Reality TV hits new low....
Ok, there has been a trend forming ever since the Mole II was aired for three episodes in its Fall slot in 2001 and restarted the following May. When it happened, there was a fervour... and a lot of calls from fans to boycott watching the network. But it passed, and Reality TV recovered.
Then Fox cancelled Forever Eden and Playing it Straight after it specifically said that no matter the ratings, they would run their course. And again, the fans(all 6 of them) cried foul and claimed they would never watch the network again... but I don't think that was too effective a threat.
But now, we have reached the ultimate in sleaziness... the ultimate in how little a Television network thinks of their fans.... NBC cancelled a reality series, "Last Comic Standing" 4 days before its finale was to be aired. I mean, COME ON.... I can't think of another time when a series, ANY series got cancelled the week before its finale.... what kind of assholes run NBC. I mean, they almost demanded that a new series of LCS start for the fall because they had holes in their schedule, and the second edition of LCS had really good ratings during the summer, and despite the objections of both Jay Mohr and the other executive producers of the show, who legitimately feared that the public would get burned out on the francise, NBC forced them to throw together a "Battle of the Best" contest which stumbled out of the gate.
And now, because the executive producers of LCS predicted exactly what would happen, NBC is denying us, the fans, the pleasure of seeing this contest finished right. Instead, we are going to either watch the finale on Comedy Central(which means we have to have American Basic Cable) or watch the two episodes of Father of the Pride that is replacing LCS to find out the winner. Now, I think the classy thing to do would have been to show the finale in a different time slot, just so everyone has some closure, but they didn't do that, and it reflects badly on them.
Personally, I think it is simply spineless for NBC to do this, and I think I will be a bit more wary of getting involved with an NBC reality show from now on.
IN SHORT: NBC is the king of BULLSHIT now! *shakefist*
Boo NBC Boo!