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25 Signs That Your Favorite Show Is Going to Get Cancelled

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TMC

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Apr 26, 2013, 5:20:49 AM4/26/13
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http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/

We live in a nation gripped by fear. The morning after we watch our
favorite TV show, we read our favorite blogger, and then head to
Twitter to see if the series has been cancelled. This fear is well-
founded. In this crowded marketplace, very few programs have truly
good ratings. If the title isn't a military and/or medical acronym,
odds are that it's on the chopping block.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-best-tv-bloggers-right-now/

How can you tell if your favorite program is being shipped off the
Land of Misfit Shows? There are, for better or worse, a number of tell-
tale signs. You always see it coming, and not just from the ratings.
The writers' room might start making desperate moves to spice up the
show. Circumstances outside the show itself can be enough to bring a
powerful program to its knees.

You may not want to admit it to yourself, but there are always signs
of impending doom. Forewarned is forearmed, TV lovers—these are the 25
Signs That Your Favorite Show Is Going to Get Cancelled.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-main-character-leads-a-weird-double-life

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-audience-skews-older

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/will-arnett-is-in-it

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-show-already-cheated-death-once

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/twitter-hate-watches-it

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/twitter-starts-loving-it

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/outside-the-united-states

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/babies-and-children-appear

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-cast-goes-to-disney-world

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-kids-grow-up

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-show-generates-bad-press

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/its-on-the-wrong-network

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/bryan-fuller-or-shawn-ryan-are-tapped-as-the-show

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/teen-show-lacks-hotties

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-spark-is-gone

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/too-much-talent

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-style-is-inconsistent

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-showrunner-is-replaced

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/the-show-is-similar-to-a-successful-show

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/critics-love-it

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/big-budget-small-audience

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/a-lead-actor-leaves

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/a-cast-member-dies

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/show-is-moved-to-friday-or-saturday-night

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-show-is-going-to-get-cancelled/they-add-cool-new-characters

Murdoc

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Apr 26, 2013, 12:34:22 PM4/26/13
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2 Signs That Your Favorite Show Is Going to Get Cancelled:

1. It's your favorite show.
2. It's not off-topic to discuss in rec.arts.sf.tv.

leck...@comcast.net

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Apr 26, 2013, 12:48:30 PM4/26/13
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tmc...@gmail.com wrote:

>http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/25-signs-that-your-favorite-s
how-is-going-to-get-cancelled/will-arnett-is-in-it

ted mcgini joins the cast (see Happy Days, Love Boat, etc)

Dano

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Apr 26, 2013, 1:33:35 PM4/26/13
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"Murdoc" wrote in message
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2 Signs That Your Favorite Show Is Going to Get Cancelled:

1. It's your favorite show.
2. It's not off-topic to discuss in rec.arts.sf.tv.

====================================

Hmmm...what TV shows ARE off topic?

Brilliant!

Murdoc

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Apr 26, 2013, 2:03:40 PM4/26/13
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And from the original article:

"some other notable showkillers include Blair Underwood, Krista Allen,
Aidan Quinn, and Donnie Wahlberg."

Conspicuously missing from the list thus far: Summer Glau!

http://www.complexmag.ca/pop-culture/2012/11/25-best-season-finales-of-all-time/
also has a glaring omission: Star Trek TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds, Part
1". The DS9 season 5 finale "Call to Arms" probably also deserves mention.

anim8rFSK

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Apr 26, 2013, 3:31:19 PM4/26/13
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In article
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comcast.net>,
Except, you know, what happens when he joins the cast is, the show runs
for years and years and years.

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."
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