Here's Why Fox canceled Firefly

Firefly was one of the greatest series out there, but Fox (curse them) canceled it, even though they screwed up the order of the episodes. Luckily, the movie cleared up some stuff.

But now, I learned the real reason why this show was canceled. Former Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman explains the reason(s)


"Canceling 'Firefly' was as difficult as anything I'd ever been involved in because Joss and I had been creative partners at one time," she said. Indeed, I remember seeing Berman sitting with a script and headphones on the set of a season two episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." "I worked with him very closely on this particular show and when it didn't perform [in the ratings], having to cancel it was very difficult."

When Fox aired "Firefly," the network chose to air episodes out of order, presumably in an effort to put forward what executives considered the better episodes first. Of course, that decision wrecked Whedon's attempts at character development and also screwed with the show's continuity. I asked Berman if she thought changing the episode order hurt the show and if she'd do it different if she had to do it again.

"If I had to do it over again, I might have reconsidered it but I'm not sure it would have changed anything," she said. "It was a numbers things. It was a wonderful show and I loved it and I loved working with him on it but that was a big show, a very expensive show and it wasn't delivering the numbers."
So there it is. Still not happy about it, but what can you do... Oh, wait. I can watch the episode when Mal was naked. Good times.

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