Entry #4
Does anyone watch "The Class" on Channel 5? (Yes I don't have cable and have to resort to Channel 5 screening shows after midnight-DO THEY THINK I DON'T HAVE SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY?) Because it is one of the most hilarious shows in the world, and it does NOT have a sequel. Can you believe it? It has the potential to be as popular as "Friends" in my opinion (the creators of this series is the same creators that bring us "Friends") and Lizzy Caplan (first female on the front row from the left) is the coolest and the funniest actress in the entire series. Too bad it lasted only one season, to be replaced by another comedy series which is probably not as funny.Anyway, "The Class" ended its run on Channel 5 last Tuesday on a cliff-hanger, and I am devastated to say that there is no ending to it. The show is basically about how a group of people is brought together by a former classmate, Ethan Haas (protrayed by Jason Ritter, the guy in blue on the first row) who wanted to celebrate his engagement to a girl he met in the class. However, the girl dumped him in front of the entire class. Slowly, the rest of the class got to know each other.
One pair of friends, in particular, caught my attention. Ethan and Kat are both very different individuals. Ethan is quite the sensitive romantic (as you can see from how he wanted to surprise his ex-fiancee with the class reunion), whereas Kat is the cynical, sacarstic girl who seemed oddly attracted to him. They formed an unlikely friendship based on their dissimilarity; in a way, they compliment each other perfectly. They started becoming close friends after their first meeting at the class reunion, and although Kat would hate to admit it, she really likes Ethan. In various episodes after this, she spends time together with Ethan, and eventually looks to him for comfort after she broke up with her boyfriend. Ethan obviously enjoys her company too, and formed their friendship based on this reprocity as well.
Ethan also becomes good friends with another guy named Kyle (the first guy from the right on the first row of the picture). Both of them become friends, probably due to their similar interests (they play racket ball together quite often).
Personally, I love how the show protrays the relationship between the characters. All the characters in the show are hilarious, and they managed to weave a bit of drama into these humour. The most touching scene in the entire series is when two of the characters reconciled after a setback in their relationship.
What happens in the end? No one knows. (NO THANKS TO CBS, WHO TOOK THE SHOW OFF THEIR CHANNEL.) Fans of the show campaigned for the show not to be taken off-air, but their prayers are not answered. I highly doubt that they will revive this show, as the actors for this series have already moved on to other projects. :(
Do you have any experiences in which your favourite show is taken off-air? Or when a horrible series is constantly renewed for new seasons? (i.e: the stupid, stupid "My Sassy Neighbour" show starring Patricia Mok. The show makes me hate her and it keeps having new seasons.) If you do, please elaborate why and hand it up on this post with a minimum word requirement of 5546214783 words, to be handed in latest by next week, Saturday afternoon at 1 pm. I'm just kidding.
posted by kyun at
8:53 AM
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I don't think I've had any experiences like that [yet anyway], but that's probably because my favorite TV show is Law and Order, which will probably be on air for 329759874 years to come.
HOWEVER, I despise the show "7th Heaven" and that was on television for several seasons, more than alot of programs that I have higher opinions of.
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Haha, don't worry about it. It sucks that they cancelled the show, but well, since they moved onto new projects, there might be better, funnier shows coming up ~
-sy
i don't exactly have the same problem where my show is taken off-air.but one of my fave shows is the ellen degeneres show. too bad i've missed out on it for a looong time cos of school. she's so freaking funny, i get her sense of humour.
Thank god for cable. Hmm, but I do get annoyed at times when channel 5 decides to change certain shows' timeslots (LIKE "COLD CASE"! ARGHH) to a later slot or something. I mean, it's probably because that's not much demand for it but still.. it annoys me. Or like how they decide to show boring live telecasts of golf tournaments instead of an episode of "Gilmore Girls". Seriously, don't they have a sports channel for a reason?
And I do agree with your point on "My Sassy Neighbour". That show was annoying and I still don't understand how they manage to renew it for a second season. The same goes for "Lifeline". Not that I have anything against local sitcoms. I actually like "Parental Guidance". And I heard "Calefare" isn't too bad. Maybe channel 5 needs to be smart about which shows to renew, and which shows should get cancelled permanently. Although, if you think about it, what one may not like, may actually be someone's favourite show. And then that will just be like your situation, isn't it? Hahah.
you know you probably can watch all of it off the chinese sites... bwahahaha.
i think in the TV industry it's either make it or break it. when it comes to sitcoms, especially, if they don't attain certain viewership or if they are in the infamous saturday night deathslot (or was it friday night?) they'd probably be shot down after a pilot.
there was one show that was pretty good as well, on a side-note it was starring kelly osbourne (surprisingly good actress) called Life As We Know It. it wasn't renewed as well. i thought it was pretty good, honestly.
there are 1001 sitcoms out there that didn't get renewed, because of the ratings, because of the weak writing (which actually happens a lot), because of the cast (who sometimes disagree with the writing XD) or any other reason, because of the writers who go on strike every other hour (just kidding).
yeah, so chin up. maybe one day the forces of nature would remove such environmental threats and bring The Class back from recess.
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