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Dead Like Me Season 2

post #1 of 3
8/20/05 at 1:09pm
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Remind me why this got cancelled again.

Callum Blue and Mandy Patinkin are both wonderful.
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post #2 of 3
8/20/05 at 2:33pm
It got cancelled for the same reason that all good shows get cancelled, it was well liked. Now, being well liked does not have to be a bad thing, i mean there were millions of single women that found solice each week watching Sex in the City and living vicariously through the characters, but this was one of those smart shows that was well liked and had no one watching it. Much like Arrested Development ( i watch that show and feel like i should savor every episode because who knows when Fox will can the thing ), Dead Like Me was a show that has its followers, but did not have a whole lot of casual viewers. It's a shame since the show (from what i saw of it) was very good and highly entertaining. Thank goodness Joey is still on the air though. NBC really has their finger on the pulse of America with that one.
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post #3 of 3
8/20/05 at 8:29pm
I actually got the good fortune to interview Bryan Fuller about it. Essentially, the network saw that there was a decline in quality from Season 1, one that wasn't going to get better with a third season, and decided not to pick up the show again. Plain and simple.

I'm sad there won't be any true closure for this show, but, even though there was, indeed, a lot of good in season 2, seeing what the show was becoming without Fuller's ideas, and with the wrong people making the decisions (namely, MGM), I'm glad they pulled out before any more damage was done. We're left, at least, with a thematically fulfilling ending, and I'll take that over watching the show get worse and worse in subsequent seasons.
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