Taking effects away from TSCC would have made it far worse. There was no saving it.

I like where they left it off. The show wasn’t canon, but it works.

Manipulate Rodney?

I don’t agree with that, not one bit. I also find it curious as to why you say “I know its popular for the kiddies to hate on Fox” and then you follow it with a slight bit of it on your own. They don’t manipulate the news, Rodney. They report on it and comment on it from both right and left. They will always bring up fair and honest points.

You should leave FoxNews out of it.

There is, however, an equal, if not more hatred for Fox head exec Tom Rothman; I agree there is too much internet related hate of the man and his greenlight choices. If he actually made a correct choice-and I’m sure he has- would we ever notice it?

“Fox execs will be hiding behind the cardboard standies of the Simpsons, that show that is a lot like the Simpspons, and the spinoff of that show that is a lot like the Simpspons. Oh, lets not forget that sci fi animated comedy by the guy who created the Simpsons getting un-cancelled”

So Fox has the Simpsons…NBC has the Law & Order franchises and spinoffs, CBS has CSI, ABC has…well I don’t know what ABC has, what’s your point on this?

As for Futurerama, I’m also surprised that’s still around. I thought it was gone ages ago. But since it is an animated show, don’t they have to plan and/or animate shows in advance because it is an animated series? So maybe that “26″ could be the last “26″? (But again, I thought the show was dead ages ago)

Also, I’d think they’d hide behind 24 now that Prison Break is done…I actually feel that and Dollhouse will be the better panels of the FoxTV bunch*
Of course, Katee will be there, so that’s an extra incentive for the 24 panel.

(*why not have a few show from the FX cable channel as well? Doesn’t anyone watch ‘Rescue Me’ anymore?)

American Idol isn’t as expensive as most scripted shows and it is live. Other than that, it brings in the ratings.

I’m not entirely surprised Terminator got canned; the show wasn’t terrible, but I found it more enjoyable when I DVRd it- because I despised the opening “three minute flashback” and the abrupt act breaks, where it seemed there was for every 13 minutes of commercials, there was 6 minutes of each act- usually set in no more than two locations. Frustrating!

But then, there was the sad truth: the budget was high and it didn’t bring in enough ratings.

Yes, Dollhouse didn’t have strong ratings either, but that show had to cut back on costs in order to stick around.

What do they mean by “triumphant return” anyway? That they’re going to keep making the strait to DVD movies or is it actually coming back to TV as a series again?