NBC cancels Law & Order/Heroes

[ODBJBG]

I think my big issue with canceling Law & Order is that with one more season it would be the longest running show of it's kind. Obviously the format isn't dead, with new L&O spinoffs coming, so why not give it a proper final and record breaking season?

[johnmiic]

The problem here is Network interference. Milo Ventimiglia said so in TV guide after Season 2 ended that the network got too involved in the storylines. He said they have to go away and let the producers get on with making the show. This why we had the Leno/O'Brien debacle, why SNL is never very funny except in election years; Network Interference. In tv & movies the writer is considered the most disposable employee on the production. This is where it has got them. A last place network and unhappy viewers.

[megocrazy]

Heard another channel may be interested in L&O if it's available. Seems crappy to drop it with only one season needed to break the record. It's not as entertaining as it once was, but it's hardly the worst thing on TV. I say let it run for one more season and try some radical changes. If they work you keep it going, if not you end it as the longest running show in history and you probably do OK in the ratings because everyone knows it will be the final season.

Heroes was great and now it sucks. I would love to see someone like SyFy grab that and keep it going but the contracts for those actors will be way to high for a small market channel.

Maybe if you centered it around one character like Hiro and then guest starred the others in every couple of weeks as he time jumped around. That could keep the storyline from bouncing in and out every five minutes but still let all the arcs inter mingle while keeping the salary cost down.

[LonnieFisher]

R.I.P. Heroes...

[Mikey]

For L&O they need to fire the entire cast accept Waterston and begin again.

L&O sucks because the cast sucks.

They need to go back to basics and hire personalities rather than stiffs

[ODBJBG]

I couldn't disagree more about L&O. The two main cops are pretty entertaining now and Mike Cutter is the best DA character the show has ever had aside from Sam Waterston. The dynamic between Waterston's character and Cutter is brilliant.

The show isn't doing terrible in the ratings, but it's had a pretty signifigant drop from highs a few years ago... Of course EVERYTHING on NBC is way down, so it's hard to blame L&O which is still chugging along fine.

[LonnieFisher]

I'm hoping they do the Heroes tv movies or mini series. Was there any news at comic-con?