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[shadowkat]

So Glee which continues to get worse and worse as the season progresses has been renewed for two seasons, while Smash which continues to get better as its season progresses, has been unofficially cancelled?

Bewildering. I'll probably stop watching Glee after this season. It's become unwatchable.

For more on what "broadcast network" tv shows are being renewed and what one's are being cancelled to date? Go here:

http://tvline.com/2013/01/04/tv-shows-renewed-cancelled-2013-abc-nbc-cbs-fox-cw/

Pretty much all the flist's favorites are being renewed or are sure bets as far as I can tell.

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[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

It's a source of wonder to me that so many shows now last so long. It used to be that a series that had three good years was a big success. Now lasting eight or nine years isn't that rare. Surely part of it is that TV isn't seen anymore as fill-in work for serious actors who wished they were doing something else. I saw a video of an interview with Patrick Stewart on you-tube the other day. He said the main reason why he agreed to sign a six-year contract to do Star Trek was that everyone assured him the show would quickly fail. He'd earn good money and then be able to move on, soon. Obviously since the show lasted seven years, he changed his mind about acting in it. ;o)

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Didn't know that about Patrick Stewart - although it makes sense and at the time, I seriously didn't expect it to make it more than 3 seasons, after all the original hadn't.

It is bewildering that Supernatural of all things is in its 9th season.
Non-serial prime time series actually can last several seasons - such as NCIS, CSI, etc. Although that admittedly does not explain Supernatural or Glee for that matter.

I remember worrying each year about Buffy's renewal and Angel's - there were always thisclose to being cancelled. The good ole days.

Now we have two extremes - tv shows who are lucky to make it to 13 episodes let alone 22 without being prematurely yanked (Firefly, Caprica, Last Resort, Red Widow, Smash, Dollhouse, Zero Hour, 666 Park Avenue...Lone Star), and tv shows that seemingly last forever...with no end in sight. (see Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, HIMYM, Two and a Half Men, CSI, Bones, NCIS, and annoyingly the Bachelor (sigh why? why can't it go away? whyyyy??) ).

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

Glee makes money -- it's an mp3 manufacturing machine. I honestly didn't watch past the first season, and I've heard it's just been worse the longer it goes on. But I understand why it keeps going, because again-- money factory.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Good point. SMASH tried - but it was writing new songs, not rehashing old pop songs.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Well for the most part I'm indifferent about what is renewed and what is cancelled... except that it is a real bummer than they are keeping 'Glee' on (are there kids watching?) and they are canceling 'Smash' (I just finally watched the last episode and it was really good). Oh well.

Most of the shows I watch aren't on the 'big' networks.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I stopped caring some time ago. You have no control over it. As long as they finish the story, I'm fine with it. Which they are apparently doing with SMASH - all loose ends will be wrapped up. Or so they've said, we shall see.

It's tv shows that don't conclude and just stop with either a cliff-hanger, or just stop...without us knowing the ending or getting a chance to tell it - that annoy me and make me want to kick the person who cancelled them in the head or better yet, stick them alone in a room with all their favorite shows, but chop off the endings.

It's gotten to the point that I try not to get too fannish about tv shows. You just can't trust the people who distribute them any more.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Although I am not deeply attached to network shows.... I AM attached to quite a few cable shows (I was sad that 'Terriers' was cancelled last year, and I would be sad to hear that 'Justified' was being cancelled!).

I am very fannish about 'Game of Thrones' (and kinda fannish about Dexter, and Doctor Who, but not enough to go to online fan sites) I even bought a "House of Martell' T-shirt. But I don't think HBO is planning to cancel it any time soon.
LOL

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Weirdly, I'd only be annoyed right now if OUAT, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and possibly...The Good Wife got cancelled - because there's definitely more story there.

Justified I think is on its last legs, there's not much more they can tell without rinse and repeat. (You should watch the earlier seasons they were much much better.)

Dexter - also last legs. Wasn't last season it's last?

For me, as long as the story is wrapped up, I don't care. SMASH, which I will miss because there is nothing else like it on tv, is clearly wrapping itself up.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I believe S8 is Dexter's last, but they have only run 1/2 of it so far (the rest is supposed to start in June. I'm liking the final season so far, and I'm fine w/it ending (I'm slightly fannish, but not fanatic about it, no websites or t-shirts for this one).

I think Breaking Bad might also be in it's last season? I'm not sure.

Of course I do expect to be very excited about SHIELD this fall on ABC (LOL).