Thread: Are you standoffish to get into new series for fear of cancellation?
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Old 01-11-2011, 11:49 PM   #4
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I can tell you right now The Cape won't last. I have very little interest in it though.

I wouldn't let fear of cancellation stop me from getting into most shows. Sometimes a show limping on is worse than cancellation. Really I say just enjoy it while it's lightning in a bottle, and whatever happens happens.
Very few shows end on their own terms, and most go out with a whimper and not a bang.
If you can enjoy a show for one or two seasons, and then it starts to suck, or the networks pull the plug, you still enjoyed the show.

I don't think it matters at all for a comedy. Cancellation or running too long has no bearing on my existing enjoyment of Freaks N Geeks and The Simpsons, respectively.

For something with a story arch that you want to see through to conclusion/resolution, I can see this fear, but why not just roll with it?
If a TV show is really good, you will are entertained weekly and it shouldn't really be all about completion.

You can also wait and watch TV shows later down the road. That's what I do a lot of times. Watch Twin Peaks or X-Files or something. You know that's not going to get cancelled in the middle.
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