The Middleman
Oh Middleman. This show was struggling from the start. This was a show based on a comicbook series before it was 'a thing' and suffered the painful blow of getting cut short. The Middleman comics, although released in 2005 have a 60s feel about them as does the show at times. Struggling artist Wendy Watson is recruited by a secret agnecy that fights evil forces, usually of the sci-fi variety after she unwittingly becomes involves in a case. The Middleman takes her on as his apprentice and the two go on fun and weird adventures together. A bit like a Doctor Who set up except The Middleman is a human, its the a shame the show never got to continue or even get a whole series, especially as Matt Keeslar and Natalie Morales had great chemistry. Keeslar seems to have disappeared but at least Morales has been seen in a few things. Alas Middleman, you could have great if ABC invested more time and money in you and hadn't cancelled you like they do with everything!
Campus
From the writers of the epic shows comedy shows 'Smack the Pony' and 'Green Wing' (one of my favourite shows of all time) comes a show...very much like both of them but set in a University. The show was compared to Green Wing by critics aaaand they're not wrong. Campus is similar but with some really off the wall scenes and characters, as well as rather offensive jokes. But inspite of this, I do love the show and I really hate that there is only precious 6 episodes!!! I think the only issue I have with the show is that the cast of characters are great BUT a University is huge so the chances that some of these characters even know each other is highly unlikely. Oh well. Aother comedy bites the dust.
Good Girls Revolt
The demise of Good Girls Revolt is a sad and frustrating one, mostly because Amazon just killed the show and produced tons of graphs and posts and stories as to why it had to go. Also, its known that the head of Amazon Video (at the time) had said no other shows featuring main female cast saying 'its too female centric'. Ok that was about another show but if that was the attitude you can see how the show died. The show was inspired by the book of the same name by Lynn Povichand real events. Following a group of young women who are researchers for
News of the Week magazine. Each are paired with a male journalist but none are given the opportunity to write an article. The show shows the girls, all from different backgrounds, eventually working together to fight for justice. As a show that shows women supporting each other and fighting for their rights, it is empowering and it really f***ing annoys me that it was cancelled. It had a following too but no, Amazon must have its male dominated shows first. Ugh!
