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The big announcement today is that The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev is leaving the show after 6 seasons.

Well, hell...might as well end the whole show then without it's lead character.

I've watched since the beginning, but I must admit the show's been falling apart the past couple of seasons. I'm sick of the whole Elena/Damon storyline. I liked her with Stefan sooooo much better. I mean, they even made a big point of saying the 2 of them had always been together, were meant to be together throughout time with their doppelgangers and STILL they put Elena and Damon together instead. Gah!!!!!

Why oh why did they have Caroline turn off her humanity??? I can't stand her now. She's simply NOT likable! And c'mon! Friends die left and right and mommy dying is what pushes her over the edge and makes her decide she can't take the pain anymore? Oh! But for only a year, then she'll turn the humanity back on. Uh...guess what sweetie, that pain you're avoiding? It'll still be there after a year. Mommy's not going to magically be back and you'll still be alone in the world except for the few friends you have. Ugh! I just...it's frustrating. And just when it looked like they were going to put her and Stefan together (oh, no...can't have that!) they pull this to tear them apart. *sigh* Yes, IMO if Stefan can't be with Elena, I'm totally for him being with Caroline. They've been such great friends, after all.

I have other complaints, but Nina leaving just proves that the show has reached it's end. Made me realize that it's simply been spinning it's wheels for a while now. Sadly, it's already been renewed for a 7th season. What on earth are they going to do without the Elena character? Pair up Caroline with Stefan and Bonnie with Damon? Sheesh. The show revolved around her character from day one. I simply can't imagine it going on without her.

Stolen from milly_gal. :)

Pick your five favorite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions. Don't cheat!
Yes, I removed all the "u"s from the favorites. Don't hate me...I'm an American! :P

These are all shows I'm actively watching. Would have put Castle in there, but Milly already used it and I didn't want to be influenced by her answers.

1 - Supernatural
2 - The Vampire Diaries
3 - Chicago Fire
4 - Arrow
5 - Parenthood


( My answers... )

Been trying to catch up on the last several episodes of The Vampire Diaries and heard this beautiful song at the end of 3x17. I'm a sucker for gorgeous harmonies and this song has them in spades.

This is an enchanting live version done in a stairwell. :)

Thought I'd go through the list of TV shows I'm currently watching this season. :)

( My TV viewing schedule... )

I'm sure you've all heard the news by now about the CW postponing the returns of Smallville & Supernatural until Feb. 4th. I came home late to this news all over my flist. Haven't even gotten to catching up on Twitter, but from what I read on LJ it's been a firestorm over there, too.

Honestly, I'm not angry. Disappointed is more like it. Yes, I was looking forward to seeing the new episode. I've been missing the boys for weeks and the hiatus has really been long. On the other hand...it's only one more week, so....meh. Not a huge deal after a couple of months.

What upsets me is the CW waiting until practically the last minute to announce the change. Bad move network, BAD MOVE. I've read from one of my flisters who visited the set that the crew didn't even know about the postponement.

In the grand perspective of things, one more week isn't a big deal, but the way the CW did this is disrespectful to the fans of both shows. These are 2 of the biggest ratings winners of the network along with being 2 of the oldest shows. Not a good idea to piss off their fans in favor of bumping up the ratings for other shows. I don't even see what the point is of repeating The Vampire Diaries & Nikita especially on a night that is not their normal air day.

I'm also hearing about outraged fans, lots of irate posts & comments on the CW's forum, nasty tweets, etc. Btw, nothing against fans who have sent calm, respectful complaints to the network. I get people are angry, but honestly, the network isn't going to listen. They've made their decision and that's that. Threatening, belittling, and who knows what else is not going to change anything. They probably won't even see it. Like I said, the decision's been made. Time to move on and deal with the situation folks.

'Cause let's face it...TV network execs make stupid decisions all the time. This is just one of many and it won't be the last. Look how many good shows the networks never give a chance and just cancel or how many shows they move around so viewers have to guess where they'll show up next week.

We all know the CW will never give SPN the kind of love and devotion we fans will, so all we can do is what matters the most...keep watching SPN no matter what. Because it's ratings that the network cares about.

And on that note...

While I'm also a fan of The Vampire Diaries (not like SPN, but I do enjoy it a lot) I missed Thursday's eppy. Now I could go ahead and watch the rerun tonight, but you know what? I'm not going to. I'm going to boycott the CW tonight and watch TVD another way (yay for downloads *g*). Why should I support the network's stupid decision against SPN? If it's ratings for TVD & Nikita they seek so much, I'm sure not gonna help them. Gotta send a message to the network in a way they'll notice and ratings rule. Feel free to join me in my one time Friday night boycott.

So there you have it. Not angry, not really upset. I'm more disappointed and bummed out than anything else. Boo! CW. You suck! :(