The other day I was catching up on some Little Mosque shows that I had missed. I watched one where Amaar and Rayyan finally admit to loving each other. Since this was only episode 18, I was confused why they wouldn't save that for the season finale. And then I realized, I couldn't find any more episodes after that. And they've all been reruns since then. Eventually I reached the conclusion that the season was only 18 episodes long.
Now, don't get me wrong. I know the CBC had a rough year and all shows suffered. Being Erica was only 12 episodes instead of 13 so as to not decrease the production value of each episode. But didn't shows used to have like a 24 episode season? Otherwise the show 24 wouldn't have made much sense (somehow 18 doesn't have quite the same effect). As far as I can figure, the standard now seems to be 20 episodes. Or 13. But this means that there is then more time the show is off the air and people are less likely to return, wouldn't you figure? Let's take Being Erica. That show premiered in January and got the standard 13 episode order. Big success, everyone was happy so they got picked up for another season of 13 episodes (which turned into 12) which ran that fall. Now, that show ended fall of 2009 and by the time the third season will (hopefully) start it'll be the fall of 2010. That's a long time to away from a show. Which is possibly there has been no news if it's been picked up for a third season. Even Little Mosque will be going at least 5 months before another season begins. My mother's memory doesn't last that long.
And frankly, I just want to see more episodes of these shows. I like the characters, I like what they do, I want to see what happens. But it all comes down to the money. And I know this but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
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Mother? Hello? You have two parental units the last I heard. Why is it always the woman (mother) who gets blamed? Why all mother-in-law-jokes? Why all the "Yo Mommas?" Doesn't anybody have a fat daddy? And how about the blonde jokes? (personally, I always insert "he" for them.)Even Disney makes most of their "baddies" women. For shame young lady!
ReplyDeleteAnd to stray even further from your orignal topic, why is it in movies or TV, when an animal is stepped on or run over, you always hear a cat? Why is it funnier to run over a cat than a dog? Why is it even funny to run over an animal?
On behalf of the five of us I say "We are not amused!"