HUNG

[Guest AdminGuyX]

Carnivale was something I really adored in the first season. Just LOVED IT. The second season was too tinkered with but I still enjoyed it. Clancy Brown will forever be one of my favorites. He had a small but cool role in Cowboys and Aliens.

 

Half the reason I watch White Collar is because of Tim Dekay, who I think should play John Wayne in a really good bio film.

 

I'm still kind of shocked that Hung got the ax. Yeah, it's the business of TV, sure. You can do that. But Tim has a point about it being an annoying trend. For Hung, I'd like to see them get an hour long finale. BUT, like Deadwood, it would never happen.

 

Dammit.

[Mike V]

I thought I WAS being fair

But yeah, still no Deadwood film/s, no Rome film, and no Hung. Just some very good shows that deserved better.

I don't hate HBO, but I do have a sour taste in my mouth. The business of television it may be . . . that doesn't mean I/we have to like it

 

- tb

 

Actually the Rome film is still on track to happening as far as I know. It's just HBO is no longer going to be apart of it, so they have to find a new production studio to work with. Also even though it was canceled they did get enough of a heads up to wrap things up, it wasn't the most satisfying but it was more than what Carnivale and Deadwood got.

 

Also, I'm thinking Game of Thrones may have had something to do with the shows getting canceled, HBO has said they are in it for the long haul and it ain't a cheap show to make. In a prefect world they could have gotten Payne back to do a 90 minute one-off special finale.

[Tim Bradstreet]

In a prefect world they could have gotten Payne back to do a 90 minute one-off special finale.

 

That would have been the right way to do it. It's not like Hung is a difficult show to shoot. 90% of the locations are in LA except for certain exteriors.

It's certainly not the budget drain that the higher concept shows are. Yeah, Payne wrapping the finale and doing bookends would have been the shit.

 

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Barring that, yeah, a simple heads-up "this will be our last season" - Give the writers a chance to wrap things up so the show package is cohesive and the complete DVD series is worth picking up.

People that never checked it out during first run and who don't pay attention to the state of the series are going to be very disappointed if they spend $ on 3 seasons of a show that's left "hung" out in the breeze.

Leaving the audience hanging simply taints everything else that was good about a series - Ultimately unsatisfying. Never understand why you'd shoot yourself in the foot that way.

Fine, the bottom line is money . . . But I think they ultimately stand to make more $ with a satisfying series that people tell all their friends about.

 

- tb

[Guest AdminGuyX]

Tim, I couldn't agree more about the DVD sales. I have never picked up Deadwood on DVD for that very reason. Why watch the show again? This kind of thing does put me off from watching new shows on any channel though. Because you just don't know if some favorite new show is going to be axed in the second or third season.

[Tim Bradstreet]

Not to get too far off point but Jouneyman was a pretty good series with Kevin McKidd, it got better every week.

Cool concept and enjoyable. They found out they were getting canceled midway though the first season. That sucks. As a fan I was disappointed, but it just wasn't getting the ratings the network had hoped for.

Still, the heads-up gave the writers a chance to wrap the show up properly and they did it well, making that single season pretty enjoyable.

It's just one season, but very worth picking up on DVD considering they finished off the show.

 

Cable TV series' are a wonderful thing at their best, the higher production values, the fact they don't have to adhere to the normal safe programming, etc . . .

It'd just be nice if networks like HBO could back their series' the whole way. Just have the nuts to make a decision on the show's fate while the thing is still in production.

Or like Mike V mentioned, just add ONE more sweet 90 minute episode to finish things off with an appropriate ending.

 

- TB

[Esco]

Y'know when the show's not making the numbers they want it to it should be a given that they make sure the writers have an out to wrap things up cleanly in short order and hopefully, in the Networks interest alone, to re-coup some of that cash with the DVD's. It's almost common sense and at this point you think they would be thinking ahead. And of course we, the fans. never really enter into the beancounters theories, to say nothing of the creative people busting their nuts to create something special. It's all about $$$$. It's depressing.

 

Goddamn I loved Deadwood.

[Rosella]

_{A 90-minute HUNG final episode -- perfect idea!}

 

_{There are too many shows that have been wrongfully cancelled. A show gets cancelled, then the DVD set includes “unaired episodes.” At least, HUNG got to have a full third season. That is, if 10 episodes counts as a full season (it doesn’t really).}

 

_{I can’t get over Arrested Development. Let’s see. It was on for 3 seasons, then got cancelled. Now, there’s going to be a movie, & the show’s returning with new episodes, just not on FOX. This just goes to show that it should've been on longer.}

 

_{24 got cancelled but still managed to have a great series finale. Now, I'm waiting for the movie.}

 

_{Viewers deserve closure with a show, but that doesn’t mean we want everything to be wrapped up quickly. For example, The OC. I don’t know if any of you watched this show. I’m guessing most of you didn’t. The writers knew that the 4^th season would be its last while writing the 4^th season. They sped up the characters’ lives & rushed a good season’s worth of episodes into 1 “series finale.” Too much. Too fast. Even with a heads up, there’s not a justified ending to the series.}

 

_{NBC got rid of Fear Factor, & now it’s back. So yeah, TV’s pretty unpredictable.}

 

_{But let’s look on the bright side. Even if HUNG fans don’t get to have a satisfying ending, THOMAS JANE STARRED ON A TV SHOW!!! That in itself is spectacular.}

 

 







[Tim Bradstreet]

One of the other network shows that got the shaft recently was Fox's Lie To Me, with Tim Roth.

