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Pop Critics: The first of the final two Journeyman episodes airs tonight

  • Donald Case · 1 year ago
    Donald Case's last blog post..Unscriptable Brian Westbrook
  • Scott · 1 year ago
  • Cap'n Schwartz · 1 year ago
    NBC hasnt officially said its been offed yet, no have they given any word on the Trash Bionic Woman show either... heres to holding out with optimisim!!!
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Bionic Woman is garbage :) It shouldn't come back :)
  • Tim E. · 1 year ago
  • Donald Case · 1 year ago
    Donald Case's last blog post..Unscriptable Brian Westbrook
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Got a post coming soon where we can talk about the episode...that was fun!
  • Eric · 1 year ago
    Why is there not talk of Journeyman moving to the Sci Fi Channel?? That is where this show belongs anyway! This program would do great on Sci Fi and would not fall pray to the Bigger Ratings numbers that the major networks demand. Any thoughts on this? I love this show and hate to see it end!
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Eric, I totally agree with you and I think I wrote about that a few weeks ago, but yeah, Sci-Fi would be a great home for it.

    It's also related to NBC I think right? I mean, BSG is on Sci-Fi, then also plays on UHD, so that makes sense.
  • Tim E. · 1 year ago
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Tim, you can't get that there? I guess Direct TV isn't available in Canada?
  • Dan · 1 year ago
    Hands down, the best show of the year! If the show must end, let them go out swinging!
  • Eric · 1 year ago
    I was just lying in bed thinking about show possibilities for Journeyman, when a wild idea struck me. If the show comes back in some form, it would be neat to see an episode where we discover if Livia is alive in the present time line as an old woman!?!? Thoughts??
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Eric, that would be interesting, I don't know for sure why Dan hasn't looked her up.

    I guess maybe she would be just too old at that time, or else...I dunno.

    I somehow think she doesn't make it that long, as all the travelers are dying off the Tacheon Man said.
  • James Anderson Merritt · 1 year ago
    My family and I finally watched the Dec 19th Journeyman tonight. Although the high quality of the last two episodes in particular only intensifies the sense of unfairness at the network's decision not to order more, I must admit that the 13 hours of Journeyman built to points of climax and closure, making the current situation feel more like the conclusion of a BBC-like limited series that might someday spawn a sequel ("House of Cards" comes to mind, for example), rather than the abrupt and premature cancellation of the typical Hollywood TV show.

    I have already written to NBC, in hopes of keeping the series alive, but if that can't happen, I think everyone involved can walk out of "Journeyman" with heads held high. As an appreciative member of the audience, I would like to thank the excellent cast, headed by Kevin McKidd, for breathing life into characters, about whom it was easy to care. I would like to thank the producers, directors, and writers for giving us credit and not talking down to us, and especially for not letting the fantastic premise of the series degenerate into absurdity. I'd also like to acknowledge and appreciate the additional respect shown to us in the audience, by everyone in the cast and crew, as demonstrated by their creation of thirteen hours of television that told a coherent story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end (if the mobius strips of time-loops can ever be said to have such things). Leaving the audience hanging would have been the easiest thing to do. It took real craftsmanship and discipline to create a run of stories that together were a "novel for television," while still leaving open the possibility for more episodes in the future. The people responsible for Journeyman took the high road, and I hope it helps them to know that some of us out here realize that and are grateful for their commitment.
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Hey James, awesome sentiments and I think you are right. We totally got a nice little story in 13 episodes and while it sucks that it could be completely over, it did end on a good note with a slight bit of "coming full circle."
  • Cooperstroop · 1 year ago
    Hey all you Journeyman Fans! Don't be so quick to give up on this incredible show. NBC hasn't officially canceled the show and they have until May to decide what they are going to do with. If you love Journeyman, then join the fight to Save It! Go to heynielsen.com and come to the Journeyman page and join other fans as we post opinions and make comments and effect the ratings for the show. Also, go to savejourneyman.net. You will be amazed at the huge fan base this show has gathered and continues to gather even after it has been off for three months. Lots of fans are rewatching episodes 1-13 on hulu.com.
    Hope you all will come over to Hey!Nielsen. Look forward to seeing you!
    Keep the blogging going for Journeyman, because believe it or not that really does make an impression on the networks.
    Thanks!
    Cooperstroop
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Hey man, thanks for stopping by and letting us know! I certainly hope you are right.