A couple days ago, Eastwick series creator and executive producer Maggie Friedman said that she was “furious” over ABC’s cancellation of the series. She’s apparently had some time to think about her choice of words and regrets the statement.
Friedman wrote, “The other day, when we were discussing the cancellation of Eastwick, I misspoke in the worst possible way. The word ‘furious’ was poorly chosen by me. You had said to me that ‘the fans are understandably furious’ and so I agreed that I was too, but the truth is, I’m not.”
She continued, “I see that word now in print attributed to me and it’s very painful, because it seems to imply I am angry with ABC and nothing could be further from the truth. They treated me really well. I am not the least bit furious, with anyone. That’s simply not the kind of person I am. Yes, I’m sad about the show being cancelled, because it was creatively fulfilling and tons of fun to make and an amazing group of people, but I’m not angry.”
What do you think? Are you “furious” with ABC or just “sad” that Eastwick didn’t reach a bigger audience and was cancelled?
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Eastwick was my favorite show on ABC. I’m extremely disappointed that ABC cancelled the show. They should have shown the last episode. I will not be watching most of the shows on ABC now. Eastwick is what pulled me to ABC. Because of Eastwick I ended up watching the shows that came before Eastwick. Eastwick was the most exciting part of my Wednesday night. ABC you should try picking up the show for one more season and see how things go.
No ugly Betty here!
If eastwick is not on wednesday nights
I will not be watching abc wednesday nights.
It was one of the best shows on TV.
The only show me and my wife looked forward to watching together each week.
Unbelievable! Isnt Oprah on ABC? Isnt The View on ABC?
Are you telling me that if ABC got Oprah and/or the View to hype up a show geared for women between the ages of 30 – 50 that show would not be a huge success?
Hey ABC… it doesnt take a genius to figure it out, Oprah speaks and the women listen, they will eat dirt if she tells them to. use your resources whats the problem?
Abc execs must not like the show they sure could save it if they wanted to.
I can not beleive you cancelled Eastwick. That was dumbest mistake ABC made!
I’m sad and angry… I wish ABC had the consideration to let the season finish itself out.
I thought the show was witty and different and exciting. I recorded it EVERY week just in case I wasn’t home… I wouldn’t have dared to miss one episode. I will not watch Ugly Betty, and I will be letting people know how ABC did this… There are at least 10′s of 1,000′s of people who love this show. To me, that is sucessful. I agree with one of the last posts… Shame on you, ABC.
I am both angry and furious that Eastwick has been cancelled. I WILL NOT WATCH UGLY BETTY
I cannot believe that Eastwick has been replaced of all things with Ugly Betty.
My wife and I always looked forward to Wednesday nights to watch Eastwick.
Please bring it back, even if on another network or time.
I am both sad and furious that Eastwick has been cancelled. PLEASE BRING IT BACK ABC OR ANOTHER NETWORK!!!!!!
It is not often enough that a TV series implants you as the audience in a part of the country that is curiously interesting and beautiful to see. I so enjoyed the setting in which Eastwick was planted; the town atmosphere; the home furnishings; the cozy camp feeling you get when you are somewhere you really want to be. The TV series did that for me. I was there, part of the trio, truly enjoying the many developing plots. I enjoyed the “Bewitched” feeling the series gave me. I was excited about watching the “old” faces of characters I simply adored in past series when they were younger and something about their aging and kept beauty and spunk spoke to me. The new faces were enjoyably quirky. I know I am but just a small voice and believe me, I usually could care less what is on TV, but this show I would schedule around. I am very sorry it has been cancelled.
Sheree Solomon
Please don’t cancel this very delightfull entertaining show!!!!
I am still furious over the way Defying Gravity was handled by ABC, with the idiocy and the lying to it’s viewers and all. (If you’re going to cancel a show, don’t tell people you’re not going to and then go ahead and do it anyway days later!) So this pretty much adds to that fury. As a result, I’m not watching anything live on ABC anymore.
I AM FURIOUS ITS CANCELLED, you just didn’t give it enough promotion heck i didn’t even know about the show until a couple of people told me about it, so what does that tell ya…you should try promoting more of eastwick before you cancel it this is outrageous!
Extremely upset this so is No Longer on. I always enjoy shows about withces, such as this, similar to Charmed. It was nice to have something like Eastwick on. I was ready to buy the DVD’s when it finally came out. I guess we just have to wait for the next show. JUST BRING THIS ONE BACK!! I didn’t find any down moments involved, there was always something to look forward to.
Jason behar
I love “Eastwick!” It is my Favorite New Show! Please continue The show starting With Episodes 10-13 So Everybody Can see it. You could move it to a different Time or Day
Or another network if Necessary! I love “Eastwick”!!! I hope it stays on the air For At least as many Years as “Charmed”!!!!
I’m terribly, terribly disappointed to learn that Eastwick has been canceled. It doesn’t seem like it was given a fair shot. How about moving it to another night before axing it completely? I loved that show and looked forward to Wednesday nights at 10:00. I truly enjoyed the show, the story line and the commaradarie between the 3 women. To add insult to injury, it has been replaced with Ugly Betty. Please reconsider bringing it back. As it is, sorry, I’m switching to another channel. Ugly Betty is not how I want to spend my evening.
Why not move it to NBC in place of Jay Leno. There seems to be an opening in that time slot!
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