Fox has yanked The Return of Jezebel James, the sitcom starring ParkerPosey and Lauren Ambrose (pictured) from Gilmore Girls creator AmySherman-Palladino, after three episodes. I meant to watch that, becauseI’m a Sherman-Palladino fan, but didn’t. According to EW’s C- review ofthe show, I didn’t miss much, but still… It got me wondering: Whatshows did you fully intend to watch, but for some reason didn’t, andthen felt bad once they got canceled? (Maybe you mourned without everhaving seen an episode, or maybe you saw Newsradio ashow in repeats or on DVD and felt the pain.) If you need inspiration,check out our gallery of "Jericho and 30 other TV shows you loved,lost."
Mar 25
2008
07:25 PM ET
The Exit of 'Jezebel James' (and other shows you meant to watch)
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Wow – that’s too bad. I did mean to watch it but didn’t realize it had started. I recently started watching King of Queens in syndication and love it. Too bad I never caught it when it was on primetime…
CANTERBURY’S LAW was conspicuously absent from last night’s line up on FOX but was in the TV guide…have they axed Ms. Marguilles show after 2 episodes? And since no one at EW seems to be talking about it, I kinda like NEW AMSTERDAM, and the lead actor is quite handsome. Has he been in anything else?
Oh and you can purchase the RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES episodes on iTunes for $1.99 each….
Jericho.
I really meant to watch it, but didn’t get around to it. Then when it was renewed this season I had intentions of watching it, but still didn’t. Now I feel bad that it’s cancelled for real this time.
Judging by the previews alone, it looked very much like a flat-tired version of the 80′s comedy classic, “My Sister Sam”. It’s a shame. Posey is a pretty good actress.
Oh, I did mean to watch Jezebel James because of Lauren Ambrose. Whoops. And I looooooooooved Newsradio back in the day. Just thinking of the episode where they’re reading the Dilbert comics…. If it were possible to bring someone back from the dead (Phil Hartman) and forget everything Andy Dick has done since then, I would love to see Newsradio back. Looooved that show. Wish I had watched Arrested Development when it was on.
I tried to watch Jericho and I meant to watch Friday night lights. Oh well.
Phil-
I read that Canterbury’s has been moved to Fridays…which is practically just as good as being canceled.
The show that I meant to watch, but didn’t was “Arrested Development”. Totally blind bought it, and fell in love with it on DVD.
As far as “Jezebel James”, I know thaf Fox gets a lot of grief for their quick trigger finger on their scripted series (ala “Arrested Development”), but I actually want to commend them for canceling “Jezebel James” so quickly. It was AWFUL. I saw the two-episode, hour-long premiere and the acting and writing were like middle-school play level. You didn’t miss ANYTHING Mandi.
Thankfully, Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose (two actresses who I absolutely lurve!) can now stop wasting their time with this show and move on to something worth their time.
I watched it! I wanted to give it a chance, and now Fox isn’t going to let me.
I also meant to watch 12 Miles of Bad Road, but now no one is going to let me do that either.
I agree with Arrested Development. I actually TRIED to watch that when it was on, but they kept changing the time and I couldn’t keep up.
I thought “Kidnapped” sounded like an interesting show, but lo and behold, it was canceled before I had a chance to catch it.
Also, I try NOT to watch American Idol, but I can’t stop. I wish they would cancel it so I can stop watching it (but they won’t, so I can’t).
I like everyone in this case, but this show was SO BAD I had to shut it off, and I will watch *anything*. It was so horrible it made my ears and eyes physically hurt. The script was pathetic and the laughs were… well… let’s just say they weren’t “laughs”.
Gilmore Girls.
I think you’re making assumptions that aren’t true…i had NO intention of watching Jezebel James…the previews for it were terrible…Ausiello at TV Guide (a huge Amy Sheridan-P fan) said it was mediocre at best…I’m glad its off the air…let AS-P go back and try something new/better…
Why can’t they just kill According to Jim, Two and a Half Men and Caveman…I don’t watch those shows either – axe them!!!
I watched Jezebel too and it was AWFUL, but mostly because of Parker Posey trying to be a second-rate Lorelai Gilmore. Sorry, there’s one Lauren Graham, and you’re not even an 890,028th her. Posey was SO bad on that show, and Ambrose barely made a sound. The dialog wasn’t that great but I can imagine Graham, Kelly Bishop, Alexis Bledel and Ed Herrmann could do anything with any script, so I am not sure what happened with the Palladinos, but I do know the cast reeked. I did like “Max Medina” on there; he’s always welcome. Bad show, though.
I always meant to pick up “Veronica Mars” while it was still on the air, but it was gone before I remembered my good intentions. Ah, well…there’s always the DVDs.