A Television Wasteland

Once again we see evidence of the lack of commitment television networks have towards quality programming. If it's not cheap and flashy, they don't like it.

I'm saying this because one of the best shows on television, Dollhouse, has just been canceled by FOX (yes, yet another reason to hate FOX).

Perhaps the networks aren't entirely to blame. Ratings were admittedly low, but networks are famous for making sure shows they for whatever reason take a disliking to fail - changing the schedule around, putting them on at unfavorable times, poor promotion, etc.

I haven't seen enough about this latest slap in the face to know the details but having just added Summer Glau to the cast makes this especially tragic. Here she leaves the canceled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, comes over to Dollhouse just in time to get canceled again. And she's a brilliant actress. I was looking forward to seeing a lot of her on this brilliantly written show.

At this point, I'm about ready to swear off network television. They put on a show, let you get hooked, and then cancel it. Why bother in the first place?