1 hour ago, Serendi said:
I'm so annoyed that the series ended on such an AWFUL note, namely a cliffhanger in which the darling Chris Potter and Janet Gunn have just had a NASTY conversation that makes it seem like there's no way back from it.
Grrrr....
Yeah. But, in a way, I think it was partly TPTB's fault. While ratings did rebound from the disastrous Michael/Holly blip, it apparently still wasn't as high as the Chris/Rita days and it was 8 seasons in. Being so aged, there should have been a more definitive ending, just in case. And, if I recall, the last season or two went from the usual September/May deals like the network shows to a summer series. Maybe a demotion, maybe not, but it showed me it was no longer on priority show on USA.
But then, a lot of shows get caught in the lurch just like this one, with no resolution. It always sucks.
Well, according to Wikipedia (this was in the article for USA Up All Night but seems to apply across the board):
"In 1998, USA came under the new management of Barry Diller, and decided to go for a more general and upscale viewership. This meant many of USA's long-running series were either overhauled or canceled." (Silk Stalkings got axed in early 1999.)
Guessing it was Diller that axed Silk Stalkings. Maybe TPTB didn't know, after all.
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