Site Meter Crime Drama TV » Blog Archive » Monk

Monk

by Staff Writer

This happens to be my favorite newer-to-me show. Because I missed it the first few years, I have the first disc of the season one boxed set sitting in my pile of things to watch this weekend.

I often wonder what (I want to say it was NBC) thinks of the fact that they scrapped the show? USA picked it up and it has become a huge success. It’s won awards numerous years and continues to be a highly watched crime drama… it offers proof that cancelling a show without trying it in another time slot isn’t always a great idea!


Posted in General on November 3rd, 2006

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

4 Responses to “Monk”

  1. Aaron Says:
    November 4th, 2006 at 11:40 am

    You do know NBC owns USA right? They just moved it over.

    Aaron.

  2. Delphine Burkes Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 5:43 pm

    About NBC I’ve had a love hate relationship ever since I found out they cancelled original star trek after season 3!! I’m not that old, just a Star Trek lover.

  3. Delphine Burkes Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 5:45 pm

    oops, forgot the point about Monk, I’ve never really watched it, I guess it’s a timing thing, but my mother LOVES the show and is always saying boy2001 is monkish.

  4. Tracy Says:
    November 16th, 2006 at 9:54 am

    I have the same problem with Fox. Some stations just don’t give a television the time of day. Justice - Fox pitted it against it was either Lost or CSI and it failed, so they moved it to Monday night against Two and A Half Men - it’s bound to flop.

    Dark Angel was a great show - they cancelled it over the summer.

    John Doe - another great show that had a wicked cliff hanger for the season ending, so they cancelled it over the summer.

    Then Fox came out with Tru Calling - another show I loved and it was on against CSI which made it very tough to choose. In the end, they killed off Tru’s beau in the season ending, then started filming the next season. The delayed it to a mid-year start and then apparently did air the shows, but I never saw it listed in my satellite guide, so we missed the remaining episodes. It’s quite pathetic that they wouldn’t even move the show to another slot to give it’s fans a chance to continue supporting it.

    So now Day Break is out and I won’t watch it on principle. I don’t care if it becomes a smash hit - it took Tru Calling - changed the characters around. If ABC really wanted it - they could have picked it up after Fox dropped it.

Leave a Reply


About Crime Drama TV

Like crime? Like drama? Than Crime Drama TV, the blog dedicated to the shows about crime and the solving thereof, is the place for you! In addition to episode recaps and discussion, Crime Drama TV also covers what makes a good procedural and how the mystery solving methods of television stack up in the real world.

This blog currently covers Veronica Mars, Bones, Criminal Minds, CSI (Las Vegas edition), and Numb3rs.

Crime Drama TV Author(s)
    » Cameron-Gordon

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

TV Channel Links

 

TV Channel Posts

  • Thursday Night Recappin!
    -:07 - Seems that my East Coast stream is MIA today - if they pop up, I'll get to recapping, otherwise the full recap will have to wait for my own time zone. Sorry ya'll! :00 AHA! Host is delayed [...]
  • Rosie O'Donnell Responds to Today's Comments by Barbara Walters
    On her blog, Rosie O'Donnell posted this video response to the comments that Barbara Walters made about her on The View today. Thanks to Holly for mentioning the video in a comment. I [...]
  • Awesome Night
    [caption id="attachment_613" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Pushing Daisies "][/caption] It looks like I wasn't the only one who was curious who Jason Alexander would do as a serial [...]
  • Sarah Paulson, coming soon to a screen near you
    For a while there, during the election season, every Google Alert I got for "Sarah Paulson" turned out to be about Sarah Palin and Henry Paulson. But now the actress is getting at least a few [...]
  • Five questions: "Going Once ... Going Twice"
    Five questions about last Sunday's episode -- "Going Once ... Going Twice" -- still rattling around in my brain: 1. Was it rude of Scotty to leave the party? I actually thought he was just [...]
  • South Park: "Ungroundable"
    Seemed like a closing fit to an unusual seven episodes. We weren't completely enamored with it, but it definitely had its moments. Since we're pressed for time we're going to do this bullet-point [...]
  • The View November 20th Recap: Barbara Walters Responds to Rosie O'Donnell's Comments About The View
    Today on The View, all five hosts were present. Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, and Bill Geddie went out to dinner last night. Joy said that Barbara is an alcohol pusher and kept trying [...]
  • Patrick Fischler Comes To Lost
    Comedian and favorite guest star to many shows (like Mad Men, Burn Notice and Nash Bridges) Patrick Fischler is guest starring in Lost. Sources say he will be on it for at least two episodes. He [...]
  • Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 6 Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic
    After a three (two?) week hiatus, Pushing Daisies comes back to deliver one magical episode in terms of visuals effects, writing, acting and quality of story. Oh Oh Oh...It's Magic has been [...]
  • Video: Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly Product Ads
    These videos are something to take your minds off the theorizing about the upcoming season for awhile. These are commercials Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly did for Magnun Ice Cream and Cool [...]

 

Hot Off The Press

  • Study: Fast-food ad ban may cut obesity in kids
    Experts: Nixing commercials may lower number of heavy kids by 18 percent Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much [...]
  • The View November 20th Recap: Barbara Walters Responds to Rosie O'Donnell's Comments About The View
    Today on The View, all five hosts were present. Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, and Bill Geddie went out to dinner last night. Joy said that Barbara is an alcohol pusher and kept trying [...]
  • Arkansas' spirits high
    The Razorbacks' work out on Wednesday was full of high energy as Arkansas prepares for Mississippi State [...]
  • Paris-Benj love story now over
    Nine months after confirming they are seeing each other in a romantic way; after all the gushing and the declaration of ‘true love’, reports have it that Paris Hilton and Benji Madden have [...]
  • It's Like This and It's Like That
    The further into Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos, the more I want to compare it to Dear Catastrophe Waitress by Brendan Halpin. I enjoyed Waitress, and am equally enjoying Love. Both are grand [...]
  • Desperate For Material
    There isn't much to say about tonight's game from a fantasy perspective. Unless you have Houshmenzadeh or Willie Parker, you're probably reluctant to start anyone from either of these teams given [...]
  • Lover's Spat?
    By all reports, Lindsay and Samantha's stay in London is getting to them both - as they had a very public lover's quarrel over the weekend. According to sources, it began when Lindsay's ex, Calum [...]
  • Desperate For Material Cont.
    This is our second post of NFL picks for the upcoming weekend, you can read the first half here. Or just scroll down for a millisecond, whichever seems more logical to you. (Home team in [...]
  • ASU Art Museum presents 'Night Moves'
    As part of ASU Art Museum’s Night Series, "Night Moves," ASU department of dance students will be performing inside the museum in both the lower level South Gallery and the second floor [...]
  • Abandonment is Not the Answer
    It makes me so sad to see stories like this. People deciding that their situation is so bleak that their only choice is to abandon their pets. Animals who have come to rely on their humans for [...]