{"id":522,"date":"2014-04-10T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/04\/10\/welcome-to-television-bubble-month\/"},"modified":"2014-04-10T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T17:39:00","slug":"welcome-to-television-bubble-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/04\/10\/welcome-to-television-bubble-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Television Bubble Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qrnm7_PyHNk\/U0bXRLCRu0I\/AAAAAAAABDY\/o-AQdy0mrzM\/s1600\/firefly1.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As we enter the middle of April, we enter the month of the television bubble, that dreaded period when television shows teeter on the edge of renewal or cancellation. Many unsuccessfully shows are canceled after a few weeks or even one really bad episode, but others manage to get through a whole season without knowing if they&#8217;ll be back for round two. This has led many shows, including <i>How I Met Your Mother<\/i> and <i>Scrubs<\/i>, to set up for potential emergency twist endings which were later abandoned. It&#8217;s an interesting vagary of a production process that hinges on unpredictable factors.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding whether to bring back a television series for another season is a harrowing process, one that often elicits letter-writing campaigns and grassroots attempts to keep beloved but unsuccessful shows from getting the axe. This year is no different; popular but iffy shows like <i>Hannibal<\/i> and <i>The Mindy Project<\/i> could go either way.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of this sort of scary and expectant season, we&#8217;d like to celebrate a number of shows that were canceled before their time. Some have seen a revival in movie form or an additional season, but these are classic cases of the television bubble bursting. Come check out these shows from the library, and be warned that your favorite struggling series might be next to join this list!<\/p>\n<p>Freaks and Geeks, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 3441<br \/>Arrested Development, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 4871 &#8211; 4873<br \/>Firefly, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 5301<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>(Revived in <\/i>Serenity <i>\u2013 HU DVD 5317)<\/i><br \/>Deadwood, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 7101 &#8211; 7129<br \/>Pushing Daises, Season 1 \u2013 HU DVD 10251<br \/>Carnivale, Season 1 \u2013 HU DVD 10287<br \/>Sports Night, The Complete Series  \u2013 HU DVD 10611 &#8211; 10612<br \/>Twin Peaks, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 14069 &#8211; 14070<br \/><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Revived in <\/i>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me<i> \u2013 HU DVD 5760)<\/i><br \/>Luck, Season 1 \u2013 HU DVD 14098\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the middle of April, we enter the month of the television bubble, that dreaded period when television shows teeter on the edge of renewal or cancellation. Many unsuccessfully shows are canceled after a few weeks or even one really bad episode, but others manage to get through a whole season without knowing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[290,355],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-related-movies","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}