Comments on: Eli Stone: The Fate of the Last Episodes and TV Show’s Co-Creator Still Has Hope

By: Stephen Scully

Stephen Scully — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:27:17 +0000

Eli Stone was a shining ray of light, hope and that anyone can achieve happiness once their priorities are right. The writing was first class, funny, witty, quirky and clever and most of all touched my heart and plucked on the strings of my soul. It also had a great cast of both actors and charactors. I can’t believe the show is cancelled and i am desperate for more! We need more shows like this, that can serve as a light in dark times,to get back to the things in life that really matter. I bet if they took a leaf out of Family Guys book and release the third series on DVD all us faithful viewers would buy it! I really cant say enough about this program and anyone who hasn’t seen it yet and stummbles on this msg….. Download it, buy it or do whatever you can to watch it you’re in for a real treat. Lost and Eli Stone would be my fav shows and its a pity that Eli Stone hasn’t got the same loyal following. A big shout out to all the cast and crew your amazing and yee really did create something special and worth while. Here hoping for more……. Please………PLEASE

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:09:23 +0000

I still can’t believe this show was cancelled…I’m so tired of getting into a great show and then they cancel it…I think by changing the day messed things up…This was my favorite show, I think you made a big mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Sal Cerniglia

Sal Cerniglia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:27:23 +0000

It figures! Another great show gets cancelled! And yet I continue to see more and more of these stupid “reality” type RIDICULOUS drama shows or shows that choose what type of clothes somebody should wear that seem to air forever! C’mon people, give me a break, will ya? Or, how about shows like Bridezilla????!!!!! Crap like that continuously continues to air endlessly yet shows like Ely Stone, Life on Mars, Jericho, and Boston Public that put out a positive message, have good humor, and have a good story line are always dropped off the air within the first year or two because it seems like people either don’t “understand” it or it doesn’t have enough make believe, Real Life drama! Give me a break! These surveys are taken not from the Rich and Famous but from the Lame and Lazy or by several individuals hired to fill out a stack of them just for the sake of completing a survey! How come NOT ONCE have I ever recieved a survey on a TV show in my 59 years of living on this planet???

Please leave Ely Stone and other future shows on the air by mailing me a box of these “surveys” to fill out, ok?
Thank you, just my .02 cents!

By: subzerohf

subzerohf — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:33:30 +0000

For the cancellation of the series we have nobody to blame except for ourselves (the general viewers). Because the viewers obviously prefer crappy reality shows over shows with substance.

By: Missy

Missy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:03:53 +0000

Why Why Why? This is a great show. I do not understand why that happened to the Game. I hope that they take considerations and re-air some new episodes.

By: THIRA

THIRA — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:01:16 +0000

THE GAME IS A GOOD SHOW. I LOVE IT AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SHOW GET CANCELLED AND NOT EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS

By: Celso

Celso — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:10:02 +0000

How can yo just keep canceling GREAT SHOWS like Eli Stone… Doesnt make any sense to me.. Be SMART EXECS … PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP THIS SHOW!!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:51:20 +0000

ABC showing faith by ordering season 2….Yeah…right…bouncing it around to another night..losing a score of fans in the process…geeze this isn’t difficult folks. Just throw us another reality doldrum …maybe we can have one where we put TV execs on an Island and actually make them come up with a show that original, fun, thought provoking….Oh yeah..that’s Eli Stone.. Never mind they’ll just cancel it.

By: Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:38:43 +0000

Eli Stone is a breath of fresh air — we love it — our friends love it — Eli is not ahead of its time — the USA is just way behind — There are a whole lot of countries beside the USA who grock this show and appreciate it — please Mr Guggenheim — bring the whole kit and caboodle to Australia — make it over here — surely someone like Tom Cruise could help you to make that happen.

We seriously love Eli Stone. Please make it continue.

By: Mary W

Mary W — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:34:38 +0000

Keep Eli Stone and get rid of the Bachelor-Bachelorette. It’s a waste of money they don’t stay together anyway. Save the money for heavens sakes!

By: Helen James

Helen James — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:20:08 +0000

I am really upset that Eli Stone is being cancelled. This was a human story and it gave you food for thought. Why is the show Family on?

By: paola

paola — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:44:31 +0000

i can’t believe they are cancelling this show…it is so well written and such a feel good show…my husband and i looked forward to watching this…stupid shows like the bachelor and rock of love are on for 4-5 seasons…yet good shows like this get cancelled…it’s sad

By: Anya Darr

Anya Darr — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:11:21 +0000

Couldn’t agree more…all these trashy reality TV shows showing people of the lowest intelligence, that or cop shows…boring……finally something a bit more imagiantive and they take it off…also sick of wasting my time watching series where they pull the plug without tying up all the loose ends. Please reconsider this series.

