I'll probably keep watching cause I just do. I have to say that I DON'T particularly like the new trainers and the vibe is just bad. I'm sure as a viewer I'm being manipulated to feel that way, but I'm loyal to Bob and Jillian. If they're all actually getting along, I may have missed that while fast forwarding furiously. I do a lot of fast forwarding with that show. "So what hurts? What caused your life to fall apart?" Tears? Hugs? Jennie-O Turkey? OOH - grab that remote!
I did break up with Desperate Housewives this season, however. Not only was it awful, it was like Groundhog Day with the same awful over and over and over. I've known that for the past few seasons, but tried to hang on. I could tell this season that it was only getting worse, and that I was wasting my life. Susan makes me want to scream, and I couldn't handle the Brian Austin Green/Bree plotline. I closed my eyes and hit "delete" on the DVR, and got rid of the series recording after, what, seven years? Don't miss it.
I have my fingers crossed that next to go will be Brothers and Sisters. I've watched since day one and have grown to love the Walkers, even while they drive me crazy...which they do at least half of the time. It's part of their charm. I'm an only child and even when they're insane, I'm envious. There are moments when the cast is amazing; those arguments at the dinner table are like watching ballet and you have to appreciate how great the cast really is. I love that Scottie and Kevin are both groundbreaking AND ordinary. But their recent fostering (or is it already ADOPTION?) of a girl they met last week is a perfect example of the silly and implausible plots that are rife on B&S these days. Wasn't their relationship rocked like 3 weeks ago by earth shattering infidelity? I know I'm extra sensitive due to my career, but Sally Field cannot practice with a potato masher then walk into a radio station and get a job!! Holly gets PARTIAL amnesia (hello, Days of Our Lives) then leaves the show? Where is the villain? Justin goes to medical school? Of course that didn't work. Has he EVER had a job? How can these people drink around an addict all the time? Green-topia? Could Uncle Sol (or is it Sal?) be any more pretentious? Why is anything involving Calista Flockhart tedious? Where is her son? You expect some nonsense in a soapy drama, but the plots have grown increasingly ridiculous - insulting to the talented actors portraying these people. I keep watching, though, because despite it all I am attached to the characters. I want the show to get cancelled so that I don't have to break up with it myself. How passive aggressive is that?
Entertainment Weekly predicted a list of shows that they believe will or COULD BE canceled:
Here's the magazine's 'Danger Zone' list:
Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
Human Target (Fox)
Lie to Me (Fox)
Live to Dance (CBS)
Million Dollar Money Drop (Fox)
No Ordinary Family (ABC)
One Tree Hill (The CW)
Perfect Couples (NBC)
The Event (NBC)
V (ABC)
And here's EW's 'Could Go Either Way' list:
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Chuck (NBC)
The Defenders (CBS)
Fringe (Fox)
Law & Order: L.A. (NBC)
Outsourced (NBC)
Supernatural (The CW)
These shows have already been canned:
Chase (NBC - I don't even remember this one)
The Good Guys
Lone Star (FOX) - the fall's first casualty, actually, after 2 episodes
Medium (5 seasons NBC/2 on CBS) - I never got this show and gave up after a few shows. No matter how many cases she solved, her husband never believed her. Did that ever change?
My Generation (ABC)
Outlaw (CBS)
Running Wilde (wow, what a disappointment this was, since it starred Will Arnett)
Smallville (10 yrs. on CW)
Undercovers (sorry, JJ Abrams)
The Whole Truth (ABC)
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