For those who aren’t familiar with how the TV industry works, this week is one of, if not THE, biggest weeks of the year. It’s known as the “Upfronts” - where the networks do a huge media event revealing their new season schedules and programming to the people most important to them, their advertisers. For many shows, this is the week where they find out if they live or die. Or at the very least, it’s when us fans find out for sure. Case in point: Veronica Mars. The CW’s Upfronts are tomorrow morning, so as I type this I know that in about 10 hours, the fate of the show will be known. And, at this point, it’s looking HIGHLY doubtful that it’ll survive, if industry sources are correct. I’d place survival odds at about 10%. And it’ll be a crying shame to see another TV all-time great, cut down before its time, cause the viewing public are a bunch of reality TV watching morons (sorry, I’m bitter ). Today, CBS revealed their schedule, which has two official cancellations I’m sad to see. Most frustrating is Jericho, which was quite good for this debut season, and also ended on a massive cliffhanger (figures). The other was The Class, which was a very entertaining sitcom with an excellent cast. However, it was already pretty much assumed that The Class was a goner a while back, so I was expecting to see that one on the cancelled list. NBC, as pretty much expected, canned Studio 60, which is very sad. I was expecting it, but it’s sad none-the-less. I’m sure that the fact that it’s a wildly expensive show to produce certainly didn’t help matters. But hey, for once my favorite new show of a year survived (30 Rock). Fox’s upfronts are tomorrow afternoon, but I couldn’t possibly care less what that horrid, abysmal network does anymore. After their years of staggeringly idiotic programming moves, screwing fans over at every single possible moment, they don’t deserve me or anyone else as a viewer. I’ll watch The Sarah Conner Chronicles, but I’m fully aware that it’ll die a quick, painful death - 100% the fault of the network in any failings it’ll have in the ratings. It’s guaranteed from that network. Anyway, for an excellent “score card” of all the announcements/renewals/cancellations, there’s no better source than The Futon Critic’s 2007-2008 Season Upfront Guide.

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