Firefly Was Canceled Because It Had Standards

I’m rewatching Firefly again, because apparently I like reminders that television once had guts and then collectively lost them. One season. Thirteen episodes. That’s it. Not because it sucked. Not because nobody watched. Because a network of executives with attention spans ruined by focus groups couldn’t recognize gold unless it was stapled to a laugh track. Firefly was messy, smart, sarcastic, and allergic to bullshit. Which explains why it didn’t survive. It trusted the audience. […]

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