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Whaaaat? Why is BL listed ~~alongside such shitty shows~~ as being "on the bubble"? Mensa loves it!

Gragh. It's too early in the morning for a panic attack.

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I know. The people on the message board are panicking.

It bothers me so much.

Hahahahahaha, so you said. I looked around TVGuide for any other mentions of the show being in jeopardy, but nothing came up.

I mean, come on! Okay, How I Met Your Mother is (by all accounts) good, but BL got an Emmy nom for Best Dramatic Series this year. What the hell is it doing on a list with Cashmere Mafia and Supernatural?

Although that makes me wonder...have they canceled Carpoolers yet?

Cashmere Mafia

AKA "Oh My God there's a Sex and the City Movie coming out, let's jump on this bandwagon six years too late!"

I think they have too much hope for

Carpoolers

. That show seems like it has one good bit, and they try to base an entire half hour around it, which never works. Though it is better than

Cavemen

I can sooo answer this! I've because quite the savant on how this works and in turn ....how Ausellio thinks.

First of all don't panic. BL is safe. Even though the key numbers took a hit this season...it's still a major critics' favorite...which gives it a little teflon.

That said...next season the network is going to have it under a microscope. BL is of an age (as in series duration) where the costs are climbing....while the OMG!!!11 demographic proves the fact the ADD meds are still needed well past puberty. In other words, production costs go up when the old contracts expire and new ones are signed while the money the advertisers are will to spend is going down because there are fewer 18-24 eyeballs tuning in. It all boils down to the bottom line. The network might use this ~~excuse~~ fact to trim here and there. ABC is infamous for cutting orders in half. I'd start sweating for the 2010 season if the order is below 19.

TVG loves BL. I can almost guarantee Ausellio put the title on the list to generate buzz. "Look you idiots at Proctor and Gambel! You NEED to save this show!!"

It's EARLY yet. Typically the network doesn't start generating "feelers" with advertisers until next month. Once they know they are going to be able to sell spots at an accpectable rate they use the word "bubble" for bargaining.(You know damn well these ad company's have a staff of bean counters that analyze the Neilson data a heck of a lot more than we'd ever know. They know what ad is being by what eyes, at what time, and in what location and then compare it to what sells….and we all know Alan snark at night sells Nissans in the morning)

I voted for Cashmere Mafia....

I was going to demand to know why there weren't more X-Files ripoffs on the air now, since, like SATC, it has a movie in production (and since you're clearly in charge of such things), but then I realized that Supernatural probably is an XF ripoff. And Life seems kind of X-Filesesque, with the weirdo male cop and his levelheaded female counterpart.

Sorry I didn't reply to this earlier, but thank you. It was most helpful.

Alan sells Acuras, though ;)

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