The House that Los Built

The choppy run that Daisies has had surely has wrecked its ability to build up any significant following, but I have a feeling that the real culprit is the concept of the ongoing series. In the end, I think it might have fared better had it been sold to viewers (and therefore planned) with a foreseeable end. The premise doesn't feel like one that could productively continue indefinitely; Ned is going to have to come to terms with whatever is keeping him from embracing life at some point, and then what happens to Chuck? I'm cranky, though, that we aren't likely to see that ending; if they've completed filming the 13 eps, but are waiting to see if they'll be picked up, then it may be that we never get a resolution or we get one that is utterly unsatisfying.

I was just getting warmed to LoM as well; I really like the cast (with the exception of the blonde policewoman--too "squeaky clean"). The show felt odd for US television, but that made it endearing--and expendable.

*kicks and screams and stamps feet for full 15 minutes*

Now that I'm out of breath and quite red in the face--thanks!

It can be a right bastard. Sometimes I feel invisible to the networks. They never requite my love...

Oh no, you are not whinging, that is righteous indignation.

American TV drives me nuts! I pretty much avoid watching any network stuff because they yank it off the air so quickly, at least on cable they give their shows a chance to find an audience.

This--yes! Last night I was flipping channels and came across Sanctuary, this new SciFi channel show which I have marginal hopes for. It's sort of a Torchwood-with-mutants thing and it's still establishing its mythology, so the eps are still really setup-heavy, but I could see it really developing with time and investment into something neat. Networks are awful at doing that with a show...

I'm was surprised that Pushing Daisies lasted as long as it has because it's so clever and I can usually rely on networks to ax anything I really enjoy. It's a pity about Life on Mars since I was just starting to warm to it myself :-(

I must admit to a similar feeling about PD--I think the writer's strike actually helped that show survive to another season. LoM was doomed from the start; PD's playful lightness would help some peeps get over the kinda-squicky underlying premise (which was really, I think, risky for that timeslot), but LoM bases on gloomy/strange then washes in hazy gold and that's not going to pull people away from ER (which really needs to end).

I bet they replace these shows with some reality tripe called America's Pets Have Got Talent Grrrr!

But America's Pets DO have talent and the American people must be allowed to find the most worthy! /sarcasm.

I'm going to visit with John and Martha now. They bring the happy.

The entire network culture really doesn't seem to know what to do with a show that has to be nurtured unless, I can imagine, they're strong-armed into nurturing a show because of who happens to be connected to it. The strike didn't help matters, and I'm sure they're under great pressure to realize revenues after losing so many viewers last year.

And ditto on pretty much everything you said about the other shows; I didn't even list Lost earlier because I haven't watched it in ages. It's another show that needed to begin with (and let us know that it had) a specific duration and end in mind.