You had one WB, and you decided to cancel it

aapac | July 15, 10:36 CET

[voice = dope]

Gee, what about a remake of Dark Shadows? Hee-hyuh. Or that Wonderfalls show everyone's so hepped on. Huh, hee-hyuh. Nah, stuff like that will never come along. I hate my career choice. I should have been an English major. Huh, hee-hyuh.

[/voice]

bogu_salias | July 15, 10:44 CET

Exactly aapac. Fans so "galvanized" that their campaign to Save Angel got coverage on major news outlets. Trucks, flowers, candy bars, food and blood drives, etc. Hmm. I wonder what the WB would need to see from fans to consider them "galvanized".

Angela | July 15, 10:47 CET

"Words fail me on this one."

Yeaahhhhhh..........

Anyone else........feel......like....screaming?

No wait. Can the screams. This calls for a good ole fashion gathering of us peasants, so that we can proceed to the WB with torches and pitchforks.

EdDantes | July 15, 10:48 CET

I'm with you Ed. But you know, we're not being fair. I'm sure the Blue Collar Foxworthy Comedy Show will be truly galvanizing. (Do I need to add "dripping with sarcasm"?)I didn't think so.

I will now be up later than planned as I need to wait for my blood pressure to drop to some level of normal and my heart to stop racing in frustration and bitterness before I can even think of sleeping.

Angela | July 15, 10:53 CET

You did. It was called Angel.

Dumbasses.

mchan | July 15, 10:57 CET

"I'm with you Ed. But you know, we're not being fair. I'm sure the Blue Collar Foxworthy Comedy Show will be truly galvanizing. (Do I need to add "dripping with sarcasm"?)I didn't think so."

And let's not forget 'Commando Nanny' or whatever the hell that show was they announced. What a world, what a world...

"I will now be up later than planned as I need to wait for my blood pressure to drop to some level of normal and my heart to stop racing in frustration and bitterness before I can even think of sleeping."

Yeah. What we need is a violent computer game where you have to hunt down and vaporize evil execs. Bet that would have some therapeutic value. As it is I'll just start sharpening the pointy ends of my pitchfork.........

EdDantes | July 15, 11:20 CET

Just sent an email to the WB telling them that until they make good on those Angel tv-movies or launch another Joss Whedon show, they won't be galvanizing this audience member at all.

Wendy | July 15, 11:28 CET

Ahhh...Commando Nanny. You know, I am quite conflicted about Mark Burnett. I will say, I do feel that his version of reality TV is vastly superior to all the other realicrap, but (fully aware I sound like a child in trouble on the playground) he started it. It's all his fault. Slightly melodramatic, I know.

Must he now venture into sitcoms????? Why why why! And while I'm trying not to judge the show based on the name (I mean, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ahem), I frankly have no choice because I won't be watching it to judge it based on content. But Commando Nanny?!?!

I'm remembering the petition linked to previously about an Angel videogame. Maybe Levin and Burnett should be the Big Bads. OK, Levin at least.

Angela | July 15, 11:38 CET

"And while I'm trying not to judge the show based on the name (I mean, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ahem)"

Good point.

" I frankly have no choice because I won't be watching it to judge it based on content. But Commando Nanny?!?!"

Even better point!! Plus, it's a sitcom. Little chance of innovation and surprises there. I personally smell a female version of "Major Dad" or whatever that was called. That whacky Commando Nanny. Did she make that pot roast with a Rambo knife? Did she just give advice to the teenage girl who's worried about her one zit by telling her a story about her days in the army? I think she did!

Remember, the WB wants to be a *family oriented* channel now....filled with *family friendly* shows......with cute and zesty kids and lotsa hugs and smiles and a new moral lesson learned every week. Ya know...the true meaning of puppies....that sorta thing.

Gonna go to bed now before I start tying a noose.

EdDantes | July 15, 13:16 CET

It's hard to improve on the very first post by aapac

You had one WB, and you decided to cancel it

although..
You did. It was called Angel.

