Does Everyone Hate the TV that I love?

What's up with Television networks never bringing back shows, or cancelling them, or something, that I enjoy? Do I just like crappy TV that everyone else hates? Here's the list:

1. Married to the Kelly's

I don't remember what network it was on, but about a year ago, on Friday nights, I liked to watch Married to the Kelly's. I liked to watch it about 6 times, because that's about how many times it was on before they pulled the plug. The skater guy from Clueless was the main character, which was what attracted me ("Hey, what's this show? Isn't that the guy from Clueless? Oh! It is!!!") A lighthearted little comedy about a tight knit family, and the boy that marries one of the girls. Cute. I liked it. Was corny, was funny, the family loved each other immensely. The creepy little brother had a girlfriend, and I was waiting to see what happened, and then one night they were showing an episode of Home Alone or something, and then--it never came back. Kelly family? Where are you?

2. Book of Daniel

Protestant minister, played by Aidan Quinn, who I love, is high on pain killers and talks to Jesus. Literally, Jesus is a character who shows up. This dude is awesome though--his wife seems to have a stick up her butt like a flagpole, one kid is gay, one kid is adopted and a little mischevious, and the daughter sells drugs and draws anime. And they all love each other, but they are all screwed up. There's an affair too, between some clergy woman at church and another pastor, who's married, but his wife is very ill with alzheimer's. Touching. Sweet. Not a perfect family, which made me love them. Three episodes later.....and they never came back. What happened?

3. American Dreams

Ah, my favorite. You've all heard me talk about this before, I think. American Dreams, I love you, and I want you to come back. Irish catholic family battles the 60's. Older brother goes to Nam. Daughter dances on American Bandstand. Mom doesn't want to get knocked up again, she goes on the pill. Older brother's pregnant fiance comes to live with them. The kids grow up. I got 3 seasons on this one, and at the end of last season (which aired over a year ago), Meg Pryor was hopping on the back of a motorcycle to go CA with her rebel boyfriend to escape the draft with a priest her mom found. Jack tells Meg, "You leave now, don't you ever come back". We don't know if Meg's bf is giving her a ride on his bike back to her house, or if they are taking off for CA--and the next season, never happened. We don't know. Us loyal viewers are left with a tearful good bye between Meg Pryor and Roxanne Bojarski, with scenes panning to the Pryor living room where Helen, Jack, Patti, little "Thrill", JJ, Beth, and Johnny are all pretending to watch TV, while they are really anxiously waiting to see if Meg will walk in the door. That's it, that's where it ended. What a terrible ending! I want to know what happened! Does Meg come home? Does Patti win the campbell's tomato soup scholarship? Does Roxanne marry Luke? Do Beth and JJ buy a house? Does 'Thrill" win his battle with polio? And when are seasons 2 and 3 coming out on DVD?? It's been years, NBC. Everyone has their copies of Friends seasons 1 through a trillion, can't we get a DVD set for American Dreams, seasons 2 and 3? And 4? Can you at least make a #4 available on DVD so we can see what happens??? It's been over a year, I've been so patient. When do I get to see the end?? The closest I get is when a character from American Dreams plays a different character on L&O SVU, which, is not really the same. Still entertaining, but, just having the actor play a different role on a different show doesn't help that much (notice how I said not that much. Sad, isn't it?)

I've done my part though. Whenever something comes out, and it's on NBC, and it's involving JJ Pryor playing another character, like when he was on the show Reunion (I think that was NBC...) I make sure to NOT tune in, trying to force their hand into putting the Pryors back together for more American Dreams. Unfortunately, NBC has not yet noticed my partial boycott of their shows that feature AD actors but are not AD. At least, they haven't acknowledged my boycott.

Sareet, you live in LA, close to H-wood, can't you see if you can pull some strings? I would really appreciate it.

Why do they cancel my shows? Are my TV likes and dislikes that awful? I liked Friends, and it was on forever. I liked the X-files, and I like L&O-- still on.

But I like Desperate Housewives, so it should be scared, because with my track record--it's going to go buh-bye. And I'm really liking this America's Got Talent. I like the judges, they let almost everyone through, and they do way more stuff than just sing. In fact, I get annoyed when people come on there and sing--go on American Idol, freak! This show is for people who train their dogs to run over the backs and through their legs, or tall men dressed like creep angels to balances swords in their mouths. But I am sure, that since I am enjoying it, it will be cancelled soon.