Happy Thursday. The weekend’s almost here (and with it, a brand new Mel Gibson flick – more on that tomorrow…along with some of Mel’s own tips on ‘multiple childrearing’. Seriously.) Also this weekend Saturday Night Live welcomes Mad Man Jon Hamm as host, with musical guest Michael Buble. (Btw: all of you “Mad Men” watchers, the word is out that Bryan Batt who plays Sal Romano –the Fired Art Director Guy — will not be returning to the hit series. Go figure.) Sunday’s the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards so you’ll either want to tune in, set your DVR’s to record it, or avoid it altogether and get ready for the deluge of Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Lady Gaga photos Monday morning. They’re saying it’ll be a pretty cool show actually. Now, will there be the fireworks & controversy that sent everyone scrambling to YouTube immediately following the AMA’s and the MTV Awards? Probably not. Were the Grammy nominees actually selected by “the People” like any other awards shows we know? Not exactly. Still, of course we’ll be wanting to know what you all think about the show, even if you didn’t get to choose the winners. Now for some TV news that may genuinely bum a lot of people out. ABC has announced that “Ugly Betty” is no more, and that the current season (its fourth ) will in fact be its last. While this was long rumored to be a possibility as the show seemed to be struggling a bit, it’s still too bad. But at least America Ferrera gets to keep her Emmy and her Golden Globe. And they’ll probably let her keep that poncho. Can’t say that about all the other stars of canceled shows. Speaking of which, we notice you all can be pretty devoted to your favorite programs, and lots of you don’t take kindly when Hollywood suits coldly rip them from the airwaves. So here are 4 axed shows for your consideration. Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which of these 4 canceled series was your favorite.
1) Ugly Betty
2) Moonlight
3) Raising The Bar
4) Kings
Wow Great blog , i am gonna visit back soon…
Why is NCIS not on here? Or any of the CSI?
Hi,I thought I’d post and let you know that your blogs layout is really messed up on the k-melon browser.Anyhow keep up the good work
TV Executive is all about the ratings. they dont care about US tv viewers..since rating is what pays the advertising and such is the gimmick
I really enjoyed Ugly Betty and then my entire family got into Eastwik and we were all set to watch it every week and now I find out it has been cancelled also. I am about ready to stop watching ABC all togeher. Unless they decide to bring Eastwick back full time not just a
fill in show, well I will be watching a different channel.
Why does ABC think they can just cancell one show after another and that people won’t be upset with the executives at ABC. The persons in charge of programming need to be fired and hire new. Let the people watch the programs that the truly like and leave those shows alone.
Take a survey and find out what shows to put in that time slot and keep it there.
Thank youin advance for doing the right thing. Bring Eastwick back to stay
So really????? WTF ABC cancelled Eastwick to air Ugly Betty, only to now cancel Ugly Betty as well???? I am still very raw over the cancellation of eastwick and this just puts salt into the wounds for me. I think ABC exec’s need to give their heads a shake and stop screwing with their viewers. I for one will second guess watching any new show that this network airs because they will simply cancel it for no reason. Think about the first season of Seinfeld, a ratings nightmare, but in the end it was a huge success. Come on ABC stick with the shows you air and you might just have a gem in the mix….. (though it definately is not Ugly Betty)