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tetracycloide
01/07/09

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the phrase 'insult to injury' seems woefully inadequate here. this seems closer to adding torture to a death sentence.
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TheName
01/07/09

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I very much enjoyed Pushing Daisies but we all had to know it was destined for the can on ABC. I thought maybe it'd do better on ABC Family (what I wouldn't give for a Pushing Daisies/Middleman block in primetime ... ) but the execs know their success is in Dancing With the Stars, not intelligent dramedy.
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twDarkflame
01/07/09

@TheName: But how many dancing-with-the-stars DVDs to they sale?

How many repeats do they get?
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happymisanthrope
01/08/09

@twDarkflame: not as much, but Dancing with the Stars costs waaaay less that Pushing Daisies.

I'm just bitter because Grey's Anatomy and all of the other weepy evening soap operas are still on.
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Liz11685
01/07/09

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I was really looking forward to the last few episodes. I was really looking forward to the season continuing, but alas, that was not to be so I settled. I am never watching ABC again, the shows they cancel are gold, the shows they keep are crap.
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reddingofish
01/07/09

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The last episode they aired ended most of the plot lines and Ned said that he wasn't using his finger anymore and it was fresh fruit from now on. It sure seemed like it could end there. The appearance of Ned's father was like the show was over but their lives go on.

Remember Night Stalker? They left off the last two or three episodes then put them on the DVD. I watched them once and it was worth the $20. Maybe they will put them on Hulu or iTunes.
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Purple Dave
01/07/09

@reddingofish:
I prefer the solution that NBC came up with for The Black Donnellys, which was to post new episodes online, one per week until they ran out. That way those of us who did still want to watch it were able to keep the weekly schedule going, but they didn't have to devote a timeslot to the remaining half a dozen or so eps.
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Alessar
01/08/09

@reddingofish: Weirdly, I recently noticed that Pushing Daisies episodes came up on the Playstation Network for $2 each @_@.
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The-Simpsons-Rule!!
01/08/09

@Alessar: AHHH THATS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!!
I NEED TO GET ME A GODDAMN PLAYSTATION 3 RIGHT NOW!!!!!
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Alexis
01/07/09

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It's sad because networks have yet to really understand how to utilize the "cult" audience. There's a huge population of people out there (even bigger with functions like TiVo and DVD's) that now have the time to become die-hard fans of shows. Rather than really take advantage of that population they spit on their faces and go for the more traditional ways of more ratings. I think cable networks are now coming to really understand the power of a fiercely loyal fanbase which is why we're seeing the recent surge in quality entertainment on those channels. Network television will get to the point where it is overrun with easy to watch shows like CSI clones and reality/game shows and completely irradiate arc driven shows.

What they don't realize is that cult audiences, when treated respectfully, are loyal consumers to the bitter end. Even when the show is done, loyal viewers will still be interested in the franchise and still interested in investing money.
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tetracycloide
01/07/09

@Evlsushi: bottom line, networks being what they are require ad revenue and advertisers pay them based on ratings. there is no longer term strategy by design.

cable networks, on the other hand, get paid for their work upfront occasionally even by a captive audience requsting their specific service. so cable networks will naturally pander to cult audiences as long as enough people subscribe to turn them a profit and networs will naturally pander to whatever is most popular at the time.

i guess what i'm saying is that it's not about who knows who better than who else it's really all about the money.
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Alexis
01/07/09

@tetracycloide:

Yeah, I know. But I can dream can't I?

Thank god for cable tv, I say. The only place where I can find all my favorite shows and softcore parody porn.
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iameleveneight
01/07/09

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Its like this interview I read yesterday with the creator of Scrubs said, Networks don't reward loyal viewers, they piss on them (paraphrasing of course). Its totally true, and thats why networks are losing out to cable shows because cable has more to work with as far as content and they FINISH what they start.
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jajbowler
01/07/09

@iameleveneight: @darthsidious_7: I really would have liked to see Carnivale come full circle. I loved the last 6 episodes of the second season.
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silver-bolt
01/07/09

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Time to send them a shipping container full of potatoes...
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Robb Irrgang
01/07/09

@silver-bolt: Don't you mean pies? or dead fruit?
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B
01/07/09

@Robb Irrgang: Pies laced with anti-depressants.
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ChuckEye
01/07/09

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Looks like ABC's pulling the same deal with Eli Stone. And from what I'd heard, they went out of their way to end their series well also.
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PVIII
01/07/09

@ChuckEye: Aw, I really liked Eli Stone.
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Pope John Peeps II
01/07/09

@PVIII: Well, that makes one of you.
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Rasselas
01/07/09

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"I'm Agent Emo, and this is my colleague Mr. Clash, from the Bureau of Mismatched Patterns."
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Belabras ate my dingo!
01/07/09

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I don't usually resort to crass language, but fuck ABC.
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Charax
01/07/09

@Belabras:

I do normally resort to crass language, and all I can say is Darn ABC, Darn them all to fudging heck, the mother-touching candy-sniffers.
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Julius Seizure - Canuck
01/07/09

@Charax: Please! My virgin ears!

WHO SAID "Those are the only parts left!"??????

Seriously, my childen, I intend to wax Zen and meditate on the following koan:

3 last eps on a DVD = no ABC commercials to break them up.
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Purple Dave
01/07/09

@Jim Still Canuck After All These Years:
You forgot "probably at least six more months before we can finally watch them." Basically, don't expect the DVDs to be out next week.
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Plague
01/07/09

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Effin' bastards.

Guess we'll have to watch the missing eps on DVD.

Just like we had to do with Wonder Falls.
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Purple Dave
01/07/09

@Plague:
No, not quite like we had to do with Wonderfalls. Then it was pretty much the entire run that never made it to broadcast (out of 13 eps, only _four_ ever aired), whereas here we actually have nearly a full regular season having hit the airwaves (19/22). Heck, we've actually had more episodes air this season than we did last season.
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Alexis
01/07/09

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Wow, I hate to sound like a Pollyanna, bu what happened to artistic integrity?

I'm not even a fan, but this is just...mean.
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