2008 Woodie Awards
The mystery of the disappearing shows
The WB's annoying tendency to remove fan-favorite shows from their lineup
Shanice Williams
Issue date: 2/10/05 Section: No Limits
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The moment you walk in from that hectic day of passing to and from classes, jolting down those numerous notes, to finally settling down after completing those long three hours homework, only to discover that your favorite show of the new season has disappeared.
If you are an avid watcher of the network "The WB," then you know exactly what I am talking about. The fall lineup went to pieces when "The WB" decided to take one of their best new shows, "The Mountain," (a show that chronicles the story of two estranged brothers), and placing it on Sunday nights at nine. This puts it up against the smash hit "Desperate Housewives" on ABC. The changes were done to showcase another new series, "Jack and Bobby," which shouldn't have been on the network in the first place because of it's more serious tone; as opposed to the numerous other WB shows that have had a more suppressing tone serious tones since "The WB" first captured audiences attentions back in 1997 with the premiere of later smash hits "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Dawson's Creek", and "Roswell".
While trying to survive on the fall lineup against "Desperate Housewives", "The Mountain" slowly begin to fade away from the scene because many of it's viewers were no longer able to watch the new series due to it's current time as well as the fact they were also fans of "Desperate Housewives" and couldn't bare to part. Numerous fan websites of "The Mountain" like fan bolt, devoted fan network, and The WB's own message board have made countless comments about the network deliberately sinking the drama in order to help it's other series "Jack and Bobby" who were failing miserably by giving the Mountain's Wednesday night time slot to Jack and Bobby and therefore drowning The Mountain on Sunday Nights.
This isn't the first time The WB has shafted a decent show that went on to become a hit only later being cancelled for it's lack of viewers due in major part to it's time slot. It's like The WB has made it a habit of introducing great shows with stellar potential only to say goodbye to the show because of their lousy scheduling. The first show to receive the mark of call elation was the smash breakout hit "Roswell" a story about three teenage-aliens trying to find out who they are while dealing with the daily problems of being a teenager. This show was phenomenal with a fan base out of this world, but then it came again The WB decided to move Roswell from it's regular schedule time which was Tuesday and moved it to Wednesday which once again put it up against Survivor which at the time was being watched all over the world (well by those who had access to television).
Pretty soon the fans of Roswell were fighting for the show and thanks to them Roswell earned another season on The WB but was soon move to UPN all in part to the fans who were trying to let The WB know Roswell was not a lost cause. Even before Roswell there was The WB's first series which was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Fans soon realized no show was save on The WB, but had at least a chance on another network if they fight hard enough for the show.
Now most fans who tune into The WB to watch a show don't get so attach because they know the failure of this network to produce sufficient timeslots to keep their show is useless because the show will wither be cancelled or if they're lucky end up on UPN, the network that gives shows a fighting chance.
If you are an avid watcher of the network "The WB," then you know exactly what I am talking about. The fall lineup went to pieces when "The WB" decided to take one of their best new shows, "The Mountain," (a show that chronicles the story of two estranged brothers), and placing it on Sunday nights at nine. This puts it up against the smash hit "Desperate Housewives" on ABC. The changes were done to showcase another new series, "Jack and Bobby," which shouldn't have been on the network in the first place because of it's more serious tone; as opposed to the numerous other WB shows that have had a more suppressing tone serious tones since "The WB" first captured audiences attentions back in 1997 with the premiere of later smash hits "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Dawson's Creek", and "Roswell".
While trying to survive on the fall lineup against "Desperate Housewives", "The Mountain" slowly begin to fade away from the scene because many of it's viewers were no longer able to watch the new series due to it's current time as well as the fact they were also fans of "Desperate Housewives" and couldn't bare to part. Numerous fan websites of "The Mountain" like fan bolt, devoted fan network, and The WB's own message board have made countless comments about the network deliberately sinking the drama in order to help it's other series "Jack and Bobby" who were failing miserably by giving the Mountain's Wednesday night time slot to Jack and Bobby and therefore drowning The Mountain on Sunday Nights.
This isn't the first time The WB has shafted a decent show that went on to become a hit only later being cancelled for it's lack of viewers due in major part to it's time slot. It's like The WB has made it a habit of introducing great shows with stellar potential only to say goodbye to the show because of their lousy scheduling. The first show to receive the mark of call elation was the smash breakout hit "Roswell" a story about three teenage-aliens trying to find out who they are while dealing with the daily problems of being a teenager. This show was phenomenal with a fan base out of this world, but then it came again The WB decided to move Roswell from it's regular schedule time which was Tuesday and moved it to Wednesday which once again put it up against Survivor which at the time was being watched all over the world (well by those who had access to television).
Pretty soon the fans of Roswell were fighting for the show and thanks to them Roswell earned another season on The WB but was soon move to UPN all in part to the fans who were trying to let The WB know Roswell was not a lost cause. Even before Roswell there was The WB's first series which was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Fans soon realized no show was save on The WB, but had at least a chance on another network if they fight hard enough for the show.
Now most fans who tune into The WB to watch a show don't get so attach because they know the failure of this network to produce sufficient timeslots to keep their show is useless because the show will wither be cancelled or if they're lucky end up on UPN, the network that gives shows a fighting chance.