Dead Series Society (Part 1)
This pun came to me, a little play on words referring to the movie the Dead Poets Society. I’m dedicating this post to the TV shows that have been cancelled carelessly after only one season. From what I understand the television business is worse than the one of movies. If the ratings are low, that means around 6 millions viewers, the show is cancelled and the fans disappointed. I’ll open my heart about two TV series I’ve discovered recently and have been butchered by FOX in 2002/2003.
My discovery of Firefly started with a movie trailer, the one of the movie Serenity. The weird thing was that during the trailer they mentioned critics who had loved it. It did not make sense at the time since the movie was not due for an other 6 months! But I discovered that this movie was in fact a sequel to a TV show that was cancelled. Seeing the trailer again and again I was gaining some interest in the whole series and decided to watch the show before the movie was released in theaters. I was disappointed to realize such a great series had been cancelled without me ever hearing about it before. I really loved the characters and themes that were used in this series produced by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel). I won’t discuss the story line but that sci-fi show was cancelled by FOX and they even chopped three of the filmed episodes. In my opinion they really wanted to get rid of that show because of its ratings.
Now you’ll all tell me it makes sense to cancel a show that no one likes, but is tricky because you have to consider the democracy we live in. It was decided that for their audience the show needed to be removed from the air in order to make room for new and better shows. But have they ever considered international viewers? We keep talking about global economy and exchange market but some “produces” are not deemed worthy of being exported. The same thing can happen to games and music. The power of Internet is not to be taken lightly and it is through that medium I’ve discovered the existence of this show and took a deep interest. If it had been broadcasted here I would of been a weekly fan! My logic would bring us to a point where the work of someone, whether it is music, art or a film could be easily shared to the whole world at minimal cost helping the “minorities” get full coverage. Who knows, there is possibly a TV that aired in UK and that I’ll never be able to see or hear about. Does it mean it’s a bad show? Does it mean that to be good you need to be internationally acclaimed?
My analysis will be extended on Part 2 of the Dead Series Society. Stay posted, syndicate my blog with RSS feeds, bookmark me and leave comments!