V going off air very soon

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Hubschman on November 4, 2009 at 3:02pm

V is a mini-series. There will be no season one, season two, etc. Four episodes will air throughout the month, the mini-series will conclude in the spring. I don't know why they've done this, as Kings suffered a similar fate and never got a chance to show people how good it was. The pilot was good, and I think that people will be intrigued by the series, but will likely lose interest in the Spring when it returns, since shows like 24 and Lost will be in full swing on their final seasons at that time.

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Permalink Reply by BOWENARROW on November 4, 2009 at 3:11pm

Oh is it just a mini-series? I was under the impression that this was going to be an actual series. Either way the long break is rediculous

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Permalink Reply by Imitation Crab on November 4, 2009 at 4:32pm

like Daniel I thought it was just going to be a mini-series. Guess I was wrong but at the same time I'm not digging on how they plan on releasing the season

from TV Guide...

ABC will air its alien-invasion drama V in two parts starting in November and then continuing after the Olympics in March 2010.

"We're planning to air four episodes in November and end with a cliff-hanger," a rep for the show tells TVGuide.com. In March, the show will resume airing the rest of the original 13-episode order, which has not changed with the new airing schedule. V continues to be on a production hiatus until mid-October, an insider tells TVGuide.com.

At the fall TV previews, Steve McPherson, ABC's entertainment prez, said they were planning a non-traditional way to air the series. "We always intended to break the show up into 'pods' to make it more of an event," the rep adds.

Do we believe ABC? Or is this a bad sign?

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Hubschman on November 24, 2009 at 5:19pm

It's an awful way to broadcast the series. I HATE it when networks do this. It happened to Heroes, Lost, so many others. Doing this detracts from the audience in terms of numbers and attention. After a month of action packed episodes, why would we tune back in in March, when Lost and 24 will be in full swing in their final seasons?

NBC did this to Kings, which went almost completely unseen and was actually a quality show. i just think that after over three months off the air, no one will care to tune back in, save the sci-fi loving community like me and probably you guys too.

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Permalink Reply by BOWENARROW on November 24, 2009 at 7:54pm

Is this suppose to be 24's final season as well?

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Permalink Reply by Randy Flagg on November 24, 2009 at 8:22pm

They didn't have faith. I'm not sure how it's doing now, but it sure as hell started strong. I'd assume it's a decision they're kicking themselves about.

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Permalink Reply by SpikeGhost on November 24, 2009 at 11:27pm

and because of my great Literature teacher, i had to go see a play at 8pm and missed the last episode from the fall -_-
i mean the play was okay, really long but okay, but man i wanted to see that :(

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Permalink Reply by Madness Mark on November 24, 2009 at 11:35pm

First off, 13 episodes is not a mini-series. A mini-series lasts between 3-6 episodes. This is more of a one-shot series like Harper's Island.

Also, this is nothing new for ABC to pull the plug on a show. Anybody remember The Goode Family and how they gave it the crap slot before axing it?

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Permalink Reply by Gerald Harvey Peckinpah on November 25, 2009 at 1:59pm

Correction; the average mini-series typically lasts between 2 & 8 episodes. Just sayin' . . .

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Permalink Reply by Elf™（Original) on November 30, 2009 at 9:22am

whats the difference???

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Permalink Reply by Imitation Crab on November 25, 2009 at 1:36pm

anyone else annoyed with how badly written EVERYTHING was for S01E04?

Especially how the V MD could paralyze his buddy who is sacrificing himself to maintain the MD's cover but NOT give him an anesthesia to kill the pain of being skinned alive?

apparently they have enough technology to cure blindness but never figured out how to numb pain.

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