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Firefly Likely to be Cancelled

Posted by chrisd on from the guess-river-will-die-crazy dept.

rscrawford writes "Zap2It is reporting that Firefly, one of the best science fiction shows to make it on to network television in recent years, is going on hiatus: read, getting canceled. Well, it was an interesting, well-written, provocative and intelligent show on Fox; is anyone therefore surprised that they're doing away with it? It lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. At least they're going to show the original 2-hour pilot in December. (And yet, somehow, Just Shoot Me continues...)"

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  1. Of course it's being cancelled by slycer9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It makes you think to follow the plotlines, there are no 'magic' answers to every problem, the characters have real-life type problems, and the dialog was halfway intelligent. Who'd want to watch that when we've got David Spade?! Seriously though, look how successful lowbrow stuff tends to be, versus 'the other stuff'. How long did Roseanne run?

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  2. Not according to Fox... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was browsing the Fox firefly boards (fox.com/firefly) today and a lot of people there know about this "hiatus" already.

    It's possible show has been cancelled but, AFAIK, the "official" word from Fox is that they are going to "heavily" promote the show in December (next new ep is Dec. 6), and see if the ratings pick up. If not, it's gone.

    Currently the show has 13 episodes filmed (I think, don't quote me) and a few more (up to 4) scripts ordered. If they were going to cancel it I think they would just come out and say it, rather then beat about the bush like they seem to be doing.

    It would be a shame, IMO, if they cancelled it. Some of the eps were not very good (including the pilot...) but others ("Out of Gas", "Our Mrs. Renyolds") were fantastic.

  3. Did fox even try? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Informative

    Damn, I like the show. Flawed characters, dark universe, and plots that didn't always wrap up cleanly at the end of the hours. It's like the first season of Babylon 5, which ended up being the-best-scifi-show-ever (At least in my universe of non-cable TV).

    But I see that I'm in the minority.

    Fox never even tried:
    - They never showed the pilot, which probably explained some of the 'why' behind the creepy universe
    - Never seen an ad or promotion for the show outside of ./ . Honestly.
    - It's on Friday night. Most Friday night shows seem to fail. Firefly is the best show that I never watch. Why? I'm usually doing something that night, and I'm the idiot who always forgets to program his VCR, comes home at midnight and slaps his hand against his forehead.

    It never had a chance to get off the ground. But then, this is Fox: Beater of dead horses.

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