Last year, my friend Amy told me she was moving from writing Leverage to writing Eureka. She asked me if I was interested in playing a scientist who was kind of a jerk. I said "yes" as fast as I could, and ended up playing Doctor Isaac Parrish for seven of the ten episodes in season 4.5. When season 5 was announced, I was invited back for more, and I said "yes" even faster this time, violating several laws of physics that I made up for the occasion.
Late last night, my Twitter exploded with people who were furious at the network formerly known as Sci-Fi for canceling Eureka. I figured that these people were talking about the news from last week, where we thought the show would have a six episode sixth season (that we would film in October), to end its run ... but it was unlikely that dozens and then hundreds of people would be spontaneously upset about news that was a week old all in the same few minutes, so I did a little digging on the googles.
It turns out that the network formerly-known as Sci-Fi changed its mind, and took back the six episode sixth season. Eureka will have to wrap up season five and the entire series with the episode that starts filming on Thursday. I know they'll have to do some rewriting, so I'm hopeful that Bob Newhart is available.*
Read more here.
Eureka - Wil Wheaton blog post - "Saying goodbye to Eureka"
9 Aug 2011
Cancelled Shows
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network formerly known as Sci-Fi *lol*
ReplyDeleteAwesome, awesome post!
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping they can wrap up the show right.
yes, the show deserves a good ending ! i wonder how since there is no "arc" stories but we'll see !
ReplyDeletewhat's wrong with you, stupid SyFy channel? The show deserves a good ending!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an extremely well-written and elegant blog. I love how he does not "fan" fan fury but writes simply about how he felt working on the show. He was classy and heartfelt. It makes me miss the show even more.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I am horrified that once again a network doesn't have the guts to tell the cast and crew of a show that they've been for all intents fired before letting the public know. Does no one have any decency or guts left? It's one thing to make a business decision. It's quite another to be a cowardly jerk. I have no respect for the people at SyFy who did this.
So true and so sad at the same time. Well spoken Wil! :(
ReplyDeletevery well said!
ReplyDeleteApparently SyFy isn't behind this cancellation. From Amy Berg: http://i.imgur.com/wldS7.png
ReplyDeleteI assume that by "new parent company" she means Comcast.
Eureka fans, go to this link to sign a petition to keep the show going: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveeureka/And get the word out by whatever means possible - Twitter, Facebook, etc. Those who want this wonderful show to continue should stand up and be counted.
ReplyDeleteThe sci fi channel has a long history of building an audience for original shows, then cancelling them because they are "not profitable enough". They keep this crap up, and the only things they'll show will be crap movies about giant sharks who cause the tsunami which destroys the world!
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