand, it was getting a lot better. A LOT better. I would not be surprised if they had written it off at the time they took the break in the middle of the season and it didn't come back with amazing numbers.Oh well. At least I've got Lost. Oh, wait...-Cheers

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  • May 14, 2010 9:45:10 AM CDT

    Flashforward was in a shit timeslot

    by jtp8000

    Battling against Survivor and the NBC comedies(meh) it never had a chance.
    It has gotten better since it got back from the break (which also helped kill it).

    V just flat out sucks. I stopped wtaching it because the acting and characters are boring (I won't watch it just for Elizabeth Mitchell's cans- if I want to see them I have Gia on tape so I can watch her and Angelina go at it).

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  • May 14, 2010 9:45:22 AM CDT

    If Lost turns out to be a shaggy God story like BG.

    by cookylamoo

    It will permanently kill the ongoing mystery show. No one is going to sign on for another series that ends with a magic cave.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:46:05 AM CDT

    4400 didn't have any interesting characters either

    by frozen01

    And V is a waste of talent. So many good names... soooooooooooo boring and pointless.
    Never really got into FlashForward. I actually thought it had already been cancelled.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:47:15 AM CDT

    Scrubs was one of the best comedies on tv for years

    by erichaislar

    season 7 it started to lose it's magic. It was still funny but not like it once was. I still loved it and I loved the Series Final last year. Why they brought it back for one more season was beyond me. The spin off with the same name was funny too but it was not the scrubs i loved. It will be missed.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:47:54 AM CDT

    cookylamoo

    by frozen01

    The ending to BSG was fine. It didn't necessarily have anything to with God; it's just that human beings have a tendency to fill in the gaps with a religious explanation. It doesn't mean their explanation is correct.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:52:35 AM CDT

    Better off Ted was fucking great!

    by mad_mike

    Seriously that show had some genuenly funny stuff happening. I just watched the whole first season on NETFLIX and was looking forward to it returning this fall.

    "V" has been solid and deserved the renewal.
    Flashforward started off intriguing but I lost interest in it around the time of the mid season break.

    Also, when will Networks learn that no one is home on Friday nights, and no matter what show they oput on that night it will fail miserably?

    In fact, with that in mind maybe they should move all of the reality programming to that night.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:53:21 AM CDT

    "V", Really?!

    by aedude01

    I can understand the cancellation of FF (Not to say that I'm happy about it, but I understand it.) It's an expensive show to produce, and the ratings aren't stellar. That said, I would have given it a second season over "V" any day.

    "V" seems to have it all: bad writing, bad acting, shoddy choreography, horrible VFX (people should have shadows, even aboard "V" ships), and locations that are clearly downtown Toronto. Since they're bringing this back for another try, ABC here's some friendly advice: Start Season 2 with the "V" lizard people killing half the cast. Loose the pregnant chick, her lizard bf, and please let Tyler die horribly; Give the Lizard Princess some real motivation to betray her mother. And for the love of God, please up the VFX budget; I can see the polygons on some of the ship models!

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  • May 14, 2010 10:39:23 AM CDT

    Chanel 5

    by windomearle39

    Won't be happy. I quite like Flashforward but like Lost you tend to feel you are not getting anywhere. If these things were produced with a definitve "end date" I don't think they would be as likely to be cancelled - unless they are shit I suppose!
    When they just keep going and going people loose interest and the inevitable axe falls.

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  • May 14, 2010 11:08:05 AM CDT

    Cancellations & Renewals

    by rsanta74

    - V isn't particularly bad. It's just horribly slow and lacking in proper focus. They're trying to stretch a 3 hour TV movie into a 4 season series. Anybody who has seen the original 1984 V ongoing series will realize that this is a HUGE mistake. All of the tension is lost by stretching it all out and there's little else to keep you going beyond the premise.

