I always seem to fall for the shows that get canceled after a season or less. |
That's because the American populace as a whole doesn't want a good, well-crafted piece of entertainment. They want a poorly-written, tawdry piece of crap.
That's why "America's Next Top Model" is in its fifth season, COPS has been on for twenty years straight, and crime procedurals that all have the same storyline (cop in danger) and the same denumount (cop is saved, bad guy miraculously confesses to the cops, forget trial baby) are all the rage - over half of the top-ten shows follow this crime-procedural mold.
Whereas quality television like Arrested Development can never take off, Firefly is cancelled in its infancy, Brisco County Jr. gets the ax after one season, etc.
America is too stupid for good shows, I'm afraid.