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Re: "Las Vegas" cancelled..
In all fairness, the writers/producer have gotten mixed messages from NBC, before the writers strike it was basicly a lock for a sixth season.
Fast forward to now and not only are they being told that the show is cancelled, the remaining 2-3 episodes out of the 22 episode order won't be produced either.
Ratings have no doubt taken a hit, but that's mostly due to moving the show to fridays (though losing James Caan and Nikki Cox has surely had some impact on ratings).
Even still it wasn't lousy in the ratings department, especially for a show airing on a bad time slot on the worst TV-day of the weak.
Friday Night Lights ratings are worse yet there still seems to be hope of a third season, sure it might be cheaper to produce but it doesn't rime well.
On one hand NBC say that they wan't to give closure to the fans of FNL by attempting to get a third season on the air, yet on the other hand they decide to cancel Las Vegas in the middle of a gigantic cliffhanger.
The least they could do is give a goahead for a wrap-up double episode/tv movie of Las Vegas, that's a fair compromise IMO, especially seeing how FNL might get a whole new season despite worse ratings.
And last but not least, NBC owe the millions of fans some closure after 5 seasons on the air.
While I respect that some people might feel that studios never owe us anything, I don't agree with their point of view.
Without us watching they wouldn't have made money on ads, overseas deals and merchandise for tv-shows, we are responsible for their income and as such I feel that their responsibility is doing their best by giving us a complete product.
If a show bombs I fully understand cancelling it without giving more episodes for real closure, but a successful long running show with (due to their own decisions) decreasing ratings deserve at lest a few episodes giving satisfying closure.
Just my 2c on the issue.
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