re: Just watched Flash Forward.

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I think Network execs would be surprised at the following a well written show with a finite plot and time horizon would get. Announce that you will be having a 2 season serial and will commit to airing (at least online) all 2 seasons (unless of course it tanks in week 1).

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See that's the big thing; people get fed up with geeting hooked on a show and then it gets cancelled midway through the run. They never tape enough shows in advance for a full run, so if it gets canned halfway through the season, you don't get a wrap up.

Fox had a show a few years back called Vanished, that started with the disappearance of the wife of a Georgia senator. The show was supposed to run 22 episodes, but Fox decided after about 8 weeks to cut the show to 13 episodes. Even at that the last 4 episodes were available online only, and by being forced to wrap in 9 fewer episodes, it changed the entire show.