Cinlach tells FOX to go fuck themselves…

Tonight on FOX the first of the final two episodes of Drive is scheduled to be broadcast. When the show was first announced I made a comment to my wife that “Nathan Fillion is a brave man to jump back into bed with FOX after the way he and Joss Whedon got fucked over with Firefly“.

Nevertheless, when the pilot for Drive finally premiered, trumpeted by the kind of marketing buzz that would’ve elevated Firefly to the forefront of American sci-fi and secured it’s place on-air for years, I watched and enjoyed the holy fucking hell out of it.

All the reviews that came pouring in were mostly all positive. But the ratings were low, which from what I’ve read is normal for a new show. All Drive really needed was time to build a presence and if FOX can stick vapid shit like Are You Smarter Then a Fifth Grader? on then surely they can allow Drive the time it needed to solidify it’s audience.

The next week the second episode airs, and it’s better then the first. Then the third episode airs and again the show continues to get stronger. Reviews are now all very positive and it looks like FOX might actually be putting something on TV worth watching other then House.

After the fourth episode airs, FOX drops the hammer and cancels one of the most highly reviewed series on television at that time. Drive is dead.

Was the show given a chance? Did they even pay attention to the fact that it was simply damn good? Did they allow the show to gain a foothold either on it’s original night or try switching it to another day or timeslot?

Fuck no…they just cancelled the son of a bitch.

Once again Nathan Fillion, one of the best character actors around (I’d put him up with Bruce Campbell…seriously, he’s that fucking good) is left with precisely dick.

So when it was announced that FOX would show the final two un-aired episodes of Drive beginning tonight my wife was thrilled. Me personally…not so much.

See, here’s the thing.

Why…exactly…should I invest my time into something that will never see a payoff? Why should I give FOX advertising money for basically being stupid assholes?

Answer? I shouldn’t…fuck FOX.

See, we’re a Neilsen Ratings household. So whatever we watch affects the ratings shown to the network. So why the hell should I help them after they’ve fucked over yet another excellent show due to their gross mismanagement of their talent?

Answer? I shouldn’t…fuck FOX.

If there was a chance that the show might be saved from oblivion, then hell yes, I’d be there with extreme prejudice. But it’s not, and they’re just filling holes in the broadcast schedule and frankly, I’m not interested in wasting my time getting re-engaged into a show that has the life expectancy of a damn fruit fly.

It’s like working all year to get a date with the prom queen only to watch her walk out early on you so she can get fucked by someone else. Who the fuck needs that kind of bullshit in their lives?

“Not I.”, said The Cinlach.

So, Nine o’clock is right ahead and I’ll be goddamned if I’ll grace FOX with my presence. They can have a merry old time without me.

Fuck them…seriously. I’ve got better things to do then support such a incompetent group of idiots, much less reward them with my Neilsen rating.

Drive and Nathan Fillion don’t deserve to be treated that way, and neither do I.

Addendum : It’s now after 9 P.M. and Drive is nowhere to be seen. It seems that FOX changed their schedule at the last minute. So everyone who was tuning in breathlessly to see those final episodes just got fucked again.

Would you all like to know who didn’t get fucked by FOX tonight? That’s right bitches… me.

Suck it FOX.