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Fox renews 'Touch,' cancels 'Alcatraz'


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#1 Rappy

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 01:50

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Keifer Sutherland’s Fox drama Touch has been renewed for a second season, but has cancelled freshman drama Alcatraz.

Touch is getting another round at the network, despite relatively modest ratings for the show’s debut season. The drama is produced by Fox’s sister studio 20th Century Fox and the network has a long and strong relationship with star Sutherland from his days on 24.

Meanwhile, J.J. Abrams’ mystery thriller Alcatraz got the boot after 13 episodes. Both the Touch renewal and the Alcatraz cancellation were largely expected. Fox declined to comment on either move.

Still no word clear yet on Fox’s other freshman drama on the bubble, The Finder. Obviously the bubbliest bubble show, Fringe, received a fifth-and-final season order already.

http://insidetv.ew.c...-touch-renewed/


#2 mudslag

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 04:28

Lame

#3 ensiform

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 04:47

Really... fox always pulls the plug with shows early that didn't end well.

Alcatraz was good :(

#4 moloko

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 06:06

fox canceled so many great shows that I liked.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 06:24

This is just another example of Fox pulling sci-fi shows that need time to ramp up the fanbase. There just simply isn't any room on Fox anymore for shows like The X-Files or Fringe where the mythology of the show takes a couple of seasons to really pull people in. I wonder how Lost would have done had it not have been on ABC.

This is exactly why I stopped watching any show weekly and wait for the season to be over and renewed before investing so much time on a show.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 06:25

HULK SMASH

I really enjoyed Alcatraz.

#7 notuptome2004

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 06:28

This is just BS why do the Networks do this to us.


http://tviv.org/Canc...08_Season_(USA)


some of the shows i enjoyed such as

Journeyman Writers strike caused this and the network pulled the plug early leaving allot to be told and plat and mythology to be siad
Bionic Woman i really enjoyed this but agian the Strike
Moonlight Part Strike left allot to be told and the whole love story line was rushed because it got Axed
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Left us with a big cliffhanger like the others



those are just a few i can list i enjoyed and now Fox has axed the Finer ( loved it ) Alcatraz ( different but good )

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 07:10

Alcatraz was terrible so I am not too disappointed. The lead actress could not act for sh*t and the writing was questionable. I remember that there were two particular instances at the start of the season in which she was involved in shoot-outs... both times she threw away her gun and came out of hiding and left her self and the hostage at the mercy of the bad guy.

Pretty happy that Fringe got renewed though.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 07:21

This is the thing with so many American series' you need to start to watch the first series when you know the 2nd is about to be released as it's always a let down.

I also bring up my favourite of "Invasion" loved it to peices then it got cancelled, had I of known there wasn't going to be a 2nd I wouldn't of ever watched the first as it just angers me!

Didn't watch Touch or Alcatraz though..

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 09:55

View PostDan~, on 10 May 2012 - 07:21, said:

I also bring up my favourite of "Invasion" loved it to peices then it got cancelled, had I of known there wasn't going to be a 2nd I wouldn't of ever watched the first as it just angers me!

Definitely this! I'm still ****ed HBO cancel Carnivale. I have the first two seasons and every time I look at them I get angry knowing that such a spectacular show got the ax because of the 'ratings'. Oh and Firefox. Damn it, now I need to punch a bear.

#11 DigitalE

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 10:07

So disappointing. I loved Alcatraz.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 10:34

I stopped watching Alcatraz months ago but only recently gave up on Touch.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 12:44

add the Finder to that list...

http://tvline.com/20...led-the-finder/

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 12:53

View PostRappy, on 10 May 2012 - 12:44, said:

add the Finder to that list...

http://tvline.com/20...led-the-finder/

I actually enjoyed The Finder but when it was moved to Friday nights where all good shows go to die I knew it was done.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 13:19

**** you Fox.