    Apart from that, there are four big things that have hurt V thus far. 1. They haven't given us a full view of the lizards, making ABC a bunch of cheap & lazy cock teases. 2. The CG is terribly inconsistent. Poor compositing of the live action plates with the CG elements makes it feel cheap. 3. They haven't exactly defined why the Visitors are here, beyond conquering. There must be a deeper reason for their invasion. Otherwise, they're the most inefficient alien warlords ever. 4. The worst problem with V is that they traded the massively powerful Nazi & Nazi Youth allegory with a decidedly less powerful post-9/11 terrorism one. Terrorism may ring true with current events, but it certainly lacks the punch of dem crazy Nazi bastards.

    As for the cancellations.....

    - I never saw much point to Fast Forward beyond the premise. There's only so far you can push the concept before it gets old and tedious.

    - Better Off Ted simply did NOT deserve cancellation. It was the only truly off-beat and original comedy that ABC had going. ABC does have some funny stuff, but nowhere near as lovably quirky as Ted. The real problem wasn't the writing, the cast, or even the ratings potential. Ted's real problem was ABC. The dropped it from the schedule for a hiatus. Then, they preempted it whenever they had the opportunity. Then, they put it in the absolutely worst time slot, instead of the power Wednesday block, which became 1/2 hour short once Kelsey Grammer's latest shit-bomb got canned. Finally, there was just no real promotion of this show. How many of you realized far too late that ABC started airing new episodes. I only realized because I had it was on because my DVR filled up with new stuff. ABC dropped the ball here. BTW, they never really got rid of those fake Veridian Dynamic commercials. They just moved them from the beginning to later on in the show, usually near the end, iirc.

    - Scrubs Med School was actually good. It was a VERY rocky start. They outright made JD flamingly gay instead of his usual bromantic self. They also skipped over so much with him and Elliot. Frankly, Scrubs Med School became so much more likable and watchable once JD left. As much as I like Zach Braff, his character weighed down the show. Once they actually focused on the new characters, the show picked up quickly. I, for one, hope that Dave Franco gets a high profile gig. His character Cole started off pretty douchey, but got really funny. Franco's every bit as talented as his older brother, and about 75% less stoned. The only thing missing from Scubs v2 was Janitor, but they did explain his absence and it was actually frickin' brilliant.

    - Romantically Challenged..... More like premise rehashed. I didn't bother to tune in simply because the teasers felt recycled. At least in the commercials, it reminded me of Christina Applegate's failed comeback Jess. I'm inclined to totally agree with whomever suggested that they had her run around naked for the entire 22 minutes. That's the only thing that would've gotten me to tune in too.

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  • May 14, 2010 11:12:17 AM CDT

    Jess = Jesse

    by rsanta74

  • May 14, 2010 11:32:16 AM CDT

    I wonder if the situation would be different...

    by dj_bollocks

    ...if V had been on Thursdays and FF had been on Tuesdays... Guess we'll never know...

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  • May 14, 2010 11:34:58 AM CDT

    goodbye live action tv

    by bouncy x

    with Lost ending and Scubs officially done, the only shows left that i actually follow are animated...wow. i do like Human Target and its coming back so maybe it'll be my new replacement.

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  • May 14, 2010 11:51:59 AM CDT

    oh shit, Human Target's coming back? COOL!

    by turketron_2

    It's a fun show.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:02:03 PM CDT

    If you don't like Scrubs, you are a Grey's Anatomy fan.

    by redegiraahgnal

    And we don't like people like you over here! (Well, I can't speak for Herc. He just loves his housewife TV.)
    The first five seasons of Scrubs were just TV comedy in perfection. (But as I'm willing to admit, not as perfect as Arrested Development.) Season 6 was unfortunately a huge drop in quality. They still had hilarious gags, but they were overshadowed by downright dumb and badly written stories, like Carla's depressions after she gave birth and the whole Private Dancer storyline, which ended with something, that was without a doubt the lowest point of the whole show. (Yes, I'm talking about the "Hey, let's talk about our suicide attempts"-episode). Season 7 was great again, but unfortunately so short, that you can only count it by UK standards as a full season. And Season 8 was...irritating. It was not bad, but the new interns should have been the recurring guest stars and not the REAL cast of the show.
    And since Season 9 wasn't really meant to be Season 9, but Season 1 of a new spin off (which I haven't seen yet) I won't talk about it here.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:11:44 PM CDT

