TV's Grim Reaper begins to rear his ugly head

As season finales begin to air, it's once again time for fans to wait with bated breath to see what fate lies for their favorite shows. Well even though fall schedules won't be announced for another week or so, decisions on some shows have already been made.

The big announcement yesterday was that Heroes has been cancelled. This is bittersweet news for me. Like so many people, I fell in love with this show in its first year and then continued to be baffled with each successive year as it failed to reclaim that magic and turned into a overstuffed and convoluted mess. It was getting embarassing watch it try so hard and fail miserably. It's probably best that NBC just decided to be done with it. There are some rumors that they may give the show a 2-hour movie to wrap things up, but if I were NBC I would just opt to spend the money elsewhere.

Another show that felt the ax this week was Better Off Ted. This one actually hurts a little bit more since this show was still producing great TV. It just had the unfortunate situation of being on ABC - the network where good sitcoms go to die. If this had been on a different network, I feel it would have had a better opportunity to nurture and develop a fan base. Let's just hope the talented people from the cast are able to find other work quickly.

Lastly, some good news - Chuck has been renewed!! The little show that could has somehow survived and will get a fourth season. Right now, NBC has only ordered 13 episodes, but they did that last year and then ended up ordering more after being pleased with the quality of the episodes, so let's hope that happens once again this year. This show is so much fun and has a great cast. I'm glad to see they're having the opportunity to expand the show and allow the characters to grow instead of running around in circles, never answering questions. Since they creators now they could always be cancelled at the drop of the hat, they just go for broke to make sure they don't leave the audience hanging. I can't wait to see what's in store for Chuck and the Buy More gang next season.

For updates on the statuses of all of your favorite TV show, I would recommend going here. They'll give you the lowdown of who gets cut and who is granted salvation.