Really dug that show. After season 2, Fox picked up 13 more episodes for season 3.

And after those 13 episodes it just abruptly ENDED. No closure, nothing about the fate of the Lightman Group, it just ended with a one-off episode that left the series dangling.

Fox canceled the series on May 10, 2011. The End. No End.

 

That's bullshit.

 

Weird thing is, they knew they were being picked up for only a guaranteed 13 episodes . . .

I guess they were fairly sure they'd have the opportunity to wind up the series somewhere along the way with additional episodes, but that opportunity never came.

There was a great through-line story underneath all of the one-offs that we'll always be left to wonder about.

One day they're in production and the next day everyone's looking for work.

I really hate that.

 

When you follow a show for two and a half years, and then it abruptly ends the way Lie To Me did, it's a pretty shitty pill to swallow.

 

- TB

[Rosella]

Tim, it’s ridiculous how much I miss Lie to Me*, which is one of my favorite shows. On the 3rd season DVD set, it actually calls it “the complete third and final season.” It’s like they added that to make people understand it’s really not coming back. If I owned a network with a series starring Tim Roth, I’d treat the show like gold & give it its deserving respect. FOX is a cancellation-happy network.

 

Maybe it'd be nice for the writers of these cancelled shows to say how they would've wanted their series to end in order to give us some idea. Or have many of them already done that?

[joyce ford]

When I first heard of this show coming out and who was the leading man. I thought Thomas Jane thee Thomas Jane from punisher I thought no way. But it was him. I watched all 3 seasons but was upset when they cancelled it and left us hanging. I don't understand why when you have a good show going with a 3 time golden globe nominee in it you want to cancel it.

[lochtessmonster]

 

But yeah, still no Deadwood film/s, no Rome film, and no Hung. Just some very good shows that deserved better.

I don't hate HBO, but I do have a sour taste in my mouth. The business of television it may be . . . that doesn't mean I/we have to like it

 

- tb

 

At least we got a Firefly film. So Fox can totally suck it. I'm still totally ashamed that poor Joss had to keep doing Buffy. Ugh. I don't care what anyone says, Buffy and Angel were a sham.

 

But I would love to see Timothy Olyphant reprise his Deadwood character. I think we were forced to swallow the remake of True Grit in consolation. Mind you, I think Jeff Bridges was a fabulous Rooster Cogburn. Matt Damon doesn't wow me.

 

Hung and Bored to Death were pretty much the only reasons I hung on to cable as long as I did. I think Tom was saving my marriage for a while there.

[sidewaysgaze]

Hung, Season 3, on DVD and BluRay on September 4th in USA:

 

"HBO Video and distributor Warner Home Video have today announced that the final season of the show, Hung - The Complete 3rd Season, is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 4th."

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hung-Season-3/17057

 

 

Jen

[joyce ford]

Hung, Season 3, on DVD and BluRay on September 4th in USA:

 

"HBO Video and distributor Warner Home Video have today announced that the final season of the show, Hung - The Complete 3rd Season, is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 4th."

 

http://www.tvshowson...-Season-3/17057

 

 

Jen

Well I will definately be getting it. Already have the first 2 seasons.

[Rosella]

Of course, HUNG Season 3 has to come out after my birthday. I can't help but still be curious about how HBO will package (if they will even do this) HUNG: THE (​​in)COMPLETE SERIES. They usually like to make the big box set fancy or relating to the show somehow.

[sidewaysgaze]

I'm not sure if there's more info about the September 4th release of Hung, Season 3, on DVD and BluRay, but here ya go:

 

http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2012/08/08/hung-the-complete-third-season-coming-to-blu-ray-dvd-september-4th

 

 

Jen

[Rosella]

Here's an excerpt from actress Lauren Weedman's book Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay (out today)

 

It features a fun little backstory of her time spent working on HUNG & mentions our man Tom in several places.

 

Enjoy!!

 

http://jezebel.com/the-best-time-i-filmed-a-sex-scene-while-pregnant-and-w-1763381578

[Geoff]

nice find

[Rosella]

nice find

 

Thanks!

[Mazzie]

I never got to see this show. Its not on hung which is such a shame. Im hoping they will air it as I really want to see it.

[johnpweber]

Do you have HBO?

[Mazzie]

Hi no I only have sky.

[johnpweber]

HBO has a streaming app with all their shows on it.

[Geoff]

Damn......10 years old already!!!!!!!

[Anna Clara]

2 hours ago, Geoff said:

Damn......10 years old already!!!!!!!

This series was hilarious, why did they stop it? Perfect casting... it had me in fits!

[Geoff]

16 minutes ago, Anna Clara said:

This series was hilarious, why did they stop it? Perfect casting... it had me in fits!

Short version. Ratings & money. Despite its loyal base and of course the awards nods ratings dropped from ave 2 million plus in S1 to about 750,000k in S3, people just wern't tuning in and HBO had a massive cull and Hung went along with a few others just like that. 

Rumor mill was HBO needed money and a lot of it, as they needed bigger budgets for a certain show that had just started that had Games N Thrones in it.