2007-05-03 03:02:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
NBC yanked it to make room for its awful, stupid reality show called "The Real Wedding Crashers" in which, in a plot I can't seem to figure out yet, the bride and groom of a wedding are in on the joke, but the guests aren't. So then, the bride and groom know that someone is going to crash the wedding and do something dumb. Does that make ANY sense at all? Who the heck thought of a show based on an asinine movie?
The thing is, intelligent drama isn't getting the ratings that reality TV is getting. Networks care about one thing and one thing only: How many eyeballs are watching their advertising? So, if reality gets more eyeballs than drama, they'll scrap the drama for reality.
It's because we're so obsessed with American Idol, the Bachelor, and Wedding Crashers. If people would start actually WATCHING intelligent TV, the networks would put more on. Sadly, though, if it doesn't play to the lowest common denominator, the networks aren't interested.
I personally refused to watch the Black Donnellys because it replaced Studio 60, another intelligent drama that no one would watch. I was a big fan of Studio 60, and I'm very sad that it's gone.
2007-05-03 03:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Black Donnellys is an American television drama that debuted on NBC on February 26, 2007 and last aired on April 2, 2007. Thereafter, NBC began airing new episodes weekly on NBC.com. The Black Donnellys has not been officially cancelled, and has not had an official finale.
The show followed four young Catholic Irish-American brothers in Hell's Kitchen and their involvement with organized crime.[1]Although the show was set in the present day, it drew heavily upon Irish-American history and iconic themes. Their story is narrated by a childhood friend, Joey "Ice Cream", whom the show depicted as an unreliable narrator. As the pilot episode indicated, there was a clear tension and rivalry between the Irish and the Italians.
The show was created by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco. The show's cast included Jonathan Tucker, Olivia Wilde, Billy Lush, Tom Guiry and Kirk Acevedo with relative newcomers Michael Stahl-David and Keith Nobbs.
In creating the show, Haggis, a native of London, Ontario, strongly referenced his hometown's local history about the real-life Black Donnellys and the massacre associated with their name.
On April 2, 2007, NBC announced that the series would be pulled after the April 16 episode [2]. That only lasted for two days, however, as on April 4, 2007, NBC decided to pull the show immediately from its lineup, presumably due to poor ratings on the most recent episode[3]. It was also announced that unaired episodes would be streamed online on the NBC website, as well as downloads available from iTunes.
2007-05-03 03:12:26 · answer #2 · answered by mecarela 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cupid (that's fairly being redeveloped so *), The X-data, Six ft below, Arrested progression and Firefly! And, all the shows that are off the air simply by modern-day WGA strike
2016-12-10 18:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they aired it at the wrong time and in the wrong time slot. I loved that show and I hope they are smart enough to try again
2007-05-03 04:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by bb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's been cancelled :(
I think I heard you could watch remaining episodes on-line at nbc.com
2007-05-03 03:11:25 · answer #5 · answered by amstaff 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they canceled it cause it wasnt getting enough ratting its so sad
2007-05-03 09:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by cuttie pie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