Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Can't wait for the new season. That show kicks ass.

Actually I kinda thought the show got canned

"TheAnswer385 wrote:

Actually I kinda thought the show got canned

Nope. Got renewed, thank God.

"TheAnswer385 wrote:

Actually I kinda thought the show got canned

me too. It's good to know it'll be back on.Lena Headey is hot,she was in 300 remember.

"PHINATIC13 wrote:

me too. It's good to know it'll be back on.Lena Headey is hot,she was in 300 remember.

Yeah. She's like Linda Hamilton...only the exact opposite.

Lena Headley is hot, Summer Glau is insanely hot, and there's gunplay and time-traveling robots. How did this show have to struggle for renewal?!?

I have always felt the best thing for this show would be to use it as a bridge to the 4th Terminator movie, thus making it essentially a 3-year program. The crossover marketing would be big, and it would allow them to tidy up the series nicely. Of course, they care more about the first part of that than the second, but still.

The show suffered from not getting re-newed almost cause of the writer strike. Even shows like Prison Break were threatened cause of the strike but instead have been picked up. I'm kinda glad it's still on cause not too many shows nowadays deal in the sci-fi futuristic aspect of things. I've never seen Battlestar but apparently it's a great show.

Can't wait, I loved it.

Glad they are re-showing the first season before season two. Hopefully some people who weren't paying attention will realize what a great show this is.

Lena Headley in 300 looks completely different than Lena Headley in Terminator, IMO. Both hot though.

This is my favorite show. Summer Glau is a goddess.

Bad news, fellow Terminator fans (and if the ratings are any indication, I think there's only about 2 or 3 of you): there's a report, which seems fairly credible, that the show has been canceled effective at the end of this season.

This, sadly, can't possibly be a surprise. The ratings have been downright awful ever since the move to FOX's Friday Night Timeslot of Doom. Of course, in FOX's defense, the ratings weren't so hot before that.

I said when this show was announced, and again when it was renewed (see above) that the way to do it was set it up as a segue to Terminator: Salvation. Sci-fi shows generally have a limited shelf life, and a show like this would have an even more limited shelf life. After all, movies that get turned into TV shows generally don't do well. (The lone exception that comes to mind would be MASH.) Instead, they basically pretended that Terminator 3 never happened, and set themselves up for a continuity problem with the upcoming movie. Then they took an action/sci-fi show and limited the action in too many episodes. I'm all for character development, but how many scenes did we need of Riley being a pain in the ass, or Ellison's incessant hand-wringing about life, God, the future, etc.?

Still, I loved the show, and it definitely had more good points than bad, even if it was mishandled. Maybe CW or someone else will pick it up, but that seems unlikely.

"phunwin wrote:

Bad news, fellow Terminator fans (and if the ratings are any indication, I think there's only about 2 or 3 of you): there's a report, which seems fairly credible, that the show has been canceled effective at the end of this season.

This, sadly, can't possibly be a surprise. The ratings have been downright awful ever since the move to FOX's Friday Night Timeslot of Doom. Of course, in FOX's defense, the ratings weren't so hot before that.

I said when this show was announced, and again when it was renewed (see above) that the way to do it was set it up as a segue to Terminator: Salvation. Sci-fi shows generally have a limited shelf life, and a show like this would have an even more limited shelf life. After all, movies that get turned into TV shows generally don't do well. (The lone exception that comes to mind would be MASH.) Instead, they basically pretended that Terminator 3 never happened, and set themselves up for a continuity problem with the upcoming movie. Then they took an action/sci-fi show and limited the action in too many episodes. I'm all for character development, but how many scenes did we need of Riley being a pain in the ass, or Ellison's incessant hand-wringing about life, God, the future, etc.?

Still, I loved the show, and it definitely had more good points than bad, even if it was mishandled. Maybe CW or someone else will pick it up, but that seems unlikely.

Man that is bad news but it isn't suprising after the kiss of death time slot change. I also agree with you on the excessive character development.

I agree hopefully someone like CW will pick it up. They seem to do a good job with "Supernatural" (my wife's favorite). Maybe there will be increased interest in a show once T4 comes out.

The other downside to the show being cancelled. I don't get to see goddess Summer Glau.

This sucks. Since I, too, like to pretend T3 never happened, I have no problem with the continuity thing-and I have enjoyed the series so far. Guess I'll have to buy the Blu-Rays so I can keep Summer going all the time...

"CA Dolfan wrote:

Man that is bad news but it isn't suprising after the kiss of death time slot change. I also agree with you on the excessive character development.

I agree hopefully someone like CW will pick it up. They seem to do a good job with "Supernatural" (my wife's favorite). Maybe there will be increased interest in a show once T4 comes out.

The other downside to the show being cancelled. I don't get to see goddess Summer Glau.

Oh man, I will definitely miss Summer and those half-mile long legs of hers. She's gorgeous.

I hope CW, or Sci-Fi, or someone else picks it up, but that very seldom happens. The fact that it's a name franchise helps, and both those channels are short on programming, but it's not like it's a show where the ratings were good and FOX canceled it unfairly. The ratings flat out suck and as much as I hate it, I can't blame FOX in the least for letting the ax fall.

Awww, dammit.

"phunwin wrote:

Oh man, I will definitely miss Summer and those half-mile long legs of hers. She's gorgeous.

I hope CW, or Sci-Fi, or someone else picks it up, but that very seldom happens. The fact that it's a name franchise helps, and both those channels are short on programming, but it's not like it's a show where the ratings were good and FOX canceled it unfairly. The ratings flat out suck and as much as I hate it, I can't blame FOX in the least for letting the ax fall.

It's a shame.

But a show can only be so dark; this one is so unrelentingly dark that it's no wonder it can't appeal to a wider audience; especially today, when real life is pretty dark as it is and folks are looking for even a glimmer of hope anywhere they can get it.

It really is too bad. By all rights a franchise like this should have been a gold mine.

i love this show! i also love heroes!

Dang it!

I blame myself, really. I took Summer out of my sig to celebrate some dead guy and look what happens!

"NaboCane wrote:

It's a shame.

But a show can only be so dark; this one is so unrelentingly dark that it's no wonder it can't appeal to a wider audience; especially today, when real life is pretty dark as it is and folks are looking for even a glimmer of hope anywhere they can get it.

It really is too bad. By all rights a franchise like this should have been a gold mine.

You know what? That's dead-nuts-on. And I feel stupid because I had a similar theory years before. Remember The Drew Carey Show? Obviously, it wasn't dark, but you have a protagonist who's supposed to resemble everyman, you can only kick him so many times before you cut him a break. Every time Drew would get somewhere, he'd lose what he had and be back to his crappy life with his alcoholic idiot friends. And ultimately, people stopped watching the show. Same theory applies, although ABC got a lot more years out of Drew Carey than FOX did from TSCC.