I'm really annoyed. The final decisions have been made by the networks about what shows stay and what go. Of course, the only show that I have been following, Blind Justice, is on the cancellation list.
It's not that some of us rabid fans haven't been campaigning in the show's behalf, because we have. The various internet forums dedicated to this show worked together to make Project 308, so named because the first episode of Blind Justice aired on March 8, 2005. People from Japan to the UK wrote ABC and Steven Bochco Productions to voice our support. I added a little extra "touch" to each of my letters and cards: I brailled something on each one. Surely someone noticed that? Not that it changed any minds.
Try as we did, though, it appears that it's more socially redeeming to watch Wife Swap or The Bachelor. Jiminy Christmas, what is with people?
Maybe they started out marketing this show to the wrong demographic. What started out as a pitch to the young male crowd soon was soon recognised as a show that appealed to women. The first shows had advertisements for macho trucks and erectile disfunction drugs, but the switch is almost complete as the season winds down, and we see ice cream and the Olive Garden pitched at us. They should have been running the promos during Oprah instead of the evening news.
Blind Justice replaced NYPD Blue in the Tuesday night time slot, against some stiff competition of Law & Order, SVU, and a lead in of The Amazing Race on competing networks. Factor in all the possibilities for watching something on one of the gazillion cable channels, and it's a wonder that Blind Justice had a snowball's chance in hell of even airing all 13 episodes.
The cast is great. The characters have begun to flesh out, make us care about them. The writing has been really good. Many issues have been raised that have sparked a lot of intelligent conversation. It's been interesting and fun. A lot of new friends have been made over the brief time we've all discussed how nasty Russo can be, and how sofa king cold Christie can be.
Man, I am going to miss this show.
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I just wish I would have realized in time there was so much more to do. I guess in the internet age it is not enough to just watch a favorite show. And to think I finally got my wife hooked on it to.
...cancelled before I even watch it. :-(
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