Dumbasses.
mchan

Pretty much sums it up for me! I will always feel cheated by the WB, they cheated us all out of a 6th season of a great show for what?? Commando Nanny? Dark Shadows?

They can't seem to find any shows they feel are worth running. They seem to want one show that will hit a big audience within the first 3 episodes aired, idiots! They canceled a show which, from what I can tell had a steady increase in viewers and was improving. Guess I'll never be a TV exec because I wouldn't have canceled Angel, I would have promoted it, which btw they didn't do - they promoted the hell out of Smallville but hardly did anything for Angel.

[ edited by Passion on 2004-07-15 15:01 ]

Passion | July 15, 16:55 CET

A similar article from the Detroit Free Press:

“WB wants an audience makeover next season”

[Oops... just noticed that Simon already mentioned this article in the other WB thread.]

[ edited by Ubqtous on 2004-07-15 17:56 ]

Ubqtous | July 15, 19:46 CET

What an assmunch. Again, just when I think network execs can't get any stupider...they go and do it.

cubiclesatan | July 15, 20:51 CET

The madness, oh, the madness.

lycoming | July 15, 21:15 CET

And we're, what, surprised the lights have just come on over at the Ranch? C'mon. They've been clueless about their audience all along. It's endemic to their whole setup. They think only young people watch their network, and they were actually surprised that adults were hooking into Buffy. Why? Because they seriously couldn't tell how cutting edge it was. The same with Angel. They never understood it. They never marketed it with any real degree of enthusiasm or appreciation. They just didn't didn't get it. Now, they just don't got it.

I'll be writing to tell them how, as recently as May, they were the number one network destination in my house, but that today they've been erased from our channel changer's programming and have ceased to exist. Maybe that will sink in where millions of letters, one of the biggest fan campaigns ever, world-wide press coverage and critical support have failed. *snort*

[Oh, bitterness, how I've missed you...]

Wiseblood | July 15, 21:16 CET

amen mchan!

buffyfanatic18 | July 15, 22:06 CET

Are these people stupid? They did have one. They had two. Buffy until they decided to get rid of it, and Angel. TWO. They could have always picked up Firefly.

That's it. Let's just try and get Joss his own damn network.

Rogue | July 15, 22:38 CET

Yeah. What we need is a violent computer game where you have to hunt down and vaporize evil execs. Bet that would have some therapeutic value. As it is I'll just start sharpening the pointy ends of my pitchfork.........

Conveniently DooM3 will be out early in August and I can pretend all of the baddies are network execs.

....with cute and zesty kids

You mean, zany, right? Cause zesty means having a pungent taste or something similar. Are you trying to tell us something Ed? :)

[ edited by zeitgeist on 2004-07-15 20:40 ]

zeitgeist | July 15, 22:40 CET

That's it. Let's just try and get Joss his own damn network.

A-frickin-men! Joss should so have his own cable channel. Joss-TV! All Buffy, Angel, Firefly, shows Joss likes and wants to support, ALL THE TIME. It would do pretty well, I think.

electricspacegirl | July 15, 22:55 CET

"They just didn't didn't get it. Now, they just don't got it."

Very good points Wiseblood. When the fans fought to save Angel, the WB considered them a bunch of fringe weirdos that were just annoying. You're right, they just thought Angel was kids stuff that wasn't 'kiddy' enough or something. Maybe now, after everything, they realize what they really had in that show and it's loyal audience.

"Conveniently DooM3 will be out early in August and I can pretend all of the baddies are network execs."

Worth a shot. I'll try that with Unreal Tournament...

"You mean, zany, right? Cause zesty means having a pungent taste or something similar. Are you trying to tell us something Ed? :)"

Heh, well it was late and I meant zany. Then again, I find those sitcom urchins quite pungent indeed.....not that I would eat them......of course not.....

EdDantes | July 15, 22:58 CET

I wonder what color the sky is on their planet....

zz9 | July 16, 02:13 CET

Yeah zz9, obviously their sky is not blue

Passion | July 16, 21:06 CET