    Flashforward vs Survivor

    by topher4801

    Gee, let's put a new show up againts Survivor and see how it does! How stupid. I've had to download Flashforward every week because of the family watching Survivor. Do the networks take these things into account? These so called ratings numbers are completely irrelvant now with the internet. Don't the networks realize that? I roll my eyes everytime AICN posts the numbers every week. They don't matter anymore! Probably going to replace it with another mind numbing cop show or hospital drama.

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  • May 14, 2010 12:39:58 PM CDT

    ALL the networks need to jointly cancel Braga

    by chromedome

    on his best day he achieves mediocrity for a minute or two...How can they not see that all he touches turns to crap?

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  • May 14, 2010 12:45:44 PM CDT

    scrubs should have been done a while ago

    by nymetsfan2191

    they way they ended season 8 was a perfect series ending but no they bring it back for season a ninth season. horrible idea and the fact the zach braft wasnt even in it was the reason i didnt even bother watching it

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  • May 14, 2010 1:33:09 PM CDT

    If Better Off Ted....

    by machthree

    Had been an NBC show, and aired before or after The Office, it would have been a smash hit.

    V needs to pick up its game. The last ep. gave me a little hope, since their version of "the red dust" has been introduced. Maybe the story will progress. The show needs 1-2 seasons more, at most. After that they'll be out of story.

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  • May 14, 2010 1:58:22 PM CDT

    Zach Braff WAS in S9. Only 1/2 though

    by rsanta74

    Which was good since they fucked up his character.

    They tried to make him a mentor, like they did briefly with with him & Keith or Lonnie, but he kept on coming off as more obnoxious and needy. After 8+ years, you'd think that he'd stop craving everybody's approval. Instead, he was acting like a whiny bitch.

    Then, they had him (JD) be overly flamboyant. More than usual. It kinda got you thinking, "Why the fuck did Elliot even marry him anyway? And who the hell's kid is she carrying?" Seriously. Like Sean Hayes level gay. Totally out of character.

    Honestly, the old cast was the worst thing about S9 of Scrubs. Left to do their own thing, the new students were pretty funny in their own right. Kinda like the original cast mixed with the rejects from Community. About the only old cast member worth his weight in gold for S9 was Perry, but he's always been the consistently good iron man anyway.

    They should've just retitled the show Sacred Heart or something. IIRC, Bill Lawrence DID want to retitle the show, but the network pushed to keep the Scrubs brand alive. Had Scrubs been totally retitled and this had maybe been treated like a Dr. Cox spinoff, with him as chief of staff & dean of students then this could have done a lot better. Given how Crista Millar was now on ABC's Cougar Town, they could've even had her appear as Jordan on an irregular basis.

    The reason why Scrubs got canceled was because it really ended in S8. Had this actually been S1 of a new med show instead... totally different results. S9 of Scrubs was designed like and felt like a good S1 of a totally new show, or at least good spin-off.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:09:27 PM CDT

    No momentum in V

    by rsanta74

    Really. The season finale is next week and I feel as if almost nothing has been accomplished. They've wasted hours upon hours of film trying to build up drama where little exists. Granted, there were some interesting bits & pieces now and again, but it's still not enough. There's just too much filler.

    V needs to amp up the acting - soon and consistently. They also need new writers & directors. The actors don't emote so well and aren't given nearly enough to work with. Thin the heard. Ditch a character or two, especially the whiny son. Demand more of everybody on board. There are only 13 eps. Better make every one count.

