"For once I'd love to drive down a road and actually get lost" Show I'd Love to Save

So I seem to have a thing for cancelled TV shows. Or TV shows that get axed before they're even aired. We live in a world where there are more votes in most reality shows than elections and the People Choice awards have a category for youtube videos (actually more than one.) Quality TV, smart TV, and non-cheesy TV are rarely aired anymore. 

So a few days ago I found a hidden gem in this world of mutilated quality TV. "What Goes On" is a drama about a bunch of kids living in the suburbs. There are a million ways this plot line could go wrong, but "What Goes On" has a surprisingly fresh air to it while still remaining realistic. The show was scheduled to air on The-N in 2007, until something happened and something else happened causing "What Goes On" to be axed into oblivion. (I have no idea what exactly went on behind the scenes, but given what that channel has turned into, it's not that surprising they discarded quality to restock tweeny-bopper rubbish.)

Head on over to the Sri & Company Website for a trailer (I can't link to it directly, click on "Our Work" at the bottom, the the "What Goes On" tape, make sure you let it load all the way)

Oh, and that amazing song in the trailer is called "Fireworks" by Threes and Nines.

Then I have youtube links (yay!)

Each episode is only a half hour long (Though the first two kind of go together) and they've got a bit of a "Skins" vibe to them, they alternate which character they follow in different episodes. 

Here's the user page that has all the videos.

And the first part of the pilot.

Thingy: Cheesetastic TV

You know what's fun? Cheesy TV. Seriously. Those after school special-esque melodramatic shows you'd never admit to watching because you love to complain about all the crap on TV these days. My recent cheesy obsession? Degrassi: The Next Generation

They may have dramatic moments like this, that can either be seen as dramatic or cheesy

but then they also have moments like this

I post this because it it Degrassi Spirit Week at the-n.com and I have been feeling very spirit-y. Plus I feel guilty that I spend more time there, than I do blogging here. I think I'll blame Canada.