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8 Simple Rules...For Dating My Teenage Daughter
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:34pm
by Montcalm
Should ABC continue the serie without John Ritter cancel it or replace him?
I too say cancel,but i`m sure the Hollywoods ghouls may continue it with someone else.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:36pm
by Dalton
Cancel.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:37pm
by LadyTevar
Cancel
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:37pm
by Stormbringer
I think it would be more respectful to cancel it. Plus it'd be hard to find a sitcom actor to measure up to Ritter.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:38pm
by CmdrWilkens
I personally think the idea of reruns capped by the three filmed episodes and a tribute is the best idea they have running.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:41pm
by Joe
I've never seen the series, but I think they ought to cancel it out of respect for John Ritter.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:42pm
by Xenophobe3691
Holy Shit, he died?!?
Cancel. He was a kickass actor, I don't think many could match him.
Posted: 2003-09-14 06:49pm
by Jadeite
Cancel.
Posted: 2003-09-14 08:47pm
by Jim Raynor
Rerun it until mid-season, when they could play the tribute and then put a mid-season replacement show in its place.
Posted: 2003-09-14 08:57pm
by Macross
They should show the three episodes, then do a tribute, then "retire" the series.
Posted: 2003-09-15 03:44am
by Gandalf
I say cancel.
Posted: 2003-09-15 06:54am
by Col. Crackpot
cancel it. or maybe kill him in the show, but thats too morbid. so just cancel it. And cancel Rob's commie avatar too.
Posted: 2003-09-15 03:06pm
by Lord Pounder
Aw shit. I love that show. Cancel it. It's all you can do to show some kind of respect.
Posted: 2003-09-15 03:17pm
by Alyeska
The show really is lost without Ritter. If they were to continue, they would have to use a whole knew group because you couldn't get away with a new actor. It would be best to cancel the show out of respect AFTER having aired the three episode that Ritter finished then air a 4th "episode" that is a tribute to Ritter along with some clips from the completed portions of the 4th episode.
Posted: 2003-09-15 03:26pm
by Vertigo1
Finish out the season (so it has some closure) and then end it. Cancelling it outright, in my opinion, isn't the answer. Take "The District" for instance. When the actor that played "Ella" died, they didn't cancel the series. They put it on hold until the cast could grieve and then came up with an explination as to why she's no longer in the series. (sudden stroke) I don't think they should replace the character or put another actor in John's place though. Just have a hiatus for the cast & crew to grieve, then finish out the season and call it a wrap. Possibly even have the last few episodes as a tribute of some kind.
Posted: 2003-09-15 03:42pm
by RedImperator
Is the show an ensemble, or was it John Ritter's vehicle? In an ensemble, you can get away with a character dying if the actor quits or dies, but if this was John Ritter's show, then not only would it be somewhat ghoulish to continue it, but it would probably fail.
Posted: 2003-09-15 05:51pm
by CmdrWilkens
RedImperator wrote:Is the show an ensemble, or was it John Ritter's vehicle? In an ensemble, you can get away with a character dying if the actor quits or dies, but if this was John Ritter's show, then not only would it be somewhat ghoulish to continue it, but it would probably fail.
It has some good support characters (so SOMEONE out there will claim its an ensemble cast). Nonethless it was a Ritter vehicle and there's no way around it. I mean you could refocus on his wife but you'd have to do it so abruptly and even then explaining his abscence just doesn't work for the tone of the show. Nonethless I'd like to see the 3 finished episodes before it disappears.
Posted: 2003-09-16 09:32pm
by Spyder
They should do what John Ritter would have wanted them to do, him being an actor it's likely he would have agreed with "The show must go on."
Posted: 2003-09-16 09:35pm
by Jim Raynor
Looks like they'll continue the show:
ABC to Continue Ritter's Sitcom
Sep 16, 4:09 PM EST
Associated Press
ABC Television said Tuesday it will continue the sitcom that showcased the late John Ritter, showing his television family coping with the death of Ritter's character on "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter."
ABC executives said the show will premiere next Tuesday as planned and that the network will air the three episodes Ritter filmed before his death.
After that, the show will go into repeats while writers retool the sitcom and production starts. No date was given for when the show will return to the air.
Ritter died last Thursday of an undetected heart problem. He was 54.
"We are going to stick with it," Susan Lyne, president of ABC Entertainment, said in a conference call with reporters.
Each of the first three episodes already shot will start with a special introduction, featuring the cast members. The next new show will deal with the death of Ritter's character, Paul Hennessy.
"Future episodes will take viewers into the Hennessy household as they experience the loss of a father and construct a new life together," said Lloyd Braun, chairman of the ABC Entertainment Television Group. "We will play out the situation as real life."
Executives said they considered a number of options, including canceling the show, but decided to continue the series.
Posted: 2003-09-16 10:02pm
by RedImperator
I can understand why ABC decided not to cancel (they're struggling and 8 Simple Rules was a hit), but I doubt it will last beyond the end of this season. I've never heard of a show that was a vehicle for one actor surviving when that actor leaves.
Posted: 2003-09-16 10:20pm
by Crazy Goji
RedImperator wrote:I can understand why ABC decided not to cancel (they're struggling and 8 Simple Rules was a hit), but I doubt it will last beyond the end of this season. I've never heard of a show that was a vehicle for one actor surviving when that actor leaves.
Spin City comes to mind. Yeah, I know what you mean. When you replace a main character, you pretty much change to show.
I would have played the final episodes then "retired" the show, like someone suggested. I never watched the show, but a girl that I know suggested basically the family coping with the loss then the wife started dating again. The kids don't like they guy but eventually do. Personally I thought this idea was pretty cliche and predictable. Might be what's in store for the series, though.
Posted: 2003-09-16 10:50pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
I say do the three episodes, and the tribute. Then, retire the show, perhaps after some reruns. John Ritter played too important of a role to simply say that something happened to him and continue the show, and no actor would be fit to play the role.
Posted: 2003-09-16 11:07pm
by Demiurge
Cancel it. The character was clearly too important to the show to be killed off. Replacing him would not work either, because Ritter was the reason for the show's success.
Posted: 2003-09-16 11:11pm
by CmdrWilkens
Well all our wishes were not granted (though we will get the three episodes many of us wished for). I just hope they can find a good way to write him out. That said the show stands at least an outside chance of living for another season if only because Kathy Segal is a great actress.
Posted: 2003-09-16 11:18pm
by jezrianna
Give it a shot, until they prove they can't carry it without him.