Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wait! I blinked and the Show was Cancelled!

Over the years, many supernatural television shows were cancelled before their time. Millennium is just one example of a program forced to end too soon. When this happens, shows are required to create new endings (if they even get enough advanced notice to be able to write and shoot a new end). Some shows are not so lucky and are just cancelled out of the blue.

Threshold was one such program. It premiered in September 2005, and was cancelled in November of the same year, with four episodes unaired. I had fallen in love with the realistic nature of the program and was devastated when it was cancelled without warning. For those who are unfamiliar with the show, Threshold was the story of a scientist who writes about what should be done in worst-case scenarios. One of her plans, Threshold, was put into effect when aliens landed on Earth and began taking over by infecting humans, turning them into the aliens. Dr. Molly Caffrey then gathered a team and set out to understand the aliens and what should be done about the threat. A year after the show’s abrupt ending, a DVD was released with the four episodes that were never aired and a special reel explaining storylines that would have happened if the show had continued.
Threshold, like Millennium, got the time slot shuffle, which spelled disaster for what looked to be a very promising show. Far too many shows suffer this fate, supernatural or otherwise. You know, writing this made me sad for the shows that have been lost far too soon (and shows that have gone on way, way too long).

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