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.

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[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

I have a looooot of rage over Sleepy Hollow--the finale killing off Abbie to start, and then the fact that it got renewed. Like...how? Do they have money to burn or what? Because their audience is NOT THERE. Are they hoping to hook a less diverse audience in the fourth season somehow? No part of that makes a lick of sense.

Which is to say nothing of the Nancy Drew thing, which also fills me with rage. If it helps, I found this teen movie adaptation with Emma Roberts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfD-Cv-AGYY) surprisingly charming. I might rewatch that to keep the FLAMES at bay.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

They just don't understand the audience, at all, nor do they listen because after the mess they did with Katrina apparently they did it again with the other women characters brought into the third season. And of course sidelining the main leading character only to kill her off in the most OOC manner possible. Then whoever is running the show is acting as though this is a non-consequence thing, how this is Tom Mison's show, he is the main star and draw for the audience, blah blah blah. And it's like? How delusional can you be?

The fact that FOX renewed it after everything, from even a slim chance renewal third season at the start to the loud outcry from the entire fanbase in general from the treatment of Abbie Mills and other POC characters. Just the whole renewal now is quite a joke at this point. Ichabod Crane was not what drew in viewers in the first season. It was Abbie Mills and the Abbie/Ichabod interactions and relationship. The main reason the show got a lot of praise in the first place was because of how diverse and how groundbreaking it was that a black woman was the main character of a genre/paranormal television show. Not only did they do her wrong, they basically insulted Nicole Beharie (a Julliard trained actress, btw) by sidelining her and then acting as though she was ungrateful for wanting to leave the show after they continually mistreated her.

I mean, I stopped watching the show in the second season, but I'm still incredibly livid about what they did and it's baffling that it got renewed after everything. Who is the target audience now? Because it sure hell ain't the former fans because they won't be watching this mess.