In a completely unsurprising move, ABC has canceled the sci-fi/drama Life on Mars. If the desperate and oddly-placed rescheduling of the hiatus return episode didn’t clue us all in that there were problems afoot, subsequent episodes surely did. What is surprising and hopeful to those who followed the show thus far is that the series [...]

Dear Life on Mars writers –
Fans of your show are waiting mighty patiently here for some sort of advancement in the main plotline: Sam’s predicament. First we endured a dangling cliffhanger a few weeks ago, where the episodes were aired out of order (I know — not necessarily your fault). In the cliffhanger “resolution” episode, [...]

Let’s face it: U.S. writers and networks are plumb out of original ideas. The Office; The Ex List; American Idol (Pop Idol). And there’s more, for sure, all re-tooled for U.S. audiences. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, mind you. At least for us viewers.
Life on Mars is another show that grew up [...]