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WB Cancels Angel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-this-the-end-of-joss-on-the-tube dept.

Ray Radlein writes "Despite a 36% increase over last year's comparable ratings, the WB Network announced today that they are cancelling Angel as of the end of this season." Unfortunate since this season was stronger than the last. " The link also makes taunting mentions of movie plans.

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  1. Re:Replacement. by RoceKiller · · Score: 5, Informative

    Damn sad to see another great show go away. In case you don't know about it Angel Season 6 Petition

  2. Re:Watched more than the West Wing by tommck · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is NO WAY that Angel had higher ratings than West Wing...

    They must be talking about increase in viewership, which would be hard to beat if you went up 36% from one season to the next.

    On this weekly list, West Wing was 51st and Angel was 87th....

    On this season so far list, West Wing was 29th and Angel was 129th... Gee... I wonder why it was cancelled... hmmm... Let's look at the shows above it...

    Tru Calling (huh?)
    Skin (cancelled)
    Miss Match (yikes)
    Brotherhood of Poland, NH
    Tracy Morgan Show
    The Handler (cancelled)
    Celebrity Mole Yucatan

    Pretty pathetic...

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  3. Re:Oh, you had to do it.... by antis0c · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pfft, we already won.

    Albeit the show remains cancelled, all the Farscape fans really wanted was a proper ending.

    And we got it, a 4 - 5 episode Mini Series coming Fall 2004 to finish out the show.

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  4. Re:Joss Whedon comments by mocm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a link to the full comment by Joss. It's the one in red.

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  5. Re:Spike in ratings. by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm already embarassingly overinvolved in this thread, but what the hell. Spoilers blah blah blah.

    When we left Spike 'neath the Hellmouth, he was going all pillar-of-fire. As it turns out, his whaddayacallit (I was going to say "essence," but that gives an illusion of concreteness that really isn't there) was trapped in the medallion he was wearing. Somehow, the medallion (owned by evil law firm Wolfram and Hart) was mailed back to Angel. Angel, for his part, has just been given the position of CEO of Wolfram and Hart (read: Hell, Incorporated).

    Angel opens the package, and Spike materializes. Sort of. He's not precisely corporeal, and he's attached to Wolfram and Hart's main offices somehow, so he can't leave.

    He narrowly escapes being sucked into Hell, and then another package arrives. When it's opened, Spike gets his body back. This triggers some sort of clause in the Prophecy (which up until now we've assumed means that Angel will someday become human) because now there are two vampires with souls, and both of them are champions. Somehow, this fact is dragging the world towards some sort of apocalypse.

    It's been kind of fun to watch the show explore the rivalry between Angel and Spike. Tuning in wouldn't be too bad an idea.

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