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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Apparently Bon Jovi Wasn't Enough (RIP Ally McBeal) | ||||
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| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 04-17-2002 @ 11:47 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00  | When the current TV season ends in a couple of weeks FOX is losing two of what used to be the biggest shows, first the prolific 'time to prepare for a proper send off' X-Files (commentary coming soon) and now it appears as if Ally McBeal, a show that was once so big that FOX spunoff it into a half hour best of series entitled "Ally," which was quickly cancelled but it still won an Emmy for best comedy series. But, while I never watched the show, I figured some people might be interested that FOX just cancelled it (though the article said that "Kelly agreed" which pretty much means he had no say in it whatsoever) with really doesn't give it time to "prepare" a proper send off. To the best of my knowledge this is only like the second really high profile show to be going off the air this season, the first being "The X-Files." And now, the article. Fox Cancels 'Ally McBeal' The Associated Press Apr 17 2002 10:47PM LOS ANGELES (AP) - ``Ally McBeal,'' the Emmy-winning TV series that set feminists spinning with its depiction of a flighty, man-hungry attorney, is ending its five-year run on Fox, the network said Wednesday. The decision was made by Fox, and creator David E. Kelley agreed, according to a source close to the show who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Kelley made the announcement on the set Wednesday. ``There were tears. It was emotional,'' said a spokesman for producer 20th Century Fox Television. The final episode of the Emmy-winning series, which had slipped in the ratings, will air May 20, the network said. Calista Flockhart starred as Ally, a smart but emotionally needy lawyer who focused as much on her love life as her case load. With her biological time clock ticking, she was bedeviled by an image of a dancing baby. ``Ally McBeal'' became a hot water-cooler topic. In 1998, a Time cover displayed Flockhart opposite feminist icons such as Susan B. Anthony and asked in its headline: ``Is Feminism Dead?'' The actress took exception. ``I mean, this is a comedy about an exaggerated character, and to compare her to Susan B. Anthony is outrageous,'' she told TV Guide at the time. She also said she was offended that people confused her with her neurotic character. McBeal's colleagues at her fictitious Boston law firm were equally quirky. One man had a fetish for throat wattles; another went by the embarrassing name of ``The Biscuit.'' Kelley, one of Hollywood's most prolific TV writer-producers, had a hand in creating most of the scripts. The show reflected his offbeat, often dark sense of humor and romance. It won the best comedy series Emmy in 1999. He had characters break out in courtroom song, had Ally visit with her dead boyfriend and generally created a world where fantasy, if not happy endings, ruled. McBeal's great love was portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., whose own real-life troubles with drugs led to his departure from the show. Musical stars were also a fixture of the show, with Elton John, Barry White, Barry Manilow, Mariah Carey and others making guest appearances. Kelley told the AP last fall that he knew the character-driven ``Ally McBeal'' was a more perishable commodity than his other legal series, the more plot-oriented ``The Practice'' on ABC. ``I always thought the series would end after six years,'' he said then. Fox and Kelley decided against another year as the ratings fell. The show, which once scored close to the top 20, recently finished 43rd in the ratings.  "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 12:01 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | Now if this isn't a sign that God is truly a powerful and benevolent being, I don't know what is And now I feel like I'm alive I don't know how I got so low These voices in my mind Tell my it's killing time It is a thrill I can't describe | ||||
| JimboSHU my status is extremely accurate. | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 12:07 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | good, serves it right for being on in place of boston public this week.. but i am going to miss x-files even though it's gotten dumb the past couple of seasons  | ||||
| Lent Black Rock Coalition Do you have a basketball in your car? | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 1:26 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 00 | quote: praise the lord!!!1 - AIM:lentnyc | ||||
| Beans Malone | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 6:56 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 02 | Ally McBeal has been dying a slow death for a few seasons now..glad to see it's finally being put to rest.   This message was edited by Beans Malone on 4-18-02 @ 1:18 PM | ||||
| czo | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 7:01 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | What a piece of shit that show was. And to think the Job hasn't officially been picked up yet. If they would've been on fox they would've been guaranteed already be syndicated by now. Kindest Regards, Jessica Mydek | ||||
| red rocket Secret Sex Chat | posted on 04-18-2002 @ 11:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | I am happy to say I have never watched more the a second of that show. It looked stupid and I would not watch a show that had the foreign guy from Ghostbuster's 2 in it. He'll have to go back to looking into the Great Vito's picture. NONE ON US NEVER FORGET | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 04-19-2002 @ 5:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | I wonder if Clarissa will start eating now???  | ||||
| Subzero316 TERRORIST voted most likely to get searched at the airport Subama Bin Zero (© AntsInMyPants - 2002) Seriously need to rethink my concept of "funny" Alkey is my bitch! I'm havening a hard time fittening in. It's official, I am seriously a complete and utter ass-tool, please anally rape me with a rusty 5 iron wraped in barbed wire. I am the new Balloon Not. Be careful around me ladies, I don't use common sense. | posted on 04-20-2002 @ 1:22 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: :canned laughs: Im happy to say i never watched it, i guess those stupid housewifes got tired of watching the show.  Master of the Cold.... | ||||
| BIV G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Xenophobe Defense Brigade Brine shrimp is more interesting than I am. The only thing that will get rid of my shitty status is another board wipe or a series of blowjobs. I am one uninformed hound. | posted on 04-20-2002 @ 2:17 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 02 | The best episode of this show will be the last one. Would have been much better if all the actresses were nude. Other then the hot women, the show was/is panty waste. :) | ||||
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