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Old 11-13-08 | 09:30 AM
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Old 11-13-08 | 10:01 AM
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saw the My Own Worst Enemy cancellation coming a mile away
Same here -- I didn't make it past the second episode.
Old 11-13-08 | 10:02 AM
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If ABC is considered a network then NBC is a fantastic network. Their Thursdays alone are better than anything ABC offers ever.
Um, ABC has a hell of a lot more hits than NBC.
Old 11-13-08 | 10:04 AM
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Um, ABC has a hell of a lot more hits than NBC.
I only watch 3 shows on ABC (Dirty Sexy Money, Pushing Daisies and Lost). Oh and Scrubs when it comes back.
Old 11-13-08 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayre
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Word.

I was okay with the show, but I'm certainly not going to miss it.

Lipstick Jungle? I kinda figured it was already gone with Brooke's relentless VW ads.
Old 11-13-08 | 10:21 AM
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Was the show any good?
Yes....
One of the best new shows on TV,Fuck NBC!!!!
Old 11-13-08 | 10:50 AM
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The good news is, with NBC doing so horribly all around, 30 Rock's rating aren't looking 'danger zone' bad anymore. Even if it drops down to last year's levels after all the stunt casting is over, that's still as good or better than 75% of their lineup.
Old 11-13-08 | 10:59 AM
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Damn. While My Own Worst Enemy wasn't spectacular, it was good popcorn TV.
Old 11-13-08 | 11:21 AM
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Not totally gone just yet:

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Old 11-13-08 | 11:21 AM
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Looks like NBC is the new FOX.
Old 11-13-08 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by fuzzbox
well, I WOULD have watched MOWE, but I couldn't, because my DVR couldn't record it on account of Samantha Who going till 10:01 every monday
set a manual recording starting at 10:02.
Old 11-13-08 | 12:07 PM
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Maybe Audrey Raynes will comeback on 24 now.
Old 11-13-08 | 12:13 PM
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This is why I don't watch new stuff. This is such crap - I was actually enjoying MOWE too. Guess there is no use in watching this weeks episode.

Next thing you know they'll start cancelling everything else of theirs I just started watching: Chuck and FNL.

Edit: By the way, how do you show 2 - TWO - episodes and then go off the air for a week? And ontop of that not only do they pick up Crap Rider for a full season, but they put time and effort into retweaking it after the fact?! That will never have the potential to be a breakout hit no matter what they do to that.
Old 11-13-08 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Superman07
This is why I don't watch new stuff. This is such crap - I was actually enjoying MOWE too. Guess there is no use in watching this weeks episode.
I don't get angry about this kind of stuff anymore. Basically your really at the mercy of the Nielsen families whether or not a new show survives. I think if it survives, great I will continue to watch. If not, I will move on.

For future reference, if a new show your interested is serialized like MOWE, I would maybe wait a few weeks and see how the buzz is, ratings and what timeslot it gets before I commit to it.

MOWE had terrible buzz, production problems (changing his wife and showrunner) before the show even premiered.

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Old 11-13-08 | 01:33 PM
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Well, I "cancelled" both of these after seeing their first two airings.
Old 11-13-08 | 01:56 PM
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I'm sad to see "Lipstick Jungle" go. I loved the pilot but didn't get to watch the first season until the DVDs were released, and I was looking forward to catching up on the second season this winter.
Old 11-13-08 | 02:04 PM
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I just realized that NBC gave up "Scrubs" and ER is ending after this year.

Wow, NBC as a network is really going downhill fast. All they really have anymore are the "Law and Order" series'. It's a sad day when I can say that CW has a stronger lineup than NBC.
Old 11-13-08 | 02:42 PM
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i really liked CS in this role and liked the show. too bad.
Old 11-13-08 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sociopharm02
now I can go delete those unwatched My Own Worst Enemy episodes from my Tivo. I had a feeling this was going to get the axe. Was the show any good? I was Tivo'ng it due to my fear it would be canceled and not wanting to get involved with a doomed show. Any opinions on the value of the show?
I have 3 or 4 sitting on my DVR. I can now delete them.
Lipstick was horrible and nowhere near as good as Sex and the City.
Glad it is gone.
Old 11-13-08 | 03:15 PM
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I enjoyed the pilot on My Own Worst Enemy but never watched another episode. So I guess it's my fault.
Old 11-13-08 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Vipper II
NBC did the same thing to My Own Worst Enemy that they did to Journeyman - they stuck it in a time slot after a show with declining ratings and pitted it against one of the CSI shows. You don't do that to rookies. Although, at least NBC advertised Worst Enemy; they didn't do squat for Journeyman.
Since you said everything I was going to, I don't even need to post in this thread anymore.

But I did.
Old 11-13-08 | 04:20 PM
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Got burned on Daybreak, so I had all eps. of MOWE recorded but never watch. I'll be deleting them all tonight.
Old 11-13-08 | 05:24 PM
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I was kind of liking MOWE but I don't think there was really enough there to take it very far. It did have a little bit of cleverness to it in that it didn't always explain everything to the audience (like trying to figure out which personality Slater was currently playing [or the few times when we was supposed to be one of the personalities acting like the other one]) but I think that might have been part of it's undoing too.
Old 11-13-08 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
I don't get angry about this kind of stuff anymore. Basically your really at the mercy of the Nielsen families whether or not a new show survives. I think if it survives, great I will continue to watch. If not, I will move on.

For future reference, if a new show your interested is serialized like MOWE, I would maybe wait a few weeks and see how the buzz is, ratings and what timeslot it gets before I commit to it.
I'm going one better. I won't watch anything first season anymore. If it survives I'll get the DVD set over the summer.
Old 11-13-08 | 05:53 PM
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poor christian slater.....now its back to pump up the volume 2- electric boogalo


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