Ending It All
Interesting post at TVWeek about Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof’s announcement that the producers were talking to ABC about when to bring Lost to an end. I’d read the story elsewhere, but the blog entry is the first indiciation that maybe ABC wasn’t quite so on board with making any pronouncements.
Down the hallway, ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson is having lunch, and seems less-than-thrilled by the producers’ comments. After all, producers don’t cancel shows, network presidents do. He admits he didn’t know Lindelof and Cuse were going to make the announcement, then objected to the term “announcement.�
Of course, if you read John Rogers at Kung Fu Monkey, you might have the idea that network presidents might not be deciding much of anything for much longer.
And through it all, I can’t help but think of J. Michael Straczynski, who was crazy enough to declare that there would only be five season of Babylon 5. First everyone thought he was nuts for believing the show could go on that long. Then everyone – many of his own cast included – thought he was nuts for ending it on schedule.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.