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Fox also gets the Brown Finger Award for the way they screwed over Dark Angel, which was practically solomonic compared to the ream job they did on Firefly. OTOH, they seem to have done right by Fringe, so maybe they’ve learned their lesson. CBS gets high praise for its sensitive handling of Jericho, similarly doomed, but treated more than fairly.
I loved the X-Files; I was an uber-fan back in the days of listserv discussion boards. Betty, if you let him just watch Seasons 1-3, he’ll be fine. . . after that, it jumped the shark.
I gotta agree with you on that.And when they turned it into a musical I knew the writers were on dope of some kind.The same thing went that way with Xena & Hercules.Once a musical shows up they’ve run out of ideas for a good show.It’s now time to end the series.But as for “Dark Angel”,that was the worst decision they EVER made.Stopping a fantastic show after it wins all those awards could have made them a lot of friends,fans,more awards and LOTS of money from the show and merchandise.
I don’t even remember Sightings; but I was never into The X-Files anyway. There was, however, the one office Christmas party where I found and produced a trippy X-Files parody that had Scully and Mulder tracking down Santa Claus.
Since I never watched Fringe, how do you assess that Fox did right by that series? And yes, the question is designed to elicit information instead of vitriol; I really don’t know.
I do know that for the last few weeks Science Channel has been pushing the hell out of Fringe coming there, saying the show is to be “reborn” on Science; but I don’t see how, as I presume it’s out of production. Reruns != reborn. Yet another instance of function drift, similar to where the Sci-Fi Channel jumped the shark before it morphed into “Syfy” (where jumping sharks is now part of the job description: Pro wrasslin’ as science fiction!?).
But about the worst screw job I ever saw on a series was Star Trek: Enterprise. Not handled well at all by UPN; and had the worst ultimate episode ever. It played more like a bizarre ep of ST:TNG, a problem very well documented at the time.
The most important thing any network can do, for any serialized drama is: Finish Telling The Story!
Despite low ratings in the last year or so, Fox committed to a proper wrap-up of “Fringe”. This is the final (half) season.
If the series is just dropped, before reaching a satisfactory conclusion — that’s a huge betrayal of all the loyal viewers. Finishing the story enables the network to sell reruns, or boxed DVD gift sets.
Sightings was a show with real people sharing their paranormal experiences. It’s the first place I ever heard of the Men in Black. They are nothing like Tommy Lee Jones. It may not be real, but I take interest in the paranormal. UFOs, ghosts, cryptozoology…..
I felt like the last season of Enterprise went outside the timeline of the series. Things happened that shouldn’t have at that point. They should have kept it all “before Kirk”.
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margueritem
said, 6 months ago
It was easy to get hooked on the X-Files.
briatollah said, 6 months ago
I never got into X-Files. I was so angry at Fox for dropping Sightings that I couldn’t watch it.
Richard S. Russell said, 6 months ago
Fox also gets the Brown Finger Award for the way they screwed over Dark Angel, which was practically solomonic compared to the ream job they did on Firefly. OTOH, they seem to have done right by Fringe, so maybe they’ve learned their lesson. CBS gets high praise for its sensitive handling of Jericho, similarly doomed, but treated more than fairly.
whmIII said, 6 months ago
@margueritem
Watched every one…
listmom said, 6 months ago
Then there’s my son’s best buddy who got him hooked on “Buffy”.
coffee_mom11 said, 6 months ago
I loved the X-Files; I was an uber-fan back in the days of listserv discussion boards. Betty, if you let him just watch Seasons 1-3, he’ll be fine. . . after that, it jumped the shark.
dbig 1oohh said, 6 months ago
@coffee_mom11
I gotta agree with you on that.And when they turned it into a musical I knew the writers were on dope of some kind.The same thing went that way with Xena & Hercules.Once a musical shows up they’ve run out of ideas for a good show.It’s now time to end the series.But as for “Dark Angel”,that was the worst decision they EVER made.Stopping a fantastic show after it wins all those awards could have made them a lot of friends,fans,more awards and LOTS of money from the show and merchandise.
Shirl Summ
said, 6 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
I loved Jericho….. sniff
JoPhan said, 6 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
From what I’ve heard, Dark Angel simply got too expensive to produce. Great show, though. Shame they couldn’t keep the costs under control.
K M
said, 6 months ago
@briatollah
I don’t even remember Sightings; but I was never into The X-Files anyway. There was, however, the one office Christmas party where I found and produced a trippy X-Files parody that had Scully and Mulder tracking down Santa Claus.
K M
said, 6 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
Since I never watched Fringe, how do you assess that Fox did right by that series? And yes, the question is designed to elicit information instead of vitriol; I really don’t know.
I do know that for the last few weeks Science Channel has been pushing the hell out of Fringe coming there, saying the show is to be “reborn” on Science; but I don’t see how, as I presume it’s out of production. Reruns != reborn. Yet another instance of function drift, similar to where the Sci-Fi Channel jumped the shark before it morphed into “Syfy” (where jumping sharks is now part of the job description: Pro wrasslin’ as science fiction!?).
But about the worst screw job I ever saw on a series was Star Trek: Enterprise. Not handled well at all by UPN; and had the worst ultimate episode ever. It played more like a bizarre ep of ST:TNG, a problem very well documented at the time.
tundrasea
said, 6 months ago
@K M
The most important thing any network can do, for any serialized drama is: Finish Telling The Story!
Despite low ratings in the last year or so, Fox committed to a proper wrap-up of “Fringe”. This is the final (half) season.
If the series is just dropped, before reaching a satisfactory conclusion — that’s a huge betrayal of all the loyal viewers. Finishing the story enables the network to sell reruns, or boxed DVD gift sets.
alcors3 said, 6 months ago
The O Files are creepier.
briatollah said, 6 months ago
@K M
Sightings was a show with real people sharing their paranormal experiences. It’s the first place I ever heard of the Men in Black. They are nothing like Tommy Lee Jones.
It may not be real, but I take interest in the paranormal. UFOs, ghosts, cryptozoology…..
briatollah said, 6 months ago
@K M
I felt like the last season of Enterprise went outside the timeline of the series. Things happened that shouldn’t have at that point. They should have kept it all “before Kirk”.