    The best ep should have been the one with the soldier V, but they totally muffed out. I was expecting something more alien and as formidable as the T1000. Instead, we got another human looking V that was about as easy to beat as an average Buffy vamp.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:22:55 PM CDT

    Not Scrubs! I was goona get around to NEVER watching that

    by bathman

    Seriously how did scrubs last that long

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  • May 14, 2010 2:38:29 PM CDT

    Flash forward

    by billf

    Had the potential of being a good movie, it was an excellent premise, but drawing out into a series just made it slow and boring.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:46:14 PM CDT

    King Nine returns

    by dagwood

    Curious...what have you done that's noteworthy in your life? Other than masturbate?

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  • May 14, 2010 2:56:38 PM CDT

    Glad to see it go

    by badmojojojo

    I did try to watch FF, but it seemed like a poorly conceptualized/acted attempt at keeping Lost fans. ABC has good shows and it appears that Happy Town may be a worthy successor to Lost.

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  • May 14, 2010 2:57:50 PM CDT

    Did Romantically Challenged even air?

    by sithmenace

    I wish Alyssa Milano would find a great show, because I really wouldn't mind seeing her on tv week after week.

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  • May 14, 2010 3:23:53 PM CDT

    Milano show was DOA, And Die Braga

    by mgthedj

    Milano did most of the press for the show in-house on ABC talk shows. And only she did the rounds, the rest of the cast had already moved on because it was 2010 pilot season.SpyGuy I was with you. Braga only knows how to steal from the BBC. Now with 5 years of Dr. Who and Torchwood to steal from, don't be surprised if his next project sounds very similar to one or more Steven Moffet scripted episodes. Braga is just too predictable.------later-----m

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  • May 14, 2010 5:12:02 PM CDT

    Flashforward was getting better and better...

    by allykatd

    The first episode was good, they kind of lost track for awhile, and then BAM! Things really picked up. It's one of those shows I look forward to every week. I'm really not pleased it's going. I wanted to see if they were going to stop the next flashforward or not, or if Dominic lives... really. Too bad this was cancelled. Guess there's no hope in Sy-fy picking it up, there too busy with their cheapass, poorly written distaster of the weak, creature feature of the week or freak of the week. Where do they go those horrible screenplays? From the trash bin at the local elementary? But then, I'm sure elementary kids would come up with someone more interesting.

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  • May 14, 2010 7:00:55 PM CDT

    Had to watch "FlashForward" on ABC.com....

    by arzbest

    ...because it's opposite not only "Survivor", but "Parks and Recreation". Talk about a killer time slot for a really good show :(

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  • May 14, 2010 8:32:53 PM CDT

    Won't miss FF--they just never got the thing moving

    by chromedome

    Moments of interest, short bursts of proper pacing, but mostly just moody, whining characters who behaved very implausibly and ordinarily under the extraordinary circumstances of the premise. And the main guy has one expression [chin down, peering out from under his eyebrows with his narrow eyes], surly and monotone, and no real indication that he was actually SMART enough to handle any of this stuff--it seemed like he just stumbled onto stuff, but we were supposed to accept it as innate talent most of the time, destiny the rest of the time.It isn't sad that this was cancelled, it is sad that such an interesting premise was so poorly executed and written from the beginning.It is also sad that Braga gets to touch any show any where any time ever again.

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  • May 14, 2010 8:45:19 PM CDT

    I was really getting used to Scrubs Med School

    by two fathoms deep

    I've always liked Denise and that guy she started dating was actually awesome. I could have gone without the dumbass security guards, but even the creators got tired of them since they didn't really show up that much towards the 2nd half of the season. The last episode, though, was great. It made so much sense to make Cole a surgeon and I was really looking forward to Turk being a mentor for somebody (and whatnot). I'll definitely miss seeing new episodes of Scrubs: my favorite live action show ever.

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  • Seriously. Way to jerk my chain there.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:13:40 PM CDT

    Guess I'm glad I never watched FF

    by frodofraggins

    Anything made by Berman or Braga needs to really get great reviews and ratings for me to watch it. FF had neither.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:30:27 PM CDT

    Please don't cancel Big Bang Theory!!

    by rplocke

    It's the only show I like that hasn't been canceled or taken off the air yet.

