anyone else getting frustrated with ABCFamily? Seems like they are always cancelling the good shows and keeping stupid ones. I really liked Jane By Design. It was a good show and I wanted to see how everything was going to work out. I am so disappointed with ABCFamily, I'm really thinking about not watching their shows anymore. What are your guy's thoughts?
shareI do prefer Jane By Design to both Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy which were renewed.
shareYes. :( I still remember how they canceled the show lincoln heights. I have never watched Baby daddy and i don't plan on it. But i do enjoy the show Melissa & Joey. But i don understand that Jane by Deign has been falling in the views.
shareThis is just unexceptable! Jane is one of the best shows that they have as part of their lineup!!! It's generally loved by the criticss and actually was getting respectable ratings. What the hell - yeah I said it - is ABCFamily thInking? We loose Jane, an adorable show, but we get drivvel like Baby Daddy and an otherwise boring show in Bunheads? Write ABCFamily Jane fans and let them know your displeasure!!!
share*Unacceptable.
Also it was not 'loved' by critics. Don't know where you got that from. It's ratings were mediocre at best.
Bunheads, like Jane, is getting a backorder to see if it can maybe gain a new audience.
The rest is subjective.
Bastards.
shareNice of you to correct other posters' comments. I'm sure he/she appreciated it.
Also, it may not have been "loved" by critics, but I saw many positive reviews written about it. The ratings actually weren't mediocre. If you go back and compare the ratings of Jane By Design to The Lying Game, you will see that Jane By Design started with, and kept, more viewers the whole season than The Lying Game did. The Lying Game struggled from the start, but ABC Family is so desperate to have another hit like Pretty Little Liars that they are hoping that all the money and production they put into it will pay off. It won't.
As for your comment about Bunheads, you're also wrong again. It was not put on backorder. It was fully renewed. Don't worry though, it will be cancelled soon enough :)
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I just heard. Why do shows have to be cancelled on cliffhangers?!
This wasn't as good as "Ugly Betty" but it was inoffensive, fun and well-acted.
So ABC Family kept "The Lying Game" but canceled "Chloe King" and now "Jane By Design"?
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.
-Robert Frost, 1914
Jane by Design was an okay show but nothing that I would say I watched every week. I do watch Pretty Little Liars, Baby Daddy, Melissa & Joey and The Lying Game which is not scheduled to come on until the beginning of the year.
shareI'm saddened. But I feel like I was prepared for it. I wish Erica Dasher well and hope to see this new fresh face on my tv or movie screen. I wish them all well.
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They were all solid actors. It was an incredible ensemble! I hope they will all find work soon. They all seem like really nice people. I don't know how many of you follow them on twitter, but they seem genuinely nice. They really apprecaited all the support they're receiving from fans. I think they were shocked that the show was cancelled. To me it sounds like it was cancelled so they could keep the Bunheads...which is one of the worst shows they have ever put out. There is NO storyline to it and boring to watching. Have any of you watched that show?
shareGutted. I was not expecting this. It really was a gem of a show that had loads of potential much more so than Bunheads (which I actually do watch) which is nothing more than Gilmore Girls 2.0. I also watch Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, & Baby Daddy(it's actually pretty funny) and I would have rather had any of these shows canceled over Jane.
shareI follow Erica/Jane, Nick/Billy, India, Meagan/Lulu. Been with them through this journey and tried to mention JbD in my tweets in the hopes that it would help. But no.
I heard Bunheads is going to be given a second chance like JbD to see if it can get better ratings. But if it's the direct reason that JbD got canelled I will be furious. As you said, the show is boring. And I'd take Jbd over it, SLOTMT, Baby Daddy and any of that.
I hope you like feminist rants because that's kind of my thing.
Oh absolutely true! I watched the pilot and had to push through to the end. Is Bunheads even about anything? It's like I'll watch the odd episode hoping for something to actually happen. When watching Jane, the episode would be over and I'd be wishing for more. Jane had a story in every episode, direction and character development. Each sorely lacking in Bunheads. I hope ABCF rues their decision.
shareBottom line it was about ratings. Jane had the weakest ratings, and still was not improving with ABC Family's strongest lead-in(Pretty Little Liars).
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it makes me mad! I thought it was good and a more mature version of True Jackson V.P. What I don't understand is why ABC Family is getting rid of shows like this and keeping The secret Life of the American Teenager...That show has like no Common sense at all and yeah the first season was alright showing how to deal with teen pregnancies but now it's just a bunch of idiots talking about sex 24/7...
shareSecret Life is the most awkward show on this planet to watch. Every other sentence "sex, sex, sex." no teen says "sex" that much, I heard it less in health class for 3 years. It's a stupid show and they're trying to keep it going by making stupid stuff happen out of nowhere and it gets worse constantly. They try and try and fail. First season, I watched, wasn't bad. Kinda ok. But since then, I mean how much can you do. Another pregnancy, some marriages and divorces. CANCEL IT ALREADY. I mean really. Kyle XY was good, I remember Wildfire being on for years. Why is this one even past 20 episodes? This was a one season show, nobody I know even bothers with it. Pretty Little Liars is the only worthwhile show anymore and Jane wasn't terrible (I watched sometimes but wasn't hooked, but it's far better than secret life crap). The lying game from the start I thought, this is stupid and Switched at Birth, they ruined. daphne has be become such a mmhmm, and Emmet, just whatever. Cancel Secret Life, keep Pretty Little Liars going and Baby Daddy, I mean really, I thought it was horrible. Tucker is the worst character I've seen on a show in a long time and Melissa Peterman was better as Barbara Jean. Jean Luc was good on Kyle XY, but just like Raven on Georgia, it's weird seein him as an adult who drinks alcohol. I don't find Melissa Joan Hart strange drinking wine though cause on her old show, she grew up! It is weird to see Joe though after watching Blossom a lot online! Which reminds me, they should start to show Blossom like around 1 or 2. Take away an hour of that 70's show. NOT REBA!
shareYup, ABC Family is pretty awful about this stuff. I'm still annoyed that they cancelled The Middleman. It was just so inventive, doing what Pushing Daisies was for fairy tales with comic book/superhero sensibilities.
Jane By Design had it's problems, but it had such an endearing cast of characters. If ever there was a show that could improve in the ratings it's this one.
I'm still reeling that they cancelled 10 Things I Hate About You UGH
"If ever there was a show that could improve in the ratings it's this one." AGREED
If they think Bunheads would have higher ratings, I seriously dn't know what to say. We are not in the Gilmore Girls era anymore.
I do admit Jane By Design has that element of cheesiness ( which I love actually but it might not be other peoples cup of tea ) but it has its moments. Sometimes the script has its burst of genius. SIGH I'm still bummed this has been cancelled.
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