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Tuesday 25 January 2005, by Anonymous : Yes Garth Ancier, the WB needs to grow up and admit thir mistakes and rectify them. You said "We don’t want to be seen as this teenage network." Guess what? You’re not. You’re seen as the moron network. You cancelled "Angel" and put on drivel such as The Mountain? It was a disaster except for the one episode that James Marsters guest starred in. And more reality shows?? Whatever. Have the PTB’s at WB not realized that we are sick of them? Maybe they should get down on their pathetic hands and knees and beg Joss Whedon to create another hit series for them...How about Jane Espenson? Greenwalt? Any of the BTVS or Angel writers would work.Tuesday 25 January 2005, by Anonymous : Spike’s presence in AS5 axed the show. As he also has destroyed S6 and most of all S7 of Buffy.Tuesday 25 January 2005, by jda : nothing can replace dawsons creek or buffy the vampire slayer. such attempts are failures and waste of money. IMO.Tuesday 25 January 2005, by AngelaG : The WB wouldn’t know a good show if it got up and bite them! BTVS and ATS gave them a huge demographic audience but they just didn’t see it. I just read a new interview with David Boreanaz where he’s stated he thought the show could have done 2 more seasons and then it would have run its course (SFX Feb 2005). The links is below. I have to say though it has come out now that it wasn’t all the WB’s fault, FOX have to take some of the blame for Angel’s cancellation too. The WB won’t be "Luring" me with any old rubbish thank you. Tuesday 25 January 2005, by Wolverine68 : There actually was a reason for cancelling Angel. They did it to spite Joss for Buffy moving to UPN.Wednesday 26 January 2005, by Anonymous : Fuck the wb.. their shows blow since buffy left and angel was the only good show on there last year.. they still have seventh heaven?... didnt all the cast get killed by an angry mob who hate them because they suck —stupid family shit and boring lesson learning.. we want demons gettin killed by our favorite demon hunters---- i.e BUFFY and ANGEL.. stupid asshole Wb execs.Wednesday 26 January 2005, by Fifth Space : All television networks are evil. Angel, Firefly, Freaks and Geeks & Twin Peaks were all cancelled before their time. The main problem with networks is that they’re businesses. They have no appreciation for art, only ratings and dollar signs. They fail to realise that great art will be popular, it just takes time sometimes. We should make our own television network. Wednesday 26 January 2005, by LostAngel 5.22 : I’m in your demographic age range and watched (and still watch in syndication)both Buffy and Angel. Don’t use the excuse that Angel was a teen-age draw to justify cancellation. It was a lame move and it’s time the WB admitted it. Then, MAYBE, I’ll start watching your network again. That is, if you can find something worth watching to run.Saturday 29 January 2005, by Doug : I don’t think Spike was the reason the WB cancelled Angel. I don’t think there was any good reason. A lot of viewers, most especially of the female persuasion, still enjoyed Spike’s character. Personally, I think he just filled Gun’s old role on Angel as the smart talking tough guy. I don’t know if they could have kept Gun in that position, they did need to evolve his character. I found Spike’s evolution to have a convincing backing. He was never a competent bad guy, so let’s face it, he always had a bit of a comedic element surrounding him. What happened was, with the chip, he was forced to evolve, as he could no longer harm humans but still enjoyed violence he fought the monsters. I am not saying I ever really understood the Buffy/Spike relationship, but I see how he got to the point he was at in Season 7 and then into his role on Angel. Season 7 of Buffy would have been brutal without him. I literally would have never watched the show again after her "friends" kicked her out of her own damn house if Spike had not been there for her. I also enjoyed Season 6 and 7 of Buffy as much or more than any previous Buffy season, so I am very much in the minority. As for the WB, I used to watch Smallville, I watched a good part of Seasons 1 and 2, but by the time Season 3 rolled around I was just soooooo sick of Lana and infantile story lines that I had to ditch it. I have never looked back. That is a show that in no way qualifies as adult. Nobody there even acts or reacts close to what a true person would act like, it’s disturbing. Angel at the least was a show an adult with intelligence could very much enjoy, though it never did qualify as cerebral by any definition. No offence to Smallville fans, it’s just not my cup of tea. So, I don’t watch anything on the WB. I don’t think Joss jumped ship with Buffy, I am pretty sure the WB sold Buffy to UPN because Fox studios or whatever was no longer willing to fund production, or cover production costs or something like that. Can’t remember the details. Bottom line, the WB absolutely blows. To my mind, only Showtime and HBO consistently put out shows worth watching, and even they get a little axe happy at times. These comments are an anwser to this article : The WB wants to grow up (buffy mention)
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