I just read this on yahoo news. Someone tell me its BS!
R.I.P. -- Showtime Lays 'Dead' to Rest
Tuesday December 21 2:22 AM ET
Life is over for the series "Dead Like Me," which Showtime has canceled after two seasons, according to sources.
The afterlife drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Ellen Muth, premiered last year on the premium cable channel to relatively strong ratings and some critical acclaim. But the second season this year failed to sustain the buzz.
The end of "Dead" could be a signal that Showtime president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt wants to clear some room on the schedule for more than one of the new pilots he is considering for series treatment. Among the contenders are terrorist drama "The Cell" and the cop drama "Hate." A decision is expected next month.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
R.I.P. -- Showtime Lays 'Dead' to Rest
Tuesday December 21 2:22 AM ET
Life is over for the series "Dead Like Me," which Showtime has canceled after two seasons, according to sources.
The afterlife drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Ellen Muth, premiered last year on the premium cable channel to relatively strong ratings and some critical acclaim. But the second season this year failed to sustain the buzz.
The end of "Dead" could be a signal that Showtime president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt wants to clear some room on the schedule for more than one of the new pilots he is considering for series treatment. Among the contenders are terrorist drama "The Cell" and the cop drama "Hate." A decision is expected next month.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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Tue, December 21, 2004 - 11:51 AMNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Tue, December 21, 2004 - 10:22 PMWHAATTT??? WHAT??????
how many more freaking cop dramas and terrorist shows do we need??? God, I mean there are all ready 500 different versions of Law and Order.
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Fri, December 24, 2004 - 7:13 PMit's sad, but true. I've already cancelled my subscription, and I have (along with many other DLM fans) have written numerous emails and letters to Showtime.
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Sun, December 26, 2004 - 7:03 PMHmmmm...well it's to be expected since every show that I have loved since Twin Peaks has been prematurely executed- not that I don't hate that evil motherfucker Greenblatt any less, but I knew the hammer would drop soon. Great shows like DLM are beyond the intellectual capacity of these braindead suits. -
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Tue, December 28, 2004 - 9:13 AMDamn their hides. I'll wait till the end of the next and last season of Queer as Folk, and then save some money by dropping Showtime. I've been watching Huff, and like it, but not enough to keep the station just for that.
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Tue, December 28, 2004 - 1:05 PMNO this cant be happening. Just when the plot was thickening. This is horrible news.
But i did hear that the producers of the show are fighting the network. And with luck Dead Like me will return. -
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Tue, December 28, 2004 - 7:41 PMMGM owns the show, but if it doesn't make it back to Showtime I really don't want to see it. It would suck on the sci-fi channel with commercial interruption and watered-down dialog and deaths.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 10:19 AMThis is horrible. I have to know how Rube died. Does Crystal really know that Milly is Georgia? So many questions.
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Mon, January 3, 2005 - 5:52 PMWorst news I could've heard...and here I got the dvd collection for Christmas and was planning on lending it out to all my friends to get them as hooked as I am! I PRAY HBO will pick em up. Who did you all write to? I wanna start bugging SHO to reconsider. -
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 9:56 AMCheck this out:
TV Guide Online reported that producers of Showtime's canceled Dead Like Me have approached The WB about picking up the show, and that the Frog network is mulling the offer.
I don't know if this is good news or bad news. I'm not really feelin the WB. -
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 10:37 AMThe WB couldn't hold onto Buffy and it dumped Roswell. Both those series went to UPN. Roswell was then cancelled after one more season.
I really don't want DLM to end up anywhere but a premium channel. Not only would the language and the violent deaths have to toned down for network TV, but the characters would suffer as well. The WB is known for its young audience(Smallville, Charmed, Seventh Heaven, Gilmore Girls) and for pushing its music on their series, as well. Imagine a toned-down Rube. ::shudders::
I would rather see the series die a dignified death than to for it to be carried on in any kind of sanitized, bastardized, lesser version of itself. -
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 11:15 AMI agree 100%. I don't think I'd be able to watch it if it were on network TV. I mean, just think of the horror: George saying "shoot" instead of (you know) and just muttering all over the place. -
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 12:56 PMAnd you just know that on the WB the show would end up being mostly about romantic relationships- the soap opera crap. -
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Wed, January 5, 2005 - 1:11 PMThis just SUCKS! I don't want anyone but a premium channel to have them...the show would just go down hill....wah.
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Wed, February 9, 2005 - 6:22 PMWell maybe BRAVO can take it over? They have great shows on there station!!
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Tue, January 18, 2005 - 7:21 PMYet another cop drama?
As always, they discard the brilliant,
and go for the banal.
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 3:29 PMAs your moderator, I do apologize that I have been completely silent on this...I'm just speechless about it though. I did sign the online petition to beg Showtime to keep it (or reinstate it into their lineup rather), which can be found here: www.petitiononline.com/dlm121...on.html -
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Mon, February 7, 2005 - 5:08 PMThanks for sharing that....I am sending it to all the DLM fans I know...
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Thu, February 17, 2005 - 5:03 PMI signed the petition but is it going anywhere and we need not a thousand people but an hundred thousand. The more the better.
Well if FX picks it up that would not be that bad they have the shield and that pushes the boundaries. -
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Wed, February 15, 2006 - 12:05 AMI just signed. It had almost 60k on the site. I just started disk 4 of year one. I hate the idea that it's over before I get started.
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