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Invader Zim - Cancelled.

 
 
moriarty
13:33 / 18.01.02
Is it just me, or are alot of shows getting shicanned this past week? X-Files, The Tick, and now this.

Sorry about the source.
 
 
videodrome
18:41 / 18.01.02
X-Files at least deserved it - my vote for most wasted potential, finally beating out Twin Peaks.

I'm very sorry to see the Tick go, however. Best thing I've seen on TV in a long time, and was shaping up to be a good replacement for the humour that's been lacking in The Simpsons recently. Have to convert the tapes to VCD and preserve - doubt we'll ever get a decent DVD release.
 
 
Mazarine
20:30 / 18.01.02
My heart is broken over invader zim. It was such a wonderful cartoon.
 
 
gentleman loser
22:57 / 18.01.02
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

(smashes skull repeatedly into keyboard)

I hope this is not true, but at least I've got them all on tape.

If it is true, what a surprise. After all, this was the same network that neutered Ren and Stimpy. Every show that isn't mediocre, feel good dogshit gets shitcanned. The cynic in me is surprised that it lasted as long as it did.

Some stuff that ZIM fans might find interesting that I linked on my weblog:

Death and Morons: The Jhonen Vasquez Story

Speaking For Zimself: A Conversation With Jhonen Vasquez

Can you say post 9/11 political correctness run amok? I knew you could. Ratings probably have very little to do with it.

[ 19-01-2002: Message edited by: gentleman loser ]
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
06:02 / 19.01.02
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I only discovered this fucker EXISTED a couple of weeks back while trawling for some nice JV pictures for my desktop, and I've been frantically downloading episodes left right & centre to feed my habit ever since!
And today was such a good day... I got home in time to watch it on TV this morning and everything...
Boohoo...
(The fools... they think they can foil the invasion thus?)
 
 
moriarty
15:52 / 20.01.02
There is a lot of gossip concerning the reasoning behind its cancellation, post 9/11 jitters being one of them. It's not likely that Nick will be saying much on the topic, as is their policy. However, one thing I did find out was that Invader Zim had absolutely shit ratings. It was drawing approx. 300,000 viewers, as opposed to the show it replaced, which was pulling in three times that number.
 
 
T*M*U*M*A
13:59 / 22.01.02
well .. shit on a stick ..

invader zim has only just creeped onto these shores..

like my other fave program from way back MST3k.. they'll probably only buy one series and then not show it.

DAMN YOU ALL TO AOHELL!!.. FUCKING TV CHANNELS..
 
  
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