First of all, I wanted to say ...
Question: First of all, I wanted to say that I enjoy your column. My reason for writing is that I saw
Emily's Reasons Why Not and I liked it right away (which doesn't happen often). It was really cute and funny. But then I just read in the Entertainment News that it's been canceled after only one episode! Why do networks do this? You can't expect instant success. A show needs time to gain a following. It's unrealistic to expect that to happen right away. I think it would've been great with a little more time.
Answer: I didn't do cartwheels over
Emily, although I did think
Heather Graham was, as you say, "cute and funny," but I thought it deserved more of a chance than one airing against CBS' dominant comedy lineup. (Always risky to program a new comedy against a hit comedy, and ABC has traditionally struggled to fill Mondays after football.) Given that production shut down after only six episodes, there probably isn't much incentive for ABC to burn off this series — and while we're on the subject, what a waste of
John Stamos, to renew
Jake in Progress (which I liked even less than
Emily) only to bury it, having already ruined the actor's chances of joining
ER, a show that could have really used him this season. As strong as ABC is in its drama lineup, it couldn't have a worse track record where comedy is concerned.
