There oughta be a law …

• Posted in On TV, On Writing

I knew it was coming, but Veronica Mars, one of my TV favorite shows, got canceled this week.

Sigh.

It hung on for three years, and I’m grateful it was on that long. (And honestly, this season wasn’t nearly as good as the first two). But the finale is next week, and from what I’ve read, it was meant to be a season ender, not a series ender. In other words, nothing is going to get resolved.

Sigh.

I hate it when TV shows get the axe before they can wrap up their story lines. It’s not like I can do that in my books, now is it? So, why do TV execs get a free pass?

There oughta be a law – any show, and I mean any show, that stays on the air at least one season and then gets cancelled should come back for one more episode in the summer or fall (or even a two-hour made-for-TV movie) so they can wrap everything up and satisfy the fans. I’d still be bummed about my show getting the axe, but at least I’d know how things were more or less supposed to turn out.

Are you listening CW network? Are you?

What about you? Did any of your shows get cancelled? Inquiring minds want to know …

10 Responses to “There oughta be a law …”

  1. Laure says:

    I can sympathize. I’m still mourning “Early Edition” though it’s been off for many years now. And “Quantum Leap” which did get a real series finale, but wasn’t satisfying really.
    I tend to fall in love with the quirkier shows, generally the ones that live on the cusp of cancellation all the time. This year both “The Dead Zone” and “Friday Night Lights” made it through to next season, so I’m thrilled.

  3. Chasity says:

    I had these same thoughts the other day. I ran across a new character on Grey’s Anatomy (Lexie Grey) and kept trying to figure out who she was. With a bit of research, I found she was on a show called Reunion. It ran for 12 episodes and was cancelled. It still bugs me that I’ll never know who the killer was.

  4. Jennifer Estep says:

    Laure — Quirky is good. 😎

    I love Friday Night Lights too. It was one of my favorite new shows this year (along with Heroes). When did Kyle Chandler get so sexy? Sigh.

    Edie — I know what you mean. It’s such a great show with terrific writing. Ah well, at least we got three years of it. And Heroes is coming back next year. Yeah!

    Chasity — I never watched Reunion, but I heard a lot of folks complain about shows like that and Kidnapped that got cancelled mid-run. For shows like that, they should cut the time down to six months — or at least do something online that wraps everything up.

  5. Brian says:

    I’m still upset that My So-Called Life didn’t have a full run, so you can add me to those that are in mourning over the loss of Veronica Mars.

    The Sopranos, Gilmore Girls, and Veronica Mars all gone within a month. Is this the end of the golden age of TV drama?

  6. Jennifer Estep says:

    The Sopranos and Gilmore Girls had both run their course, I think. They each got what, 6, 7 seasons?

    Veronica could have gone a couple more years, whether with her still in college, or solving cases for the FBI. I’m still bummed about it.

    But on the bright side, another fav show of mine, How I Met Your Mother, was on the fence and got picked up.

  7. celeber says:

    Shows that left too soon

    Killer Instinct from Fox
    Farscape from Sci Fi
    Batman Beyond (it was a really cool cartoon)
    Birds of Prey

    That is all I can think of right now. However my husband and I had a stream of bad luck a few years running as our favorite new shows kept getting cancelled. Dang it!

  8. Brian says:

    The Sopranos and Gilmore Girls had great runs, but I’m still really sad to see them go. Of all of the fictional towns on television I love Stars Hollow the most.

    Firefly is a great example of a show that left too soon. It hardly got started before it was already off the air.

  9. Jennifer Estep says:

    I never really got into Firefly. I always wondered why they still used guns (regular guns) instead of like laser guns or lightsabers or something.

    I know it was supposed to be a space western, but still. You’d think if they had spaceships, they would have had laser guns too.

  10. Jennifer Estep says:

    I missed Farscape when it first came on and could never catch up with it. I used to enjoy watching Batman Beyond too. That was an interesting take on the character — Bruce Wayne as a grumpy old man. 😎

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