MORE Bad News, Boston Public Fans! (No, it's not cancelled. =) )

[Caffeine King]

From The Futon Critic...

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 8:17 AM
FOX Sends 'Boston Public' to Hiatus
By Brian Ford Sullivan


CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- FOX is hoping animal mating habits, a man who puts a live snake in his mouth then pulls it back through his nose, and a monkey competing against a man in a climbing contest will bring a pulse to its sagging Friday schedule as the network outlined a host of new reality specials for the month of February. The specials will take the place of "Boston Public" on Friday nights beginning February 6.

Here's a breakdown of what to expect in the coming weeks:

-- "That's Just Wrong" (Friday, February 6 at 9:00/8:00c) - LMNO Productions offers up this one-hour variety show "that features original stunts, contests and video clips of amazing and sometimes unbelievable behavior," according to a network press release. Among the featured stunts are a man who puts a live snake in his mouth then pulls it back through his nose, alive and putting various objects in a jet engine and seeing what happens when the engine starts up. Twins Elaine and Diane Klimaszewski host the special.

-- "National Geographic: When Animals Attract" (Friday, February 13 at 9:00/8:00c) - The mating habits of the wild kingdom will be the focus of this special, originally developed for the FOX-owned National Geographic Channel.

-- "Man vs. Beast 2" (Friday, February 20 at 9:00/8:00c) - A sequel to last year's special from LMNO Productions in which animals compete against humans in bizarre contests. Among the new events: a monkey vs. man climbing contest and a long-jumper vs. a leopard.

-- "Test the Nation 2" (Friday, March 5 at 8:00/7:00c) - Leeza Gibbons and Mark L. Walberg are back to host the second installment of FOX's national I.Q. test. The two-hour special will once again "provide a new opportunity for a studio audience, celebrity panelists and home viewers to submit their scores and contribute to a tabulated statistical analysis of the nation's I.Q. Results will be used to calculate factors such as which city or gender is the more intelligent," according to a network press release.

Following "Test the Nation 2," the new dramedy "Wonderfalls" will take over the Friday, 9:00/8:00c hour for at least seven weeks. The news means "Boston Public" will apparently be off of FOX's schedule until at least April 30, the first Friday of the May sweeps period. Reality clip shows "Totally Outrageous Behavior" and "World's Craziest Videos" however will remain on Fridays at 8:00/7:00c and 8:30/7:30c respectively for the time being.

****ing April?!

What the hell!!!

DAMN YOU, FOX!!!

[The Penguin]

First of all, calm down. All we do is type here, articulate.

I won't be watching any of this. Friday is just not a good night for TV and a heavier (if sometimes over the top drama) like Boston Public is not something people with stressful work weeks want to wind down with.

I guess this frees up my Fridays to watch movies though...

[Caffeine King]

It just pisses me off, though.

Though, maybe, they aren't gonna kill it off.

I figured that they would of cancelled it back with Wanda and Luis and they haven't and it's making it all the way to the May sweeps, hopefully they won't cancel it and it makes it to next season.

I watch it every Friday. Hopefully the slim/decent ratings will push it back to Mondays... (I can only pray. )

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Actually, Friday is the perfect day for Boston Public since it's something you can wind down and contemplate without anything else stressing you out the next day on your mind. If it's on some other day in the week, it would just depress the hell out of most people, because then they'd have to go to work or school the next day after watching a somewhat serious/pretentious drama.

Too bad we get more reality garbage on TV.

[Stewie]

Too bad we get more reality garbage on TV.

I don't know. A man long-jumping against a leopard. I hate Reality TV as much as anyone, but that sounds funny. And stupid of course. I'm sure it will be stupid, Tony Kornheiser endorsed it.

[Enrique]

anyone know how to give last rites?

just heard on fox news 5 minutes ago that fox isn't renewing boston public. they're "not sure" if they're cancelling it, but let's face it, they never "not cancel" shows they don't renew.

