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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1466490" data-attributes="member: 4779">Ya know?&nbsp; I've always heard good things about Gilmore Girls.&nbsp; I'm glad it's still on the air and I look forward to watching it from the beginning on DVD.&nbsp;I think some folks can't get past a solid female lead.&nbsp; Many people had the same problem with Buffy.&nbsp; Alias is maybe the only genre show I can think of where I haven't heard the 'girly' card being throw around.&nbsp;And this leads me to another point about the cancellation of Wonderfalls:&nbsp; 4 episodes?!&nbsp; jdavis already pretty much summed up what my feelings are about that and others, including myself, have also talked about Fox's general mismanagement of their programming.&nbsp; Alias is a show that doesn't get great ratings.&nbsp; From what I understand, it gets enough to slide by.&nbsp; It has benefitted from:&nbsp;a) a consistant timeslotb) a viewer friendly timeslot (right in from of The Practice, and established drama)c) ABC's willingness to advertise and stick with it&nbsp;Sure, ABC is the network that cancelled Sports Night but everyone makes mistakes.&nbsp; Compared to Fox, they are saints.&nbsp; From what I understand from <a href="http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|87282|1|,00.html" target="_blank">here</a> - &quot;Alias has been a critical favorite since its premiere and has a devoted fan following. However, its ratings have never been more than mediocre, earning it the dubious honor of being a &quot;cachet show&quot; -- one that might not perform well overall, but a good project for a network to be associated with as well as the lone program viewers who don't normally visit the alpahbet network will make a point of watching.&quot;&nbsp; Fox could do the same.&nbsp; I still say they should have given it a better timeslot.&nbsp; Oh well...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 1466490, member: 4779"] Ya know? I've always heard good things about Gilmore Girls. I'm glad it's still on the air and I look forward to watching it from the beginning on DVD. I think some folks can't get past a solid female lead. Many people had the same problem with Buffy. Alias is maybe the only genre show I can think of where I haven't heard the 'girly' card being throw around. And this leads me to another point about the cancellation of Wonderfalls: 4 episodes?! [b]jdavis[/b] already pretty much summed up what my feelings are about that and others, including myself, have also talked about Fox's general mismanagement of their programming. Alias is a show that doesn't get great ratings. From what I understand, it gets enough to slide by. It has benefitted from: a) a consistant timeslot b) a viewer friendly timeslot (right in from of The Practice, and established drama) c) ABC's willingness to advertise and stick with it Sure, ABC is the network that cancelled Sports Night but everyone makes mistakes. Compared to Fox, they are saints. From what I understand from [url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|87282|1|,00.html]here[/url] - "[b]Alias[/b] has been a critical favorite since its premiere and has a devoted fan following. However, its ratings have never been more than mediocre, earning it the dubious honor of being a "cachet show" -- one that might not perform well overall, but a good project for a network to be associated with as well as the lone program viewers who don't normally visit the alpahbet network will make a point of watching." Fox could do the same. I still say they should have given it a better timeslot. Oh well... [/QUOTE]

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