THE CW
Aliens in America – This one’s really a shame. This sitcom was authentically clever and funny, and occasionally provocative with its modern take on race in America. Sadly, it spend most of the season in horrible time slots, often ending up sucking hind teat on a three or four show pileup.
Beauty and the Geek – Kind of a surprise. This was a likeably stupid reality show that ran for five seasons. The repeats were in pretty heavy rotation on VH1 for a while, too. The fact that it collapsed this year does not bode well for the CW. They managed to bury a once-successful show in no time flat. This time next year, I’ll be writing about how the CW as a whole was canceled.
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants – The show that single-handedly set women back a hundred years. Still, it gave us all the mother-daughter team that christened themselves “Silent but Deadly”. Like the farts.
CW Now – CW’s “newsmagazine” that was actually an extended ad for Wal-Mart. The most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen, and it deserved to die.
Farmer Wants a Wife – Oh, like you couldn’t see this coming. They clearly came up with the title and then build the premise around it. It turns out, it’s possible to make scenes of people uncomfortably interacting with farm animals not funny.
Girlfriends – I’m not sure what this show was about, but I used to see ads for it in which the laugh track would whoop hysterically after people said things that were not funny.
Life is Wild – I didn’t like this show, but it had great wildlife photography. Plus, it was a well-intentioned family drama, and TV could use more of those.
Online Nation – Blurgh. A weekly series that purported to show the Internet’s hottest viral videos. So, you know, it’s like the Internet, only without those confusing choices.
The Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious – I think they put a turd in the punch bowl with this show when last season’s winner, who won the right to be the next Pussycat Doll, ended up never actually performing with the Pussycat Dolls. When you know that the prize for the winner is actually nothing, you have, well, you have The Bachelor, I guess.
Cancellations: 9
