It was announced this week that "My Own Worst Enemy" starring Christian Slater and "Lipstick Jungle" were both being canceled by NBC.
This comes as no surprise, even though it seemed like NBC was pushing "Enemy" hard (it's television ads were nearly as ubiquitous as those damn "saved by zero" spots) and "Jungle" had been for some unknown reason given a second season. Both shows sucked so hard they could take the chrome off a tailpipe.
What is surprising....that shit stain of a show "Knight Rider" survives. Producers of the show claim to be re-vamping the show, but not even the fact that Val "Iceman" Kilmer does the voice of K.I.T.T. can save it.
Looking on the bright side, "Friday Night Lights" will take one of these time slots once it returns to NBC after its run on Directv.
Of course with the failure of the much hyped "Enemy", last season's disaster "Bionic Woman", and a steady decline in ratings for "Heroes" there is some mudslinging going on at NBC. It appears that once again Co-Chairman Ben Silverman (the apparent Teflon Don of NBC) will once again avoid taking any heat for the failure of prominent NBC shows. The shit storm all seems to be touching down in Universal Media President Katherine Pope's domain. Pope, who was one of the original producers of "Heroes", basically got the job based on the success of that show. Now there is concern that she is qualified for the job. According the the NY Post (I know, a dubious source) she has gotten the nickname "The Black Widow" because "every show she touches turns to death". Ouch.
Meanwhile Silverman, who hasn't had the best run of luck with shows lately either (we looking at you Knight Rider, Kath & Kim, and Crusoe), is in talks to re-up his contract with the studio. Yeah, it seems his failures save the company money and it's all about the bottom line and not silly things like ratings and quality.
The way I see it, as long as NBC keeps "The Office", "30 Rock", and "Chuck" going I am a happy camper.
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