Reaper

I am very much inclined never to watch anything on The CW again, more as a matter of principle than because I believe they will actually get the message that they suck from my personal boycott of the network. After all, they made 2 big mistakes last year that solidified their place as the worst decision-makers in television programming history.

Firstly, they were unwilling to negotiate with Amy Sherman-Palladino for the last season of Gilmore Girls, meaning that the entire essence of the show disappeared. Not only that, but they couldn't make up their minds whether they wanted to renew the show for another season, or possibly a half-season. As a result, when they finally said no to any new episodes, there was very little time to give closure to the story and the series finale was a complete dud.

Their second mistake was with regard to Veronica Mars. I don't know if the network execs realized what a fan following that show had, or maybe they did but the ratings just weren't good enough. Needless to say- Kristen Bell and the rest of the cast could have continued to make great tv for longer than 3 seasons. Creator Rob Thomas even pitched the idea for a Extreme Makeover: Veronica Mars Edition that would have taken us a few years into the future with Veronica doing her thing for the F.B.I. From what I could tell during the deliberation period where the fates of shows are decided, the people at The CW considered it, wavered on it, and then pulled the plug at the last possible minute. Similar to the aforementioned situation, the end result: a very unsatisfying series finale.

Okay, now that I'm down off my soapbox, I will stop ranting about how anyone can possibly decide that The Pussycat Dolls are more worthy of being renewed than GG and VM (as my high school teacher, Mrs. Plosser, would say- this is the great dumbing down of America). Anyways, I watched Reaper in spite of my feelings for The CW and found it entertaining. Not amazing, not award-worthy, but funny enough that I will probably continue to watch it. The main character's best friend had some great one-liners ("Now you're this cool devil man with your Jedi mind trick!"), definitely showing the influence of Kevin Smith, who directed the pilot episode. I mean, it wasn't much of an original idea- the concept felt a lot like Dogma- but I enjoyed it.