Life On Mars

Seeing a good series like this slowly die on the vine is quite depressing. I really have enjoyed this show, and this episode was a typical of what we've seen this year from "Life on Mars:" a decent storyline, some humorous interaction among the cast members, and just enough supernatural elements to keep the show grounded in its science-fiction premise.When a series is setting the ratings on fire, that could be seen as a good thing, but "Life on Mars" is hemorrhaging viewers on a weekly basis. A second season is extremely remote at best, and with the viewership decline in free fall, the plug could be pulled any day now.This was a solid episode with perhaps the best procedural mystery of the season so far. A newspaper columnist is murdered, and since he had written negatively about Hunt, ...

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David Bowie will have to find another show to haunt. "Life On Mars," which had a pretty solid start for ABC, is finishing on a low note as the network has made it clear it won't order any additional episodes past the initial 17. The early decision will allow producers to give the fans who have stuck around to see Sam Tyler -- a 2008 cop traversing in 1973 -- find closure. "We felt it was the right thing to do for the producers and the fans and creatively," said Steve McPherson, ABC Entertainment group president, to Television Week. "Life On Mars" -- a remake of the short-form British serial starring John Simm in the main role -- premiered Oct. 9 to strong ratings with Jason O'Mara in the Sam Tyler role, earning a 7.7/13. It was up against another series premiere that night, "Eleventh ...

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There was good news and bad news when Andrew Nemec picked up the phone earlier this week. It was ABC sharing word that Nemec's American version of "Life On Mars" had been canceled. While that was hard enough to take, Nemec did get good news: they still had a chance to end the series without leaving its loyal fan base hanging. "We've felt from the beginning that if the show wasn't going to get its legs for a second season, nothing would have been more of a gift from the network and the studio than to give us the opportunity to find the creative closure a lot of shows don't get," Nemec told the Los Angeles Times. "It's all a bit sad, but it doesn't come without its closure and finality." "Life On Mars" is based on a British series of the same name that starred "Doctor Who's" ...

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