Now, my understanding of Fox's reasons for cancelling it were 1) The cost of making an episode was higher than they were making off ad space sales 2) It was a Whedon show, and they expected Buffy or at least Angel level ratings. Of course it is impossible to get ratings that high on a Friday night where they placed it. 3) For the past four or five years Fox Network TV has had a series of power struggles resulting in a new head of programming every few months. Everytime that happens, the new person comes in, yanks any program he didn't approve unless it is a big money maker for the network (IE: The Simpsons, X-Files up until the last year, American Idol etc). Most of the time this helps the network. It killed some real awful shows like Wanda at Large or Andy Richter Controls the Universe. The downside is we loose the occasional gem like Family Guy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, watch good TV while you can... some idiot in programming is bound to take it away sooner or later.
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Date: 2004-03-17 03:53 am (UTC)Now, my understanding of Fox's reasons for cancelling it were 1) The cost of making an episode was higher than they were making off ad space sales 2) It was a Whedon show, and they expected Buffy or at least Angel level ratings. Of course it is impossible to get ratings that high on a Friday night where they placed it. 3) For the past four or five years Fox Network TV has had a series of power struggles resulting in a new head of programming every few months. Everytime that happens, the new person comes in, yanks any program he didn't approve unless it is a big money maker for the network (IE: The Simpsons, X-Files up until the last year, American Idol etc). Most of the time this helps the network. It killed some real awful shows like Wanda at Large or Andy Richter Controls the Universe. The downside is we loose the occasional gem like Family Guy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, watch good TV while you can... some idiot in programming is bound to take it away sooner or later.