[The Penguin]

Yeah, here's what I got in my TVGuide e-mail today...

SCHOOL'S OUT: Boston Public's school year has been cut short. Fox, which ordered only 15 episodes of the show this season, has opted not to pick up additional installments. The network has yet to decide whether the show will be back next season, but I'll go out on a limb and say it doesn't look good.

[Corrado]

The only time I watched Boston Public was last season when they had the riot as the season premiere. Then the next episode, the riot was barely mentioned.

I haven't watched it since.

[Kyl416]

The only time I watched Boston Public was last season when they had the riot as the season premiere. Then the next episode, the riot was barely mentioned.

I haven't watched it since.

The riot was the season finale. The episode after that was either this season's premiere or a repeat.

[Caffeine King]

The riot was the season finale. The episode after that was either this season's premiere or a repeat.

No, that was the season premeire.

The season finale for last year was the Whitney Houston episode.

I dunno if this is good or bad news but...(from The Futon Critic...)

BOSTON PUBLIC (FOX) - In a follow-up to our earlier story about the series being placed on hiatus (read the story), sources close to the show have indicated production will halt after the 15th episode wraps shooting this week. Despite being widely believed to have a full season order of 22 episodes for its fourth season, "Boston" apparently was only picked up for 13 episodes this season and extended for an additional two last month. FOX was reportedly considering ordering even more episodes however plans to bring on a new female lead to revamp the series never came through. Networks reps nevertheless are insisting the show hasn't been canceled and remains in contention for FOX's fall 2004 schedule. Should it be axed however, FOX is said to be open to ordering a 16th episode to wrap-up the series.

Well they said that it hasn't been cancelled, and hopefully it will make it to next season and that they don't cut it short this season and end the whole series...

FOX, you better not cancel BP! *shakes fist* (That was cheesy but I really don't want them to cancel BP... )

[The Clown Prince]

I read in my local newspaper (The Oregonian) today in the Entertainment section that Fox haulted production in the middle of filming it's 15th episode. So they didn't even get to finish making the last episode.

Wow, it doesn't look too good for Boston Public. I would like to see an official cancellation report from Fox, so we'll see.

The Clown Prince

[RD!]

ehhh... to be honest, after seeing last week's garbage, I'm not sure I want to see any new episodes. All that's happened lately is new teachers replacing older ones, the completely unrealistic and boring teachers: the physics teacher who teaches philosophy and goes to drug busts on the side? The LOL ANTI-CONFORMITY art teacher? Meh.

[Kyl416]

Personally I want to see more episodes. Where else can you go to see a school where a Teacher and/or Student kils himself, dies, or gets murdered every other week.

[Master Moron]

What ever happened to that hot blonde teacher that the Vice Principal had a crush on. I only watched the show for her. The last episode I saw with her was when she was going to sleep with the Vice Principal, what ever happened with that?

[The Penguin]

Sure it's over the top, but I've really enjoyed Boston Public and if this is true then I will miss it. You can't expect anything that moves to Fridays to maintain its audience, it just seems impossible. If BP had started there four years ago it might have been okay (or we wouldn't have gotten attached to it), but now it's too late.

What ever happened to that hot blonde teacher that the Vice Principal had a crush on. I only watched the show for her. The last episode I saw with her was when she was going to sleep with the Vice Principal, what ever happened with that?

Nothing. I believe they may have mentioned Lauren Davis in passing once or twice early that first season without her, but Jessalyn Gilsig left show and I have yet to find out why.

[DarthGonzo]

Kiss Boston Public goodbye folks. It's commonplace that when a show dissapears during sweeps months that the network has no faith in it and is just itching to axe it and replace it with something that's gonna garner more ratings.


And isnt "That's Just Wrong" something Stern used to do?

[Caffeine King]

I hope that Boston Public makes it to next season.

I doubt it, though.

But if they wanted to kill it off I still think that they would've have been done with it back during this past season's "killing spree." (Wanda, Luis... )