SyFy Cancels "Caprica"

[lumineaux]

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/10/27/breaking-syfy-cancels-caprica/

I agree that "Caprica" is not even half the show that "BSG" was.  It's slow.  It keeps flailing around among plotlines like a drunken hummingbird in a field full of crack flowers.  But it has flashes of brilliance.  I think the show runners could have ironed out the problems in another 13 episodes or so. 

Plus, SyFy's management of the show left a lot to be desired.  The huge hiatus in mid-season and the failure to publicize its return didn't help.  Nor did their decision to put it on Tuesday nights now, opposite big network dramas.

I would have liked to see "Caprica" have the chance to get its act together before the plug was pulled.  Now it will just be an interesting experiment that failed.

So let's see:  "House" has become unwatchable, "Caprica" is canceled, "Bones" is sliding into unwatchability (and Cablevision has dropped Fox anyway)

That leaves me watching "Destination: Truth" for the travelogue, "The Daily Show" and some occasional "NCIS" 

Comments

[handymonkey]

Big Bang Theory?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Tried it, didn't warm up to it. It's a guy nerd show. I'm a girl nerd ;-)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Recommended: "Castle"

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Love love love love Nathan Fillon. The female lead leaves me cold. I keep forgetting when it's on, which doesn't help.

I also tried TNT's Rizzoli & Isles because I like the books on which it's based. Suffice to say it's as based on Tess Gerritson's books as Bones is based on Kathy Reich's books, which is to say "not at all."

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

We're watching the finale of Project Runway tonight, but in truth I don't like the show much since the move to Lifetime. I try to look at the clothes and ignore the rest.

[lissa510.livejournal.com]

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<<It keeps flailing around among plot lines like a drunken hummingbird in a field full of crack flowers. >>

such a lovely image!

I don't watch Bones and Castle because of the female lead. Love the male leads, but the others annoy me too much to make it work it.

Lie to Me?? have you tried that?

[zaduzbina.livejournal.com]

Damn. I liked Caprica. I also like Santuary.

[tonypatriquin.livejournal.com]

At least Burn Notice is coming back soon.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Excellent point. I'd forgotten about that. And there's a Sam Axe prequel in the works.

[metasomething.livejournal.com]

Have to say it: Hawaii 5-0.