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.
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.
margueritem over 11 years ago
It was easy to get hooked on the X-Files.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
I never got into X-Files. I was so angry at Fox for dropping Sightings that I couldn’t watch it.
listmom over 11 years ago
Then there’s my son’s best buddy who got him hooked on “Buffy”.
coffee_mom11 over 11 years 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.
elysummers over 11 years ago
I loved Jericho….. sniff
JoePhan over 11 years ago
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 over 11 years ago
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.
alcors3 over 11 years ago
The O Files are creepier.