Fox, Stop Killing Good Shows!

Here's my beef with Fox network.... they don't give good shows a chance.

Take Amy Sherman-Palladino's new project, The Return of Jezebel James. After airing three... count 'em... THREE episodes, Fox cut it. Now, I know that any female fan of Gilmore Girls would most likely watch ASP's new show because, honestly, she's an amazingly gifted script writer, but Fox killed it. The show was poorly advertised and then axed after three very good episodes.

It's unfortunate that good shows are being replaced by really CRAPPY reality shows (Moment of Truth? More like Moment of Shame). Don't get me wrong, I'll sit around and watch America's Next Top Model or America's Best Dance Crew, but I really, really wanted to watch ASP material. At least it's witty and funny and written with more than a quarter of a brain.

TRoJJ focused on two sisters who have a terrible relationship (one's uber-successful and one's not), and after the successful sister discovers she can't conceive her own child, she asks her sister to borrow her uterus. The women are well-written and ASP brought back Scott Cohen (who played Max Medina on GG). It is in a similar vein to Gilmore Girls, and definitely had potential. I was looking forward to watching the two sisters grow their relationship, but now I'll never get to do that (thanks, Fox).

The only real feeling about the show that I was left with was that ASP had some definite mother issues. Both the mother in Gilmore Girls and the mother in TRoJJ seemed extremely neurotic and high-maitenence. But I guess we all have our own issues.

Hopefully, this show will be released on DVD so that it can live beyond Fox and their poor idea of good programming.