"Partly Cloudy, Chance of Sex"



Cast: Sean Faris, Jon Foster, Chris Lowell, Missy Peregrym, Kelly Osbourne, D.B. Sweeney, Lisa Darr, Marguerite Moreau, Jessica Lucas, Martin Cummins, Sarah Strange, Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, James McDaniel, Megan Gallagher, Jessica Harmon, Nick Lashaway, Carly McKillip, Kaitlin Straker, Michael Suchanek.
Director(s): Michael Spiller.
Producer(s): Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Stu Bloomberg.
Writer(s): Donald Todd.

Original Airdate: October 28, 2004.

I like this show a little more w/ each passing week (so does my wife). I actually think it's well put together - enough so that I can ignore Kelly Osbourne's on-and-off-again accent. And it has it's moments where it is funny as hell.

My friggin recording bombed out 15minutes in so I missed pretty much the whole show.

Damn - what a teacher! Gotta love the jealous feeling she got when they gave that one hot chick the Juliet part.

Best part in last night's episode IMHO. What more could a high school kid ask for?

"celibate until marriage"

damn, I was looking forward to this. Only to tune in to see that our Dallas ABC affiliate chose to pre-empt for a rerun of Wheel of Fortune, followed by some local program. With a crawl underneath that said 'life as we know it will not be televised tonight...'

Was there something in this episode so horrendous, so offensive, that WFAA TV felt obligated to protect us & our children from something the rest of the country was watching?

Am I going to tune in to Desperate Housewives on Sunday to find more Pat, Vanna & 8 Country reporter?

God, I hate living in the bible belt.......

well, fortunately I discovered practically every network show is available on the net shortly after its airing, so I guess I won't worry too much about missing episodes of stuff anymore, heh.

I'm not surprised; I knew this program would be the most controversial network show in some time. The bible-thumpers want to make sure you can't make your own decisions. Wasn't ABC-Dallas one of the affiliates that did not carry NYPD Blue in S1?

Now what concerns me is that this show is already on shaky ground, ratings-wise. Losing a big market like Dallas won't help. Do us a favor and call your affiliate to complain - tell them - let the viewers make their own choices.

yes, I believe it was also WFAA that initially tried to protect us from the bare butts on NYPD Blue in the 1st season.

I will definitely complain, but as long as ABC lets their affiliates impose their own moral guidelines I expect this will continue (i.e. NYPD Blue was 10+ years ago wasn't it?)

I always wonder how this impacts the sponsors. They are also losing a major market which they paid for. WFAA doesn't break away for the national commercials. And even if they do, nobody's watching.

Jereden, if it's not breaking any forum rules....where would I find this on the net?

http://www.tvtorrents.net/
mods, feel free to delete that if its not allowed, not sure what the rules are regarding that.

Thanks Jereden!

btw, found this for anybody curious as to why it was pre-empted:

To our viewers who have written us about our decision not to air an episode of ABC's drama, "Life As We Know It" on Thursday night, October 28, at 8 p.m:

It is extremely rare that we pre-empt network programs due to inappropriate content, however after much discussion and careful consideration we believed it was necessary.

The program targets and is primarily marketed to one demographic: teens. The storyline contained explicit materical about a teenage boy (a minor) having sex with one of his teachers. It was a provocative subject, and featured portrayals that went way over the top. The storyline and visual images were well beyond community standards particularly as it relates to teens.

We have been discussing the content of " Life As We Know It" with ABC since its premiere, and this particular episode was one that crossed the line of appropriateness.

Being in television news, we believe that the right to free speech is of paramount importance. But, as a licensee of the FCC, we are obligated to monitor content for appropriateness, violence, sexual content and indecency.

We will continue to monitor the program and make decisions on a case-by-case basis.

They didn't show it in Austin either, damn you Janet Jackson.

What is the age of consent in Texas?

If ABC's marketing executives are smart enough, they should use this opportunity to promote the show before it's too late. The show itself is not bad, but it never has any chance to survive in the current time slot. If the FCC so far has no problem with this show, how can any local TV stations have the rights to preempt the program?

Because the FCC is so arbitrary in their findings - they have networks and affiliates running scared.

FYI - for folks who live in the bible belt, ABC Family is airing this (don't know what episode they are on) at 11 pm on Saturdays. I know - I find this strangely ironic.

I also have liked Life As We Know It more and more each week, I hope I don't get to loving it and then it gets canceled.

I still can't forgive ABC for never getting the great
"Once & Again" in a good time slot and marketing it properly.

It's turning out to be one of my favorite new shows of the season. It's a pleasant surprise - much better than I thought it would be.

Bad news - ABC has pulled life for the remainder of sweeps. Never a good sign.

Assholes.

I don't think it's a bad show, but there is something about the "look" or feel of this show that seems odd to me. It almost has a cheap, after-school special look to it. Not a prime-time network show. Does anyone know what I mean? It is hard to describe.

Did anyone else watch the ABC show a few seasons ago that was a one-hour drama version of "Do Over"? I think it was called "That Was Then". That show had a similar look and I think it only lasted 2 episodes.

Good news.

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|91888|1|,00.html

Great, glad to hear it hasn't been cancelled......yet.