You've Been Cancelled: Television Shows I'm Going To Miss

We all have that moment of dismay when we find out that one of our favorite television shows is no longer going to be with us.  Here's what I'm going to miss this year.

The Gates (ABC)-ABC's supernatural crime drama only made it through the short summer of 2010.  Yes, the vampire genre is over-saturated.  We have the Twilight Franchise in movie theaters and "The Vampire Diaries" over on the CW, but something about this series hooked me.  Maybe it was just the hotness of seeing Rhona Mitra on my TV screen every week.  However, I'll still miss this show.

As the World Turns (CBS)-One of my favorite soapers of all time ended on September 17th, 2010.  I started watching ATWT when I was a college student and became an instant fan of the residents of Oakdale.  

Caprica (Syfy)-Syfy canned this series when it finally seemed that it was hitting on all cylinders.  I can't believe they cancelled this show, yet Ghost Hunters and Wrestling stay on the channel.  The final five remaining episodes will be aired in a marathon showing on January 4, 2011.  Syfy is working on yet another BSG prequel called "Blood and Chrome" which is supposed to be similar in tone to BSG...I don't know if I'll trust Syfy with another new show, yet.  I'll take a wait and see approach to anything new that Syfy has to offer for a long time.

Stargate Universe (Syfy)-Another blow from Syfy came when they announced that they were cancelling SG:U after half the second season had aired.  There are 10 remaining episodes and they will be aired sometime in the spring of 2011.

There you have it folks...my short list of television shows that I'm going to miss.

-Bill

Live Blogging From the DVR: Smallville, Supernatural, Haven

Due to some time restraints and this damn cold or sinus thing that's hitting me, tonight's LBFD is instead just going to be some quick thoughts about the shows tonight.

First up, the 10th season premiere of Smallville.  I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to see Clark in the suit tonight, but at least the suit was more than just a reflection in an eye tonight.  The cloned Lex's were sufficiently creepy, but the "bad one" wasn't really that bad at all.  I would have liked to see him stick around for at least another episode.  That being said, I did like the "You can't save them both" angle that the Lex clone presented.  This is a scenario that Clark/Superman has come up against in nearly all of his incarnations.  The theme of tonight's episode seems to be sacrifice.  One very creepy (at least to me) moment was with Tess (all healed up from her burns) and the young Lex clone, Alexander...just something really off about the way she brought Alexander that glass of milk.

On to the 6th season premiere of Supernatural.  I think ol' Grandpa Campbell has his own agenda that he hasn't told Sam about yet.  I'm not really sure that I trust him.  Sam seems to trust him, but can Sam be trusted?  I'm bummed that there was no Castiel in tonight's episode, but always glad to see Bobby.  It seems that since the apocalypse was averted last season, there are monsters everywhere and it's now up to Sam to convince Dean that hunting is his life.

Haven tonight was mostly another "flavor of the week" type episode, with a tiny bit of the mythology thrown in here and there.  Audrey's boss comes back to Haven to supposedly "debrief" her and try to get her to convince him that she should stay in Haven.  We later learn that the boss was wanting her to stay in Haven and help keep things in check, but as Chief Wuornos points out, Audrey isn't the type that can be told what to do...she has to believe the idea to stay comes from her.  We learn tonight that Chief and Audrey's boss have been in cahoots from the first episode.  No real forward movement on the tattoo people that are out to kill Duke...that was a disappointment.  Children of the Corn reference tonight as well as an X-Files reference.

That's it for me tonight...I've gotta go get some rest so that I can be well for Tuesday's Black Crowes concert!