one of the worst examples of network programmer incompetence

cherold

American Gothic was one of the best shows ever on TV.  Stephen King took several stabs at TV with little success; American Gothic was the show he should have created but didn't.  

CBS really seems to have deliberately killed this show.  When I watched it I was confused by jumps from one episode to another, characters appeared and disappeared, motivations weren't explained.  When the sci-fi channel showed the episodes I discovered the horrible truth:  CBS had show the episodes out of order.  They had left out episodes.  They had taken a show with a series arc and chopped it into little pieces.  They also, as I recall, moved the show around and showed it inconsistently.  The sad thing is that the incompetent suit who did this is probably still working in TV, making tons of money and destroying other shows.  This person should be working as a janitor somewhere.

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cherold 28 January 2002

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