Life on Mars Cancelled

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Texoz

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Thought that was decent show.

I'm sure the network has metrics to justify their decision, but there were lots of shows in the 70s and 80s that didn't do well the first year that went on to great success. "MASH" and "All in the Family" come to mind.

Network TV blows.
 
I really enjoy Life On Mars too. They actually announced it about 2 weeks ago. Fortunately, ABC is going to let them finish out the season. The original series over in the UK was only made for one season too. I will be sad to see it go.
 
Such a great show. Even though it was a cop show, it was still creative and not necessarily a procedural. I'm gonna miss Gretchen Moll. Gorgeous gal. She better hook up with Sam.

But I don't understand...Castle, which I'm giving a chance, but they're also bringing in other cop shows??? WTF?
 
Nooooooo! I was really getting into this show. Sam is hot and he was always getting half-naked with chicks.
 
Crap! One of the few shows that felt pretty original (even while it followed a standard cop-show format).

Are we going to figure out what's going on with him? Is he in a coma? Did that mysterious Dr. give him drugs of some sort?

I hate it when they end shows that have a long-term storyline without wrapping it up. It's not like cancelling a sitcom where each episode is completely separate from the others.

BTHO Duke!
 
Isn't this the show where the dude is hit by a car and wakes up as a cop in the 1970s? That sounded too stupid to get me to watch it. Why didn't they just make a cop show set in the 70's and avoid the idiotic premise?
 
At first I thought the premise was too Hollywood. However, the show's acting, writing and look was top quality.

I could see it jumping the shark after a few seasons, though. Still, it was gritty, clever and at times funny. They did a good job of blending the character's knowledge of year 2008 life with 1973 nostalgia.

There was still plenty of historical material to mine if the show had lasted a couple more seasons.
 
Hopefully, they actually end it. I never watch during the first season of a show anymore after John from Cincinnati. I was gonna start watching this after the season was over. Now I guess I won't. Give closure to the people who actually watched it even if it has low ratings.
 
I missed the first couple of episodes- but, this show has become one of my favorites. Will get the British version of this and Ashes dvd's at some point.

Even w/o the scifi angle- they have a good formula/ premise- throw in Keitel and Imperioli- add 70's theme- period dress/ set/ music/ attitudes- are all well done- and you have a great backdrop for a police show.

Maybe one day in the future they'll get their due. Firefly was another great show that was cancelled before its time. Too bad SciFi or one of the other cable networks didn't pick these up.

But, hey, I'm sure we'll get some new reality show to take its place...
 
Yep, my wife and I were looking at each other during the last few minutes and saying "WTF?"

For a second I thought it was going to be an April Fool's joke. Obviously, they threw this together with little time or creative consideration. Even the actors seem to be uncomfortable in that last scene.
 
Go ahead and spoil it, it's a canceled show that we'll likely never see again.

I saw the first episode and was not drawn in. How did they end it? Seriously, I'm curious.
 
Reminded me of the final issue of the comic book series "XO Manowar" (yes, I am--or at least used to be--a comic book nerd) where it was revealed that the ENTIRE SERIES, which lasted almost SEVEN YEARS, had been nothing but a dream. Rumor has it that the writer was on such bad terms with upper management when the series was being cancelled that he basically wrote the ending purely out of spite. I wonder if something similar happened with LoM.

With that said, I liked the way LoM ended, partially because it was so ******* crazy (and obviously they realized how much it would totally piss people off) but also because it actually made some degree of sense and there were actually clues throughout the series that tied into the ending.

Also, I thought it was interesting how the ending was pretty much exactly the same as The 13th Floor, which coincindentally also had Gretchen Mol as the female lead character.
 
"Go ahead and spoil it, it's a canceled show that we'll likely never see again."

From Wikipedia:

At the end of the series it is revealed that Tyler's 2008 & 1973 realities were both fictitious, created by the futuristic computer - named Windy - aboard a space ship that is carrying Tyler, Hunt, Norris, Carling and Skelton on the first ever manned mission to the planet Mars. Tyler's actual reality is the year 2035, and the crew he worked with in the past are just virtual reality versions of his fellow spaceship crewmembers. The reason why he had travelled back to 1973 was due to a temporary malfunction on board the ship: to sustain their lives, all of the crew were routinely kept active while asleep using virtual reality "neural stimulation" programs of their own choosing, but a meteor storm caused a momentary glitch in the program (Sam had chosen his 2008 identity as part of his VR program, but the program accidentally kicked him back to 1973). Frank Morgan is the Mission Control flight director, Annie Norris is the Colonel in charge of the mission, and Gene Hunt - "Major Tom" - is also revealed to be Sam's father. Unlike the show's BBC counterpart, the series ends on a happy note, with Sam Tyler in good spirits and happy to be where he is. In a final wink to its fans, the writers describe the mission as one of science; looking for evidence of life.... a "gene hunt".

BTW, this is how the original British series ended:

The final episode depicts Sam waking from his coma, only to find the modern world devoid of feeling compared to his life in 1973. He ultimately takes a joyful leap from the top of the police station, returning to the past. Writer Matthew Graham wrote the scene to indicate that Sam is now in the afterlife, but acknowledged that the ending is ambiguous and open to other interpretations, such as lead actor John Simm's belief that Sam may not have returned to the present.[11] The first episode of sequel series Ashes to Ashes shows Sam's personnel file, which is stamped "SUICIDE". In the final shot, the team drives off, with Sam and Gene bickering as usual. Children run past, including the girl from Test Card F. She looks directly into the camera before reaching out and "switching off" the television the viewer is watching, signifying that the story has come to an end.[11]
 
Castle, which I'm giving a chance.
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the show is entertaining but i think its just the chick i really like...
 
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