Renewal/Cancellation News
May sweeps onto your TV
Detroit Free Press: April 30, 2007Detroit Free Press looks at May sweeps and what shows to say goodbye to:
Bittersweet whodunit bye-bye?
"Veronica Mars". After three seasons, this two-hour finale may well be the end of the whodunit road for Kristen Bell's witty, underappreciated and under-watched teen sleuth. Rats.
Mr. Television: A Bursting Bubble
Medisweek: April 30, 2007Marc Berman's take on how to run The CW network.
Sweeps spot
Star-Telegram: April 29, 2007The Star-Telegram looks at what shows are ending this year:
The end -- but only for this season. We think.
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Veronica Mars: The CW sure has jerked this terrific show around this year, making it hard for it to gain the momentum that's so important to a serial drama. It finally returns to the schedule during sweeps, which is a vote of confidence -- as is a two-hour season finale that will go up against the first half of the American Idol finale while everyone else stays out of the way. Reports are that it will be back -- but maybe not in its current incarnation.Managing Change: Channeling Angst
MSNBC: April 29, 2007Article about the struggling The CW and Veronica Mars.
This week, series creator Rob Thomas will plead with network executives for a stay of execution. Veronica can be rehabilitated, he'll argue. If you don't like her Nancy Drew college act, we can tart her up in a "sexy pantsuit" and make her four years older, with a career as an FBI agent. Thomas hopes this new Veronica will appeal to network bosses who want a cop series as part of their lineup. "I'd be thrilled for her to come back in any incarnation," he says.
What shows will return?
AZ Starnet: April 28, 2007AZ Starnet looks at what shows will return, including Veronica Mars:
PREDICTION: Too sad to even think about.
Shows on the edge
The Salt Lake Tribune: April 27, 2007The Salt Lake Tribune says that Veronica Mars is leaning toward cancellation.
Like "Friday Night Lights," this drama about a super-sleuth going to college is a prestige show with a big cult following. But the series also was given three seasons to develop a bigger audience, and it has failed to do so. The network may have lost its patience for Veronica to mature into a bigger hit.
End of Days for Sopranos, TV Season
E-Online: April 27, 2007E-Online list shows that are looking to say farewell:
Veronica Mars: Can a show that averages fewer than viewers than Univision telenovelas win a fall time slot?
McCollum: Networks are flush with season and series finales
The Mercury News: April 27, 2007Charlie McCollum from The Mercury News doesn't have much hope left:
After three years of dodging Nielsen ratings bullets, it looks like "Veronica Mars" finally has solved her last mystery. Although it's not billed that way, expect the two-hour finale to end the series.
Confirmed: A Second Season of Pussycat Dolls Reality!
CW Source: April 25, 2007Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll will return for another season.
VMars: Back from the dead again (Spoilers)
TV Fodder: April 25, 2007Short article about Veronica Mars before it returns.
Spoiler Chat (Spoilers)
E-Online: April 24, 2007Kristin Veitch about the cancellation rumors and a future Rob Thomas interview:
Anyway, yes, the rumors are flying, but Rob Thomas and my sources inside the CW are standing firm that there is most certainly hope for the show. And the best news of all is that Rob is coming here this week to appear as the guest on my next Vine show! So, if you have any questions for Rob, please send them in via email (tvdiva@eonline.com).
Television: shows on the bubble
The Mercury News: April 23, 2007The Mercury News' prognosis for Veronica Mars:
Send flowers and say a fond farewell.
Mars Redacts
True TV: April 23, 2007Bill Frost about the return of Veronica Mars:
Inside TV-biz buzz says that our dear Veronica has already been canceled by The CW, and this Season 3 runoff will culminate in a two-hour series finale on May 22.
Ailing TV shows await the ax or the reprieve
LA Times: April 23, 2007Article about shows waiting for the ax:
There probably won't be such a happy outcome for the youth-oriented crime drama "Veronica Mars," though. The show seems to have lost momentum in its third season and failed to capitalize on a comparatively strong lead-in from "Gilmore Girls."
"Forget about it," said one person close to the show, who declined to speak on the record.
Please save NBC's finest
Chicago Sun-Times: April 22, 2007Veronica Mars is mentioned as one of the shows that is worth saving.
Veronica Mars' FBI Pitch Not Dead!
