David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Yet more Cancellation Playhouse
Every network but CBS axed one of its underperforming shows yesterday.
NBC whacked “The Black Donnellys,” whose performance at 10 p.m. Mondays was even worse than “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” It will be replaced by a reality show from Ashton Kutcher about trouble-making wedding crashers. An ambitious, upscale drama gunned down to make room for a goofy reality show? You know Aaron Sorkin would do an episode on that.
ABC’s “Six Degrees” came and went, again, and Fox divorced itself from “The Wedding Bells.” (With the sort of ratings these shows got on Friday night, Friday is poised to go the way of Saturday when it comes to network programming.)
And “Seventh Heaven” found itself cancelled yet again – last season was supposed to be its final one until The CW, noting how bare its cupboards were, renewed it even after a series finale was aired. So The CW managed to do what The WB could not – kill off a long-running series. Yet another feather in The CW’s cap.
Oh, and another candidate for this space at a future date, ABC's "Notes from the Underbelly," has had its timeslot shifted yet again (that's four times before it has even aired). Initially, it was to air in the fall at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, then 9:30 p.m. Wednesday debuting April 11, then 10 p.m. Thursday premiering April 12. Well, it will still do that, but then it's off to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, where it'll be safely out of the way of "American Idol." Desperation or legitimately trying to give the show a shot? You be the judge.
Comments
At the rate these networks are going, we'll all be watching the Test Pattern come September.
Posted by: Suzy Q | April 3, 2007 5:18 PM