Women Aren't from Mars

I am a woman, and I can say that shows like The "Search for the Next Doll" are absolutely degrading and I refuse to watch them. To answer your question, yes there are some women that prefer to be admired for their "body parts" than their brain. But there are also women like me that rather be admired for their intelligence than anything else.

If Veronica Mars gets cancelled (which I guess it will), it will be the second most depressing television event in my life (behind the cancellation of Arrested Development).

James, I understand that networks are in it for the ratings and money - but aren't certain shows so critically acclaimed and loved by a die-hard fanbase (Arrested D., Veronica Mars, and Buffy come to mind) that the networks should bite the smaller ratings for viewer goodwill/critical appreciation? Also, add in the potential boosts to popularity from syndication (maybe not captured by the network, but if a show is still on the air when it gets to syndication, there can be a ratings boost to the new episodes as new viewers get hooked), and the lack of any reasonable replacement show (really, does CW have anything in development that could reasonably approximate even VM's small numbers? Ditto for Fox, which didn't have a single good half-hour comedy in development when it cancelled A.D.), and is there any reason to cancel these shows?

Maybe I'm hopelessly naive, but if I ran a network that was struggling (like the CW), I'd keep critically acclaimed (if small audience) shows and build my brand there, in the hopes that these audiences would eventually support a "hit" show when I launch it.