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S: 'Dark Angel' Grounded
http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtm...StoryID=969299
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Not even "Titanic" director James Cameron -- the man behind the biggest movie in history -- can prevent a TV ratings dud from cancellation. Fox Broadcasting has axed the sci-fi action series "Dark Angel," which Cameron co-created, after two seasons, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety said in its Thursday edition. The show's Friday night slot will be filled by "Firefly," a space Western from Joss Whedon, the creator of the hit franchise "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Daily Variety said. "Dark Angel" starred Jessica Alba as a feisty human prototype who teams up with a cyberjournalist (played by Michael Weatherly) to battle an oppressive regime in the near future. It made a celebrity out of Alba, a 21-year-old exotic beauty who got engaged to Weatherly, but the show never transcended cult status. Season-to-date, it averaged six million viewers and ranked about 125th among prime-time series, according to Nielsen Media Research. Cameron, who co-created "Dark Angel" with Charles H. Eglee, made his TV directing debut on what turned out to be the show's series finale, which aired earlier this month. Fox Broadcasting, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's Fox Entertainment Group Inc ., will confirm its lineup for the 2002/03 season during a presentation to advertisers in New York on Thursday. ------------- Another good tv show canceled to put on another show that won't get better ratings. |
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05-19-2002, 05:52 PM
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I think that bites. Almost every show that I like gets cancelled, or they run too long and get boring (X-Files).
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05-19-2002, 10:10 PM
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i bet if they wouldn't have moved it to stupid Friday nights at 9pm (at least here) it would ahve done way better. I used to watch on Tuesday nights... but when they changed it.. I never even saw one of them... bastiges....
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05-20-2002, 11:35 AM
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05-20-2002, 07:25 PM
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Nooooooooooo............
 It's a great show with a significant social comentary. Of course it is doomed. It must have been the same execs that used to work at NBC, the onest that canceled the Original Star Trek. 1/2 the people I know watch that show. Me thinks that the Neilson familys aren't demonstrating an appropriate cross section. I think they only count stupid people...  |
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05-20-2002, 09:57 PM
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ah, that really sucks!
and i agree about the time slot, i never missed an episode in the first season, but i've only seen like, 3 since its been on friday nights. even if i'm home, i'm usually not watching tv. and i really liked max. 
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05-24-2002, 06:40 PM
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