LIFE ON MARS DEAD

Excuse me from swearing, but Fuck You ABC. There, I said it. I appreciate all you have done for 'Lost', but you bagged 'The Nine' too early and you are now killing 'Mars'....you know what -- just stop doing serialized dramas. You also KILLED 'Dirty, Sexy, Money' and 'Pushing Daises' this year. So yeah, FU.

That being said, I am thankful you told the producers now so that they can tidy up the show and give it a proper ending like it deserves. You didn't immediately kill it, you just didn't renew it. So whatever, I guess I am less pissed then a minute ago. I apologize for swearing at you, I wish I could go back and change it - but it is too late - I said it and it is out there. Now stop pushing serialized dramas on us - you don't have the stomach for them.

FROM TVGUIDE.com today:

ABC has canceled Life on Mars, but will allow the cop drama to complete its full one-season run. The network has opted not to extend the series beyond 17 episodes, according to Variety.

It's not all bad news, though. Rather than wait until May when on-the-bubble shows are typically told whether or not they'll be renewed or canceled, ABC told the producers now, so that they can plan for a proper series finale — a courtesy not extended to the recently unplugged ABC shows Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone. "We felt it was the right thing to do for the producers and the fans and creatively," ABC Entertainment Group President Steve McPherson told TelevisionWeek. Calls to ABC were not yet returned.

This is particularly important for Mars, as its mysterious premise — an NYPD cop is hit by a car and spontaneously time-travels back to 1973 — requires some explaining. Is Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) in a coma, at the mercy of supernatural forces or something else entirely?

For now, it seems, the fans will get that answer.