It's that time of year again, folks.

[rogueslayer452]

Yep, it's that time of year where announcements for the cancellation/renewal of shows, and some are more disappointing than others. Unfortunately, Agent Carter and Galavant have been cancelled. The latter I'm not surprised, considering I think even they were surprised that it gained a lot of popularity after the first season (which I thought was going to be more of a limited series rather than something ongoing), and even had a meta song in the finale. So even though I'll miss how fun and hilariously entertaining it was, the show was wrapped up quite nicely. Agent Carter, on the other hand, deserved a third season because I was hoping they would get into more about Peggy developing SHIELD and everything in relation to that. In addition to that, Marvel's Most Wanted, the Agents of Shield spin-off focusing on Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter, has also not been picked up to go to series. It's ridiculous considering that they keep flip-flopping on it, since it was first announced earlier last year before being vetoed by the network, but then they took back their initial statement and it was a go, so much that this season of Agents of Shield they gave the characters an emotional sendoff, only for their spin-off to be cancelled before it even began. I guess they'll have to bring them back somehow.

Supergirl has officially been renewed for a second season, however it'll be moving from CBS to the CW. I'm on the fence of this decision, considering that this news means that there will be budget cuts and possibly actors/characters being cut as well, and I'm wary about how CW handles their shows. However, someone wrote a very good analysis on this particular decision and the overall aspect of television networks in general, which I found rather interesting.

Castle has been cancelled, which would be sad but due to the behind-the-scenes mess it's actually more of a relief. It's kind of awkwardly sad to admit, but you know, they dug their own graves by doing what they did. Though unfortunately, Sleepy Hollow didn't learn their lesson since it has been renewed for a fourth season. Just, the sheer audacity of them thinking that the show is worth anything without Abbie Mills, who was the main character and co-lead.

And apparently, CBS passed on the updated Nancy Drew series (with Sarah Shahi) because, guess what? It had too many women in it. Sexism at its finest, ladies and gentlemen.

Comments

[afastmachine.livejournal.com]

Oh lordy. Neither Galavant nor Agent Carter suprise me, but I agree with you for sure about wanting to see Peggy actually start SHIELD. I wanted to see more of the history of SHIELD than we got.

I'm just glad that Supergirl isn't dying! I really enjoyed it. It's too bad because I loved that it was a fun show on a big network, but I can see why they moved it. I did enjoy that linked bit though!

What HAS been happening with Castle? I used to watch, pretty religiously, actually, up until about the time Kate got shot. It just fell off my radar after that.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean, even if it meant it were to be the last season I for sure wanted a third season to explore those beginnings to at least tie into the MCU.

That was one of the things I liked about it being on CBS, too. It was a big network with a superhero show that became hugely successful. But I understand the reason for the move, since the CW is more lenient when it comes to genre television and is where most of their DC superhero shows reside at the moment.

What HAS been happening with Castle? I used to watch, pretty religiously, actually, up until about the time Kate got shot. It just fell off my radar after that.

I have no idea what's happening within the show itself, because I stopped watching a long time ago. I know that Beckett and Castle got married, but that's about it really. Outside of the show and behind the scenes, however, it was announced that Stana wouldn't be coming back for what would've been the ninth and final season of the show (basically they fired her), and rumors that she and Nathan weren't getting along and how he was approached for negotiations before her, and how Beckett was somehow going to die in the finale, etc. Essentially, everything was a mess.

[afastmachine.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that IS a mess. I heard though from someone that the finale ended up not being that bad, so they did salvage what they good. That's good enough for me I think.