TV Season

I am a tv addict! I love watching television shows. Most of the items on my NetFlix account are shows, so I felt I should comment on this year's season.

The regular television networks are wrapping up this season. And what a season it has been. We started off strong. I had many new shows and old favorites to enjoy. Now that I am in my last week of regular programming, my list of shows to watch has shrunk considerably. Why is it every time you start to really like a show, they cancel it? Why do they wait to the last minute to cancel shows after the season finale has been filmed? This leads to many shows having an unfortunate ending.

This season has been frustrating. The writer's strike has caused many issues to arise. First we had to miss many of our shows for months. Secondly, the new shows that had strong followings at the beginning of the season never recuperated from the strike. Several of these shows were canceled since they could not maintain a following. Unfair to the new shows. How can they have a loyal fan base after a few months?

Third, some show writers made drastic decisions in their writing to make up for the missing episodes. One of the worst offenders of this were the writers of Bones. Fourth, we have to wait a really long time until we see what happens on some shows who decided to wrap during the strike. Hopefully they will maintain their following or suffer the unforgiving network chopping block.

So as I finish up my season with Lost this week, I debate whether I should try some new shows next year after the dismal season we've just experienced. Some of the shows I've really enjoyed are now gone and others have become quite disappointing.

Happy TV Viewing!