Terriers…

…is my new favorite TV series (and no, it isn’t about dogs.) Terriers is on FX on Wednesday nights at 10PM. I think it is better than Mad Men, but then again I’m a sucker for Private Investigator shows, buddy shows, compelling dramas with smart writing and great acting.

Trouble is that it will be quite possibly a one (season) and done show. We are 10 episodes into the first season run of twelve and the ratings are dismal. I read somewhere that a couple weeks ago the total viewership for an episode was 1/2 million. A 5 year old episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos on the Family Channel probably scored higher. I bet in most places they lost their time slot to the community bulletin board channel on that cable system.

There is already an underground movement to get the show renewed for next year, send an email to user@fxnetworks.com and tell them how much you love it and that you will quite probably curl up and die if it doesn’t get a second season.

I can’t email them. It would be hypocritical of me. Sure I love the show, and look forward to new episodes each week, but I watch them via torrents. I can’t even tell you what kind of lousy commercials they are running during that hour, so why show they even care about my opinion? Even if I did watch the show in “real time”, I wouldn’t matter, I’m a decade past the influential 18-45 age group. And as proof of that I have mentioned the show to several people and no one has even tried it…