By: Kathy M.

Kathy M. — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:05:35 +0000

ABC, at least show the last 4 episodes, and at least let us know in advance when that will be!

By: colleen

colleen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:58:18 +0000

I am also so disappointed. What a great show. Always looked forward to watching Eli Stone . Hopefully with a little faith the series can continue.

By: Ned Ive

Ned Ive — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:36:09 +0000

Would be nice to have Eli on the air again. Great show! Put smile on the face…:)

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:15:00 +0000

What a shame for the many viewers of Eli Stone and many other Good clean and wholesome tv shows that ABC have been taking off the air. With all the crappy reality shows that are on ( they should be the ones taken off the air ) not the clean family type shows. If ABC continues with this kind of practice I will stop watching everything and anything from ABC in the future. If all the fans for these great clean shows stop watching anything from ABC maybe just maybe ABC will change there mind a start showing the good clean shows for the families to watch.

By: Mickel Ennis

Mickel Ennis — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:03:41 +0000

I agree with just about every comment made thus far. Neilsen ratings are a dinosaur in a space age. How do you expect for ratings to continue to be high when a show’s day and time slot are moved around various times. If you don’t watch tv often because frankly there isn’t much on tv that someone of good moral taste would want to watch, how would you know that a show’s time and day of airing have been moved?

My children and I looked forward to Eli Stone. It’s a big disappointment that ABC has decided to cancel yet another good, if not potentially great show. With all that’s going on in America and the world today, it feels good to sit down with your loved ones and enjoy some good entertainment. Not everyone is into ‘reality’ shows.

At least give those of us that are fans of the show, the courtesy of showing us the last four episodes. Don’t just leave us hanging, wondering what would’ve or could’ve happend.

With all that has been said, go even farther and keep the show on tv!

By: ann

ann — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:48:04 +0000

I would love to see more of eli stone. it is a wonderful show

By: Janis Hunt Johnson

Janis Hunt Johnson — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:36:45 +0000

Dear ABC: Please at least put the final Eli Stone episodes online! A huge number of fans will thank you! We’d also love to see a 3rd season. We need more shows like this one — entertainment that gives us food for thought and feelings of hope, rather than the usual fast-food fare.

By: Hilman

Hilman — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:34:03 +0000

Just when i found a good show to watch. This is really sad how things are changing. Family shows are pushed aside and reality tv shows are the new ‘it’. Sigh.

By: TheMrs

TheMrs — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:23:22 +0000

I think ABC has forgotten that they are supposed to be a family station – that means airing programming that FAMILIES can watch – guess shows like Eli & Pushing Daisies are just way too family oriented & they prefer to stick with shows that scream sex & not family friendly … SAD!

By: Gaynor

Gaynor — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:42:17 +0000

I’m watching the second series in England now and I am so disappointed it is being cancelled. It is the only show I look forward to watching every week. I always feel happier when I have seen it. It is thought provoking and intelligent. I think the second series is even better than the first and it is beyond me why the viewing figures are low. Someone must be watching over here because they repeated the first series before starting the second, so there must be the demand from somewhere. Hopefully at least, they will show the last four episodes on TV so we can tie up all the loose ends. Please dont take that away from us.

By: I heart Maggie & Eli

I heart Maggie & Eli — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:03:22 +0000

Every time I think about this awesome show I just get a pit in my stomach. What a great, hopeful show that they should have marketed as an 8pm show so families could watch. The finale of season 1 was so great I re-watched the final scene many times! I miss it and wish that TNT or some of the insightful cable channels would pick it up.

By: Karen Jones

Karen Jones — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:25:47 +0000

Bring back Eli and crew!! Great creativity with the story line…opens up possibilities that people might not think of. Is television afraid of that possibility?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:21:14 +0000

Another disappointing cancellation for ABC. I echo the sentiments of the last several writers. Eli was a truly original show with great characters with a sense of humor. The show makes you think contributing to society in a positive, unselfish manner all with a sense of humor with great characters. What a refreshing concept as compared to all the other me, me, me, I am great, what can you do for me to get ahead reality shows. I’m tired of investing any time on any new shows with this network only to get slapped in the face with another good show cancellation time and time again. Once Lost is gone, we’re done with ABC. Although I’m sure they won’t miss us since they keep ignoring the viewers who will stick with shows if you keep them on the air long enough. Imagine gaining long-time viewers by keeping a show on the air. I thought that’s how TV used to work.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:44:21 +0000

Different Marie – but I wholeheartedly agree with the last one.

