I said ME. POSSIBLY other viewers. I was not predicting its end. I was saying I did not know whether I could stick around. It is my quirk. I have a problem with shows that are too formulaic. For instance. I like House, but up until this season the same thing every week, no surprises. Monk the same. most procedural shows - Law and Orders , CSIs the same. Almost all are hits. But it in is their very nature to be predictable Over time, I loose interest in them if they do not find a way to mix it up. So, it is not just genre shows I do not know how many others have this quirk.
There are fugitive shows that do well too. I think Prison Break still has good ratings. There was also Farscape which I thought handled the fugitive theme in very interesting ways. . To me that was another well done fugitive show that used creative ways to tell the story. The First Wave was okay, but sometimes I got tired of the fugitive theme - in the end the writing quality deteriorated and stunt casting with Traci Lords might have done it in..There was a show last summer called Traveler where they were on the run. I really liked it. I found the writers had unique way to keep the viewer's attention. I might have stuck around. Unfortunately, it did not survive. Regarding The Fugitive and The Hulk. They were part an era when series had more than four weeks to find an audience. The Hulk lost me after a while, too. I do not think that feature is why the series ended though I actually think Terminator will be an instant hit. Even if it was not an instant hit, people would likely tune in at least once over the period they show the available eight episodes because there is nothing out there as a result of the strike. Since it is well produced and entertaining, I think most would stick around. Unless it spirals into a truly bad production like Bionic woman, I do not see why this show would be cut. I mean, the Reaper is still around. I think it would have probably not have been cut even if there was no strike. Justin Mohareb wrote: > Well, they did manage to pull it off for a few seasons with The > Fugitive and The Incredible Hulk. > > JJ Mohareb > > On Jan 14, 2008 12:45 AM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. > Minor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> me and possibly other viewers. I have little patience for the fugitive >> storyline in series. By its very nature the story becomes formulaic. >> They come after us----> We run----> They almost catch us-----> We >> barely get away----> We live to run another day. >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
