All TV series to run to their original scripted deadlines
with space to rewrite episodes etc, but if you present a plot and say "it will take four seasons to complete this story", then give it four seasons FFS. I'm sick of shows that get cancelled in the middle of a series by executives, and try to cram 2 season's worth of plot into their last 3 episodes.

Examples: Rome, Pushing Daisies, Firefly, Carnivale...

In the same vein, if you said it'll take 4 seasons don't stretch it into 5.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 21:30, 8 replies)

^^this
And at least finish off the cliffhanger ep from SG Universe Season 2 while you're at it.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 21:40, closed)

exactly this!
or at the very least give us another season of firefly...

way too awesome to be so short lived.
(fucknugget the third, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 22:45, closed)

Like Fringe?
geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/23/fans-propel-fringe-to-fourth-season/?hpt=hp_c2
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 24 Sep 2011, 1:51, closed)

Can the reverse be true too
E.G. Let's finish on a high rather than scraping every dreg out of a series... yes you 24.
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 1:57, closed)

Yes, definitely
The worst thing is when they keep the overarching plot because they get another series booked, and instead of writing a new plot extension they just pad out the current one with some stupid subplot.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 2:03, closed)

YES.
The last episode of Pushing Daisies was over in a flash and all wrong!! So sad.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 9:46, closed)

I know! Especially Emerson's backplot with his daughter.
I mean, considering how little time they had, they handled it admirably... but still. :-(
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 20:19, closed)

agreed
I am one of the few mourning the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 15:22, closed)