Two Words For CBS' Les Moonves: "Skew you!"

Joan: You are not real!
God: So people keep telling me.

And the ripples spread from boat, to pond, to sea, to sky... and nothing can stop them...nothing ever will.


Why, CBS?

Why on earth, with the never-ending increase of crap that's on the air nowadays, would you cancel a show that, on so many fronts, rivals anything ever before seen on television?

I, along with the rest of my family, really loved this show. We are most unhappy with your decision. We heard the March rumors of trouble, but quickly interpreted them as merely hype; some kind of network marketing ploy as we neared season's end; certainly not to be taken seriously; not in this case; not the emmy-track, award-winning, critically acclaimed, and totally unique Joan Of Arcadia! We were sure we'd be watching this one for 6-7 years, minimum.

Oh well, how wrong we were...

I don't know what little old, invisible, unimportant us could do or say that would get the attention of the movers-and-shakers of the television entertainment industry, but we surely must do or say something. I did something I had never done before -- I became actively involved in the fight to save a TV show, to resurrect it. As a result, I learned a couple [...or three...] things:

(1) This kind of thing has happened before;
(2) The television Ratings system needs serious attention;
(3) Network executives seem to be grossly naive about the population they purport to serve;

Our resurrection effort, at least as of today, has not proven to be successful. But it has proven something else. A group people, unknown to one another prior to the Les 'Skew'ves cancellation, discovered a shared cause. And that cause is evolving into something bigger. It remains to be seen precisely what form it will eventually take, but there is no question that, in the future, when quality programming that appeals to a widely diverse demographic bursts onto the scene, something will be said; something will be done; to insure its survival.
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