I don't think i want to give credit to a company in which it does things half way.
If you start something, make sure you finish it.

Well, it's not as if they cancelled it mid-season. Carnivale had a begining, a middle, and an end. True, it was not the whole story Knaupf wanted to tell, but I think HBO was fair to this show.

Make no mistake, I'm very disappointed we won't be getting the whole story, but I think we got enough of a story to justify having watched it for two seasons.

Demanding they give 6 seasons of a series before starting day one of production is ridiculously unreasonable. If they did that, there never would have been any episodes of this show, since not even a high-standard network like HBO would do something that insane. How about you give them credit for finishing the two-season story when it was clear that no one watched the first?

This isn't a Sci-Fi situation where they contracted for two seasons and then sabotaged the show to get out of the deal after the creators developed a two-season arc. And this isn't a Fox situation where episodes were aired out of order in scattered timeslots and cancelled before the show had any chance to make sense.

I love this series and am incredibly disappointed it won't return, but HBO gave it a fair shake. Frankly, I was shocked it even got a second season. No one but HBO would have done that.

das

Nope, still aint giving them credit. Still bloody pissed at them.
I still don't have closure to the story. At least print a book or something.

I cancelled my HBO this morning, told them it was becasue of this. And the Comcast people said why didn't I wait and see whta they come up with next. Yeah, so they can just cancel it, no thanks.

Sucks to be you. At least you'll have some free time while I'm watching Deadwood, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the last seasons of Six Feet Under and The Sopranos.

Don't forget Entourage and their upcoming Roman Empire series.

I have plenty of other things to watch or I woulnd't have cancelled it. I tried Deadwood and the Wire and didn't like them enough to watch them more than 4-5 episodes. I watched Sopranos for a while before dropping that as well. I like CYE, but not enough to pay $11 a month for it alone.

Even without those shows (and <i>Ali G</i> and <i>Unscripted</i> and ...), it'd still be worth it to me for their amazing sports coverage, documentaries, and original films. Considering all I get from them, I've always found HBO to be a bargain.

das

Hey, at least they gave Arliss a good run - and don't forget about Real Sex...

Join the club!! Yeah....wait for them to come out with something really new and tell a half way story. Thanks but save that story, i don't want to invest my time in something with no ending.

I had wanted to start watching Carnivale this past season, but never got around to getting S1 so I knew WTF was going on. Should I even bother watching the 1st 2 seasons now? Is it ever going to come back?

Nope, probably never coming back. The creator of the show has already moved on to a new show. And from what I hear (thanks to TV Guide and their damn spoilers) it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.

I'd recommend NOT watching it at all. If you watch even one season you'll probably get really hooked and want more........but of course there isn't any more beyond the second season. :(

It's never coming back, but the first two seasons tell a great, complete story and are well worth watching.

It does not end on a cliffhanger. It ends with some unresolved questions, but so what? Along the way, you get a compelling story and most of the questions get answered.

It isn't coming back, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch S1 and S2. Check out this post.

If you can watch it for what it *is* -- around 24 episodes of great drama which leave many questions unanswered -- then it's very worthwhile. In its uniquely slow pacing and emphasis on long-term character and plot, it's more demanding and novel-like than nearly any other TV series. It tests the patience of some people. I thought it was brilliant, and am sorry that it didn't get to continue further. It ends like, say, one of the first Lord of the Rings movies... you get a sense of climax and closure, and many thematic elements are tied together, but there was much more story to be told.

OK, thanks. I'll probably watch it since it sounds like it doesn't leave a bunch of huge questions unanswered.

Yeah, I wouldn't exactly call it a cliffhanger. The first season finale is a cliffhanger. They set themselves up for a possible third season, but a cut a couple things out and it easily could've been the series finale.

Yeah, it's like not wanting to watch God Father 1 & 2 because there was no 3 (... and there wasn't).

I just finished the first two episodes of season one and am hooked already. I hate to hear that it's been cancelled because I can already tell that I'm going to really dig this series, but I don't plan to let that ruin my enjoyment of the two seasons that were produced. Still, I predict that by the time I get to the end of the second season, I'll be bummed that it's over.

No offence, but you then better not watch anything at all. I think HBO have maybe best track record with giving their shows a chance and closure. At least I wouldn't recommend watching anything on networks - they seem to cancel most of their shows before they even start!

Life is risk....

Don't you HBO people watch Curb Your Enthusiasm??

No.

And what does a comedy show have to do with a drama?

Nope. I've never been a fan of HBO comedies.