NEWS FROM THE SMALL SCREEN: SIX DEGREES OF CANCELLATION, 30 ROCK, BONES & FNL
First, the good news. NBC has renewed 30 Rock! They believe (and I happen to agree) that the show will gain momentum, much like The Office did after its first season. Both shows received high marks from critics yet failed to reach large audiences during their intial run. Why NBC seems hesitant to bestow that kind of faith on a fantastic show like Friday Night Lights is baffling, as I am still awaiting their announcement that it is also coming back for another season.
What a cast (big screen stars Erika Christensen, Hope Davis, Jay Hernandez, Bridget Moynahan, and Campbell Scott, among others). What a shame. Six Degrees started off slow but really grew to become a very watchable primetime series. The show, which was executive produced by Lost‘s JJ Abrams, originally aired after Grey’s Anatomy last September. ABC gave up on Six Degrees less than two months into the season, and only recently aired two additional episodes in the graveyard timeslot, Friday night at 9pm. Last week, the show was pulled off of the air completely, it isn’t available to view for free on ABC.com anymore, and there isn’t a trace of evidence that it ever even existed anywhere on the network’s website. Rude.
I am loving Bones this season. And without a doubt, the winner of this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series goes to Stephen Fry. The show has always had a dry undercurrent of humor permeating the science, and Fry’s recurring role as Booth’s shrink is inspired casting. You can watch uninterruped episodes of the show on the official Bones MySpace page.