{"id":50589,"date":"2015-05-07T22:35:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/the-thrill-of-victory-the-agony-of-defeat-tv-cancellation-edition.html"},"modified":"2015-05-09T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T16:15:43","slug":"the-thrill-of-victory-the-agony-of-defeat-tv-cancellation-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/the-thrill-of-victory-the-agony-of-defeat-tv-cancellation-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"The Thrill of Victory. The Agony of Defeat. (TV Cancellation Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Thrill side: <i>Agent Carter<\/i> will be back for another season. I found it classy, fun, enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>On the Agony side: <i>Forever<\/i> has been canceled. Dammit! That&#39;s one we&#39;ve kept up to date on with the DVR. I had no idea it was on the bubble. Dagnabbit. Enjoyed the characters, enjoyed the premise, enjoyed the story arcs &#8212; even when the individual episodes got a bit formulaic.<\/p>\n<p>Sigh.<\/p>\n<p>So it goes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/05\/07\/agent-carter-season-2'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/bFqnKZtmXI4R1hZZF01_HYx-R3E0TkwFqDFyqP_ejz9DsXX0IUTf57UBgCB7kYcmO4QswBJhqRGsWBDC2M7iNuUjjcXdnICR_ZX__Oibe4nUz4ewqcJlj3sctuh7cpAsOPSPwaI6epL9gzAs2v4UbBzSabiqXm5UUSrju_oWm7S72qOn0PIizpk2OYDpdgrWLg1YAK4yePzNCo_1fQB4eXru6Ranp0I6CbRu=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/05\/07\/agent-carter-season-2'>&#8216;Agent Carter&#8217; saved! ABC orders second mission<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAgent Carter&rsquo;s mission will continue next season. Marvel&rsquo;s most at-risk TV series has managed to score a renewal. &#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/RDaYCWc64i8'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Thrill side: Agent Carter will be back for another season. I found it classy, fun, enjoyable. On the Agony side: Forever has been canceled. Dammit! That&#39;s one we&#39;ve kept up to date on with the DVR. I had no idea it was on the bubble. Dagnabbit. Enjoyed the characters, enjoyed the premise, enjoyed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/the-thrill-of-victory-the-agony-of-defeat-tv-cancellation-edition.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Thrill of Victory. The Agony of Defeat. 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