Sometimes I Wonder if I Waste My Time

So, I'm a watcher of sorts. I've always felt my purpose in life was to observe and record, when possible, somehow elements of humanity. This can be in reading, watching things, listening to music, and hearing people's stories.

One if the most frustrating ones have been TV shows of late.

So, a brief, and probably incomplete, list of shows I've gotten into within the last 5 years is:

• Tyrant

• The Whispers

• Once Upon a Time

• Manhattan Love Story

• Selfie

• The Messengers

• The Tomorrow People 

• Reign

• The Returned

• Helix

• Archer

• American Horror Story

• Bates Motel

• Better Call Saul

• Dominion 

• Scream Queens

• Teen Wolf

• The 100

• The Librarians

• Stalker

That makes 45% of the shows I've gotten into of this list cancelled. And it seems it's getting more frequent than not that I pick up a show and they cancel it, within the season, shortly after the run, or by the next season.

A couple of them, I'd pretty much figured they'd cancel, but others I'd held out so much hope for.

Only for them to dash dem weh.

Forty-five percent is pretty bad. Hopefully my odds improve this season.

Empirical Evidence

	huffpostgay (@huffpostgay)
2/10/15, 6:30 PM How a same-sex kiss could have derailed the new Fox hit "Empire" huff.to/17aercU

I would say this could have read "How a same-sex kiss may derail 'Empire'"… or perhaps it should if I base it on what the article seems to say.

They'd addressed inherent homophobic tendencies the audience may have because the test audience rejected the show outright with the kiss scene (which I have not seen; I've not watched the show because I just haven't felt like it). 

Stating they'd done the scene early in the series and the fact apparently the show is having splendid ratings together seem to indicate this is a test audience false positive.

I don't know. Maybe I'll try the show?