Should Reaper now abandon all hope?
Reaper is not just one of my favorite TV shows. It's also one of my TV's favorite surprises. Every time I watch an episode, my TV suffers a moral dilemma. "This show is funny, witty, very entertaining and unafraid to be absurd and just plain bat#*$& crazy," my TV said to me during last week's episode. "Why the #*$& am I letting you watch it?"
It looks as though my TV is about to get its way. It always does. It cuts all my favorite scenes from Top Gear before they are transferred from the British to the American version. It never lets my TiVo keep an All in the Family episode past a couple of days. It would broadcast nothing but Billy Mays commercials in my head if it developed telepathy, and trust me, it's working on it. I'd throw the thing out the window, but that's not covered in the warranty. The manufacturer may not call that an "act of God," but I sure as hell would.
The Hollywood Reporter announced the show's executive producers and creators Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters have scored a big development deal with 20th Century Fox that's worth more money than Satan can give them. The recession has hit EVERYONE hard, except Rupert Murdoch.
The new deal means they will have to leave Reaper. So where does this leave my favorite show and my TV's least favorite show?
I came to Reaper late in its life, but I've really enjoyed what I've seen so far. I'm a big fan of all sorts of absurdist, supernatural comedy and Reaper hits its mark on both counts. It's got the dark, brooding lore of an H.P. Lovecraft story. mixed with the crazed, lunatic mindset of a Christopher Moore novel. The only other shows that would fit that description are maybe the original Night Stalker and the Glenn Beck Program.
So let's shake the Magic Eight Ball of television and see what answers bubbles to the surface.
| Signs point to yes. | |
|---|---|
| My sources say no. | |
| Reply hazy, try again. |
[via Pop Candy and io9]

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