The TV Zone

You've probably heard by now but I think these two cancellations qualify as bona fide shockers. Their demise was all over the trades this morning, and I'm waiting till now for official confirmation, so now you can consider this official.

What happened? Beats me: I thought "Shark" (and the deleriously loquacious James Woods) had a pretty sizeable following, and talk a mile a minute though he can, the guy's got some talent too.

And "Moonlight?" Another shock. But will it be vampiratical and rise from the dead like "Jericho," when a few million fans send in plastic fangs to Les Moonves? I wonder...

Woods? My own personal fond reminiscence: Last July at the TCA he took the stage and proceeded to discuss everything from the 1923 Dodgers, to Hegel, to metaphysics, to quantum physics, to primetime TV, to his lovelife, to CRITICS' lovelives, to the weather. I think he barely even mentioned the show. It was amazing. Thousands of words piled out of him, and the stenographer who was paid by CBS to type out all his words literally began to smoke...and I don't mean cigarettes.

I really liked the guy. He was so enthusiastic and so splendidly NUTTY. He was the highlight of the whole darn convention. And now his show just got cancelled.