Hey ATA Listeners, this week's podcast is entitled "Countdown to Extinction" because the episode of Castle we are reviewing is ironically titled "Countdown" and with the success of Smallville coming to a close with a proper ending, several of the shows we cover on Across the Airwaves are facing extinction or in other words cancellation. Right now, Human Target is first in line for extinction followed by another one of our FOX favorites Fringe, which was wrongfully moved to Friday night. Plus on top of that, Chuck is once again on the chopping block, where it's been ever since coming into existence.
Obviously, as tremendous fans of these three shows we took some time out of this week's reviews of Chuck, Castle, Smallville and Supernatural to defend the shows that we love currently on the bubble for cancellation, with me getting up on my soap box to once again emphasize my praise for Fringe being one of the most imaginative shows on television and Nico calling out the networks to come up with a new rating system that is more in tune with the Internet as well as DVR. Again, TV by the Numbers might be the one that needs a new rating system because they have said that Chuck was going to be canceled over the past four years and it still hasn't happened yet (knock on wood) but after Nico states his case, it seems more likely that great television shows like Fringe and Human Target aren't getting a fair chance due to the networks not realizing they need to advance with technology.
Other highlights from the episode include more praising of Nathan Fillion in response to his great performance on this week's Castle, future predictions for dare I say Chuck Season Five, our pleasant surprise towards the addition of Superboy on Smallville being a trip down memory lane rather than a confusing mess of comic book mythology and our response to the shocking death of a re-occurring character on Supernatural.
