Two Weeks. Only Two Episodes. And Lone Star was a critically acclaimed show. Fox didn't dump a show that everyone agreed didn't belong on the air to begin with. They dumped a quality show because viewers didn't find it in TWO Weeks!

How many hit shows were not found by viewers for a year or more? Family Ties, Cheers and Seinfeld to name just a few. However, these were all sitcoms that had no stars in them when they began so they were probably fairly inexpensive to keep on the air. Lone Star is not only an hour long drama, but looks like a fairly big budget series to boot. So it is no surprise that it all comes down to money. But TWO weeks?

And this is my frustration with the entertainment industry and their rush to declares hits and misses. Opening weekend box office is everything for movies. After a bad opening weekend a movie will be pulled from theaters before you can blink an eye. Do movie and television executives have the attention span of 2 year olds?

Once upon a time the public was given the chance to find what they liked over time. Sometimes word of mouth is still in person, and is a bit slower than online. A few people tell a few people and they tell a few people and word grows slowly.

At least for movies, they have a second life on DVD, Blu-Ray and streaming to your computer. The only possible second life for a show cancelled as quickly as Lone Star would be for a cable channel to pick it up. And speaking of cable, the number of viewers that Lone Star had would have been fine for cable. That probably is where it belongs anywhere, it was the only new show this season that was somewhat different and creative. Networks don't want anything to do with that craziness.

I heard talk that FX is considering picking up Lone Star. If this is true, please do so. It will win tons of Emmys and make everyone at Fox jealous. And it will give the viewing public time to find it. And that is really what it is all about.

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