*Before ratings for ABC’s “FlashForward” plummeted, the writers had planned to follow through on its pilot prophecy of killing off FBI agent Demetri Noh (John Cho), according to Gabrielle Union, who played Demetri’s fiancé, attorney Zoey Andata.
“Then I was supposed to avenge his death in Season 2 by representing defendants against the FBI whom I blamed for his death,” Union tells TV Guide.
But John’s popularity led the writers to keep him alive, thus limiting Zoey’s storyline to the point that she wasn’t even included in the series finale.
“Certain storylines got shortchanged,” shrugs Union, who blames the show’s cancellation on the difficulty of trying “to sell quantum physics when you have the Olympics going on.”
It’s onto the next one for Union, as she heads to South Carolina this month to play an outspoken asexual cop named Gina Holt on the Aug. 15 episode of Lifetime’s “Army Wives.”
As previously reported, the episode will double as a pilot for a possible 2011 spinoff starring her character along with recently divorced wife Pamela (Brigid Brannagh)
Union, whose mom is a real-life Army wife, says, “All the butts I wanted to kick on FlashForward and all of the bad guys I wanted to bring to justice, I’ll now get to do as this new character — but with a sense of humor. Gina views these Army wives as extra-terrestrials. She has no concept of breast-feeding, sore nipples or child care.”
I think what killed them is that they took such a long hiatus, people just forgot about them.
Uhmmm…. That’s a good point, I didn’t think about that, but I think it also has to do with the Nielsen rating system. It’s old and outdated and doesn’t even take into account the internet which are more likely to be utilized by the younger demography and more technical viewers. I watched every episode of Flash Forward online, but Nielsen didn’t care about that. Nielsen also can’t be accurate since it samples less than 2% of viewers.
“The best example of how the Nielsen system doesn’t work was the cancellation and renewal of Family Guy. Fox cancelled the show after three seasons of poor ratings, only to realize its mistake when DVDs of the show sold extraordinarily well. Oops”
The Nielsen system is a fraud.
Ok…I know sistas have to look at athletes etc.. ALL THE TIME with White women?, but…”that” IS reality! (for whatever fkd up reason!) So…WTF is it that EVERYtime a Black woman is in a commercial,sitcon,drama, Haaayil!…just a person in the background!! She allllllways has to be with ANYone BUT…..a brutha!?? WTF is “that” shyt!?? Like, in reality? sistas ain t “crossing the line” like “that”! So…why liiiiiiie about the reality!? Oooops! I just remembered…”that’s” all YT does!!!!!! But real talk? that shyt is an attempt at some “subliminal B.S.”!, wishing dey can chaaaaaaange WTF IS…..reality & trying to have a….. modern day platation sexual smorgesboard! Fk outta here….YT!!
are you on drugs?
And…a brutha?…sheeeeeit! no sista or ANY OTHER woman can even “smell” the brutha! They have dude all “busy doing his job”/ONE demensional/A sexual/ or dorky as haaaayil! I m sayin though…WTF!!???
Good luck to Ms Union on her next gig.