Couch Potatoes Unite!

When ShowTime announced the ending of The L Word the world of possible of lesbians and men exploded with a petition to save the show. They compared it to the time Friday Night Lights was saved by viewer force, when reality, had the viewers actually tuned in to the mundane, yet extraordinary, show, it wouldn't have been threatened with a pull.

Now time has come for Wildfire to end, as the ABC Family promo suggests:

And again, viewers across the country are hitting their keys to save a show that isn't be canceled, but simply ending. What viewers and fans seem to fail to grasp is that when a show has had its time it comes to an end. Can you imagine if Cheers, Friends, or Seinfeld had continued on? What about the once a hit show, Full House (noticed how I failed to link this one) was still going on with the Olsen twins no longer cute and adorable, but painfully annoying.

TV shows end. The reason petitions weren't as popular as they used to be is because no one had the internet 20 years ago. And for that matter, 10 years ago, not everyone has easy access to it. Besides, when a TV show ends, you are no longer bound to it. You can then, you know, go read a book.