a sad day
It pained me to learn today that Arrested Development, after three consistently brilliant seasons, has been cancelled. It had its time slot changed, it was off the air more often than not in the last few months, and Fox discovered that their ratings didn't improve. Gee, I wonder why?
At least it will be on for a few more episodes, and there is hope -- however slim -- that it could be restored. I would like to ask everyone who reads this to please tune in to FOX on Monday, December 5th for the next episode. Please, in the name of all that is funny, mark your calendars.
Meanwhile, Stacked lives on (at the same network, no less), and Aquaman is about to get his own show. Yes, Aquaman. The superhero who talks to fish. There is no justice in this world.
<insert appropriate piano music here>
In similarly depressing news, the Sci-Fi Channel has announced that their SciFiction page will be shut down at the end of next month. SciFiction is an online collection of hundreds of science fiction tales: some new, some old, nearly all good. Even the bad ones are much more entertaining than 99% of the crapola Sci-Fi puts on the air. They cover a very wide variety of stories, from the hilarious to the bizarre to the disgusting to the disturbingly beautiful. These four, plus the simply brilliant (and Nebula-winning) Empire of Ice Cream, are probably my favorites of the lot. I suggest going there and enjoying the stories while they last.
At least it will be on for a few more episodes, and there is hope -- however slim -- that it could be restored. I would like to ask everyone who reads this to please tune in to FOX on Monday, December 5th for the next episode. Please, in the name of all that is funny, mark your calendars.
Meanwhile, Stacked lives on (at the same network, no less), and Aquaman is about to get his own show. Yes, Aquaman. The superhero who talks to fish. There is no justice in this world.
<insert appropriate piano music here>
In similarly depressing news, the Sci-Fi Channel has announced that their SciFiction page will be shut down at the end of next month. SciFiction is an online collection of hundreds of science fiction tales: some new, some old, nearly all good. Even the bad ones are much more entertaining than 99% of the crapola Sci-Fi puts on the air. They cover a very wide variety of stories, from the hilarious to the bizarre to the disgusting to the disturbingly beautiful. These four, plus the simply brilliant (and Nebula-winning) Empire of Ice Cream, are probably my favorites of the lot. I suggest going there and enjoying the stories while they last.
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