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. What happens in "Vegas" gets cancelled
OK, now I’m pretty sure people are just yanking me: There’s an effort to save “Las Vegas,” for chrissakes. NBC cancelled the show after the writers strike ended, but still about three seasons too late. I saw an episode recently and am pretty sure no one lifted a finger to ensure that the thing made sense.
Here’s a good measure of NBC’s enthusiasm for the show: It was cancelled even though the last episode shot was the first part of a two-part cliffhanger. Clearly, NBC thought anyone who was actually watching this show would’ve forgotten all about it by the time the writers strike ended. (It’s not exactly going to help sales of the season 5 DVD, everyone knowing there’s no closure whatsoever.)
Nonetheless, according to an Email, “a fan-based campaign has begun to save the series,” which is pretty funny, given that the Email came from a PR firm.
“I just looked at the numbers and I looked at where we were in the season and I know how much it would've cost to start us back up. I told my writers ahead of time, ‘If there's a strike, it's going to be shows like ours that get hurt the most.’ … It's going to take us six to eight weeks to strike that casino [set]. It's already happening. The body wasn't even cold.”
If Thompson saw the writing on the wall, then why didn’t he work harder to prevent the final produced episode from ending in a cliffhanger?
We’ve discussed in the past the folly of these resurrect-a-show campaigns particularly in light of “Jericho’s” disappointing ratings after CBS succumbed to fan hysteria, but Gawker goes absolutely apoplectic over the notion of zealous fan bases lobbying to save a low-rated show rather than finding something else to watch or, better still, getting a life:
“I officially hate these campaigns. They're boring and useless and almost always are focused on some bad show that deserves to be canceled no matter what. Their clamoring never represents any actual viewer appetite for a particular program, just a few crazies with too much time on their hands. Whether it's an effort to be young and with-it or if it's just some perverted altruism, the networks simply need to stop paying attention to the Internet.”
Comments
Everyone needs a project and saving the show Las Vegas with Baby Booties is one of them. Maybe all the baby booties will make them finish the cliff hanger and stop the hysteria but who really knows. Well lets hope people find something other to do than watch television or watch something educational like the history channel.
Posted by: shortshire | February 27, 2008 3:37 PM