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  • May 14, 2010 9:52:04 PM CDT

    And Smallville still goes on and on and on....

    by mrd

    Strangers waiting
    Up and down the boulevard
    Their shadows searching
    In the night
    Streetlights, people
    Livin' just to find emotion
    Hidin', somewhere in the night

    Workin' hard to get my fill
    Everybody wants a thrill
    Payin' anything to roll the dice
    Just one more time
    Some will win
    Some will lose
    Some were born to sing the blues
    Oh, the movie never ends
    It goes on and on and on and on

    Strangers waiting
    Up and down the boulevard
    Their shadows searching
    In the night
    Streetlights, people
    Livin' just to find emotion
    Hidin', somewhere in the night

    [Instrumental Interlude]

    Don't stop believin'
    Hold on to the feelin'
    Streetlights, people
    Don't stop believin'
    Hold on
    Streetlights, people

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  • May 14, 2010 11:02:41 PM CDT

    MrD

    by rplocke

    But a 1.0 is a hit on the CW.

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  • May 15, 2010 12:41:34 AM CDT

    Braga and Goyer

    by miyamoto_musashi

    have some great ideas but their execution is generally terribleSci-fi, fantasy needs great characters, these guys can't do characters very well, even with some decent actors involvedFringe has been doing really well and like Lost has been smart enough to make the story bigger and bigger over time, in the meantime the audience has developed a great connection with the characters, especially the Bishops

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  • May 15, 2010 2:07:28 AM CDT

    RPLocke

    by bob loblaw law blog

    The Big Bang Theory is one of the highest-rated shows on TV. They renewed it for its third and fourth seasons last year. It'll be around for a while.

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  • May 15, 2010 7:25:52 AM CDT

    Better Off Ted was a very funny show deserved better.

    by sid 8.0

  • May 15, 2010 7:48:48 AM CDT

    Never saw FLASHFOWARD...

    by asimovlives

    ... so i don't give a toss.

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  • May 15, 2010 1:39:13 PM CDT

    24 gone, Lost gone, FF gone, V not gone

    by rben

    even though it should be. Couldn't watch it anymore because my hours changed at work and it's on too late. no loss. the only interesting dynamic is the reporter/alien queen interaction. even the original V kinda breaks down around the mid-point with that cheesy star wars fight scene. Moore would have brough it if they gave it to him. guess he didn't wanna be the tv-remake king. As i said in another post, in june all the shows i normally watch will be finishing up their runs and networks can go back to bringing up new reality shows and cop/medical shows. It'll give me a chance to read my lovecraft, matheson, gaiman's sandman and other graphic novels, superhero books i rent from the library and tv shows i've ordered from amazon (man from uncle, brisco county, i spy, etc...) to say nothing of all the movies i bought when one of the blockbusters in my neighborhood went belly up. so i'm good as far as entertainment. next up on my get list: Fire & Ice dvd in honor of Frazetta and ellison/corben's Vic & Blood graphic novels. I'm good networks. keep churnin out shit!

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  • May 15, 2010 2:27:39 PM CDT

    I partially blame Herc

    by ballyhoo

    Some time ago, I asked that he stop making television ratings a point of discussion here. All that accomplishes is just giving the numbers even more power to the suits that make decisions about renewals and cancellations. We, as fans, should not care about the numbers. Talking about them so much sends the wrong message. So yeah, any time a network makes a bonehead decision about a great show, Herc and his ratings discussions are a part of the problem.

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  • May 16, 2010 1:02:24 PM CDT

    I did like "Better Off Ted"

    by njscribe44

    Stopped watching "Scrubs" after Zach Braff left - even then it was showing its age. Sitcoms and dramas just can't seem to survive against lower-budget reality TV.

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  • May 20, 2010 8:13:03 PM CDT

    Flash Forward and Fringe: why different audience?

    by iontyre

    Both are thought provoking SF drama's, why does Fringe do so much better? Is it just because there is a "hot blonde" star in Fringe?

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