I may have to call in sick for the remainder of the day. My second-favorite show in recent memory, Veronica Mars (number one is the U.S. version of The Office), has apparently met a premature end, as I feared. The precedent has certainly established that critical acclaim and a rabidly loyal cult following aren't enough to save a show (I should know, as a fan of Arrested Development, My So-Called Life, Twin Peaks, Freaks and Geeks ... now I'm getting depressed). But the fat lady has merely warmed up and is waiting in the wings; while the snarky show about the teen P.I. isn't on the CW's fall schedule, it may be considered as a mid-season replacement. Frankly, I wish they'd just put all of us out of our misery. (Edit: Apparently life support has been pulled; the latest update indicates Veronica is officially canceled. Help me.) Returning: America's Next Top Model, Beauty and the Geek, Everybody Hates Chris, Friday Night Smackdown, The Game, Girlfriends, One Tree Hill, Pussycat Dolls Present (midseason), Smallville, Supernatural.
Canceled: 7th Heaven, All of Us, Gilmore Girls, Reba, Runaway, Veronica Mars (?).
The year-old netlet, a joint venture between Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) and CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), has also greenlit seven new series. Three reality shows are in the works, including a dating show entitled Farmer Wants a Wife (I weep for the future of our country) and a mother-daughter beauty pageant named Crowned (oh, the humanity).
Four scripted series are also in the works. I'm most excited about Gossip Girl, a teen drama centered on a motley group of Manhattan youth at an elite private high school. The series, from O.C.-creator Josh Schwartz, is based on the Cecily Von Ziegesar series of books by the same name. The books are the guiltiest of pleasures -- Sweet Valley High for a new generation.
Also hitting the CW's fall schedule is The Reaper, which features a bounty hunt for the devil himself, and Aliens in America, a sitcom about a Muslim foreign exchange student living with an American family. Hilarity ensues.
Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Four scripted series are also in the works. I'm most excited about Gossip Girl, a teen drama centered on a motley group of Manhattan youth at an elite private high school. The series, from O.C.-creator Josh Schwartz, is based on the Cecily Von Ziegesar series of books by the same name. The books are the guiltiest of pleasures -- Sweet Valley High for a new generation.
Also hitting the CW's fall schedule is The Reaper, which features a bounty hunt for the devil himself, and Aliens in America, a sitcom about a Muslim foreign exchange student living with an American family. Hilarity ensues.
Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
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5-18-2007 @ 9:55AM
Jen said...
Blah. I'm so disappointed.