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Contents 1 i got something to say 2 Opening song 2.1 Joan of Arcadia in Canada? 2.2 Arcadia 2.3 answer to Arcadia 3 Missing Scenes on the DVD Pilot? 3.1 Page recommendation

[edit] i got something to say

cbs own fox when it canceled dark angel. cbs cancleed joan of arcadia. cbas owned fox canceled titus and family. it goes on. cbs suck it.

It sure sounds like you have to say it in a hurry.

Response:

Duh! Read a few television biographies. It is commonly admitted that the likes and dislikes of TV executives and certain key advertisers for a show are far more important than demographic numbers for shows above a certain minimum performance. Conceptually in network terms the majority of American people will zone out to a very broad spectrum of pretty low quality TV programs. You may have noticed that sweeps weeks and unified network season premieres are pretty much non-events nowadays. So more than ever TV programs really compete primarily for attention from TV executives including local station managers -- NOT TV audiences. Similarly public TV content follows the desires of a few intellectual executive committees rather than representational voting (Thank God).

Executives can settle for lower network profit margins to express their own opinion of what programming lineups show be. Advertisers for essential daily products (lots of people buy them regardless) can advertise on networks with lower numbers if the show premise offends them. At least up to a point, those points being why most top TV executives eventually get fired rather than retired and why certain word of mouth products fade from the next generation's memory.

But someone really hated JoA. Negative mood (hopeless) cliffhangers like season two are intentional stakes put in shows to make sure they don't resurrect without overwhelming cash backing. Of course another factor for cancellation could be that many recent TV shows with big name actors and actresses are made with very limited commitments. That is I also suspect lots of actors were ready to move on to fresher projects unless paid a lot more for season 3. And a few of them were fair big names who likely started off commanding pretty healthy salaries. I wouldn't be surprised if for example Steenburgen said "Two years was a nice change of pace but I got to get back to movies and stage".

69.23.120.164 17:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Opening song

When I added the openning song words, I added "Trying to make his way home" twice because I think it is repeated. Would someone else specifically check? Val42 23:18, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it's repeated. I shortened it in the name of brevity. It doesn't seem to me that repeating the line in print adds anything. Lyrics are problematic in a copyright sense anyway, although brief quotations tend to be kosher under fair use. -- Decumanus 23:31, 2005 Apr 23 (UTC)

Are you sure the song is sung by Joan Osborne? It sounds nothing like her, and I was under the impression it was a cover by someone else... Foofy 06:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Me bad, checked a dozen or so search results and it was indeed her, she must have redone it.  :) Foofy 06:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joan of Arcadia in Canada?

Other than U.S. networks appearing on Canadian cable and satellite lineups, was the show aired on any of the Canadian networks (CTV, CBC, Global, etc.)?

CTV simulcast it. -- Gridlock Joe 02:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arcadia

I've never seen the show but I'd thought that I would like to say that there is a city in southern California called Arcadia, so it could possibly be the same one in the show instead of a fictional one. Just a little input.

[edit] answer to Arcadia

Although it was never emphasized, the show did show the Maryland flag in the police station and the cars had Maryland license tags.

[edit] Missing Scenes on the DVD Pilot?

When this show was being broadcast I was a loyal and attentive viewer. I've had the DVD set for season one for over a year--but just got around to watching the pilot and the first episode tonight. (10/20/06)

I'm really puzzled. There seems to be quite a bit that I remember from the broadcast pilot missing from the pilot on the DVD. (?)

The "thug" who was killing the women in Arcadia should have been interrogated by the chief and his detective. The mother of the first woman who was killed should have come and thanked the chief once the murder of her daughter was solved. None of that was on the DVD version of the pilot. Is the DVD pilot missing scenes or am I remembering scenes that were never broadcast. (?)

I'm pretty disappointed. I hope there aren't omissions like this on the rest of the DVD. It's like the pilot was an hour and a half show when broadcast, that was shrunk down to 45 minutes on the DVD. (?)

I've watched a recording from CBS HDTV and it was only 45 minutes long, so I'm pretty sure it doesn't have the scenes that you describe. Also, you can look at [1] for a transcript of the pilot – beware of spyware pop-ups on that site, however. Thanks.   — Lee J Haywood 08:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page recommendation

Someone should make a list of the various incarnations God took over the course of the show, with the actors playing them.

YES YES YES!