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guy44 · 04-09-2005, 09:48 PM

I just wanted to add another vote for Firefly, having just seen all the episodes from the DVD.

I'm pretty sure, given sufficient capital, I could start a cable network that plays only the episodes of good shows that Fox cancelled early. Just off the top of my head, we'd have The Tick, Andy Richter Controls The Universe (the funniest show since the Simpsons was good), Firefly, The Lone Rangers, Titus, and almost would have had Arrested Development. This doesn't even include shows given more than one season but still cancelled early, like The Critic, Futurama and Family Guy.

I don't get it. Fox consistently takes risks by producing some of the most inventive, original, risky programming year after year and then winds up pulling the plug on 90% of those shows before they find an audience. I don't know, it is almost as if Fox learned that you need to take chances after The Simpsons and The X-Files, but then some sort of evil corporate mandate for homogeneity kicks in and they murder their own.

If Fox just promoted these shows properly (no more Futuramas losing entire seasons because of overtime NFL games) and gave them a chance to find an audience, Fox would probably win damn near every night in the Nielson Ratings.

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guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	I just wanted to add another vote for Firefly, having just seen all the episodes from the DVD. I'm pretty sure, given sufficient capital, I could start a cable network that plays only the episodes of good shows that Fox cancelled early. Just off the top of my head, we'd have The Tick, Andy Richter Controls The Universe (the funniest show since the Simpsons was good), Firefly, The Lone Rangers, Titus, and almost would have had Arrested Development. This doesn't even include shows given more than one season but still cancelled early, like The Critic, Futurama and Family Guy. I don't get it. Fox consistently takes risks by producing some of the most inventive, original, risky programming year after year and then winds up pulling the plug on 90% of those shows before they find an audience. I don't know, it is almost as if Fox learned that you need to take chances after The Simpsons and The X-Files, but then some sort of evil corporate mandate for homogeneity kicks in and they murder their own. If Fox just promoted these shows properly (no more Futuramas losing entire seasons because of overtime NFL games) and gave them a chance to find an audience, Fox would probably win damn near every night in the Nielson Ratings. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"