The TV Addict 

Props to McGuire for reaching out and addressing your concerns. As for the lineup…well, we’ll see.

Psst: your link to the post from yesterday is pointing to this post instead.

It’s going to take me a while to get over some of the CW’s recent cancellations and the decision not to pick up “The Body Politic.”

I appreciate him responding to our concerns, but I completely agree with Nick. They would have been much better served following Smallville with Reaper (or Privileged!) rather than a repeat of ANTM. I”m going to try a few of the new shows, but none of them really interest me. And as a 25 year old female, I’m pretty much in their key demo…

Whatever. I am going to hold a very long grudge against all the folks who cancelled Veronica Mars. That was, IMO, the biggest sin the network committed – basically an unforgivable offense. My thought was to boycott the network entirely, but Supernatural is a fantastic, incredible show that deserves a loyal following. It is my understanding that they cancelled Everybody Hates Chris too, which was another redeeming feature of the network.

Plus they cancelled Reaper! God. So, that leaves me watching 3 CW shows – Smallville, Gossip Girl, and Supernatural (and I don’t keep up with Smallville or Gossip Girl weekly, just on post-season DVDs), rather than 6 (Smville, Supernatural, Gossip Girl, Reaper, Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris). Apparantly Smallville’s on its way out next season, so they’d better have some darn good shows or they’re gonna basically be phasing me out as a viewer over the next few years.

I agree with the other two posters. I’m more interested in The Beautiful Life.

I agree that Life UneXpected (or Parental Discretion Advised) is all of those things, and that makes it fantastic….which makes me wonder why it was put on for midseason. That’s not exactly a vote of confidence. Life is midseason and Body Politic wasn’t picked up at all. Your demographic is young women, correct? Well, as your target demographic (a 16 year old girl) I’d like to let you know that The CW has enough shows about rich girls getting drugged up, sexed up and knocked up. I’m not saying to stop making shows like that because clearly the formula works, but it’s getting way overdone. Too much of a good thing, you know?

Body Politic showed young adults who were really doing something with their lives that didn’t involve going to a club every night. Life doesn’t seem to have characters with trust funds and townhouses. Like you said, it’s a lot like Gilmore Girls. Keep in mind that Gilmore Girls outlasted many of the teen dramas that aired on the WB over the years. So here you have two shows that go outside the typical CW formula. One is dropped completely while the other is put midseason (which is often considered a death sentence). What is picked up is more shows with young girls getting drugged up, sexed up, and (most likely) knocked up. I’m not going to watch shows that are all so similar. It’s like eating the same meal every day. You get sick of it. Me and my friends? We’re kind of getting sick of the CW’s programming.

If you watch the promo videos from the CW with all the shows. It looks like one and only show. OTH, Gossip girl, 90210, Melrose. All the same storylines, same kind of characters. There two differents shows on the CW : The one with rich girl and the one with paranormal dude.

Thank you for your response Paul McGuire but i am not convinced, your shows not interest me (maybe beside Supernatural with this BTVS vibe) and i am a girl in your target audience age. Maybe you underestimate your potential audience INTELLIGENCE : it’s disappointed.
And stop people with the Veronica Mars low ratings : this show had the same ratings as Gossip Girl and it is now your show who is the most promoted.
You didn’t pick up Body Politic because it was too clever, it’s a bummer i don’t think the next time you will be so lucky to find a cast like that, they will become big ( they already are actually) without CW. You just lost your luck.