FlashForward Canceled By ABC
By Krystal Clark
First “Law & Order” gets yanked off the air and now “FlashForward” has been given its walking papers by ABC. Are we really surprised? The series that showed great promise when it debuted last fall has been dying a slow death ever since it returned from its winter hiatus. The story is all out of whack, it doesn’t take place in real time (they’re still in April), and the acting has become a parody of itself.
The whole idea of a universal blackout that gave people insight into their futures was an interesting premise. But somewhere along the line they lost David S. Goyer as the showrunner and the writing became pure crap. We were hooked the first few episodes but then we started to notice that they were trying too hard and everything got a little “hokey.” Joseph Fiennes as the lead protagonist was not the right choice. He began giving off a serious David Caruso, “CSI: Miami” vibe with his stiff acting and it turned us off. There’s only room on TV for one person to be THAT bad.
Fiennes wasn’t the only culprit. A lot of the characters were one dimensional and boring as hell. Courtney B. Vance who played the agency boss Stanford Wedeck could have been a cardboard cutout because he was nothing but an amalgamation of superior officers you’ve seen on every TV, medical, or procedural drama. He had no soul. He was a stand in.
The one person we will miss is John Cho as Demetri Noh. It was great to see him as this badass hero-type who had sharp dialogue and a beautiful lady to come home to. It was the first time in a long time that we got to see an Asian-American in mainstream media who wasn’t asexual or one note. Noh was the highlight of the show who stepped outside the box and we loved every minute of it. His performance will be missed.
“FlashForward” will finish out this season with the help of a lot of heavy editing to make the ending seem somewhat satisfactory. We don’t know how that’s going to work when it comes to Janis’ pregnancy but we’ll see what happens.
Are you surprised that “FlashForward” got canceled? Where do you think the show went wrong?
Source: EW
Friday, May 14, 2010 8:33AM
sad. i really liked the show. the 4 month mid-season break killed the ratings!
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:19AM
Evidentally I'm not watching the same show as the author of the article. I thought this was an excellent cast and show. I am greatly sadened that they took such a long hiatus and won't give it a chance to come back to its former ratings. Once a show has been off for that long viewers tend to pick up new favorites in the time slot. Come on ABC don't cancel FlashForward. I LOVE this show.
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:21AM
Oh wow, what a sad day… I thought this show was great! Some of the acting here and there was questionable, yes. But, I've thoroughly enjoyed the story; it had lots of twists and turns that I didn't expect. I've been hooked on it since the premiere, it's hard to believe it couldn't hold viewers' interest! But… Ah, well, at least I'll be looking forward to a WICKED ending anyway! Very sad, though.
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:22AM
I'll miss the show. I thought it was very compelling TV.
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:26AM
So, post-sadness: I get really angry now when I think about all the ridiculous, and mind-numbing shows that are doing so well…and a series like FlashForward that was actually worth tuning in to is cancelled! Way stupid!
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:35AM
I just noticed Simon isn't in the promo pic…that's odd.
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:54AM
I loved FlashForward at the beginning. But it started to slow down and get less interesting. With the introduction of a second FlashForward I said “No this is not ok.”
Too bad. I was a real promoter for the show.
Friday, May 14, 2010 10:16AM
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Friday, May 14, 2010 10:17AM
Man this really sux. I thought the show was pretty good. Somtimes I got a little hard to keep track of what was going on but still a good show. Olivia is HOT!!!
Friday, May 14, 2010 9:30PM
ABC U SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a great show.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:25AM
Nooo :/
I love this show. Granted, it tended to "forget" some subplots for one or two weeks, to suprisingly pick them up again and dedicate a whole episode to them. And I wasn't to thrilled a lot about the subplots around Dr. Bryce and Aaron. They always seemed kinda pointless to me (even though the latter one picked up some pace during the last episodes).
Anyway, overall it was really good entertainment, en par with Supernatural, Heroes or True Blood. And it just spoiled events up to 2016, and now it will end in a few weeks? That's just not fair… :/
Saturday, May 15, 2010 1:32PM
I loved this show as well! I hate when they do this to us. Heroes got cancelled too.
THANK GOD (Get it?) that Supernatural got renewed.
Smallville had a great season this year too.
True Blood is just great, can't wait for season 3.
So ahhhh, yeah…Thanks alot ABC!
Now you got nothing, I hope your ratings drop drastically!
Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:16PM
Guess now we going to have more junk like …Wife swap, extreme makeover and why not just bring more fake " reality" crap to tv like bachelor's brother , or how about just play more stupid medical drama ? How about john's anatomy ?i don't understand networks or viewers who watch so much " reality" shows
Monday, May 24, 2010 9:49PM
As usual, an excellent show gets canceled simply due to network GREED! They never care about the viewers. Why should we ever bother to watch these shows.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:31AM
very sad
Monday, June 7, 2010 5:02PM
What? This show was awesome. I had to watch the episodes on line because it was the same time as Survivor. But I freaking loved it!! Bring it back”!!!!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:56AM
FLASHFORWARD WAS INTRIGUING WHEN FIRST RELEASED AND BECAME SILLY. TOO RIGHT, SHOULD'VE BEEN CANCELLED AGES AGO. WELL, I THINK THE ARTICLE ABOVE IS AN HONEST, SIMON COWELL CRITIC OF THE SHOW. SPOT ON. I QUIT WATCHING HALF WAY.
Saturday, October 9, 2010 2:23PM
I just found out myself that the show is cancelled and I am not happy about it. I read some of the comments about how the show got silly at times and I am only about seven episodes into it and I found it fascinating. I actually didn't tune it when the show originally aired but I heard it was good and it looked intruiging so I bought the dvd of the first ten episodes. I guess I got duped on that deal. This really sucks. Thanks ABC!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:03PM
I cant belive they cancelled this show its amazing and as for the ending… well i think they should make one last episode at least 2 hours long or something and just sell it as a film release i know i would buy it as i am just curious to see what happend to mark and to see what charlie saw in her FF.
I loved this show and yea im from the uk but you know some shows just have that vibe and this had it now ive got to put up with watching crap on my TV because i cant find anything to watch.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 4:41PM
Wow, I just went seaching to see when FF started and I am surprised to hear that it is cancelled. I really like this show. I agree with the comment above..at least give us a finale!!!!