Comments on: Why Terriers Was Axed

By: RIP Terriers « Mana's Menagerie of Maniacal Mumblings

RIP Terriers « Mana's Menagerie of Maniacal Mumblings — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:41:39 +0000

[…] Terriers was a cool show. It is with sadness that it has gotten axed by FX on December 8th. Here’s a great short post by Tom Francis on its death. I always thought network presidents were out of touch with reality (you know, like everyone with […]

By: UberSprode

UberSprode — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:00:51 +0000

Go back and read my comment on your previous Terriers post.
Totally called this.

By: circadianwolf

circadianwolf — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:31:08 +0000

This show was generally brilliant, although consistently the most amazing thing about it to me was how it handled Internet culture. Most mass media is hamhanded about the Internet at best and technophobic (with good reason) at worst, but Terriers always seemed to completely take it in stride without ever being overbearing (i.e. Laura the “blogger”).

I didn’t expect it to continue, though; the style and leads are just not attractive to a mass audience at all. Really interesting to read the exec’s comments though. Seems pretty honest.

By: IvanHoeHo

IvanHoeHo — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:13:08 +0000

I watched the first episode on your recommendation and was rather underwhelmed as it was so mostly predictable and the characters uninteresting.

I was going to give it another chance but then I also started Life on Mars AND The Larry Sanders Show, both of which completely hooked me before the half way point. Maybe I’ll do it after this lot. (but then, I’ll probably just end up re-watching the early Top Gears… just remembered that they were rather entertaining)

By: SenatorPalpatine

SenatorPalpatine — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:52:30 +0000

God dammit.

At least it had an amazing ending scene.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:00:09 +0000

I never really got hooked, or even truly loved the show: it was the sort of show where every couple weeks I’d remember I had a couple episodes queued up to watch, and I’d watch them. I did like it, though; it was always worth watching, I thought the writing was good and there were plenty of surprises, and the season finished strong: in fact, rather than wait a week to watch the last episode On-Demand, I bought it on iTunes so I could watch it sooner.

I’d say the weak promos probably hurt its chances a lot, and the main character looking like a stinky homeless guy probably didn’t help. And some shows, no matter what, just don’t find an audience. I bet if it had a chance on DVD before cancellation, it probably would have had stronger numbers in season two, but alas.

By: Chynes

Chynes — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:47:34 +0000

I didn’t know anything about the show except for those generic teasers, which told me absolutely nothing. I watched one episode on your recommendation and was hooked. A really fantastic show. It’s a shame it won’t be coming back, but that was probably the best ending we could have hoped for.