I just don’t understand why there can’t be television for all demographics. I do not watcy any of these so-called reality shows and never will. For a while there ABC really had me most nights – LOST, Boston Legal, Pushing Daisies and Eli…..Now they’re all gone (LOST will be gone next year). Add to this the fact that ABC Family has now cancelled Kyle XY and I am fast running out of shows to watch!

If a recycled piece of 70s doo-doo like Monk can go on bloody year after bloody year (and get Emmy nods for goodness sakes!) why then can’t a clever, creative show with a quirky premise survive?

TV execs are stuck in the 20th century. Wanna know how big your fan base really is? Dump Nielsen! Go to EW.com and read the blogs, count hits on your websites, check out fans who sign onto a Facebook page. Obama beat McCain largely because he is a 21st century man who understands “new media.”

Unless TV execs stop living in the era of Mad Men, there will soon be nothing on the air but Sham-WOW and My Mama’s Surviving Loser Dancer Idol with Tia Paris Hogan -and who needs that????

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:29:13 +0000

What is wrong with todays TV execs? Why is it every time a show with a great storyline that offers hope and shows promise comes along it gets squashed by the big wigs. Not everyone enjoys reality TV (and really, how much of that so called reality is edited or staged before airing?),mindless television or Dancing stars. Eli Stone is a great show with a great story line and cast. It offered hope that there are still good guys walking among us, that life is not about the all mighty dollar,and that people no matter how much they deny it still have faith.

I like to watch television that stimulates the mind, is entertaining and isn’t all about self gratification, how well one can dance or what girl has such low self esteem she has to fight for and share a man with dozens of other women on national TV hoping she gets a rose.

No one ever calls my husband and I or monitors our TV viewing to see what we like. I have to wonder what age group these people that are picked are in. It seems like most television these days are geared towards the younger generation. What about us 40 somethings and older that aren’t all about whose sleeping with who and totally mindless shows that make people look like complete idiots.

It’s nice to think that in “real life” there are people like the characters of Eli Stone that care more about people than how much money they can make. The tops at ABC care more about the money obviously than the quality of what they are airing. I would rather watch an inspirational show Like Eli, with characters that are believable and facing situations that are actually possible than scheming “reality” stars planning their next back stabbing move.

In todays hard times my husband and I found inspiration and laughter while watching Eli Stone. It was one of those things we looked forward to and we are truly going to miss the cast and crew that for 60 minutes each week that gave us something to look forward to in the coming weeks. Lost is another show we look forward to and this is it’s last season. It keeps your mind active. Once it is gone it wont even be worth turning on ABC.

Well, that is my opinion and though it won’t change the minds of the people who decide what will air and what will not, it’s nice to see by reading the other entries that my husband and I are not alone. We may not have a choice as to the fate of Eli but we do have a way to voice our disappointment. Turn the channel on mindless Television..

By: deane

deane — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:57:29 +0000

Marc is making me crazy here. Does Eli Stone have a chance to survive or not?

This was ABC’s fault. Their ham-fisted, creepy messiah-vibe advertising actually harmed the show. Have read dozens of posts, on several sites, where people complained that friends wouldn’t try Eli because of the ads they’d seen on ABC. It wasn’t until someone sat them down and made them watch that they became fans. The network could have had a genuine, years long hit: but they moved the show four times, bad promotion, and wrong time slot.

Why should I invest time and emotion in anything ABC airs? The best, most original shows are treated like orphans, pushed out and pushed aside for Dancing with the Stars. Dreck, pure and total dreck.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:42:02 +0000

If ABC won’t air the remaining episodes of Eli Stone (or Dirty Sexy Money or Pushing Daisies), maybe another network would be willing to pick them up? The USA network promotes “characters welcome”, right? Maybe a unique charater like Eli Stone would be more successful there?

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:05:09 +0000

Definitely one of the best shows on TV. My friends and I hope that it will come back. The story is getting more and more exciting. What will happen to the Eli-Maggie, Taylor-Matt relationship etc.

By: Diane Rhodes

Diane Rhodes — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:10:46 +0000

I am so disappointed that Eli Stone is being canceled. It has been such a fun show to watch. It seems like every time I enjoy a show; it gets canceled. If I want something different than “reality shows” or all of the crime dramas, then I am out of luck. I think the unaired episodes should be shown so those of us who have supported Eli can see it through to the end. Often when I try to watch episodes online the viewing experience is quite unsatisfactory. I would prefer that the remaining episodes be shown on TV with adequate advertising of when the episodes will be shown.