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Posted: Dec 10, 2007 in Things to do, TV and Celebrities
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It's official. The 2007-08 television season is done. Even if the writers came back today, there won't be any more new shows.
http://www.variety.com/VR1117977354.html
This sucks, obviously, since most shows will run out of new episodes very soon. And what about new or returning shows like "Lost" and "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" that haven't even debuted yet? Are they going to show like four or five episodes before they hang it up? Or just wait till next year and append those to an extra-long season?
I fear that this is the death knell for "Lost," just when it was starting to regain some of its momentum.
What's your take?
Well,I'm sad about the whole mess. I guess the re-runs will start early.Time to get a Netflix account or Blockbuster.If I have to watch old shows at least I can pick and choose.
Forget the re-runs and check out these upcoming broadcast premieres on WFYI Public Television... Masterpiece Theater will present "The Complete Jane Austin" beginning Sunday, Jan.13 at 9 pm; "The Jewish Americans" - a new six-hour PBS documentary series will air Wednesdays, Jan 9-23, at 9 pm; "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency" premieres January 2 at 9 pm, and the "Pioneers of Television Sitcoms" arrives on January 2 at 8 pm.
PBS'January schedule also includes "America's Ballroom Challenge" and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE'S "Oswald's Ghost"...ALL new programming, ALL airing on WFYI Public Television in January...visit wfyi.org for details!
Forget the re-runs and check out these upcoming broadcast premieres on WFYI Public Television... Masterpiece ...
Hmmm... I'm taking a wild guess that you work for WFYI. Still, excellent suggestions.
It's no secret... I do work at WFYI. (My Indy.com profile indicates that fact.) But regardless, I wanted to let everyone know that PBS' programming is not being affected by the writer's strike. Just another viewing option to consider in the coming weeks... should the strike continue into '08.
It stinks, but a lot of TV is less than great anyway. I've given up on "Heroes" for the time being. Really (and I've said it 100 times) the only thing I will miss is 30 Rock and The Office, and the former is, as of tonight, still airing new episodes!
And besides, we can always have 2 hours of nightly "Deal or No Deal," and "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
More movies isn't a bad thing, especially since I'm inexplicably getting Cinemax for free right now (is there a free preview or something? If not, I hope no one working for my preferred provider is reading!). That means I have all of the movie channels!