The CW (and let me just re-iterate that there are so many terrible things that C and that W could stand for) has lost faith in my beloved Veronica Mars. The show is nowhere to be found on the semi-network’s fall schedule. Farewell, Veronica, and sorry you wasted so much of your final season solving the boring case of who killed Dean Ed Begley, Jr. What’s especially sad is that the net didn’t take to creator Rob Thomas’ flash-forward “Veronica of the Lambs” idea, which could have been cool.
All of the networks announced their fall schedules this week, and I can’t say I’m looking forward to any of the newbies (particularly NBC and ABC’s respective five-years-behind-the-zeitgeist Sex and the City ripoffs, Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia). And the fact that ABC has ordered a half-hour version of the Geico caveman ads strikes me as one of the four-horseman-style forewarnings of the apocalypse.
On a completely unrelated note, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chloe Sevigny and Mark Ruffalo looked fantastic at the Cannes screening of another brilliant yet underseen crime drama, Zodiac. Jake apparently teased reporters with the news that he, Chloe and Mark once took a nap together during the production.
So now all I can say is that I’m picturing Jake and Mark spooning. Don’t. Tease us. Gyllenhaal.
The CW cancels ‘Veronica Mars’ [Yahoo!]
Jake Gyllenhaal @Cannes ‘Zodiac’ premiere [JustJared]
Nooooo! Are they trying to be Fox?