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Put an Eye Out (CBS Axes Bunch of Shows)
Entertainment Weekly ^ | 5-19-05

Posted on 05/19/2005 8:21:18 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache

Put an Eye Out CBS cancels ''Joan of Arcadia,'' ''Judging Amy'' -- The low-rated former hits get the ax, as does the Wednesday edition of ''60 Minutes'' by Mickey O'Connor

Oh, God. It's official. At the unveiling of CBS' fall 2005 lineup Wednesday, the network announced that it has axed Joan of Arcadia, the underdog-that-couldn't, despite last year's Emmy nomination for lead Amber Tamblyn and much critical love. A second-season ratings slump made continuing it not feasible, said CBS chairman Les Moonves, calling it one of his biggest disappointments.

In other cancellation news, a desire to attract a younger demographic has spelled the end for two graying CBS shows: The awards magnet Judging Amy has heard its final sentence, and the beleagured Wednesday edition of news warhorse 60 Minutes, which suffered after a story that questioned President Bush's military service proved to be false, will stop production as well.

So what will replace these dearly departed shows? Among the new series that the chatty Moonves held forth on: a comedy about a family of doctors; a drama about FBI profilers; and, er, Jennifer Love Hewitt seeing dead people. ''I think talking to ghosts may skew younger than talking to God,'' Moonves said. From his mouth to... oh, never mind.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; fired; turass; tv
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To: Kokojmudd

The whole network needs cancelling.

21 posted on 05/19/2005 8:40:24 AM PDT by Minnesocold
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To: ladtx

My wife if brokenhearted over the cancellation of Judging Amy. I think it is the most irritatingly PC program on TV. It's like nails across a chalkboard everytime it comes on.

Hahhahahahhahaha! LMAO! Same with my wife and me. My wife loved it and I hated it. Amy was a pure effing nut case. All the men on the show were pussies, excepting the guy Kevin? I believe who left several years back. That show was nothing but a bucket coming up from a liberal septic tank.


22 posted on 05/19/2005 8:40:45 AM PDT by jwh_Denver (Behind every successful man is a divorce!)
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To: dangus

I enjoyed a few of the episodes, but got pretty irritated with the artsy-fartsy side of it and the "boyfriend" who wore woolen hats portraying the sad, gifted obscure artist in youth.


23 posted on 05/19/2005 8:41:23 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Never watched any of the 3 shows.


24 posted on 05/19/2005 8:43:00 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Minnesocold
The whole network needs cancelling.

I hope someone picks up The Amazing Race when they do.

25 posted on 05/19/2005 8:43:10 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: macamadamia
Yeah think about the publicity for the church of the creator and the green onion.
26 posted on 05/19/2005 8:44:06 AM PDT by dts32041 (Two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence Grizzly bear and violate.)
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To: L98Fiero

Make that 2 1/2. I only watched the Jeffersons minus the NFL.


27 posted on 05/19/2005 8:45:28 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: dts32041

Did you hear they had to pull the plug on spinoff "CSI Morgantown"? [West Virginia.]
Yeah. Turns out, everybody has the same DNA, and there aren't any dental records!

Sorry, West Virginians, but I really like that joke.


28 posted on 05/19/2005 8:45:34 AM PDT by John Robertson
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To: My Favorite Headache

Joan started going rancid around the time of last year's season finale--and this year trying to find sympathy for the devil (literally) was about the last straw for a lot of people. In truth, it was just another Hollywierd version of God, and heaven forbid they not show some "sensitivity" for the pain of the devil--overlooking the evil, of course.


29 posted on 05/19/2005 8:46:10 AM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Maybe CBS can do a "CSI - Petticoat Junction".


30 posted on 05/19/2005 8:47:02 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: ladtx

I couldn't bear to watch Judging Amy. It was almost beyond PC. Good riddance, although I admit I haven't watched it since about its third episode.


31 posted on 05/19/2005 8:47:56 AM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I never watched any of them either. Tried Joan once and watched it until she met a man in a hosital and said, "You mean they beat you up just because you are gay?"


32 posted on 05/19/2005 8:49:02 AM PDT by N. Theknow (BXVI - The cafeteria is closed.)
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To: John Robertson
You forgot the real punch line, every female is related to Bobbi's little dog billy. Nasty but the keep electing that racist idiot so they deserve it.
33 posted on 05/19/2005 8:50:20 AM PDT by dts32041 (Two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence Grizzly bear and violate.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Is The Evening News or 60 Minutes among them???


34 posted on 05/19/2005 8:50:53 AM PDT by weegee (Funny how prisoners at Gitmo can have their religious books but our school kids can't.)
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To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
VICTORY in the WAR ON ERROR

...and the beleagured Wednesday edition of news warhorse 60 Minutes, which suffered after a story that questioned President Bush's military service proved to be false, will stop production as well.

PAJAMA PEOPLE RULE!!!

35 posted on 05/19/2005 8:52:10 AM PDT by weegee (Funny how prisoners at Gitmo can have their religious books but our school kids can't.)
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To: dts32041

Right after CSI- Bayone, New Jersey. LOL

Regards


36 posted on 05/19/2005 8:53:58 AM PDT by headstamp
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To: My Favorite Headache

Why can't we just cancel SeeB.S. and get it over with.


37 posted on 05/19/2005 8:54:52 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Search and Destroy socialist democrats & their leaders Fat Ted, F'n Kerry & the Beast!)
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To: Minnesocold
The whole network needs cancelling.

BUMP!!!


38 posted on 05/19/2005 8:55:29 AM PDT by weegee (Funny how prisoners at Gitmo can have their religious books but our school kids can't.)
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To: Minnesocold
The whole network needs cancelling.

BUMP!!!


39 posted on 05/19/2005 8:56:39 AM PDT by weegee (Funny how prisoners at Gitmo can have their religious books but our school kids can't.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Any network that would opt to pickup "Joan" would be making a good decision, IMO. It's one of the very few shows I actually watch. Idiots.
40 posted on 05/19/2005 8:58:07 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (red, red voter in a blue, blue state)
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