Fox Cancels Sarah Connor And Makes No Apologies
“[Sarah Connor] has completed its run,” Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly said at a press conference to officially confirm the cancellation of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
“I think it had a nice little run. It was a good show,” he added.
Not good enough apparently.
Reilly explained to the press that a part of the issue was that they saw Terminator’s ratings tailing off which of course is only true for the first half of season two because in the latter half of the season TSCC’s ratings were on the rise. In contrast Dollhouse’s ratings were sliding down rapidly in an avalance of consistent viewer abandonment.
At first he says that it wasn’t “an either/or [Dollhouse]“ decision only to effectively contradict himself later by saying, “…ultimately we made the bet on Dollhouse for the night…so that’s it for Terminator.”
A bet on one show IS an either/or decision over another.
But if you think that wasn’t enough of a kick in the teeth for loyal fans who have stuck by the series for two years, he adds: “We make no apologies. We gave it a lot of support and some consistent scheduling. We tried and thought it was time to move on.”
We make no apologies? Consistent scheduling? Prior to moving TSCC to the Friday death slot the series was achieving an average of 5-6 million viewers. Upon Fox rescheduling to Friday nights that dropped by roughly 1.5 million viewers. There is simply no way Fox can credit themselves with offering TSCC good scheduling.
When all is said and done it is the “we make no apologies” statement that takes the cake. It is uncalled for, not only to those (like us) who have invested time and energy watching the series, writing about the series, promoting it freely for Fox, and ultimately campaigning for its renewal, but also to the cast and crew who have done a sterling job.
Since Dollhouse was a bet over Terminator, we’ll take that bet and raise you a number of once dedicated but now utterly lost viewers.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
consistant scheduling my ass! lets take a show that does awesome mondays and move it to friday, also known as the “kiss of death”, people will still watch! oh, wait they didnt? lets cancel it!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Yes it’s nonsense. Would they have cancelled it if the viewer numbers were 5M+? The answer is no. Well that’s the numbers it was getting before the move.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
im so pissed right now i cant put my thoughts into words, are these idiots totally brain dead or something? the show clearly had better ratings than dollhouse yet they keep the one with the lower ratings. i wont be over this travesty any time soon
May 19th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I think they will lose that bet because I for one. Will stop watching dollhouse. Actually, I will boycott fox altogether. I think dollhouse will definitely fail without TSSC as I think most of the core Dollhouse viewers are like me: terminator fans first and foremost!
May 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I’m surprised just how mad I am about the cancellation of this fantastic, intelligent show.
Fox did not support this show. Scheduling & promotion were a joke. They’d obviously made the call to cancel a long time ago.
Worst of all though is Fox’s utter lack of respect for the crew and the fans: “we make no apologies”. Actually, you do owe us an apology. Yes, it’s Fox’s call to renew or cancel, but at least have the decency to acknowlege the fans and apologise for leaving us with an unfinished story after two years of investment.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
What a lack of respect from Fox, absolutely terrible.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:11 am
another entry in the saga that is “fox cancelling good shows without giving a shit about the dedicated viewers”
-firefly
-futurama
-T:SCC
meanwhile, we get to watch “So you think you can dance” 3 hours a week… thanks fox. i really hate watching quality drama, not to mention amazing action on a tv series. you have saved us from the terror that is quality programming and delivered us to the brainwashed masses huddled around ‘idol’ and ‘SYTYCD’.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:55 am
…Boy, this begs the question of who Joss Whedon is blowing at Fox. Dollhouse was total crap, and while Sarah Connor wasn’t that great, it was better than Dollhouse. There’s something going on here that we don’t have all the facts on, and you can bet your bottom dollar it’s got something to do with bending over.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:56 am
so fox u owe us loyal watchers of terminator no apoligies?? how dare u!!..i will not rest until u fox is out of busIness. everytime u have a great show, u cancel it. U purposedly switch the show from mon to friday..friday every1 knows is day where the netwroks put shows to die..u did this on ur own FOX. who wants to watch reality show every damn night?? for 3 hours!! dollhouse has lower ratings than any other show on fox but u renew that but not the show that we the loyal fans want…i will boycott along with millions of other loyal watchers your channel. we the loyal fans and amoung other will make fox channel pay and mayb the power that b will yank fox channel off the air for being stupid to get rid of great show to make room for poor stipid no plot line shows!!
May 20th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Wow, the only reason I watched Dollhouse is because it was on after TSCC. Very disappointing move. I will be surprised if Dollhouse makes it through a full season.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Keith, I’m like you.
I’ll also take that bet with Fox and raise Fox my vow to never again watch Dollhouse. Actually I’m only going to watch Fringe on Hulu from now on and NEVER tune into Fox again. Once bitten, twice shy, three times…four..oh whatever. I’m done with investing my time in Fox shows.
I also just cancelled an order for the DVD’s. No way am I spending money on crap from Fox that goes nowhere.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
FFS. Dullhouse is a waste of time, why would u? What’s up against Dullhouse on the other channels? Whatever it is, I’ll watch that. Maybe migrate to Hulu too. Do Fox make $$$ from Hulu? If so, I’m tuning out of Fox shows on Hulu. Can’t be frakk’d with Fox shows no more.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Ok I’ll join this party and scratch Dollhouse from my list. And as far as no apologies go, to that, I say Reilly can get fox’d.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 am
For the record, OM I bet you’re right to say that…I’ve thought exactly the same here!!
Last but not least,WE FOR SURE DESERVE A MODICUM OF RESPECT, FOX, GO-TO-HELL!! I’ll never watched your shows again, I’m done, so even for Dollhouse, you’re already a loser, with all these great TSCC fans around!!! :-8) I’m still so PISSED OFF, UNBELIEVABLE & GROSS!!!!
Ok, now I’m chilling down a bit, to give you an advice, go to write to the famous “miracles-can-happen” channel, to try desperately to save at least the PROPER ENDING we need, in a dvd-2hours-film, like Firefly already did: feedback@scifi.com
July 27th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Join the resistance….There is no fate, but the fate we make.
forums rally normally on sunday 1pm USA eastern time
http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2332484&st=4260
http://www.thewb.com/boards/showthread.php?t=506&page=216
http://www.hulu.com/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles
let’s Vote:
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TSCC all the way at bottom of list. If only it were returning. We need
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