TV Guide: April 21, 2007Ron Thomas shoots down some of Enrico Colantoni's claims about the FBI scenario:
Thomas tells me that network head Dawn Ostroff "hasn't seen the presentation," adding, "I have no earthly idea what Enrico is talking about. The network doesn't see it or hear our pitches for VM College or VM FBI until May 2."
HIGH ON SPIN, VERONICA MARS!
CHUD: April 21, 2007CHUD on the Enrico interview and the FBI scenario.
Endangered series list (Spoilers)
Daily Herald: April 21, 2007The Daily Herald mentions Veronica Mars as one of the endangered shows that should be saved.
Veronica still lives
Toronto Star: April 20, 2007Interview with Enrico Colantoni about the shows future and the FBI scenario:
"We shot 10 pages and they saw it and the reaction was, `That's not our show.' Then they saw the last episode of this season, and it was so on the money ... it was like the first two years. And I think the network was very excited about that.
SpongeBob No-Pajiba
Pajiba: April 18, 2007Pajiba about the USA Today cancellation rumor.
Ellen Gray | Save my shows? Maybe not
Philippine Daily Inquirer: April 18, 2007Ellen Gray isn't to happy about the FBI scenario.
Is your favorite show in danger of being cancelled?
Pipe Dream: April 18, 2007Pipe Dream lists the shows in danger of cancellation.
Critic's Corner
USAToday: April 17, 2007Robert Bianco answers a question about why Veronica Mars wasn't included in the USA Today vote.
S.O.S. -- Save Our Shows
The Daily Journal: April 16, 2007The Daily Journal looks at different shows in danger of cancellation and why they should be saved.
TV Gal Reconnects
Zap2it: April 16, 2007TV Gal isn't to happy with The CW.
Save One Show: Gilmore and Veronica Get Fan Love in Record-Breaking Vote!
E-Online: April 13, 2007Veronica Mars finishes second in the vote after Gilmore Girls but:
we're going to do something we've never done before: give SOS love to two shows—both the winner, the CW's Gilmore Girls, and the very close runner-up, the CW's Veronica Mars.
Will Our Favorite Shows Be Cancelled? : Veronica Mars
UGO: April 12, 2007UGO looks at shows in danger of cancellation including Veronica Mars.
Will 'Law & Order' lose its appeal?
USAToday: April 12, 2007USA Today's SOS vote it up, but you can't vote for Veronica Mars since they seem to think that it have already been canceled.
StarFury: Breakout! update.
StarFury: April 11, 2007Update about Jason Dohring's appearence at Starfury Breakout! in May:
Jason Dohring may be required to attend a press promotion for VERONICA MARS at the NEW YORK UP-FRONTS event. Again, he has informed his employers about this convention, so they have made sure he will have time to attend, but will be travelling on the Friday. This means he'll miss any Friday activities. (this is all dependent on VERONICA MARS being renewed for a 4th season).
TV Review | 'Sopranos' gets back to business
The Tufts Daily: April 11, 2007Veronica Mars is mentioned in a review of Sopranos.
TV pilots play for laughs
Calendar Live: April 10, 2007Long article about the different pilots the networks are lining up, including the ones from The CW.
Dawn Ostroff, president, CW
Hollywood Reporter: April 10, 2007Interview with Dawn Ostroff, president, CW.
Milian Is CW's Pick of the 'Week'
Zap2it: April 8, 2007More news about CW pilots.
'Dancing' offers up entertainment, hope
Hattiesburg American: April 7, 2007Hattiesburg American article mentions Veronica Mars as one show that is in limbo of cancellation.
Save One Show 2007: Result
E-Online: April 7, 2007The result of the SOS vote:
(38%) Gilmore Girls
(33%) Veronica Mars
(17%) One Tree Hill
(7%) SupernaturalSaunders: 17 shows face 'bubble' trouble
Rocky Mountain News: April 5, 2007Veronica Mars is mentioned as one of the shows on the bubble.
"Heaven" series finale set for May
Reuters: April 3, 20077th Heaven have been canceled, again.
Spoiler Chat: Veronica's Future, the SOS Nail-Biter and Lost Scoop! (Spoilers for other shows)
E-Online: April 3, 2007Kristin Veitch reports on the cancellation rumor yet again:
I've now heard from four different people that such-and-so castmember was told the show was canceled, but according to Rob Thomas, "That's simply not true. I'm the one who called them. I didn't say we were canceled. We're not."